Encyclopedias
- Britannica This link opens in a new windowFull text academic edition of Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster Dictionary; includes video and audio clips
- Oxford Encyclopedia of Social Work This link opens in a new window
National Assn. of Social Workers (NASW) and Oxford Univ. Press
- Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia This link opens in a new window
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Full text encyclopedia intended for children - Gale eBooks (formerly Gale Virtual Reference Library) This link opens in a new window
Gale’s eBook platform provides comprehensive support from many of today’s top publishers.
- Encyclopedia.comOne search delivers information from over 100 encyclopedias, dictionaries, and more.
- A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopediaon Medline Plus
- AtlapediaHas full color physical maps, political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world
- Beazley ArchiveHas over 5000 images (Greek pottery, Greek & Roman sculpture, & gems), an illustrated dictionary, bibliographies on archaeology; architecture, sculpture, gems, pottery, coins, and history
- PRIMEPlatonic Realms Interactive Mathematics Encyclopedia
- Symbols.comEncyclopedia of symbols, signs, flags, and glyphs
- Zimmerman's Research GuideOnline encyclopedia for legal researchers
Dictionaries
- Oxford English Dictionary This link opens in a new windowLandmark historical resource that defines and illustrates through quotations the use of English language words from earliest known occurrence to present
- Cambridge Dictionaries OnlineIncludes Learner's Dictionary, Advanced Learner's Dictionary, Dictionary of American English, International Dictionary of Idioms, International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs, Klett Compact French / English Dictionary, and Klett Compact Spanish / English dictionary from Cambridge University Press.
- Dictionary.comDefault search gives answers from American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, WordNet, FOLDOC, Jargon File, CIA World Factbook, & more.
- Merriam-Webster Dictionary OnlineIncludes dictionary, thesaurus, medical dictionary, Scrabble dictionary, & English-Spanish translator. Click tab above search box to change where you search.
- OneLookA search engine for words and phrases. Search result gives links to definitions and translations available from many online dictionaries.
- Macmillan DictionaryIncludes dictionary and thesaurus. Has sample sentences.
- ChemIDplus AdvancedA master chemical dictionary of over 400,000 substances cited in National Library of Medicine (NLM) databases, including all TOXNET databases. More than 300,000 records include chemical structures
- American Sign Language BrowserRequires Apple quickTime plugin available on the site
