Guides: Resources by Type: Encyclopedias & Dictionaries

Encyclopedias

Encyclopedias provide a broad overview of a topic. Articles cover key people, places, events, and ideas related to a subject.

Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
Subjects: Multidisciplinary
Description: Credo Reference is an online reference collection made up of over 1,000 full-text books from expert authors. From Infobase.
Resource Types: Encyclopedias & Reference Books
Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window
Subjects: Multidisciplinary
Description: Gale eBooks is an online reference collection made up of over 13,000 full-text books from expert authors.
Resource Types: Encyclopedias & Reference Books
Britannica Academic This link opens in a new window
Subjects: Multidisciplinary
Description: Academic general encyclopedia information with supplementary tools for more than 100,0000 articles from expert contributors.
Resource Types: Encyclopedias & Reference Books; Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journal Articles; Popular (Magazine/Newspaper Non-Scholarly) Articles; Primary Sources; Multimedia
SAGE Knowledge This link opens in a new window
Subjects: Multidisciplinary
Description: A collection of 40 academic encyclopedias, focusing on social sciences, education, and sustainability issues. From SAGE Publications.
Resource Types: Encyclopedias & Reference Books

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
The classic college student's dictionary.

Oxford English Dictionary This link opens in a new window
Subjects: English & Literature, Writing
Description: The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) provides guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words, etymological timelines, historical thesaurus, video guides and more. From Oxford University Press.
Resource Types: Encyclopedias & Reference Books; Multimedia; Timelines; Text & Literature