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General Encyclopedias

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World Book* Columbia Encyclopedia Funk & Wagnalls*

Subject- and Discipline-specific Resources

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Criminal justice* Political science*
Education* Religion & theology*
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Search for Additional Online Encyclopedias:
Etexts - Literature Reference Online NetLibrary*
Etexts -Theology Reference Online ODU Library Catalog
Gale Virtual Reference Library* Oxford Reference Online*
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Search in these Encyclopedias & Almanacs:
Access Science* (McGraw-Hill) Holocaust Encyclopedia (U.S. Holocaust Museum)
Background Notes (countries, U.S. Dept. of State) Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
The Catholic Encyclopedia (1917 ed., with updates) Jewish Encyclopedia (1906, 12 vols.)
Cambridge History of American & English Literature (18 vols) MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia
CIA World Factbook (country profiles)

Online Conversion (measurements)

Encyclopedia of Educational Technology (San Diego State University)

Oxford Art Online*

Encyclopedia of the Earth (Boston University) PRIME (Platonic Realms Interactive Mathematics Encyclopedia)
Encyclopedia of Life (life sciences) Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites
Encyclopedia of Psychology (W.Payla) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Fast Facts Encyclopedia: Education and Teaching (refdesk.com) Additional Online Encyclopedias

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Page last updated: 31 August 2009
Author: Christina L. Bonner, Head, Reference & Instruction Services


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