Resources by Subject: "Reference"
A broad online collection of encyclopedias, handbooks, dictionaries, and guides on history, culture, social issues, and other subjects. Formerly called "History Reference Online."
The Chicago Manual of Style Online is completely searchable and easy to use, providing quick answers to your style and editing questions and it incorporates the popular Chicago Style Q&A. Your queries will return results--clearly distinguishable--from both the Manual and the Chicago Style Q&A. It also provides convenient Tools, such as sample forms, letters, and style sheets.
Collection of more than 10,000 high-quality educational streaming videos covering Humanities & Social Sciences, Business & Economics, Science, and Health. All programming includes public performance rights.
Searchable electronic book collection that includes subject encyclopedias, handbooks, and guides covering many subject disciplines.
GIC uses a wealth of resources to explain the historical and contemporary conditions necessary to understand global issues, conflicts and events. It supports research in virtually every corner of the library and in a wide variety of subject areas, including sociology, current events, civics, politics, science, economics, cultural/religious studies, women
Online versions of the "Encyclopedia America", "Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia", and "The New Book of Knowledge". Also includes several dictionaries, a thesaurus, an interactive world atlas, and resources for educators.
The online version of the Oxford English Dictionary, the premier dictionary of the English language. It traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookbooks.
Searchable database of over 100 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press. Includes access to the Oxford Companions Series.
Simultaneously searches 5 databases: Medline, Science Citation Index (SCI), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), and Zoological Record.