LibGuides: Reference Shelf: Encyclopedias & Dictionaries

Online Dictionaries

Oxford English Dictionary
The complete 20 volume print Dictionary (the world's leading authority on the history and development of the English language since 1150) plus at least 1000 new entries each quarter.

Credo Reference
Database of over 240 encyclopedias and dictionaries in Art, Biography, Business, History, Literature, Religion, Science, Technology and more.
Gale Virtual Reference Library (Gale eBooks)
Database of encyclopedias, almanacs and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
Oxford Reference
Includes over 100 language and subject dictionaries and reference works, containing well over 60,000 pages are available in a single cross-searchable resource. Subjects include: Art, Biology, Business, History, Religion, Philosophy, and more.

International Studies Encyclopedia
This resource is the most comprehensive reference work of its kind for the fields of international studies and international relations. International studies online is updated twice annually and is enhanced by live links to archives, datasets, cases, pedagogical aids, and other relevant materials.

Gale Virtual Reference Library (Gale eBooks)
Database of encyclopedias, almanacs and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.