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AccessScience: McGraw Hill Online Encyclopedia of Science and Technology     [Indexes and Abstracts]

Online version of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology. Access to over 7,100 full text articles, 115,000 dictionary terms, biographies and Research Updates in science and technology. Updated daily.

Britannica Online     [Indexes and Abstracts]

A fully searchable and browsable collection of authoritative references, including Britannica's latest article database, hundreds of articles not found in the print Britannica, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (Tenth Edition), the Britannica Book of the Year and thousands of links to other World Wide Web sites selected by Britannica editors.

CREDO Reference     [Indexes and Abstracts]

Online reference resources from numerous publishers. This reference resource can be searched by individual title, broad subject headings, cross-references, audio and images. Use its "research mapper" to search for terms and topics that are interconnected and displayed in (a) visual form. Examples of titles are: Bloomsbury Guide to Art, Bridgeman Art Library Archive, Columbia Encyclopedia, Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, Harvard Dictionary of Music, and the Concise Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science. The complete list of titles is available on the CREDO Reference site.

Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion     [e-book]

The Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion traces the roots of the relationship between politics and religion from antiquity to the present, revealing how it has shaped public discourse, social attitudes, collective action, and national and international policy, particularly during the past two centuries.

Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology     [Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, and Handbooks]

Presents the state of the art in all areas of polymer science, covering nanotechnology, new imaging and analytical techniques, new methods of controlled polymer architecture, biomimetics, and provides information about polymers, plastics, fibers, biomaterials, elastomers, and polymerization processes.

Europa World Plus     [Indexes and Abstracts]

Electronic, full-text version of the print series, Europa World Year Book. This title provides lengthy essays covering politics, government, history, economics and international agencies for every country in the world.

Kirk Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology Online     [Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, and Handbooks]

Covers all aspects of chemistry and chemical engineering.

MedlinePlus     [Indexes and Abstracts]

The US National Library of Medicine maintains this guide to health information, which lists authoritative websites by topic, directories of healthcare organizations, a medical encyclopedia and dictionaries, health information in Spanish, information on prescription and over-the-counter drugs, health news, and links to clinical trials.

Oxford Reference     [Indexes and Abstracts]

Provides web access to 100 major Oxford University Press dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference works in the humanities, social sciences, foreign languages, science, technology and medicine, the performing arts, and religion. Works can be searched separately or across the entire databases. Includes over 1.5 million entries.

SAGE Knowledge (OLD)     [Indexes and Abstracts]

Sage Publication eReference titles representing many disciplines within the social sciences. These electronic encyclopedias cover topics such as juvenile justice, terrorism, social theory, crime, African American society, social welfare, education and many more themes. The titles can be searched via a Reader's Guide (thematic categories), browsing entries, or searching the index. You can also search across all or just a few of the encyclopedias.

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy     [Indexes and Abstracts]

A dynamic reference work in which each entry is written and kept up to date by an expert or group of experts in the field. The Encyclopedia is a publishing project of the Metaphysics Research Lab at the Center for the Study of Language and Information (CSLI) at Stanford University.

Ullmanns Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry     [Indexes and Abstracts]

Resource for chemistry, chemical engineering and biochemistry. Includes environmental effects and regulations.

World Encyclopedia     [Indexes and Abstracts]

Complete full text of the more than 22,000 articles in Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia. Monthly updates feature regular additions of new articles and revision and replacement of existing articles, totaling more than 1,000 articles a year.