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 Encyclopedias : All Databases
Format: Full Text Available: On & Off Campus Biographical information on more than half a million people from throughout history and around the world. Help - Video Tutorial
Format: Full Text Available: On & Off Campus An essential reference of specially commissioned entries written and edited by an international team of the world's best scholars and teachers. Over 1800 entries ranging from short definitions of key terms to extended explorations of major topics. Help - Website
Format: Full Text Available: On & Off Campus Searchable and browsable books and encyclopedias primarily covering Religious Studies, Classic Studies, Medieval & Early Modern Studies, and Middle East & Islamic Studies. The Brill E-book collection includes titles published since 2007 in the areas of Asian Studies; Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity; Classical Studies, European History and Culture; Middle East and Islamic Studies; Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy; and Social Sciences. Help - Website Note: Coptic Gnostic Library Online - A Complete Edition of the Nag Hammadi Codices has been added to Brill Online Reference Works. This requires a special font - see Help for more information. Updated June 2012.
Format: Full Text Available: On & Off Campus Contains the complete Encyclopædia Britannica, as well as Merriam Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus and the Britannica Book of the Year. Includes articles, illustrations, and relevant websites. Help - Guided Tour (PDF) | Help - Web Page
Format: Full Text Available: On & Off Campus Includes links to: • China Academic Journals Full-text - articles from 7,200 journals. • Century Journals Project - expansion of the China Academic Journals Full-text Database. • China Doctor Dissertations Full-text - 1999 - present. • China Master Dissertations Full-text - 2000 - present. • China Proceedings of Conference Full-text - Conference proceedings from academic institutions, industrial organizations, governmental agencies, and international bodies in China since 1999. • China Core Newspapers Full-text - Articles since 2000 of 1,000 publicly issued newspapers in mainland China • China Yearbook Full-text - Covers 1912 to present. • China Reference Works Online - About 2,000 titles of all types of reference works, such as dictionaries, thesauruses, encyclopedias, atlases, timelines, and handbooks. • China Statistical Yearbooks
Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology can be found in Wiley Online Library.
Format: Full Text Available: On & Off Campus 30,000 entries that cover all genres and periods of popular music from 1900 to the present. Includes jazz, country, folk, rap, reggae, techno, musicals, and world music. The Fourth Edition includes thousands of new entries on trends, styles, record labels, venues, and music festivals. Key dates, biographies, and further reading for artists covered, along with complete discographies. Help - Website
Format: Full Text Available: On & Off Campus An online collection of directories that allows you to search for directory entries in a variety of ways. It also gives you quick and easy digital ways to view, store, and export the data you find. Gale Directory Library includes: • Encyclopedia of Associations: International Organizations (43rd edition) • Encyclopedia of Associations: National Organizations of the U.S. (41st - 44th editions) • Encyclopedia of Associations: Regional, State and Local Organizations (14th - 17th editions) • Encyclopedia of Governmental Advisory Organizations ( 25th & 26th editions) • Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media (146th & 147th editions) • Publishers Directory (35th & 36th editions) • Research Centers Directory (39th & 40 editions) • Scholarships, Fellowships & Loans (27th & 28th editions) Help - Video tutorial | Help - Website
Format: Full Text Available: On & Off Campus Search for full-text reference articles about a wide range of topics. Sources include Acronyms, Initialisms, and Abbreviations Dictionary; Countries and Their Cultures; Encyclopedia of Community; Environmental Encyclopedia; Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia; Historical Atlas of the Islamic World; and many others. Help - Video Tutorial | Help - Search Tips (PDF)
Format: Full Text Available: On & Off Campus Describes the physical geography of every nation and dependency on Earth. Also includes maps and world rankings.
Format: Some Full Text Available: On & Off Campus This collection of reference titles from IGI Global's Information Science Reference contains full-text articles and chapters regarding research, trends, technologies, and challenges in the fields of information science, technology, and management. Reference articles and chapters can be easily searched using basic or advanced searches. Help - User Guide (PDF)
Format: Full Text Available: On & Off Campus The International Encyclopedia of Communication covers the breadth of communication studies, including coverage of theories, media and communication phenomena, research methods, problems, concepts, and geographical areas. It also covers such interdisciplinary areas as communication theory and philosophy, interpersonal communication, journalism, intercultural and intergroup communication, media effects, strategic communication/PR, communication and media law and policy, media systems in the world, and communication and technology. Help - Web Page
Format: Citation/Abstract Available: On & Off Campus A scholarly encyclopedia that covers a wide range of topics in the social and behavioral sciences. Comprehensive articles put current knowledge in historical perspective, and show the relevance of the social and behavioral sciences for social policy. Help - Web Page
Format: Full Text Available: On & Off Campus Includes Japanese language dictionaries (Japanese, English-Japanese, Japanese-English and English-English), a 30-volume encyclopedia, two dictionaries of current words, a dictionary of scientific terms, a biographical dictionary, the JK Who's Who, the Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan, a news database (NNA) that covers Asia and the European Union, full-text books, a database of video recordings from 1908 to 2005, a database of dissertations from the humanities departments of six universities in Japan, a books in print database, a sound library, and a music library. Added December 2012
Format: Full Text Available: On & Off Campus This online encyclopedia is a full revision of the print edition, with more than 1,700 articles and 700 new topics not covered in the print edition. The articles are written by experts, peer reviewed, and edited by the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law & International Law. The additional content covers important developments in areas such as international criminal law, international dispute settlement, trade law, and environmental law. Help - Web Page | Help - FAQs Added January 2013
Format: Full Text Available: On & Off Campus A comprehensive reference work with 471 concise articles written by leading researchers in the cognitive sciences.
Format: Full Text Available: On & Off Campus Oxford Art includes Grove Art Online with articles on every aspect of the visual arts - painting, sculpture, graphic arts, architecture, decorative arts and photography - from prehistory to the present day. Help - PowerPoint | Help - Web Page
Format: Full Text Available: On & Off Campus Complete access to the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd ed. This standard music reference is now updated regularly online. Help - PowerPoint Guides | Help - Web Page
Format: Full Text Available: On & Off Campus A comprehensive reference resource covering the philosophical canon and philosophy from all continents and all periods. It contains entries contributed by leading experts in many countries. Help - Web Page
Format: Full Text Available: On & Off Campus Formerly known as SAGE Reference More than 160 authoritative and award-winning encyclopedias and handbooks in many subject areas. Help - Web Page Updated August 2012
Format: Full Text Available: On & Off Campus More than 2,500 journals in science, medicine, and technology. Includes coverage of engineering, economics, business and management, and selected social science titles. Also includes more than 2,000 e-Books from Academic Press, Butterworth-Heinemann, Syngress and Digital Press, Elsevier Science, Gulf Professional, Morgan Kaufmann, Newnes, North-Holland, and Pergamon as well as several encyclopedias and reference books. Help - Video Tutorials | Help - Quick Start (PDF)
Format: Full Text Available: On & Off Campus Formerly known as Wiley Interscience. Journal articles from Wiley publications in the areas of business, finance and management, education, engineering and sciences, law, and psychology. e-Books published since 2008 are also available. Updated July 2012 Questions about Encyclopedias research? |
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