General Encyclopedias
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Oxford Reference This link opens in a new windowThe Oxford Reference Online Premium contains about 100 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University press. It also contains a range of key titles from the acclaimed oxford Companion Series, plus the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.
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Scholarpedia This link opens in a new window
A peer-reviewed open-access encyclopedia written by scholars from around the world and focusing on Scholarpedia covers computational neuroscience, computational intelligence, dynamical systems, astrophysics and physics.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica This link opens in a new windowFull text of the 32-volume Encyclopedia Britannica (additional articles and images not available in the print set); Merriam Webster's Dictionary; over 130,000 links to web sites selected, rated, and reviewed by Britannica editors. Other resources include country comparisons and data analysis; history timeline; brief biographies; as well as articles from the New York Times and the BBC.
Find Subject-Specific Encyclopedias
The King Library has hundreds of encyclopedias on specific subjects, such as biology, history, religion, and more. Using the OneSearch search box below, try a search on your subject AND encyclopedias. For example, biology AND encyclopedias. Many of these encyclopedias are available as ebooks that you can read on your computer.
