Eli M. Oboler Library

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Encyclopedias

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Articles: Databases and Indexes

Click on the Question mark image to link to Database Description to see database description       ‡ Citations Only

Info Database Names   # Users Access Restrictions Format
EBSCO Animals Description EBSCO Animals (EBSCOhost) Funded by Eli M. Oboler Library   On & Off Campus Online
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Description Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Funded by Eli M. Oboler Library   On & Off Campus Online
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia Description Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (EBSCOhost) Funded by Eli M. Oboler Library   On & Off Campus Online
Gale Virtual Reference Library Description Gale Virtual Reference Library (InfoTrac) Funded by LiLI   On & Off Campus Online
General Reference Center Gold Description General Reference Center Gold (InfoTrac) Funded by LiLI   On & Off Campus Online
Global Reference Center Description Global Reference Center Funded by Eli M. Oboler Library   On & Off Campus Online
Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos & Latinas Description Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos & Latinas Funded by Eli M. Oboler Library   On & Off Campus Online
Oxford Music Online Description Oxford Music Online (formerly Grove Music Online) Funded by Eli M. Oboler Library 2-3 On & Off Campus Online
Oxford Reference Online Premium Collection Description Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection Funded by Eli M. Oboler Library   On & Off Campus Online

To find the full text for journals and periodicals, please use the A-Z Journal List. This database lists full text journals available through journal package subscriptions and databases the library has purchased. It also lists many of the journals the library has in its collection.

Books

The following are selected encyclopedias. For more encyclopedias, or for subject specific encyclopedias, please use the library catalog: Library Catalog.

To find books in other libraries, try using WorldCat, a collective catalog for thousands of libraries in the United States, Canada, and around the world. This catalog should not be used as a substitute for this library's catalog, but as another avenue of searching for books.
Encyclopedias

Concise Columbia Encyclopedia (Reference Collection: AG 5. C 737 1989b): This short encyclopedia is designed for quick look-up of basic information.

New Encyclopaedia Britannica (Reference Collection: AE 5. E 363 1994): This 32 volume encyclopedia contains articles ranging from brief to extensive multi-page histories of topics and countries. Indexed.

New York Public Library Desk Reference (Reference Desk: AG 6. N 49 1998): This desk reference volume provides answers to many commonly asked science, history, literature, domestics, and mathematics questions, and so on. Indexed.

Web Sites

Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: This site allows full text searching of the sixth edition of the Columbia Encyclopedia.

Wikipedia: This Web site contains thousands of articles on an extremely diverse range of topics. Articles in other languages are also available. NOTE: This Web site can be edited by anyone. Please carefully evaluate any information you choose to use from this site.

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Last Modified: 09/23/2008 kk