Encyclopedias and Reference

General Reference

• Britannica Online
  Includes the standard plus much more: *Databases: World Data Analyst Online, Gateway to the Classics, Primary Sources, * Video Collection * World atlas featuring interactive maps * Daily biographies and historical events
  
  
• Oxford English Dictionary
  The accepted authority on the evolution of the English language, the OED is a guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. It traces the usage of words through quotations from a wide range of international English language sources, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery books.(Updated regularly)
  
  
• Visual Thesaurus
  Interactive dictionary and thesaurus which creates word maps that blossom with meanings and branch to related words. (Updated regularly)
  
  
• World Almanac & Book of Facts
  
  
  

Websites

• American Universities Index
  
  
  
• Calendars Through the Ages
  
  
  
• Directory of Publishers and Vendors
  
  
  
• Great Books Online
  Hundreds of complete books, including reference.
  
  
• Langenberg Directory
  Reverse Directory Phone Book for White Pages & Yellow Pages, Reverse Street Address & Phone Number to Words.
  
  
• Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue
  Excellent tips for citing sources and avoiding plagiarism
  
  
• PubList
  A directory of more than 150,000 printed periodicals.
  
  
• Research and Documentation Online
  Covers examples of APA, MLA, and other common citation formats
  
  
• SwitchBoard.com
  Yellow Pages digital directory
  
  

Related Resources

• Gale Virtual Reference Library Gale
  All Gale Encyclopedia and Reference resources in one search.
  
  
• Oxford Reference Online
  Search specialized dictionaries, reference books, and several encyclopedias covering everything from language and history to business, science, and medicine. (Updated regularly)