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Dictionaries and Encyclopedias Magazines & Newspapers

DICTIONARIES

Oxford English Dictionary
OED Online contains complete text of the 20-volume print set, including the meaning, history, and pronunciation of English words.
Visual Thesaurus Discover synonyms and related words in this interactive thesaurus.

ENCYCLOPEDIAS

America the Beautiful
Extensive information about the states and territories of the United States.
SIRS Decades features more than 5,000 hand-selected primary and secondary source articles highlighting key events, movements, people, and places in 20th-century America. Coverage includes documents, letters and memos, editorial cartoons, streaming video, websites, photographs, maps, advertisements, and published articles

Encyclopedia Americana
Comprehensive encyclopedia, authoritative articles, and links to relevant websites and periodicals.

Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
Easy-to-use general encyclopedia with additional links to websites and periodicals.

Lands and Peoples
Information about countries, cultures, and current events.

New Book of Knowledge Online
Leading source of accurate, accessible, and fun-to-read information for student readers.

Nueva enciclopedia Cumbre en linea
Full-length encyclopedia in Spanish with focus on the cultures of Latin America.

The New Book of Popular Science
Up-to-date science articles from the most general to the most specific, including current science news, a stargazer feature, and interactive pages.

Student Resource Center
Integrated database containing encyclopedia entries from a variety of reference sources.
Contains every article from the 22-volume print set plus thousands more. Offers state-of-the-art multimedia, maps, editor-
reviewed Web sites, and more.

 

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