General Encyclopedias Online
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- Gale E-Books (formerly Gale Virtual Reference Library) This link opens in a new window
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Online encyclopedias, dictionaries, and specialized reference sources, primarily in the social sciences and humanities.
- Oxford English Dictionary This link opens in a new window
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Includes the complete text of the Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed. plus quarterly updates of new and revised entries. Trace the origin and history of words and their meanings in this etymological dictionary.
- Biography.comCommercial site that features search access to "25,000 of the greatest lives, past and present." Some biographies are much more detailed than others
Selected Subject Encyclopedias - Print and Online
- The Crusades: An Encyclopedia2006 ABC-CLIO [D155.C78 2006]
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East1997 Oxford University Press [DS56.O9 1997] Also online.
- Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls (online)
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- Jesus in History, Thought, and Culture: An Encyclopedia2003 ABC-CLIO [BR145.3.H68 2003]
- Carta's Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem[*BM655. A74513 2005] YRL Stacks Oversize*
- Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World
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Also available in print, [BP40. E525 2004] College Library Reference Wall Collection and YRL stacks.