Listed below is a selection of the most recent encyclopedias included in the Research Library Reference Reading Room. To find more sources in the same topic areas, open the catalog record by clicking on the link below. Then click on the Subject Heading(s) in the record.
The UCLA Library has dictionaries of all kinds, ranging from the familiar look-up-a-word type like the Oxford English Dictionary or Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary to very specialized dictionaries for particular fields. You can find these dictionaries in the UCLA Library Catalog. Here is a list of general dictionaries for historical research.
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.
Online dictionary of monarchs from England, Ireland, Wales, Scotland from myth and Romano-British times to the present day House of Windsor
Introductory Works
The Charles E. Young Research Library holds a large selection of print and electronic reference resources for historical research, including encyclopedias, historical and biographical dictionaries, bibliographies, gazeteers, and atlases.
A good place to start, but note that it is an index to over 15 million articles in 11,000 subject encyclopedias and handbooks, both print and online and does not provide full-text articles. Instead, it will connect you to our catalog so you know where to find the appropriate encyclopedia, dictionary or other reference work. You will be linked to UCLA's holdings for any entries you find.
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encyclopedia, subject encylopedias, Oxford Reference Online, Gale Virtual Reference Library, Routledge Reference Resources Online, Netlibrary, Annual Reviews, ABC-CLIO e-books, AccessScience, Literature Online, Idea Group, Sage Publications, Credo, Paratext, ReferenceUniverse
Biographies of more than 19,000 men and women who have influenced American history.
History scholars often need reference materials related to biographical information and this information can sometimes be difficult to track down. You find some of this information in the encyclopedias and dictionaries listed on the left. Here are some other places to start when looking for these materials. Don't forget to try newspapers that are contemporary to the individual in question.
A database which aims to provide structured information relating to all the recorded inhabitants of England from the late sixth to the late eleventh century.
Indexes huge microfiche collection (located in YRL Reference) of short biographical entries from a variety of sources about eminent individuals who lived in North and South America, Western and Central Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania. The fiche contains complete text of biographical info, while the website indicates birth and death years, occupation, source quoted (archive, fiche-number and page) and bibliographic information about the sources used. (archive, fiche-number and page) and bibliographic information about the sources used.
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