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• Encyclopedias, dictionaries, glossaries, almanacs, and other reference sources used to give researchers a starting point when in an unfamiliar area
• Includes general and subject-specific sources

Title		Summary	Date	ID	Author(s)
Bilingual Dictionaries from Oxford Reference Online		Bilingual Dictionaries from Oxford Reference Online Search or browse across 26 bilingual dictionaries for French, German, German, Irish, Italian, Latin, Spanish, and Welsh.   Full record	Sep 13, 2010	e1000118
Biography Index Retrospective 1946-1983 from EBSCOhost		Biography Index Retrospective 1946-1983 from EBSCOhost Biography Index Retrospective indexes citations of biographical articles and book chapters, interviews and profiles, and obituaries covering over 300,000 people: public figures, writers, artists, sports figures, politicians, religious leaders, scientists, educators, military leaders, teachers, actors, and business people. 1946-1983. Full record	Sep 13, 2010	e1001014
Biological Sciences encyclopedias from Oxford Reference Online		Biological Sciences encyclopedias from Oxford Reference Online Search or browse across 13 subject encyclopedias and dictionaries with over 80,000 entries. References are linked via Get VText.   Full record	Sep 13, 2010	e1000118
Birds of North America - BNA		Birds of North America (BNA) Birds of North America is a comprehensive reference covering the life histories of North American birds with detailed scientific information for each of the 716 species of birds nesting in the USA and Canada. This is an updated online version of the print series of the same name. Each encyclopedic entry includes a list of references and may include images, audio, and video.   Full record	Sep 13, 2010	e1000451
Business Source Complete from EBSCOhost		Business Source Complete from EBSCOhost Business Source Complete is a citation, abstracts, and full-text database that indexes journals; books; financial data; reference works; conference proceedings; company, industry, investment, marketing, and country reports; SWOT analyses; and case studies. Full text is provides as HTML and PDF. You can limit to peer-reviewed sources. 1886-present; most content is 1980s-present.   Full record	Sep 13, 2010	e1000636