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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)
Earth and Environmental Science encyclopedias from Oxford Reference Online		Earth and Environmental Science encyclopedias from Oxford Reference Online Search or browse across nine subject encyclopedias and dictionaries with over 42,000 entries. References are linked via Get VText.   Full record	Sep 13, 2010	e1000118
Economics and Business encyclopedias from Oxford Reference Online		Economics and Business Encyclopedias from Oxford Reference Online Search or browse across nine subject encyclopedias and dictionaries with over 30,000 entries. References are linked via Get VText.   Full record	Sep 13, 2010	e1000118
Encyclopedia Virginia from the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities		Encyclopedia Virginia from the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities Encyclopedia Virginia is a reference work about the Commonwealth; it aggregates in a single resource information on Virginia history, business, politics, and geography, plus the state’s proud heritage in the arts, religion, culture, and folklife. As the Encyclopedia grows, it will also explore areas of science, medicine, education, and technology. The first phase of Encyclopedia Virginia focuses on topics related to Virginia literature, Civil War history, and twentieth century history. Full record	Sep 13, 2010
Encyclopedia of Ecology from ScienceDirect		Encyclopedia of Ecology from ScienceDirect The Encyclopedia of Ecology contains over 500 entries on all aspects of ecology. Each article is presented as a PDF, and links to other encyclopedia articles as well as relevant journal articles hosted on ScienceDirect. First edition 2008.   Full record	Sep 13, 2010	e1000441
Encyclopedia of Genetics, Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics from Wiley		Encyclopedia of Genetics, Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics from Wiley This encyclopedia covers the four major fields in genetics. Content is available in HTML and PDF. To access this publication, you must first establish an account and then login. Click on the Register link to set up an account.   Full record	Sep 13, 2010	e1000360
Encyclopedia of Life (EOL)		Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) The Encyclopedia of Life is a collaborative effort to gather and share descriptions of all living things. Content includes photos and videos, bibliographic links, distribution maps, and taxonomies of animals, plants, and microorganisms. Full record	Sep 13, 2010
Encyclopedia of Politcal Science from CQ Press		Encyclopedia of Political Science from QC Press The Encyclopedia of Political Science provides full-text essays in HTML on all aspects of political science, including biographies and methodology. Allow popups to see individual essays.   Full record	Sep 13, 2010	e1000787
Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy from Informaworld		Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy from Informaworld This work full-text reference articles in HTML on processes, methods, and influential ideas; policy decisions and histories in fields such as privatization, biomedical ethics, education, diversity, and judicial ethics; watershed decisions and policies; current administrative practices and models. [your library's links] connects to Get VText.   Full record	Sep 13, 2010	e1000250
Encyclopedia of RF and Microwave Engineering from Knovel		Encyclopedia of RF and Microwave Engineering from Knovel A compendium of theory, design methods, and applications as well as an examination of technologies and future trends concerning radio frequency and microwave engineering. Each article is a separate PDF.   Full record	Sep 13, 2010	e1000002
Encyclopedia of Science Fiction		Encyclopedia of Science Fiction This is the third edition of the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and is a work still in progress. (We also have the 2nd edition in print.) It provides full-text reference articles in HTML on all aspects of science fiction: authors, artists/illustrators, awards, comics, films and television and radio programs, themes, terminology, publications, fans and fanzines, characters, games, and music. Full record	Sep 13, 2010
Encyclopedia of Western Colonialism since 1450 from Gale Virtual Reference Library		Encyclopedia of Western Colonialism since 1450 from Gale Virtual Reference Library The Encyclopedia of Western Colonialism since 1450 provides full-text reference articles in HTML and PDF about Western colonialism from the fifteenth-century to the twenty-first-century. It also includes maps, pictures, photographs, charts, tables, and a glossary of terms.   Full record	Sep 13, 2010	e1000876
Encyclopedia of the U.S. Census from QC Press		Encyclopedia of the U.S. Census from QC Press This encyclopedia provides full-text entries in HTML on the concepts, politics, history, methods, and results of the decennial census and the continuous American Community Survey of social and economic data.   Full record	Sep 13, 2010	e1000207
English Language encyclopedias from Oxford Reference Online		English Language Encyclopedias from Oxford Reference Online Search or browse across nine subject encyclopedias and dictionaries with over 120,000 entries. References are linked via Get VText.   Full record	Sep 13, 2010	e1000118