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Encyclopedias, dictionaries, and almanacs

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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)
Wolfram MathWorld		Wolfram MathWorld Wolfram MathWorld provides full-text reference articles (with bibliographic citations), a glossary of mathematical terms, downloadable Mathematica notebooks, and a guide to Mathematica. Full record	Sep 13, 2010
Women's Studies Encyclopedia		Women's Studies Encyclopedia The Women's Studies Encyclopedia provides full-text reference articles in HTML about women in all fields of study, primarily in the United States.   Full record	Sep 13, 2010	e1000151
World Almanac from FirstSearch		World Almanac from FirstSearch World Almanac indexes citations from encyclopedic texts and provides full-text (HTML) articles, biographies, and statistics in a wide variety of subjects. 1998-present.   Full record	Sep 13, 2010	e1000089
World Bank Group Data Catalog		World Bank Group Databases The World Bank Group Databases provides access to searchable databases on economics, education, and social science data. Many of the databases can be downloaded in database or spreadsheet format. Full record	Sep 13, 2010
World Book Advanced Dictionary		World Book Advanced Dictionary The World Book Advanced Dictionary provides over 250,000 entries. On pages with the Tools box, users can double-click on any word on the page to be taken to the entry in the dictionary for the selected word.   Full record	Sep 13, 2010	e1000733
World Book Advanced Encyclopedia		World Book Advanced Encyclopedia The World Book Advanced Encyclopedia provides HTML full-text reference articles, ebooks, literary criticism, U.S. Supreme Court cases, U.S. presidential papers, special reports, research guides, timelines, maps, images, and multimedia in all academic disciplines.   Full record	Sep 13, 2010	e1000733