LibGuides: W 101: From Hula-Hoops to Hoverboards: Reference Works

Reference Works

Encyclopedias, Dictionaries and Handbooks are a good place to begin your research.

Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
Over 500 online reference sources on every major subject.
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Subject Areas: General

Credo Reference is an online reference solution for learners and librarians. Offering more than 500 highly-regarded titles from over 70 publishers, Credo Reference covers every major subject from the world's best publishers of reference.

Format: Full Text Books, Reference Sources
Dates of Coverage: Varies
Update Schedule: Ongoing
Database Producer: Credo Reference
Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window
Online access to over 3,000 reference books in all subject areas.
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Subject Areas: General

Gale eBooks (formerly known as Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL)) provides online access to over 3,000 reference books in all subject areas.

Format: Full Text Books
Database Producer: Gale Cengage.
Oxford Reference This link opens in a new window
Full text of 400 dictionaries, general reference, language reference, and subject reference works from Oxford University Press.
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Subject Areas: General

Oxford Reference combines Oxford Reference Online and Oxford Digital Reference Shelf to provide full text of 400 dictionaries, general reference, language reference, and subject reference works from Oxford University Press. Link directly to:

* Encyclopedia
* Maps
* Names & Places
* Quotations

Format: Full Text Books
Database Producer: Oxford University Press
Access Science: Encyclopedia of Science & Technology Online This link opens in a new window
Online encyclopedia of science and technology.
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Subject Areas: Biology, Chemistry & Biochemistry, Environmental Studies, Geosciences, Medicine, Physics & Astronomy, Psychology

AccessScience is an online encyclopedia of science and technology. It contains encyclopedia articles, dictionary terms, biographies, research updates, and science news.

Format: Reference Works
Database Producer: The McGraw-Hill Companies.

Subject Specific Encyclopedia

Encyclopedia of Child Behavior and Development
ISBN: 9780387790619
Breaks new ground as a major e-reference work for students, educators, researchers, professionals, and clinicians alike. Provides a one-stop reference resource that offers a foundation of broadly based topics that cover the wide expanse of child behavior and development issues.
Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood
Children And Childhood examines this history through articles on education, parenting, child labor, economics, images of childhood, children's literature, play, toys and games, health, physiology, law, the criminal justice system, and social welfare. Comparative articles include information about childhood in cultures throughout the world.