Encyclopedias and Reference: Encyclopedias

Summary reports of current political, economic, social, cultural, and health issues in the news (1960-present).

Encyclopedias for the humanities, social sciences, sciences, and business from the Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL).

Dictionaries, encyclopedias, and companions for many subject areas, especially the humanities, but also social sciences, sciences, and business.

Encyclopedias in a wide range of social science disciplines, as well as business and economics.

Online version of the 20-volume McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, including scientific biographies.
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Online encyclopedia with peer-reviewed entries covering topics in the biological sciences (Wiley).

Profiles physical and psychological disorders, diseases, and conditions for the layperson, including causes, symptoms, treatment, therapy, and prospects.

Political reference suite of online encyclopedias, guides, handbooks, and other sources on U.S. government and politics, with some international sources.

Extensive compilation of introductory commentary and criticism on literature from the classical to contemporary era, including poetry and short stories.

Thousands of critical essays, plot summaries, character profiles, and author biographies for fiction, poetry, drama, essays, and philosophical works.

Encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, and biographical sources for politics, political systems, governments, economies, countries, and regions of the world.

Encyclopedias, dictionaries, and biographical sources for Christianity and other world religions, both ancient and modern.

Profiles of great lives and great events in history, from the ancient world through the 20th century, plus primary source documents.