Learning Center

Encyclopedias


American Presidency
Articles on the presidents, vice-presidents, first ladies; the presidency; and American politics via Grolier Online.

Bartleby.com
Online literature, verse, and reference books with complete electronic versions of the Columbia Encyclopedia; The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language; Roget's II: The New Thesaurus; Simpson's Contemporary Quotations; and The American Heritage Book of English Usage.

Encarta Online
Brief articles available for free in the concise edition from the Microsoft Network.

Encyclopædia Britannica Guide to Black History

Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Online edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica, including Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (10th edition), and Britannica Book of the Year.

Encyclopedia Mythica
An encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, and legend.

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
Provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries. Searchable by subject or keywords within the entry.

Medical Encyclopedia
Medical Encyclopedia via the National Library of Medicine

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Entries are maintained and kept up to date by an expert or group of experts in the field.

SYMBOLS.com
Contains more than 2,500 Western signs, arranged into 54 groups according to their graphic characteristics. In 1,600 articles their histories, uses, and meanings are thoroughly discussed.

The Catholic Encyclopedia
Authoritative information on the entire cycle of Catholic interests, action and doctrine.

xrefer
Includes encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and books of quotations, and a range of subject-specific titles from the world's leading publishers.

Ask a Reference Librarian for help