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General Reference

Britannica Academic This link opens in a new window
Provides reference sources in almost all disciplines. Also includes historical timelines, multimedia, selected magazine articles, notable quotations, and a dictionary and thesaurus.
Europa World Yearbook This link opens in a new window
Provides political, economic, and statistical information for over 250 countries and territories. Includes maps and country profiles
Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) This link opens in a new window
Explore this database of encyclopedias and reference sources within the Gale eBooks platform. For multidisciplinary research. A collection of full text electronic reference books covering many subject areas. Can be searched by keyword, source, subject, image caption, full text, and audience. Individual books can be combined for cross-title searching.
Oxford English Dictionary
A guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words past and present from across the English-speaking world.