Encyclopedias
Posted:
Aug 19,
2011
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Britannica Online : access to the Encyclopedia
Britannica, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and
Thesaurus, and other research tools.
- Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th (1911) edition : "The best encyclopedia ever written was published nearly 90 years ago...this edition is filled with historical information that is still relevant today. It fills 29 volumes and contains over 44 million words."
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Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia : "Provides
over 25,000 encyclopedic entries. Searchable by subject or
keywords within the entry."
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Grolier Online : "Includes access to the Encyclopedia
Americana, New Book of Knowledge and Grolier Multimedia
Encyclopedia as well as Roget's II: The New Thesaurus and the
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth
Edition."
Additional Sources
The Libraries offer access to other online encyclopedias through EBSCO eBook Collection and ebrary. To identify these titles, search the online catalog for the keyword "encyclopedia," and then use the Modify Search button to limit to Material Type "EBooks".
