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Encyclopaedia Britannica Library
This award-winning research resource provides access to three databases in one (Complete Encyclopedia, the Student Encyclopedia and the Junior Encyclopedia) thousands of curated articles and magazines, images, videos, audio clips, primary sources, maps, research tools and recommended websites, along with a pop-up Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary and Thesaurus.
RDA Toolkit is an online resource that provides guidelines and instructions for Resource Description and Access (RDA), the standard for cataloging library and archival materials. It helps librarians and metadata professionals create consistent, high-quality bibliographic records and supports international cataloging principles.
- Oxford Reference Online – Oxford Reference Online includes over 1.4 million entries across 27 subject areas, everything from architecture to zoology. It offers the very best in quick reference information together with authoritative, in-depth articles by top academics and experts. It also offers excellent functionality, and a wide range of additional material such as maps, illustrations and timelines.
- Oxford English Dictionary Online – Oxford English Dictionary Online provides you with unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of more than 600,000 words (past and present) from across the English-speaking world.
- Dictionary.Com
- Cambridge Online Dictionary – The most popular online dictionary and thesaurus for learners of English.
- Encyclopaedia.Com – Encyclopedia.com has more than 100 trusted sources, including encyclopedias, dictionaries, and thesauruses with facts, definitions, biographies, synonyms, pronunciation keys, word origins, and abbreviations.
- Wikipedia
- Gale Virtual Reference Library – Business
