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These subject encyclopedias and collections are a library alternative to Wikipedia. See the Research Guides for additional options.

Britannica Online Academic Edition
Includes a dictionary, thesaurus, videos, timelines, world atlas and quotations.
CQ Researcher Plus Archive
Summary reports of current political, economic, social, cultural, and health issues in the news (1960-present).
GVRL Collection
Encyclopedias for the humanities, social sciences, sciences, and business from the Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL).
Oxford Reference
Dictionaries, encyclopedias, and companions for many subject areas, especially the humanities, but also social sciences, sciences, and business.
SAGE Knowledge
Encyclopedias in a wide range of social science disciplines, as well as business and economics.

AccessScience
Online version of the 20-volume McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, including scientific biographies.
Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (eLS)
Database of contributed entries in the biological sciences, hosted by Wiley Interscience. Alternate interface.
Salem Health
Includes the Magill's Medical Guide to diseases and disorders, suitable for general research.
ScienceDirect Reference Works
Encyclopedias on the human brain, the neurological sciences, infant and early childhood development, adolescence, and more.

CQ Political Reference Suite
Political reference suite of online encyclopedias, guides, handbooks, and other sources on U.S. government and politics, with some international sources.
Encyclopedia of American Studies
Covers the history and cultures of the United States since pre-colonial times, from a wide range of disciplines.
Literature Criticism Online
Extensive compilation of introductory commentary and criticism on literature from the classical to contemporary era, including poetry and short stories.
MagillOnLiterature Plus
Thousands of critical essays, plot summaries, character profiles, and author biographies for fiction, poetry, drama, essays, and philosophical works.
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Over 2,000 biographical and thematic entries. Also available in print: Reference B 51 R68 1998 (10 vols.)
Routledge Politics and International Relations Online
Encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, and biographical sources for politics, political systems, governments, economies, countries, and regions of the world.
Routledge Religion Online
Encyclopedias, dictionaries, and biographical sources for Christianity and other world religions, both ancient and modern.
Salem History
Profiles of great lives and great events in history, from the ancient world through the 20th century. Entries are signed and include further reading.

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