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CrossSearch finds entries in hundreds of subject encyclopedias from the collections marked with an icon below. Consider these collections an academic alternative to Wikipedia.
General Encyclopedias
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- Biography Reference Bank (Wilson)Biographical profiles, feature articles, interviews, reviews, and obituaries of current and historical figures.
- Britannica Online Academic Edition
Includes a dictionary, thesaurus, videos, timelines, world atlas and quotations. - GVRL Collection Encyclopedias and reference works in the humanities, social sciences, sciences, and business.
- Oxford Reference Online Premium Encyclopedias, dictionaries, and companions for various subjects, including classics, literature, mythology and folklore, history, and related subjects.
- SAGE Reference Online Encyclopedias in a wide range of social science disciplines, as well as business and economics.
Subject Encyclopedias
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- AccessScience (McGraw-Hill) Online version of the 20-volume McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, including scientific biographies.
- CQ Political Reference Suite (Congressional Quarterly Inc.) Political reference suite of online encyclopedias, guides, handbooks, and other sources on U.S. government and politics, with some international sources.
- Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (eLS)Database of contributed entries in the biological sciences, hosted by Wiley Interscience. Alternate interface.
- Literature Criticism Online (Gale) Extensive compilation of introductory commentary and criticism on literature from the classical to contemporary era, including poetry and short stories.
- MagillOnLiterature Plus (EBSCOhost) 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 OnlineEncyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, and biographical sources for politics, political systems, governments, economies, countries, and regions of the world.
- Routledge Religion OnlineEncyclopedias, 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.
- ScienceDirect Reference WorksEncyclopedias for the sciences, health, and medicine.
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