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McNair: 1. Reference

Resources available to students for when they are researching for their McNair projects

The Raven, or North Reading Room, of the Library

Encyclopedias

Credo Reference
A great place to start your research. Encyclopedias, dictionaries, Mind Map, and links to our other databases.
eBooks
Over 2,500 encyclopedias & reference works on a wide range of disciplines & topics.
IGI Global Research
Hundreds of full-text e-reference books in the field of computers in the health sciences, medicine, & business.
Salem Reference
Encyclopedias in literature, history, & science.

Credo Reference Tutorial

Master List of Subject Encyclopedias
A master list of scholarly print & electronic encyclopedias organized by discipline.

Reference Universe
Use Reference Universe to search the table of contents & indexes of the majority our print & electronic encyclopedia collection.

Reference Universe Tutorial

Britannica Online Academic Edition
College level version of the classic encyclopedia.
Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia
Over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.

Oxford English Dictionary ( OED )
The definitive source for the history of the English language.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary
This collegiate dictionary also includes a thesaurus.
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 6th edtion.
2016.

Cite an encyclopedia article

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