Encyclopedias

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Oxford Reference Online UIUC access only--login required for off-campus use

Oxford Reference Online is the core collection which contains about 100 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press. It includes the Concise World Encyclopedia.

Credo Reference (formerly Xreferplus) UIUC access only--login required for off-campus use

Credo Reference offers over 160 fully searchable reference titles, including encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and books of quotations, and a range of subject-specific titles covering everything from art to accountancy and literature to law.

McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology UIUC access only--login required for off-campus use

Contains entries from the latest editions of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology and the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms. Includes thousands of illustrations, as well as related biographies and research updates.

Grove Art Online UIUC access only--login required for off-campus use

Grove Art Online provides web access to the entire text of The Dictionary of Art (1996, 34 vols.) and The Oxford Companion to Western Art (2001). It offers ongoing additions of new and updated articles, art images and line drawings, and extensive external links.

Grove Music Online UIUC access only--login required for off-campus use

Grove Music Online includes the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (29 vols, 2001), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera (1992), and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (2002). Articles are updated on a regular basis.

African American Studies Center UIUC access only--login required for off-campus use

Among other sources, this database includes entries from Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience (5 vols., 2005)