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* Search Multiple Encyclopedias and Dictionaries (JOHN JAY USE ONLY)
Search several databases at the same time; includes: Gale Virtual Reference Library and more.
 
Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences (JOHN JAY USE ONLY)
Electronic equivalent of the 3-volume encyclopedia.
 
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (CUNY USE ONLY)
Over 25,000 encyclopedic entries searchable by subject or keywords within the entry.
  Alternate access via library barcode

Gale Virtual Reference Library (CUNY USE ONLY)
Full text of more than 250 specialized encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographical directories and other reference books in the subject fields of criminal justice, economics, history, literature, psychology, religion, science, world cultures, etc.
  Alternate access via library barcode

Grolier Online (CUNY USE ONLY)
Contains the Encyclopedia Americana, the Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, and the New Book of Knowledge.
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Health and Wellness Resource Center (CUNY USE ONLY)
Provides integrated access to medical, statistical, health, and wellness information in encyclopedias, magazines, journals, and pamphlets from a wide variety of authoritative medical source.
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Oxford Art Online (CUNY USE ONLY)
Access to the entire text of the 34 vol. Dictionary of Art with updates and links to images.
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Technology Fee Resource Oxford English Dictionary Online (JOHN JAY USE ONLY)
The complete text of the OED's twenty-volume Second Edition and three-volume Additions Series; the worldwide standard source for English word definitions, word pronunciation, word history and usage.
 
Oxford Music Online (CUNY USE ONLY)
Comprises the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd ed., and The New Grove Dictionary of Opera.
  Alternate access via library barcode

Technology Fee Resource Oxford Reference Online Premium (CUNY USE ONLY)
Access to over 175 reference books from Oxford University Press, including language dictionaries, and reference works in art, science, classics, business, history, law, literature, medicine, geography, performing arts, philosophy, and social science
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Palgrave Dictionary of Economics (CUNY USE ONLY)
Contains over 1,850 articles by more than 1,500 of the world's leading economists.
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Sage e-Reference Collection (JOHN JAY USE ONLY)
A collection of over 70 subject encyclopedias, including major titles in criminal justice, research methods, psychology, and social issues from Sage publishers.
 
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Entries in this encycloedia are maintained and kept up to date by an expert or group of experts in the field. Access is unlimited and free to everyone.
 

 

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