QUICK REFERENCE
Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Reference Databases, Directories
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Database
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Subject
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Description
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Source
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| Credo Reference (Xreferplus) |
Quick Reference |
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Credo Reference (formerly Xreferplus) is a giant online reference library providing access to over 250 reference books. Includes encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, and books of quotations, as well as subject-specific titles covering topics from art to accountancy and literature to law. |
Credo
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| EBSCO Encyclopedia of Animals |
Animals |
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Useful for Education students, EBSCO's Encyclopedia of Animals provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals. The database consists of indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals. |
EBSCO
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| Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia |
Quick Reference |
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Provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries. Searchable by subject or keywords within the entry. |
EBSCO
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| Gale Virtual Reference Library |
Quick Reference |
Reference books
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Gale Virtual Reference Library offers searchable full text of reference books in subjects including business, environment, history, medicine, multicultural studies, religion, and science. |
Gale
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| LearningExpress Library |
Reference, Test Prep |
Varies
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Brought to you by Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL), LearningExpress Library is a comprehensive, interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help patrons—students and adult learners—succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must pass. Includes some Graduate Entrance Exams: GMAT, GRE, LSAT and MCAT. |
Learning
-Express
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| NetLibrary |
General |
E-Books |
NetLibrary offers more than 56,000 e-Book titles in all subject areas. Includes scholarly reference and professional works from leading university, academic, and professional publishers. |
OCLC
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Oxford English Dictionary
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Quick Reference |
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The Oxford English Dictionary is the definitive historical dictionary of the English language and includes English language words from the earliest records of written language to the present day. Entries include over 2 million dated quotations from English language, history, literature, and records and facts concerning word forms, changes, and etymology. |
Oxford
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| Oxford Reference Online |
Quick Reference |
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Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection provides the full text of over 100 language and subject dictionaries and reference works. Includes general reference sources on language, science and medicine, humanities, Social Sciences. and business and professional topics. Usage info.: Licensed for 1 concurrent user. |
Oxford
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Quick Reference |
Directory
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Up-to-date bibliographic information and current pricing structures for popular serials. |
EBSCO
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