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Gale Virtual Reference Library - Social Science
Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.

Sage Knowledge
- Authoritative, interdisciplinary handbooks and encyclopedias across the social sciences.
- Brock owns the complete book, reference and navigator collection up to and including ©2017 and ©2018 materials.
Oxford Reference
- Interdisciplinary
- Includes Oxford Quick Reference of core subject, quotation, and language dictionaries and Oxford Reference Library of companions and multi-volume encyclopedias for longer, in-depth, essays and specialist definitions
Oxford Handbooks Online
It provides the complete texts of the prestigious Oxford Handbooks in Business & Management, Philosophy, Political Science, Religion, and Psychology. The Oxford Handbooks provide in-depth introductions to topics in each discipline.
Oxford English Dictionary
- Includes meaning, history, etymology, and pronunciation of words
- English language words from 1150 to the present