Research Guides: e-Reference: Humanities

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American National Biography Online
- Biographies, histories, chronologies and critical essays of American current and historical men and women including pictures, illustrations, links and citations.
Cambridge Histories Online
- Access to the renowned texts of the Cambridge Histories ebook series.
- Browse by subject to find historical research related to your subject area.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
- Interdisciplinary
- Find encyclopedias, handbooks and specialized reference sources for research
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- Biographies of people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to the near present
- Coverage expands each year
Oxford English Dictionary
- Includes meaning, history, etymology, and pronunciation of words
- English language words from 1150 to the present
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
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.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- An open-access, scholarly encyclopedia of philosophy.
- All entries are rigorously refereed prior to publication, and are maintained by an expert or group of experts in the field.

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Foreign Language Dictionaries