Encyclopedias

Encyclopaedia Judaica provides an exhaustive and organized overview of Jewish life and knowledge. Entries chronicle Jewish history, archaeology, literature, culture, theology, and practice from the distant past to the present. The Encyclopaedia includes extensive entries on Holocaust studies, the Bible, women's studies, Jewish mysticism, and social history.

• Subject area(s):
• History
• Language & Literature
• Political Science

The complete text and images of Encyclopedia Britannica. Additional online features include thousands of multimedia sound and video resources, an atlas, web links, news updates, and more.

• Subject area(s):
• General Topics

The Encyclopedia contains articles written by leading scholars of Oklahoma's past and culture. Articles can be searched or browsed by subject and historical period. The Encyclopedia is published by the Oklahoma Historical Society.

• Subject area(s):
• History
• Political Science

Use Funk and Wagnalls for basic information on over 25,000 topics.

• Subject area(s):
• General Topics

Gale Virtual Reference Library is a multidisciplinary collection of reference ebooks. Areas of coverage include zoology, history, and the social sciences.

• Subject area(s):
• Biology
• General Topics
• History

LRS is a comprehensive literary reference database which provides a broad spectrum of reference information from antiquity to the present day. LRS is a completely full-text database that combines information from over 1,000 books and monographs, major literary encyclopedias and reference works, hundreds of literary journals, and unique sources not available anywhere else. MagillOnLiterature Plus is included in LRS.

• Subject area(s):
• Language & Literature
• Communication & Theater

The Merck Manual describes symptoms, common clinical procedures, laboratory tests, and virtually all the disorders that a general internist might encounter. The Manual also deals with problems of pregnancy and delivery; common and serious disorders of neonates, infants, and children; genetics; drug dependency; psychiatric disorders; and many disorders covered by other specialties.

• Subject area(s):
• Pharmacy
• Nursing & Allied Health

Oxford Music Online (formerly Grove Music Online) includes the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. It is updated annually.

• Subject area(s):
• Music

Online access to Magill's Medical Guide. The Guide includes over one thousand entries which describe major diseases and disorders of the human body, the basics of human anatomy and physiology, specializations in medical practice, and common surgical and nonsurgical procedures.

• Subject area(s):
• Nursing & Allied Health
• Psychology
• Pharmacy

Search and browse these Salem History titles and series:

• The 50 States
• The Decades series
• Defining Documents in American History
• Encyclopedia of American Immigration
• Great Events from History
• Great Lives from History
• The Innovators series
• and more …

• Subject area(s):
• History
• Political Science

Online access to the Salem Press Critical Insights reference series. Critical Insights titles cover famous authors, landmark literary works, and important literary themes.

• Subject area(s):
• Language & Literature

Online access to Salem Press' The Encyclopedia of Global Warming and The Encyclopedia of Mathematics and Society.

• Subject area(s):
• Biology
• Mathematics