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NOTE: Use the Research Portal to access and search simultaneously the Online Catalog and selected databases on and off campus. Go to the Online Catalog and log in to access this feature which allows for searching multiple resources.

Also: Off campus database passwords are posted on WaveLink under the Academic Resources tab. Login to WaveLink with your 8 digit student ID number and your WaveLink password.

Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

Encyclopædia Britannica Online (database)
Contains the complete encyclopedia, with more than 73,000 articles, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and the Britannica Book of the Year. Internet links available have been reviewed by Britannica editors to ensure their quality and appropriateness.
 
Grove Art Online
  • This is the full-text of The Dictionary of Art, 1996, the landmark encyclopedia of world art from prehistory to the present in over 45,000 articles. Since its launch in 1998, Grove Art Online has added over 700 new articles and over 5,500 updated articles.
  • Grove Art Online also includes articles from The Oxford Companion to Western Art , 2001, and continues to offer new content and revisions on a quarterly basis. (New database!)

Grove Music Online (database)
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd edition is universally acknowledged as the unsurpassed authority on all aspects of music. This respected work is widely used throughout the academic and professional community, and revered by music-lovers worldwide.
 
 
Oxford English Dictionary (database)
The Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past.

Oxford Reference Online Premium (database)
Contains over 100 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press. It is a fully-indexed, cross-searchable database of these books, giving subscribers unprecedented access to a comprehensive information resource.. It is updated regularly with new titles, new editions, new entries, illustrations, weblinks and bibliographies.

World Book Encyclopedia (FirstSearch database)
Online version of the World Book Encyclopedia, International Edition.

 

Language & Writing Reference

American Heritage Dictionary
Over 90,000 entries feature 10,000 new words and senses, 70,000 audio word pronunciations, 900 full-page color illustrations, language notes and word-root appendixes.

Dictionary.com
Dictionary.com is a multi-source dictionary search service produced by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC, a leading provider of language reference products and services on the Internet.
 
Elements of Style
This classic reference guide is a must-have for any student and conscientious writer.
 
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary and Thesaurus
The official Merriam-Webster Home Page. Access to over 1,000,000 entries.
 
Roget's Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus, 1911, version 1.02 (supplemented: July 1991) released to the public domain by MICRA, Inc. and the Gutenberg Project.
 
Travlang's Translating Dictionaries
Offers many free on-line translating dictionaries.
 

 

 
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