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The online resources listed below will help you find definitions, topic overviews, statistics, and brief, factual answers to common questions.

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Reference USA
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Contains detailed information on more than 14 million U.S. businesses. Not available off campus.
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Encyclopedia of American Religions
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Contains general essays that historically trace the major religious families and traditions, as well as directory listings that include contact and descriptive information on individual churches, religious bodies, and spiritual groups.
Oxford English Dictionary
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A comprehensive, scholarly English-language dictionary based on historical principles, published by the Oxford University Press.
Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History (iCONN)
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Designed to answer such key questions as: How has the U.S. Constitution shaped the economy of the United States? What were the consequences of Prohibition on consumers' behavior? This title presents 1,000 entries, era overviews, event/movement profiles, biographies, business/industry profiled, geographic profiles, and more.
Beachman’s Guide to the Endangered Species of North America (iCONN)
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Presents extensive data on the habitats and ecosystems of more than 1,200 species identified as endangered or threatened by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service. Arranged taxonomically, entries include introductory information with an image of the species; a summary section detailing information on each species; a concluding summary of recovery efforts; and a bibliography of contacts for further information.
World of Learning
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Database of international scholarship and academia.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
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Online version of the popular dictionary.
KnowPlay
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Reference utility lookup - includes dictionary, thesaurus, acronyms, atlas, encyclopedia, etc.
Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders, 1st edition (iCONN)
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Information on genetic disorders including conditions, tests, procedures, treatments and therapies. Covers well known disorders including Down Syndrome, Trisomy, Hemophilia, and Tourette Syndrome and rarely seen diseases such as Meckel Syndrome, Neuraminidase Deficiency and Phenylketonuria.
World of Earth Science (iCONN)
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This title in Thomson Gale's "World of" Series is a comprehensive guide to the concepts, theories, discoveries, pioneers, and issues relating to topics in earth science. Its encyclopedic approach offers approximately 650 entries in a convenient A-Z format, cross-reference headings, and is written in easy to understand language.
Encyclopedia of Education
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Intended to provide a comprehensive description of the enterprise of education both within the United States and throughout the world. Approximately 900 articles offer a view of the institutions, people, processes, and products found in educational practice.
Blackbirch Kid’s Visual Reference of the World (iCONN)
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Presents more than 2,500 graphs, charts, maps, and photos that cover the most important and interesting facts about every country on the planet.
Grove Art Online
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Web access to the entire text of The Dictionary of Art, ed. Jane Turner (1996, 34 vols.) and The Oxford Companion to Western Art, ed. Hugh Brigstocke (2001). Offers ongoing additions of new and updated articles, over 1,500 thumbnail art images and line drawings displayed in the text of articles, extensive image links, and sophisticated search and navigation tools.
Health & Wellness Resource Center
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Up-to-date reference material as well as full-text magazines, journals, and pamphlets from a wide variety of authoritative medical sources. Consumers, students, and professionals are provided with descriptions of and links to several pertinent Web sites, selected for their usefulness and appropriateness.
Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America, 2nd edition (iCONN)
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Contains 8,000 to 12,000 word essays on specific culture groups in the United States, emphasizing religions, holidays, customs, and languages in addition to providing information on historical background and settlement patterns. Also covers ethnoreligious groups such as Jews, Chaldeans, and Amish. Each essay lists organizations and research centers; name, address, and contact information for periodicals, radio, and television stations; and a further readings section.
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