Reference Sources

Oxford English Dictionary This link opens in a new window
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The Oxford English Dictionary online - find the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over 600,000 words.
Gale's Topic Finder This link opens in a new window
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Find new topics or keywords and discover new connections found in the top results.
Visual Thesaurus This link opens in a new window
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Interactive dictionary & thesaurus which creates word maps that blossom with meanings and branch to related words.
Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
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Over 550 multidisciplinary, scholarly reference titles. A great place to get an overview on a topic in order to more effectively research it. Includes images, video, and integration with other databases such as JSTOR, OmniFile Select, etc.
Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia This link opens in a new window
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Indexes over 25,000 records, covering a wide array of topics. The database contains various images, offers brief biographies as well as information in a variety of subject areas.