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Internet Reference Works
| Oxford English Dictionary | Premier dictionary of the English language |
| Oxford Reference Online | Database with contents of over 200 reference books in all disciplines published by Oxford University Press. |
| Oxford Art Online | A comprehensive source for images and art information. Includes the 34-volume Grove's Dictionary of Art and other Oxford art reference works. |
| Oxford Music Online | A comprehensive source for music information. Includes the 29-volume New Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians and other Oxford music reference works. |
| Biography Resource Center | Best source for full text biographies of individuals, both contemporary and historical. |
| LitFinder | Full text of over 85,000 poems (Poem Finder) and thousands of short stories (Story Finder). |
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Create a user account (directions) at a computer on the AMBS campus in order to use this service from off campus.
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Description of netLibrary. Reference Books Available: |
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| The Blackwell Dictionary of
Eastern Christianity The Blackwell Dictionary of Sociology The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Modern Christian Thought Dictionary of Native American Literature Islamic Desk Reference (Brill) The Oxford Companion to Christian Art And Architecture |
The Oxford Companion to African
American Literature The Oxford Companion to Philosophy The Oxford Dictionary of Saints Westminster Dictionary of Theological Terms Westminster Dictionary of Christian Ethics Westminster Dictionary of Feminist Theologies Westminster Guide to the Books of the Bible World Religions in America |
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These free Internet reference works vary in coverage and
authority.
| Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online | A dynamic source of information on history, statistics, biography, education, the arts and family history. While particular attention is given to Canadian topics, this free resource includes many articles from the classic Mennonite Encyclopedia. |
Catholic Encyclopedia,1913 ed. |
Still useful although some articles are dated. |
The Jewish Encyclopedia, 1901-06 |
This classic 12-volume set has over 15,000 articles, many still valuable for historic information. |
| Lutheran Cyclopedia (Concordia Publishing House, 1975) with considerable additional material to enhance the online version. | |
| A commercial site provides access to this print resource. | |
| More than 2,500 Bible and Bible-related proper names and their meanings. | |
| German language biographies of saints, popes, clergy, theologians, church historians, hymn writers, literary authors of religious significance. Includes bibliographies. | |
| Biographies of African Christians from the earliest times to the present. A collaborative project of scholars from across Africa. | |
| Biographies of significant figures in Chinese Christianity from across the centuries and around the world. A collaborative project. | |
| Images and information on the ancient classical world from the Perseus Project. | |
| Detailed entries written by experts and reviewed by an editorial board. Includes biographies. | |
| A free version of the classic encyclopedia (with advertising!). | |
| Website of the Biography Channel | |
Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 ed. |
Enter terms to search the text or the headwords. |
- General encyclopedias and other reference works on the Internet
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Wikipedia Information submitted
and improved by self-proclaimed "experts" around the world. Use with
care for general information.
Internet Public Library An educational initiative of the College of Information Science and Technology, Drexel University.
refdesk.com A commercial site with dozens of links to information sites.