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Encyclopedia of Associations
A comprehensive source of detailed information on over 135,000 non-profit membership organizations worldwide. It corresponds to the printed Encyclopedia of Associations family of publications as follows: National Organizations of the U.S., which covers more than 22,200 American associations of national scope; International Organizations, which covers some 22,300 multi-national, bi-national, and non-U.S. national associations; and Regional, State, and Local Organizations, which covers more than 115,000 U.S. associations with interstate, state, intrastate, city, or local scope or membership. The Encyclopedia of Associations database provides addresses and descriptions of professional societies, trade associations, labor unions, cultural and religious organizations, fan clubs, and other groups of all types.

McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology
Full access to 7100+ articles, 115,000 dictionary terms, and hundreds of Research Updates in all areas of science and technology updated daily. Also includes over 2000 biographies of leading scientists, weekly updates of breakthroughs and discoveries in science and technology, a science dictionary, and links to related websites.

Encyclopedia Britannica
The complete Encyclopædia Britannica is available online, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, the Britannica Internet Directory and the Britannica Book of the Year.

Encyclopedia of Life Science
Concentrates on molecular and cellular life sciences, including biomedical topics, methods and techniques. Applied areas of sciences are also included on a selective basis, as are biographies and general interest articles on ethics and the history and practice of science.
 
Encyclopedia.com
Excerpts from the Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia.
 
Funk and Wagnalls Multimedia Encyclopedia
This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.

 
Gale Virtual Reference Library
A database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7.

 


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