Penfield Library - SUNY Oswego

A-Z List of Online Encyclopedias

Key general and interdisciplinary resources

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - L - M - N - O - S - T - W

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Access Science -- (info)

Africa and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History [3 v.], 2008

American Men and Women of Science, 2003 -- (info)

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Berkshire Encyclopedia of World History (5v.), 2005 -- (info)

Blackwell Dictionary of Political Science -- (info)

Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Political Thought -- (info)

Business Plans Handbook -- (info)

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Canadian Encyclopedia -- (info)

Child Development, 2002

Companion to Epistemology -- (info)

Companion to Metaphysics -- (info)

Computer Sciences, (4 v.), 2002 -- (info)

Concise Encyclopedia of Robotics

Contemporary American Religion, (2 v.), 1999

Contemporary Fashion, 2nd edition, 2002

Contemporary Poets, 7th edition, 2001

Countries and Their Cultures, 2001

Crime and punishment in the United States

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Dictionary of American History (10 v.) -- (info)

Dictionary of Information Science and Technology -- (info)

Dictionary of Native American Mythology -- (info)

Digital Libraries: Principles and Practices in a Global Environment, 2005

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Edspeak: Glossary of Education Terms, Phrases, Buzzwords, and Jargon

Encyclopaedia Britannica Online

Encyclopedia Americana

Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice (3 v.), 2007

Encyclopedia of African American Education, 2009

Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History, 2nd edition, (6v.), 2006

Encyclopedia of Aging, (4 v.), 2002 -- (info)

Encyclopedia of American Environmental History [4 v.], 2011

Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy (2 v.), 2002 -- (info)

Encyclopedia of American Indian History [4 v.], 2008

Encyclopedia of Bioethics , 3rd edition, (5 v.), 2004 -- (info)

Encyclopedia of Business and Finance (2 v.), 2001

Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society (5 v.), 2008

Encyclopedia of Business in Today's World (4 v.), 2009

Encyclopedia of Career Development (2 v.), 2006

Encyclopedia of Case Study Research, 2009

Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society, (3 v.), 2004

Encyclopedia of Children, Adolescents, and the Media (2v.), 2007 -- (info)

Encyclopedia of Climate and Weather [2 v.], 2011

Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion (3 v.), 2005 -- (info)

Encyclopedia of Communication and Information (3 v.), 2002 -- (info)

Encyclopedia of Communication Theory

Encyclopedia of Conflict Resolution -- (info)

Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice, 2nd edition, (4 v.), 2002 -- (info)

Encyclopedia of Cross-Cultural School Psychology

Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience [2 v.], 2009

Encyclopedia of Disaster Relief

Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol & Addictive Behavior, 2nd edition, (4 v.), 2001 -- (info)

Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earthquakes and Volcanoes, 3rd edition, 2007

Encyclopedia of Education Law, (2 v.), 2008

Encyclopedia of Education, 2nd edition, (8v.) -- (info)

Encyclopedia of Educational Leadership and Administration (2 v.), 2006

Encyclopedia of Environment and Society

Encyclopedia of Environmental Ethics and Philosophy

Encyclopedia of Evolution -- (info)

Encyclopedia of Finance, 2006

Encyclopedia of Food and Culture, (3 v.) -- (info)

Encyclopedia of Gender and Society

Encyclopedia of Gerontology, 2nd edition, (2v.), 2007

Encyclopedia of Global Change, 2001 -- (info)

Encyclopedia of Global Warming, 2010

Encyclopedia of Human - Animal Relationships [4 v.], 2007

Encyclopedia of Information Ethics & Security, 2008

Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence

Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World, (2 v.) -- (info)

Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture, 2nd edition, (6 v.), 2008

Encyclopedia of Law and Higher Education, 2010

Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement, (3 v.) -- (info)

Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered History in America, (3 v.), 2004

Encyclopedia of Literature -- (info)

Encyclopedia of Measurement and Statistics

Encyclopedia of Modern Asia (6 v.), 2002

Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Society [2 v.], 2010

Encyclopedia of Play in Today's Society [2v.], 2009

Encyclopedia of Political Communication

Encyclopedia of Politics: The Left and The Right, [2 v], 2005 -- (info)

Encyclopedia of Prisons and Correctional Facilities, (2 v.) -- (info)

Encyclopedia of Psychology and Law [2 v.], 2008

Encyclopedia of Race and Crime, [2v.], 2009

Encyclopedia of Recreation and Leisure in America, (2 v.), 2004

Encyclopedia of School Psychology -- (info)

Encyclopedia of Small Business, 4th edition, [2 v.], 2011

Encyclopedia of Sociology, 2nd edition, (5 v.), 2000

Encyclopedia of Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment, & Recovery (2v.), 2009

Encyclopedia of the African Diaspora: Origins, Experiences, and Culture [3 v.], 2008

Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, 2nd edition, (6 v.) -- (info)

Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages

Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa, 2nd edtion, (4 v.), 2004

Encyclopedia of the Social and Cultural Foundations of Education, (3 v.), 2009

Environmental Encyclopedia, 3rd edition, (2 v.), 2003

Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World, (6 v.), 2004

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Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear through the Ages, (5 v.), 2004

Feminism in Literature: A Gale Critical Companion [6 v.], 2005

Food Cultures of the World Encyclopedia [4 v.], 2011

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia -- (mobile)

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Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine, (4v.), 2005

Gale Encyclopedia of American Law, 3rd edition, (14 v.), 2011

Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer , [2 v.], 2006

Gale Encyclopedia of E-Commerce, (2 v.), 2002 -- (info)

Gale Encyclopedia of Everyday Law

Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America, 2nd edition, 2000

Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health, 2nd edition, (5 v.), 2006

Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) -- (info)

Glossary of Education Terms, Phrases, Buzzwords, and Jargon - See :Edspeak

Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia, 2nd edition, (17 v.), 2004 -- (info)

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Historical Dictionary of the Arab-Israeli Conflict

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International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers

International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family , 2nd edition, (4 v.), 2003

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The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism -- (info)

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Literary Research Guide, 2008

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Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying, (2 v.), 2003

Macmillan Encyclopedia of Energy, (3 v.), 2001

Magill's Medical Guide -- (info)

Mental Measurements Yearbook -- (info) -- (mobile)

Movies in American History: An Encyclopedia [3 v.], 2011

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Native Peoples Law -- (info)

New Catholic Encyclopedia, 2nd ed, [15 v.], 2003

New Dictionary of the History of Ideas, (6 v.) -- (info)

New Encyclopedia of Africa (5 v.)

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Opposing Viewpoints In Context (Gale) -- (info)

Oxford African American Studies Center -- (info)

Oxford Art Online -- (info)

Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature -- (info)

Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature

Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History -- (info)

Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures -- (info)

Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre & Performance -- (info)

Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History

Oxford English Dictionary -- (info)

Oxford Music Online -- (info)

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Salem Press History -- (info)

Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film, [4 v.], 2007

Space Sciences, (4 v.), 2002

St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, (5 v.) -- (info)

Student Services: a Handbook for the Profession

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Talking Terrorism: a dictionary of the loaded language of political violence

Terrorism: Essential Primary Sources

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Weather Almanac, 11th edition, 2004

West's Encyclopedia of American Law (title changed to Gale Encyclopedia of American Law)

World Education Encyclopedia, 2nd edition, (3 v.) -- (info)

World of Earth Science, (2 v.), 2003

World of Forensic Science, (2 v.), 2005

Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life, 2nd edition [5 .], 2009

Worldmark Encyclopedia of National Economies, (4 v.), 2002