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No Tags Selected For each state, essential information about the state (capital city, area, population, etc.), economic information, political information, license plates, weather, etc.
List of online exhibits of thousands of artists.
A wealth of information from the 1913 edition of the Catholic Encyclopedia is available at this site.
Hosted by the U. of Wisconsin Library, the Book of days is an HTML version of the paper edition. Searchable by a calendar and includes "on this day in history" type of info.
eNature: America's Wildlife Resource
From the people of the National Audubon Society, includes field guides to flora and fauna, habitat guides, ask-an-expert, and a monthly article.
Encyclopedia Mythica: mythology, folklore, and religion
Extensive listings of myths, folklore, and legends.
Encyclopedia of Law and Economics
From the people at FindLaw.com. "The Encyclopedia of Law & Economics attempts to provide a survey of the whole law & economics literature, with a total number of pages of approximately 3,000. Each entry contains two elements: a review of the literature written by an authority in the field followed a quasi-complete bibliography (not just a selection)."
Encyclopedia Smithsonian: The Smithsonian from A to Z
Features answers to frequently asked questions about the Smithsonian and links to Smithsonian resources from A to Z.
More than 200,000 reference entries from 49 encyclopedias and 73 dictionaries and thesauri. Sources include the Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed., medical encyclopedias, Webster's New World Dictionary, and many more.
Locate hard-to-find and elusive information on thousands of topics using this database. Since it's maintained and regularly updated by Hennepin County Library staff, many of the files are Minnesota specific.
Search engine that searches dictionaries, almanacs and encyclopedias. Produced by the Family Education Network.
Searchable database of finance and investment terms. Categories for terms include mutual funds, options and futures, retirement plans as well as acronyms, buzz words, and new economy terms. Also features the Investopedia University, a sizeable collection of tutorials and articles from the editors of Investopedia and outside sources.
IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology - the Gold Book
Put together by the Royal Society of Chemistry, this is a searchable online version of the "Gold Book", including over 7000 terms.
Online resource specializing in North Africa and the Middle East. Contains travel guides in addition to an encyclopedia.
Medical Dictionary - definitions of popular medical terms easily defined
Published by MedicineNet.com, this site includes over 9000 terms, abbreviations, syndromes, eponyms, and more related to the bio-medical sciences.
New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd ed.
"Since its initial publication in 1980, the Dictionary has been widely acclaimed as an indispensable resource and a classic reference. The word "updated" doesn't begin to describe the thousands of new articles, topics, cross-references, and areas of scholarship incorporated into The New Grove II . Every one of the first edition's 22,500 articles has been reviewed and revised, with thousands of articles expanded. Previously neglected or under-represented areas have been examined, explored, and explained. Movements and topics once deemed too controversial or too far from the mainstream have been added. And throughout, 6,500 new articles cover more than 5,000 years of music history, instruments, composers, institutions, performers, genres, and more." (Publisher) Call number: ML 100 .N48 2001 (Music Ref). Music Reference materials are located in the Music Resources Center, Room 202. Also available online as part of Oxford Music Online, bookmarked in this site.
A free source for nutrition information on almost six thousand different foods, Nutri-Facts has taken the USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 13 and put it into a form anyone can use.
Encompassing several reference works on art, Oxford Art Online offers entries on individual painters and their work, art movements, theory, and criticism. This resource also has 40,000 image links, 5,000 of them contained in Grove Art Online. In addition to Grove Art, Oxford Art includes The Oxford Companion to Western Art, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, and The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics. [recommended in Choice Sept. 2008]
Oxford Dictionary of Art, 3rd ed.
"Covering Western art from the ancient world to the present day, the Dictionary provides a careful balance of fact and critical appraisal ranging across painting, sculpture, drawing, and the applied arts. Over 3000 entries provide the reader with information on a wide range of people and subjects, including artists, critics, collectors, dealers, patrons, museums, art schools, materials, and techniques. This third edition has been thoroughly revised and expanded, with over 200 new entries on contemporary artists, such as Damien Hirst, Julian Schnabel, Antony Gormley; new forms, such as video art; museums, patrons, and collectors. The Dictionary also includes an updated contextual chronology of major works, as well as a practical directory of museums and galleries around the world." (Publisher) Call number: N 33 .O93 2004 (Reference Stacks)
"With over 2,500 entries covering all aspects of dance, this unique dictionary is the only one of its kind available. ... It provides all the information necessary for dance fans to navigate the current diverse dance scene. During the last twenty years the boundaries of dance have been radically redrawn. There has been an explosion of new activity within traditional forms like ballet, a stream of new dance languages invented by fresh generations of choreographers, and there is a growing appreciation of cultural dance forms from around the world. ... With an emphasis on performance - the dance we see in our theatres today - readers will find both fact and analysis on a wide range of subjects, from styles of dance and the history of dance companies and their productions, to dancers, choreographers, and technical terms." (Publisher) Call number: GV 1585 .C78 2002 (Reference Stacks)
Comprised of Grove Music Online, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, and The Oxford Companion to Music, Oxford Music Online has authoritative articles on composers, performers, and other music personalities, in addition to writings on instruments, musical forms, and genres, among other subjects. [recommended in Choice Oct. 2008]
The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes
The Cambridge History of English and American Literature is considered the most important work of literary history and criticism ever published on writings in the English language. Compiled over fourteen years, from 1907 to 1921, the Cambridge History contains over 303 chapters and 11,000 pages, with essay topics ranging from poetry, fiction, drama, and essays to history, theology, and political writing. The set encompasses a wide selection of writing on orators, humorists, poets, newspaper columnists, religious leaders, economists, Native Americans, song writers, and even non-English writing, such as Yiddish and Creole.
The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy [IEP]
Search or browse through this encyclopedia. Articles tend to be long and written in one of three manners: Adapted from public domain sources, written by the editor, or written by professors of philosophy.
The Merck Manual of Medical Information--Home Edition
The full-text, searchable consumer edition of the famous Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy ("the textbook of medicine most widely used by health care professionals in the U.S. and worldwide"), written in everyday language for non-health care professionals.
The New Encyclopaedia Brittanica, 15th ed.
The Britannica Encyclopedia Set combines today's current topics with 240 years of expertise and delivers more depth, breadth, and information than other encyclopedias. Readers can access quick facts or immerse themselves in detailed articles on almost any subject imaginable while enjoying the vivid and beautiful images of art, geography, science, sports, and much more.
