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What are Reference Works?
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To find reference materials for your research topic try a search in Library Search combining keywords. For example: african americans history bibliography |
Find Reference Databases
The Robert W. Woodruff Library subscribes to large reference databases that contain many digital encyclopedias, dictionaries, and reference works. Here is a selection:
- Gale Virtual Reference Library This link opens in a new windowContains online reference works -- see title list for individual works included.
- Credo Reference Unlimited This link opens in a new windowContains bilingual dictionaries and reference works in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
- Oxford African American Studies Center This link opens in a new windowAccess wide-ranging materials that focus on the lives and events that have shaped African American and African history and culture. Comprised of five major encyclopedias and additional reference sources from Oxford University Press.
Find Encyclopedias
Below are a handful of Emory's most recent encyclopedias. To find more on the same topic, go to the catalog record by clicking on the link below. Then click on relevant subject headings.
Find Biographical Information
- American National Biography This link opens in a new windowSource of biographical information of people from different eras who have influenced and shaped American history and culture.
- Oxford African American Studies Center This link opens in a new windowAccess wide-ranging materials that focus on the lives and events that have shaped African American and African history and culture. Comprised of five major encyclopedias and additional reference sources from Oxford University Press.