Electronic Resources & Databases


Databases by Title


Key Resources in Dictionaries & Encyclopedias



Credo Reference [more] 
Credo General Reference is a general reference collection offering more than 600 titles from over 80 publishers.
Coverage: Varies Access: USU & Eastern Purchased by: USU



Gale Reference Collection [more] 
Online search tool for subject-specific dictionaries and encyclopedias.
Coverage: Varies by title Access: USU & Eastern Purchased by: Merrill-Cazier Library



Oxford Reference Online: Premium [more] 
Online search tool for subject-specific dictionaries and encyclopedias.
Coverage: Varies by title Access: USU & Eastern Simultaneous User: 5 Purchased by: Merrill-Cazier Library



SAGE Online Reference [more] 
Online search tool for subject-specific dictionaries and encyclopedias.
Coverage: Varies by title Access: USU & Eastern Purchased by: Merrill-Cazier Library


Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

Additional Resources in Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

(Listed alphabetically)

American Heritage Dictionary [more] 
Fifth edition of this standard dictionary.
Coverage: Current Access: Freely Available Purchased by: Free



Biography Reference Bank [more]  Service Alert
Biographies for people from Antiquity to present.
Coverage: 1940 to present Access: USU & Eastern Purchased by: Merrill-Cazier Library



Britannica Online Academic Edition [more] 
Britannica is a general encyclopedia.
Coverage: Current Access: USU & Eastern Purchased by: Merrill-Cazier Library



Britannica's Spanish Reference Center [more] 
This site offers resources in Spanish for all ages in two unique interfaces, each with its own comprehensive encyclopedia: Enciclopedia Universal en Espanol for high school ages and up and Enciclopedia Juvenil for ages 6-12.
Coverage: Current Access: USU & Eastern Purchased by: Merrill-Cazier Library



Dictionary of National Biography [more] 
Illustrated biographies of men and women who shaped Britain's past.
Coverage: 4th Century BC to present Access: USU & Eastern Simultaneous User: 1 Purchased by: Merrill-Cazier Library



Foreign Language Dictionary Collection (Oxford) [more] 
Collection of bilingual dictionaries.
Coverage: Current Access: USU & Eastern Simultaneous User: 5 Purchased by: Merrill-Cazier Library



Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia [more] 
Basic encyclopedia.
Coverage: Varies Access: USU & Eastern Purchased by: Utah Pioneer



Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary [more] 
Contains definitions for 60,000 words and phrases.
Coverage: Current Access: Freely Available Purchased by: Free



Merriam-Webster Online [more] 
Merriam-Webster dictionary and thesaurus.
Coverage: Current Access: Freely Available Purchased by: Free



Oxford English Dictionary (OED) [more] 
Authoritative dictionary describing the evolution of the English language.
Coverage: 1150 to present Access: USU & Eastern Purchased by: Merrill-Cazier Library


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