Gale Ebooks: Encyclopedias and Reference Sources is a collection of searchable reference books. The multidisciplinary collection includes Arts and Humanities, Child Care studies, History, Business and Finance, Education, Arts and Technology, and more.
The Oxford Reference Online (ORO) database contains the full text of hundreds of reference books and dozens of English and bilingual dictionaries. It also includes in-depth articles on various topics, links to valuable web resources, and thousands of maps and illustrations.
The Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia database indexes an array of topics in full text. The database contains images, brief biographies, and information on a variety of subject areas and is updated annually.
Concentrating on primary sources in philosophy, religion, and literature, Past Masters gathers the books, diaries, letters, and correspondence of major intellects from across the centuries. Titles are typically comprised of the complete collected works of each individual author. Users may conduct searches or browse materials by title, subject (e.g., Women Writers, Religious Studies, or Continental Philosophy), or language (e.g., English, Latin, Greek, or Russian).