Databases by Subject

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

Britannica Online (Full Text)

Encyclopedia Britannica full text. Includes Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary and Collegiate Thesaurus.

Encyclopedia of Animals via EBSCOhost (Full Text)

Provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals. The database consists of indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals.

Includes many complete articles from 1990 to present

Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia via EBSCOhost

Updated annually, this database includes over 25,000 full text records, covering an array of subject areas.

Full text of over 25,000 subject entries in the encyclopedia.

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography via Oxford University Press

This database provides 50,000 specially-written signed biographies of the men and women who shaped all aspects of the British past, from the earliest times to the end of the year 2000.