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ENGL 1301 Bloemsma: General Reference Research (Background, Overview, Biography)

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Biography

Gale In Context: Biography
More than 600,000 biographical entries covering international figures from all time periods and areas of study. Find people based on occupation, role, historical period, name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender.

Gale in Context: World History
Articles, essays, and primary documents about world history.

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
Includes over 25,000 articles covering an array of topics.

Gale eBooks
Online collection of general and subject-specific encyclopedias on all major topic areas.

Oxford English Dictionary (OED) Online
The OED is considered by many to be the definitive record of the English language, featuring 600000 words, 3 million quotations, and over 1000 years of English.

Oxford Reference
Online collection of dictionaries, encyclopedias, maps, timelines, and illustrations.

Credo Reference
Online collection of general and subject-specific reference works on all major topic areas.

Ebook Central
e-Book collection of over 16,000 titles.

eBooks on EBSCOhost
Online collection of e-books on most topics.


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