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Recommended Subject-Focused Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia of Global Religion

Electronic Resource 2012

Encyclopedia of Human-Animal Relationships: A Global Exploration of Our Connections with Animals

Reference Collection (Second Floor) 2007

Encyclopedia of New Jersey

Electronic Resource 2004

Encyclopedia of Sports and Athletics

Electronic Resource 2012

Europa World Year Book

Reference Collection (Second Floor) 2016

Guide to Countries of the World

Electronic Resource 2016

Handbook of World Families

Electronic Resource 2005

The Social Semiotics of Tattoos: Skin and Self

Electronic Resource 2018

Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life

Electronic Resource, Volumes 1-5 2017

Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices

Electronic Resource 2014

Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations

Electronic Resource 2017

World Sports

Electronic Resource 2012

Recommended Online Reference Databases

The following databases provide access to online encyclopedias, handbooks and dictionaries covering multidisciplinary topics. These are great sources of background information on countless topics.

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Gale eBooks (Gale Cengage Learning) A comprehensive collection of reference resources such as subject-focused encyclopedias and dictionaries, available in a single database.
Oxford Art Online (Oxford University Press) (VALE) Key reference for art; offers artist biographies as well as subject entries on artworks, genres, historical periods, and so on; includes Grove Art Online. The database also provides access to some 40,000 image links and 5,000 images contained within Grove Art Online. NOTE: Permits only eight simultaneous users.
Oxford Music Online (Oxford University Press) (VALE) Key reference for music; offers biographies of composers and performing artists as well as subject entries on works, genres, instruments, and so on; includes Grove Music Online, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, and The Oxford Companion to Music. NOTE: Permits only five simultaneous users.
SAGE Knowledge Provides reference resources such as subject-focused dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference materials published by SAGE.

Recommended Multimedia Databases

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Films on Demand (Infobase Learning) Films on Demand provides access to "video and multimedia for academic, vocational and life-skills content." Click "Collections" to access videos in various subject areas, such as Art & Architecture, Allied Health, Biology, Business & Economics, Criminal Justice & Law, Drama & Theatre, Education, English, Gender & Sexuality, Guidance & Counseling, Health & Medicine, History, Psychology, and more. The platform also offers Archival Films & Newsreels.
Naxos Music Library Offers streaming audio access to CDs, focusing on classical music but also including some jazz, folk, blues, world, pop, rock, gospel, and spoken word.
Naxos Music Library Jazz Offers streaming audio access to CDs by jazz legends and contemporary jazz artists.
Theatre in Video (Alexander Street Press) A collection of some of the world's best-loved plays, performances, documentaries, and even rehearsals, all provided in full streaming video. Includes many world renown actors and directors.

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Recommended Subject-Focused Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia of Global Religion

Encyclopedia of Human-Animal Relationships: A Global Exploration of Our Connections with Animals

Encyclopedia of New Jersey

Encyclopedia of Sports and Athletics

Europa World Year Book

Guide to Countries of the World

Handbook of World Families

The Social Semiotics of Tattoos: Skin and Self

Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life

Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices

Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations

World Sports

Recommended Online Reference Databases

Recommended Multimedia Databases

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