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Library Research: Starting Strong

Find encyclopedias, dictionaries and more to help you with your research.

Oxford Reference Online

Search selected dictionaries and encyclopedias from Oxford University Press:

 

Examples:

  • Sociology
  • McDonaldization
  • Social Policy
  • Gender

Sage Knowledge

Search Sage Knowledge for indepth, authoritative background information on social sciences topics.
 


SAGE publishes peer-reviewed journals in Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine.

Primal Pictures Interactive Anatomy

Primal Pictures/Anatomy TV is a comprehensive selection of dynamic, interactive modules featuring more than 6,500 highly accurate, three-dimensional anatomy models. Modules focus on individual organs, regions of the body, or anatomical systems.

Flash Player (allow download of the Unity Web Player plug-in) is required.

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Wiley Online Library

Formerly known as the Blackwell Reference Online, here you will be provided with authoritative, scholarly reference sources (dictionaries, handbooks and companions) in the social sciences and humanities.


Accelerating research discovery to shape a better future — Today's research, tomorrow's innovation.

Gale Reference

Examples:

  • Urbanization
  • Gender
  • Racism

 

Other Databases

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