Online Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

General, Interdisciplinary or Sets:

• Encyclopedia Britannica Online: enhanced version of the EB, including Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.
• Oxford English Dictionary:  the full OED
• Oxford Reference Online: 100 language and subject dictionaries in a single cross-searchable resource.
• Gale Virtual Reference Library: a database combined of multiple specialized encyclopedias.  .

• Oxford Digital Reference Shelf -- individual books:
  • Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment
  • Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages
  • International Encyclopedia of Dance
  • Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance
    
• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: an illustrated collection of more than 50,000 specially written biographies of the men and women who shaped all aspects of Britain's past, from the fourth century BC to the year 2001.
• Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  
• Middle English Dictionary
  
• Europa World Yearbook: enhanced version of the print (JN 1 E85 REF). Provides political and economic information on countries as well as international organizations. Features statistical data and directories.
  
• Grove Art Online:  the full text of The Dictionary of Art,(1996, 34 vols) and The Oxford Companion to Western Art, (2001)
  
• Grove Music Online the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, (London, 2001), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, (London, 1992), and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, second edition, (London, 2002).
  
• Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
  
• 11th edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica:  a classic edition, published in 1911, with many entries written by noted figures of the time.