Literature LibGuide: Getting Started

Full-text of over 70 reference books on a broad variety of topics, including multi-volume encyclopedias, biographical collections, business plan handbooks, company history compilations, consumer health references, and specialized reference sources. Subjects covered include arts and humanities, biography and genealogy, business and industries, general and consumer interests, government and political science, health and medicine, law, science and technology, and social sciences. These types of reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online 24/7. Users can search across the entire collection, limit the search by subject area, or just search an individual source. Available sources are listed in the Title List on the main page.

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the definitive historical dictionary of the English language, with over half a million words from the Middle Ages (1150) through the present. Entries include word forms and etymology, and include quotations that demonstrate usage. The online OED includes hundreds of new entries each year and is updated quarterly. For additional background on the contents of the OED, please refer to the publisher’s website.

Oxford Reference Online Premium is an outstanding collection of 198 language and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press, including Oxford Companions, Dictionaries, and Encyclopedias, cross-searchable and covering a full array of subjects from Art to Zoology. For additional information, please refer to the publisher’s website.