| Reference Sources by Subject |
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dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, statistical sources, data
collections, etc. for specific subjects |
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| netLibrary |
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full text of over 27,000 books (books from university
presses, reference and professional books) |
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| Oxford
Reference Online |
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100 dictionaries and reference sources
in language, science and medicine, humanities and social sciences,
and business |
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| Gale Virtual Reference Library |
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selected online reference books |
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| CREDO Reference |
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full-text of hundreds of reference books covering every major topic, including business, economics, finance, management, etc. |
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| Knovel
Science and Technology Collection |
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over 400 full-text books in science and technology |
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| Springer eReference Works |
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reference works in chemistry, physics, computer science, mathematics, engineering, and geology |
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| Google Books |
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use Google to search for books. Full text available for books that are out of copyright or whose publishers have given permission for availability. |
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| NLM Bookshelf |
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biomedical books made available by the National Library of Medicine |
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| The
On-Line Books Page |
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full text of over 14,000
books available for free on the Internet |
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| Great
Books Online |
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full text fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and reference
works |
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Internet
Public Library Online Texts Collection
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over 17,000 books, stories, essays, poems,
articles, dramas, letters and speeches freely available on the Internet. |
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| The National Academies Press |
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reports from the National Academy of Sciences, the
National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the
National Research Council; many can be read free online |
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| Alex
Catalogue of Electronic Texts |
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full text of works of English
and American literature and western philosophy |
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University
of Virginia Electronic Text Center
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humanities texts in 12 languages |
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| Making
of America |
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primary sources in American social history
through Reconstruction |
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| University
of Michigan Humanities Text Initiative |
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American and Middle English
poetry, as well as other humanities texts |
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| Clemson University Digital Press |
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scholarly books, monographs, and proceedings on literature
and the arts with a local, Upstate, Southern, cultural, or ethnic
flavor. |
