LERN105: Critical Reading and Thinking: Reference Books

A general encyclopedia covering a wide range of topics, an excellent starting point for any research.

Reports with in-depth analysis of issues in the news. Includes overviews, pro-con debates and bibliographies of key sources.

Provides full-text online access to hundreds of multidisciplinary reference book collections, including art, history, law, medicine, psychology, technology, bilingual dictionaries and encyclopedias.

Everyday details about life in past eras from 10,000 B.C. to the present day.

A collection of subject encyclopedias and more. This database brings together in depth coverage of fields and topics for the best articles written by leading professionals in the field.

Provides full text access to differing points of view on current social issues. Brings together viewpoint articles, contextual topic overviews, government and organizational statistics, biographies of social activists, court cases, profiles of government agencies and special interest groups, newspaper and magazine articles, as well as links to more than 1,800 reviewed and subject-indexed web sites.

Provides all meanings of a word as well as the word's history. Helpful in finding word meanings in general, but for terminology specific to a field, it is better to consult a specialized thesaurus or dictionary for that field.