Research Tools by Subject: Reference

Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment

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Covering the “long” Enlightenment, from the rise of Descartes’ disciples in 1670 to the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy in 1815, these 700 articles by leading scholars range from discussions of mercantilism and democracy to the battlefield to the dissemination of ideas in salons and coffeehouses.

Tags: Age of Reason, British Society, Isaac Newton, Voltaire, Galileo Galilei, Candide

Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages

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A collaborative work of over 600 scholars from more than forty countries, the Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages provides 3,000 concise and detailed articles on all aspects of the period from the fifth to the fifteenth century.

Tags: Medieval, Castles, Chivalry, King Arthur, European History, Medieval Architecture, Medieval Philosophy

Gale eBooks

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Gale eBooks (formerly Gale Virtual Reference Library) is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were available only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7.

Tags: Research, Homework Help, eBooks, Term Papers, Research Papers

Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture

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This resource provides fascinating and authoritative art, historical, and cultural information about art forms, artists, rulers, philosophers, architecture, renowned works of art, archaeological sites and stylistic developments.

Tags: Classical, Romanticism, Modernism, Anthropology, Drama

Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts

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The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts contains over 3,000 entries covering thousands of years of decorative arts production throughout western and non-western cultures.

Tags: Art Deco, Painting, Decoration, Sculpture, Pottery, Illustrations

International Encyclopedia of Dance

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With nearly 2,000 articles written by scholars from fifty countries, the Encyclopedia covers the full spectrum of dance—theatrical, ritual, dance-drama, folk, traditional, ethnic, and social dance.

Tags: Music, Performing Arts, Ballet, Contemporary Dance, Modern Dance, Theater

International Encyclopedia of Linguistics

The Encyclopedia encompasses the full range of topics in linguistics, including such areas as historical, comparative, formal, mathematical, functional, philosophical, and sociolinguistics.

Tags: Languages, Syntax, Phonetics, Semantics

LISA: Library and Information Science Abstracts

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This database currently abstracts and indexes over 440 periodicals from more than 68 countries and in more than 20 different languages. Subject coverage includes all aspects of librarianship, library users, information retrieval and more.

Tags: Library Science, Information Science, Libraries, Librarianship, Information Technology