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Encyclopedias and Books Online

E-Books

Ebrary Ebooks  Available off campus with student ID.  Special Reader software required. 
Access to 20,000 electronic, academic books in full text. 

Project Gutenberg  free website
Project Gutenberg is the oldest producer of free electronic books (eBooks or etexts) on the Internet. Our collection of more than
13.000 eBooks was produced by hundreds of volunteers. Most of the Project Gutenberg eBooks are older literary works that are in
the public domain in the United States. All may be freely downloaded and read, and redistributed for non-commercial use.

Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

Britannica Online  Available off campus with student ID.
The complete Encyclopaedia Britannica plus links to well-chosen websites, leading magazines and related books. 

Encyclopedia of Science,Technology, and Ethics  Available off campus with student ID.
"This encyclopedia
considers both the professional ethics of science and technology, and the social, ethical, and political issues raised by science and technology..."

Encyclopedia of World War II (ABC-Clio)  Available off campus with student ID.
Online version of Encyclopedia of World War II: a Political, Social, and Military History.

Environmental Encyclopedia (Gale Virtual Reference Library)  Available off campus with student ID.
Provides in-depth, worldwide coverage of environmental issues.

Merck Manual of Medical Diseases (Merck)  free website
"Explains disorders, who is likely to get them, their symptoms, how they're diagnosed, how they might be prevented, and how they
can be treated; also provides information about prognosis. Provided free of charge on the Internet by Merck & Co., Inc., as a public service on a non-profit basis." (from publisher)

HyperHistory Online  free website
"HyperHistory is an expanding scientific project presenting 3,000 years of world history with an interactive combination of
synchronoptic lifelines, timelines, and maps." (from publisher)

 


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