Have we got a dictionary for you!

Actually, we have a whole bunch of dictionaries for you, and not only dictionaries, but atlases, companions, encyclopedias and more, all online, available to you 24/7 from your PC. Use Wikipedia if you want, but don't limit yourself to just that, try some of the many resources available to you through the library. Your professors may look more favorably on these resources than Wikipedia ;-)

One place you can start exploring these resources is in this guide to Reference: dictionaries, encyclopedias and more. Here are just a few of the titles available through Gale Virtual Reference, Oxford Reference Online and Credo.

• Collins World Atlas Gazetteer
• Dictionary of American History
• Encyclopedia of African History
• Encyclopedia of the Solar System
• Environmental Encyclopedia
• International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
• Oxford Bilingual Dictionaries (English-French etc.)