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| American Heritage Dictionary | Part of the MAS Ultra School database, this is the 4th edition of the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, published in 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. fulltext? Full-text. [*] |  |
| APA Style Guide to Electronic References - NEW! | Expanded and updated from the Electronic Resources section of the Fifth Edition of the *Publication Manual of the APA*. fulltext? yes, PDF format. [NOTE: According to the Library's site license, users may print a single copy for personal use ONLY.] |  |
| AP Images | AP photos, graphics (maps, charts, graphs, logos, etc.), and 4600+ hours of audio clips (1920 - present). BU students and faculty may freely use contents for educational purposes only. 1820 - present. fulltext? Full-text. [*] 1 simultaneous user. |  |
| ARBAonline | Contains 15,000+ reference book reviews published in the American Reference Books Annual, beginning with Volume 28. 1997 - present. fulltext? Full-text. [*] |  |
| College Blue Book | Electronic access to 6 volume set providing information on colleges & universities in the U.S. and Canada, their programs, degrees, and financial aid sources. Arranged geographically and by subject. 33rd ed. fulltext? Full-text. [*] |  |
| Contemporary Authors | Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Current Writers in Fiction, General Nonfiction, Poetry, Journalism, Drama, Motion Pictures, Television. fulltext? Full-text. [*] |  |
| Dictionary of Literary Biography | Provides access to the entire print DLB, including nearly 10,000 biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of the world's most influential literary figures from all eras and genres, including historians, journalists, publishers, and screenwriters. fulltext? Full-text. [*] | |
| Encyclopaedia of Islam Online | Full-text to the Encyclopedia of Islam (English), volumes I to XI and Supplement (Volume XII). Search for keyword or browse the Table of Contents. fulltext? [1 user] |  |
| Encyclopedia of Aesthetics - NEW! | Includes more than six hundred essays on approximately four hundred individuals, concepts, periods, theories, issues, and movements in the history of aesthetics, ranging from the most ancient aesthetic traditions around the world to the Greco-Roman era, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, Romanticism, Modernism, and Postmodernism, up to the present. fulltext? Yes. [*] |  |
| Encyclopedia of Evolution | Articles on essential concepts and theories, present methods, models and findings, covering both the history of the field and current controversies. fulltext? Full-text. [*] | |
| Encyclopedia of GIS - NEW! | Covers nearly 200 topics, including major overviews, such as Geoinformatics, Spatial Cognition, and Location-Based Services; shorter entries such as the Global Positioning System, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model, and Remote Sensing. fulltext? yes. [] |  |
| Encyclopedia of Global Change | Addresses a host of topics pertaining to global change, e.g., tsunamis, elephant conservation, ocean pollution, mining regulation, permafrost melt, etc. fulltext? Full-text. [*] | |
| Encyclopedia of Social Problems - NEW! | Over 600 entries on all of the major theories, approaches, and contemporary issues in social problems. fulltext? Yes. [*] |  |
| Encyclopedia of Social Work - NEW! | 20th edition, published the NASW Press and Oxford University Press. fulltext? Yes. [*] | |
| Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment | Includes not only Western Europe but also North America, Brazil, and Iberian, Russian, Jewish, and Eastern European cultures. fulltext? Full-text. [*] | |
| Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages | All aspects of the period from the fifth to the fifteenth century. fulltext? Full-text. [*] | |
| Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia | Provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries. Searchable by subject or keywords within the entry. fulltext? Full-text. [*] | |
| Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art & Architecture - NEW! | More than 1000 articles spanning the civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome as well as the earlier Minoan, Cycladic, Helladic (including Mycenaean) and Etruscan cultures. fulltext? Yes. [*] | |
| Image Collection - NEW! | Search for images across multiple EBSCOhost databases including Academic Search Complete, Business Source Premier, Communication & Mass Media Complete, EBSCO Animals, Education Research Complete, GreenFILE, History Reference Center, SPORTDiscus with Full Text, and Teacher Reference Center and more. fulltext? [*] | |
| International Encyclopedia of Dance | Covers all types of dance, plus music and costumes, performances, and biographies of dancers and choreographers. fulltext? Full-text. [*] | |
| International Encyclopedia of Linguistics | Full range of topics in linguistics, including historical, comparative, formal, mathematical, functional, philosophical, and sociolinguistics. fulltext? Full-text. [*] | |
| OED Online - NEW! | Online access to the Oxford English Dictionary, the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. fulltext? Yes. [*] |  |
| Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium | 1,100 years of Byzantine history. fulltext? Full-text. [*] | |
| Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance | Covers the art, literature, science, culture, philosophy, religion, economics, history, and conflict of the period.
fulltext? Full-text. [*] | |
| Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature | 350 essays encompassing the range and depth of American literary history from the 1600s to the present day. fulltext? Full-text. [*] | |
| Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt | The social, political, religious, cultural and artistic history of the 5,000-year civilization. fulltext? Full-text. [*] | |
| Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature | History of literature in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland in the major literary languages (Anglo-Saxon, English, Welsh, Scots, Irish, and Latin). fulltext? Full-text. [*] | |
| Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature | Essays on all genres of children's literature, individual works, and prominent trends and themes, as well as general essays on the traditions of children's literature in countries throughout the world.
fulltext? Full-text. [*] | |
| Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History | Provides an overview of the history of economics. fulltext? Full-text. [*] | |
| Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America | A history of food in America. fulltext? Full-text. [*] | |
| Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States | Over 900 articles addressing such broad topics as identity, art, politics, religion, education, health, and history. fulltext? [*] | |
| Oxford Encyclopedia of Rhetoric - NEW! | Contains approximately two hundred entries, ranging in size from very short for certain figures of speech to the longer entries such as the one on classical rhetoric. fulltext? Yes. [*] | |
| Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance | Covers dance, opera, radio, film, television, and popular performances. fulltext? Full-text. [*] | |
| Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation | Covers not only issues of church polity and theology but also developments in politics, economics, demographics, art and literature.
fulltext? Full-text. [*] | |
| Reference Universe - NEW! | Interdisciplinary index to over 10,000 specialized encyclopedias, compendia and handbooks, in both print and electronic formats. Customized to our Library, helps you identify the best resources to help you begin your research with truly authoritative articles. 1985 – present. fulltext? No. [Select plural or singular forms of words.] |  |
| Serials Directory | Contains over 182,000 U.S. and international titles, including newspapers, historical data for an additional 20,000 titles and data from over 85,000 publishers worldwide. fulltext? No full-text. [*] | |
| Ulrich's Web | Contains bibliographic and publisher information on more than 300,000 periodicals of all types — academic and scholarly journals, Open Access publications, peer-reviewed titles, popular magazines, newspapers, newsletters, and more from around the world. fulltext? [*] |  |
