Subject Guides: Writing: Reference sources

Writing: Reference sources

Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
• Great for brainstorming topics
• Access to hundreds of in-depth subject encyclopedias and handbooks covering every major subject from Accounting to Art History and Shakespeare to Einstein
Features:
• Topic Pages
• Mind Maps (visually show the connections between topics and keywords)
Gale Ebooks This link opens in a new window
Searchable full text of many subject encyclopedias
Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new window
Brings together language and subject reference works from one of the world's biggest reference publishers into a single cross-searchable resource
Oxford English Dictionary (OED) This link opens in a new window
Includes the history, meaning, and pronunciation of each word.

American Heritage Abbreviations Dictionary
Current and topical abbreviations
Good Word Guide
Combines clear, accessible information with practical guidance and an easy-to-use approach.
Encyclopedia of Life Writing
Explores not only autobiography and biography proper, but also letters, diaries, memoirs, family histories, case histories
Statistical Abstract of the United States (1789-2012)
The authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.

Ulrichs Web This link opens in a new window
Provides detailed, comprehensive, and authoritative information on serials published throughout the world covering all subjects

Subjects: Writing

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