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Encyclopedias

An encyclopedia is provides "information on many subjects or on many aspects of one subject, typically arranged alphabetically" (OUP, 2004).

This collection contains links to online encyclopedic resources of a generic or subject-specific nature.

Ask Your Librarian if you can't find the answer to your question here.

Links to encyclopedias

General encyclopedias
Subject-specific encyclopedias

An asterisk (*) indicates that the resource is a product to which CQU Library subscribes and therefore, is available to CQU staff and students only.

General encyclopedias

Columbia Encyclopedia

The online version of sixth edition of this encyclopedia offering information and cross-references about a vast array of topics.

Encyclopedia Smithsonian

Answers FAQs about the Smithsonian with links to resources on subjects from art to zoology.

encyclopedia.com

A free Internet resource with information from the Columbia Encyclopedia and with links to newspaper and magazine articles.

Infoplease

Almanacs, atlases, dictionary and encyclopedia resources.

MSN Encarta

Online encyclopedia, dictionary and atlas.

Oxford Reference Online

* Available to CQU staff and students only.
 

Brings together 100 language and subject dictionaries and reference works - containing well over 60,000 pages - into a single cross-searchable resource.

 

Subject-specific encyclopedias

Artcyclopedia

Fine art search engine featuring over125 000 works of art.

Atlapedia

Features full color physical maps, political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world.

The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics

An online resource by the Library of Economics and Liberty in the U.S. offering articles about and by leading economists.

Encyclopedia of Life Sciences

* Available to CQU staff and students only.
 

A continuously developing project within the life sciences.

Encyclopedia of Psychology

A resource created by Jacksonville State University to facilitate browsing in any area of psychology.

EOLSS
* Available to CQU staff and students only.

EOLSS is an integrated compendium of sixteen encyclopedias.

Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body

Features engravings—many in color—from the classic 1918 publication, as well as a subject index with 13,000 entries ranging from the Antrum of Highmore to the Zonule of Zinn.

Halsbury's Laws of Australia

* Available to CQU staff and students only.
 

This is a legal encyclopedia, covering statute law and case law, which is continuously updated.

Healthcyclopedia

Complete guide to health care resources on the Internet.

HyperHistory Online

Covering historical periods, people and events from world history.

Information Genius - Marketing topics

Online encyclopedia offering information about marketing and related topics.

Insectclopedia

Information about species, research, identification, control, associations, etc.

Instrument Encyclopedia

Created by the University of Michigan, this online resource provides information about instruments from a wide variety of different cultures, performance contexts and structural materials.

The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Articles contributed by specialised philosophers on the Internet and sources from the public domain.

MIMS Online

* Available to CQU staff and students only.

Password required.

This is the electronic version of MIMS Annual & MIMS Bi-monthly. As well as providing information for health professionals, it also provides information sheets for patients.

TechEncyclopedia

Information relating to more than 20 000 IT terms and topics.

Tiscali: The Complete Encyclopaedia of Natural Health

Provides information about ailments and natural remedies and treatments.

 

References:
Oxford University Press 2004, AskOxford.com, viewed 20 August 2004, http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/encyclopedia?view=uk

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