Encyclopedias and Reference Tools: Encyclopedias

A combined catalog of over 7.8 million books and other library materials from many of Ohio's universities, colleges, community colleges, and the State Library of Ohio.

Explore 1000s of downloadable e-books in a variety of subjects, including academic areas, classic literature, fiction, and more.

Use the Electronic Journal Finder to determine whether a particular journal (and article) is available online.

Contains full text articles from more than 10,000 academic journals from top scholarly publishers, academic societies, and university presses. The EJC covers a wide range of disciplines and contains just published scientific research as well as historical journal articles.

Provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries. Searchable by subject or keywords within the entry.

Reference works focusing on the lives and events that have shaped African American and African history and culture.

More than 1.3 million pages of primary source documents, books, documents, and selections fully integrated with the encyclopedia content. Research and teaching tools include timelines, citation builder, and saved research.