Encyclopedias & Reference Sources
You may want to begin your research with subject-specific encyclopedias or reference books to explore topics, find background information, discover leads to more in-depth resources, and locate statistics.
Use InfoKat Discovery to locate general, subject-specific, or data-focused reference books.
Consider these examples below and apply them to your research and topic focus.
In your search, combine relevant keyword(s) + "reference" OR try relevant keyword(s) + "encyclopedia" and so forth.
- African Americans expatriation France reference
- African American history encyclopedia or African American history reference
- African diaspora encyclopedia
- Africana history encyclopedia
- Black studies encyclopedia
Reference Databases
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Gale Virtual Reference LibraryA database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
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Oxford ReferenceAccess to all Oxfords Dictionaries, Companions, and Encyclopedias in one place, covering 25 different subject areas, with new titles and editions added throughout the year. Includes continuous updating and exclusive online-only content. Over 2 million entries in almost 450 titles.
