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InfoPlease

Factual look-ups from the Information Please family of almanacs, the Random House College Dictionary, and the Columbia Encyclopedia.

Internet Public Library Reference

Well-organized collection of resources in a wide range of subject areas maintained by the Internet Public Library.

Oxford Reference OnlineAccessible to University at Albany users only

A collection of over 170 online reference books from Oxford University Press. Contains more than one million entries, 12,000 images and 500 maps.

Refdesk.com

Large, searchable collection of Internet reference sources including Facts-at-a-Glance, Current News & Facts, and Refdesk's Categories for topical information.

Reference - Bartleby.com

Collection of major reference works including encyclopedias, style and usage guides, quotations, books on religion and mythology, etiquette, parliamentary procedure and more.

Reference UniverseAccessible to University at Albany users only

Reference Universe is a master index to the contents of reference books. Users can search article titles and back-of-the-book indexes of subject encyclopedias and other reference works. For chapters or articles in ebooks owned by the University Libraries, Reference Universe links to the full text. For chapters or articles in print books owned by the University Libraries, Reference Universe links to the Minerva catalog record.

Sage eReferenceAccessible to University at Albany users only

A collection of subject encyclopedias from Sage Publishing.