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Online Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
Over 90,000 entries feature 10,000 new words and senses, 70,000 audio word pronunciations, 900 full-page color illustrations, language notes and word-root appendixes

Business & Company Resource Center
Comprehensive company and industry information

Columbia Encyclopedia
This online version is searchable as well as browsable. Contains nearly 51,000 entries with more than 80,000 hypertext cross-references.

Encyclopedia Britannica
Searches the 32 volume Encyclopedia Britannica along with Britannica's Student and Concise encyclopedia and selected Internet sites.

General Reference Center Gold
Multi-source general interest reference tool

Grove Dictionary of Art
A comprehensive online reference resource for all aspects of the visual arts worldwide from prehistory to the present day.

Health & Wellness Resource Center
Medical information for health professionals and general readers.

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Includes more than 10,000 new words and phrases and 40,000 usage examples, along with 165,000 entries and 225,000 definitions with audio pronunciations.

Oxford English Dictionary
Contains the complete text of the 20-volume Second Edition, first published in 1989, together with its 3-volume Additions Series, published in 1993 and 1997.