Subscription encyclopedias (these databases can be accessed off-campus only by COCC students and faculty)
Subject specific, professional:
Dictionary of American History
Encyclopedia of Bioethics
Encyclopedia of Diets
Encyclopedia of Education
Encyclopedia of Everyday Law
Encyclopaedia Judaica
Encyclopedia of Modern Asia
Encyclopedia of Religion
Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics
Encyclopedia of Small Business
International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
Oxford Reference Online - A collection of more than 100 reference works published by Oxford University Press including dictionaries and other subject references sources covering all disciplines.
Tobacco in History and Culture
Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations
General:
Britannica Online
New Catholic Encyclopedia
Other free access encyclopedias
Subject specific:
Animal info: information on rare, threatened and endangered mammals - This web site presents scientific information solely on rare, threatened, and endangered mammals throughout the world. A great site to use for serious research!
Encyclopedia of Earth - The Encyclopedia of Earth is a free web site with a fully searchable collection of articles written by scholars, professionals, educators, and experts on issues reated to the Earth, its natural environments, and their interaction with society.
Holocaust Encyclopedia
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Medical encyclopedia - The National Library of Medicine's encyclopedia includes articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries. It also contains an extensive library of medical photographs and illustrations.
General:
Citizendium - According to its own description this is "is an experimental new wiki project. The project, started by a co-founder of Wikipedia, aims to improve on that model by adding "gentle expert oversight" and requiring contributors to use their real names."
Everyday Mysteries -This Library of Congreess web site provides answers to life's most interesting questions through a scientific point of view. All the questions presented on this Web site were asked by researchers and answered by librarians from the Library's Science Reference Services. A fun web site to explore!Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia - This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
Factbites - Is a new web search tool self-described as "an encyclopedia crossed with a search engine"! FactBites pulls facts from web pages or online encyclopedias and presents them in your search results.
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- HowStuffWorks - Find out how just about anything works!
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- Wikipedia - A free encyclopedia built collaboratively by any users using Wiki software