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Electronic Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, and Reference Resources: Dictionaries
This guide contains links to electronic reference materials such as encyclopedias and dictionaries.
To find encyclopedia entries about your topic, you may want to start with the following. Subject specific dictionaries can be found on those subject guides.