LibGuides: Social Work: Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

General Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

Britannica Academic
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Combination of the Encyclopædia Britannica, Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, thesaurus, magazines, periodicals, and many other research tools providing a variety of reliable sources students need for research.
A Britannica database provided by the AVL
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
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Encyclopedia articles and biographies in a variety of subject areas. Updated annually.
An EBSCOhost database provided by the AVL

Oxford English Dictionary
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Dictionary/English language.
Provided by the AVL
Oxford Reference Online Premium
100+ reference books and dictionaries.
Provided by the AVL and JSU