{"id":224,"date":"2015-06-17T17:54:50","date_gmt":"2015-06-17T17:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/?page_id=224"},"modified":"2021-01-06T15:34:28","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T15:34:28","slug":"encyclopedias","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/start-researching\/research-by-subject-2\/encyclopedias\/","title":{"rendered":"Encyclopedias"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Encyclopedias and Reference Databases (MU Only)<\/h1>\n<p><em>Please note that these resources are only available to Miami affiliates and will require logging in with a Miami Unique ID and password to gain access off-campus.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"https:\/\/libguides.lib.miamioh.edu\/associations-unlimited\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Associations Unlimited<\/a> <span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"Contains information for approximately 460,000 international and U.S. national, regional, state, and local nonprofit membership organizations in all fields, including IRS data on U.S. 501(c) nonprofit organizations.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/info-e1433982826316.jpg\" alt=\"info\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"https:\/\/libguides.lib.miamioh.edu\/biography-in-context\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Biography in Context (Formerly Biography Resource Center)<\/a> <span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"A full-text database of biographical information on people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas. It combines biographies from multiple Gale reference publications, such as &lt;em&gt;Contemporary Authors&lt;\/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Encyclopedia of World Biography&lt;\/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Dictionary of American Biography&lt;\/em&gt;, and &lt;em&gt;Directory of American Scholars&lt;\/em&gt;, with articles from more than 300 magazines, such as &lt;em&gt;American History&lt;\/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;The Christian Century&lt;\/em&gt;, and &lt;em&gt;U.S. News &amp;amp; World Report&lt;\/em&gt;.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/info-e1433982826316.jpg\" alt=\"info\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"https:\/\/libguides.lib.miamioh.edu\/biography-reference-bank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Biography Reference Bank<\/a> <span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"Biographical information on over half a million people from around the world, with articles from such biographical reference books as &lt;em&gt;Current Biography&lt;\/em&gt; and the &lt;em&gt;World Author Series&lt;\/em&gt;, as well as magazine citations from &lt;em&gt;Biography Index Database&lt;\/em&gt; after 1984. Some third party publications are included, such as a subset of the biographies from Oxford\u2019s &lt;em&gt;American National Biography&lt;\/em&gt;.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/info-e1433982826316.jpg\" alt=\"info\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"https:\/\/libguides.lib.miamioh.edu\/columbia-gazetteer-of-the-world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Columbia Gazetteer of the World<\/a> <span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"The &lt;em&gt;Columbia Gazetteer of the World Online&lt;\/em&gt; contains over 170,000 articles or entries on all types of places throughout the world; both physical places and political entities. Most articles have details on where the place is located, its dimensions and borders, and information on economic activities, demographics, history, and former or alternate names and different spellings and pronunciations.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/info-e1433982826316.jpg\" alt=\"info\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"https:\/\/libguides.lib.miamioh.edu\/cq-press-political-reference-suite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CQ Press Political Reference Suite<\/a> <span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"Integrates many of CQ Press&#039;s acclaimed reference titles on government and politics into a user-friendly, electronic format that offers a number of Web-enabled features that makes navigating this wealth of content intuitive and easy.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/info-e1433982826316.jpg\" alt=\"info\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"https:\/\/libguides.lib.miamioh.edu\/electronic-reference-books-abc-clio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Electronic Reference Books (ABC-CLIO)<\/a> <span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"&lt;em&gt;Electronic Reference Books (ABC-CLIO)&lt;\/em&gt; is a collection of reference books -- encyclopedias, handbooks, biographical collections, guides -- on many specialized topics from ABC-CLIO, an educational reference publisher.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/info-e1433982826316.jpg\" alt=\"info\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"https:\/\/libguides.lib.miamioh.edu\/encyclopedia-us-latin-american-relations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Encyclopedia of U.S.-Latin American Relations<\/a> <span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"&lt;em&gt;Encyclopedia of U.S.-Latin American Relations&lt;\/em&gt; is a comprehensive A-to-Z reference featuring more than 800 entries detailing the political, economic, and military interconnections between the United States and the countries of Latin America, including Mexico and the nations in Central America, the Caribbean, and South America.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/info-e1433982826316.jpg\" alt=\"info\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"https:\/\/libguides.lib.miamioh.edu\/funk-wagnalls-new-world-encyclopedia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Funk &amp; Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia<\/a> <span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"Provides 25,000 entries and is searchable by keywords within the articles. Entries are short with no bibliographies.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/info-e1433982826316.jpg\" alt=\"info\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"https:\/\/libguides.lib.miamioh.edu\/gale-virtual-reference-library\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gale Virtual Reference Library<\/a> <span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"Collection of over 100 reference ebooks on many subjects. Titles can be accessed individually or searched together as a single source.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/info-e1433982826316.jpg\" alt=\"info\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"https:\/\/libguides.lib.miamioh.edu\/international-encyclopedia-of-social-behavioral-sciences\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">International Encyclopedia of the Social &amp; Behavioral Sciences<\/a> <span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"This encyclopedia covers the disciplines of anthropology, archeology, economics, education, environmental\/ecological sciences, evolutionary sciences, genetics, gender studies, geography, history, law, philosophy, political science, psychiatry, psychology, sociology, urban studies, and more, as well as methodology and biographies of important figures.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/info-e1433982826316.jpg\" alt=\"info\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"https:\/\/libguides.lib.miamioh.edu\/international-studies-encyclopedia-online\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">International Studies Encyclopedia<\/a> <span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"&lt;em&gt;International Studies Online&lt;\/em&gt; is published in association with the International Studies Association (ISA) and is the most comprehensive reference work of its kind for the fields of international studies and international relations. This resource brings together specially commissioned, peer reviewed essays, written and edited by an international team of the world&#039;s best scholars and teachers. International Studies Online is updated once per year and is enhanced by live links to archives, datasets, cases, pedagogical aids, and other relevant materials. The project is organized primarily around the different sections representing areas of specialization within the ISA. Each specialized section has organized a committee to identify key topics and identify authors.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/info-e1433982826316.jpg\" alt=\"info\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"https:\/\/libguides.lib.miamioh.edu\/electronic-reference-books-abc-clio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OhioLINK Electronic Book Center, Reference E-Books<\/a> <span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"This collection includes many specialized encyclopedias, primarily in the humanities and social sciences, most published by ABC-CLIO, but an increasing number by others, such as Gale, Sage, Macmillan, and Scribner.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/info-e1433982826316.jpg\" alt=\"info\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"https:\/\/libguides.lib.miamioh.edu\/oxford-research-encyclopedias\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oxford Research Encyclopedias<\/a> <span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"With today\u2019s overabundance of information, and misinformation, students and researchers alike can be overwhelmed in identifying what\u2019s trustworthy, what\u2019s up-to-date, and what\u2019s accurate. &lt;em&gt;Oxford Research Encyclopedias&lt;\/em&gt; are written by world-class experts to provide subject overviews that can be understood in half an hour of reading or less. Every essay is rigorously peer-reviewed and new topics and essays are added monthly. The &lt;em&gt;OREs&lt;\/em&gt; were developed with a global community of librarians and university faculty and written for everyone from students just beginning their studies to more advanced researchers needing background on a field of study.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/info-e1433982826316.jpg\" alt=\"info\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"https:\/\/proxy.lib.miamioh.edu\/login?url=http:\/\/www.worldbookonline.com\/advanced\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">World Book Advanced<\/a> <span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"Articles from the &lt;em&gt;World Book Encyclopedia&lt;\/em&gt;, an atlas and a dictionary, articles from earlier encyclopedia editions, magazine articles from EBSCO, animations, videos, sound clips, and Web links.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/info-e1433982826316.jpg\" alt=\"info\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h1>Online Encylopedias (Public)<\/h1>\n<p><a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eol.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Encyclopedia of Life<\/a> <span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"Synthesizes biodiversity knowledge about all known species, including their taxonomy, geographic distribution, collections, genetics, evolutionary history, morphology, behavior, ecological relationships, and importance for human well being, and distributes this information through the Internet.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/info-e1433982826316.jpg\" alt=\"info\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Info Please<\/a> <span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"Searches almanacs, the &lt;em&gt;Columbia encyclopedia&lt;\/em&gt;, an atlas, and a dictionary to find information on disasters, over 30,000 biographies, and more.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/info-e1433982826316.jpg\" alt=\"info\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.almanac.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Old Farmer\u2019s Almanac<\/a> <span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"Learn about the movement of the planets, moon, and stars, in addition to finding information about the weather and gardening.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/info-e1433982826316.jpg\" alt=\"info\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"https:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/contents.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stanford\u2019s Encyclopedia of Philosophy<\/a> <span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"Peer-reviewed encyclopedia entries on broad range of philosophy topics.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/info-e1433982826316.jpg\" alt=\"info\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h1>Library Guides<\/h1>\n<p><a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"https:\/\/libguides.lib.miamioh.edu\/reference\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Online Reference LibGuide<\/a> <span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"Provides links to Miami reference materials available online.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/info-e1433982826316.jpg\" alt=\"info\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Encyclopedias and Reference Databases (MU Only) Please note that these resources are only available to Miami affiliates and will require logging in with a Miami Unique ID and password to gain access off-campus. 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