Research Workshops

Excellent "pro/con" analysis of key social, economic, and policy issues. Weekly issues cover a new topic in a 20-30 page report, including a history of the issue, the current debate with likely outcomes, and a bibliography of key sources.

Academic encyclopedia and dictionary entries defining and introducing topics in all disciplines.

Scholarly encyclopedias, dictionaries and other reference works in the arts, biography, business, education, history, law, literature, medicine, religion, science and social science.

Gale Onefile features access to a wide range of full-text titles, indexes, and abstracts from prestigious general-interest sources. It integrates magazines, newspaper articles, children's magazines, almanacs, encyclopedias, dictionaries, reference books, and more.

Most authoritative and comprehensive dictionary of the English language. Contains the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past.

Oxford Reference provides access to digitized entries across Oxford University Press’s Dictionaries, Companions and Encyclopedias. Results will range from short-entry, general reference to more in-depth articles on specialized subjects.