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WorldCatA global and comprehensive catalog of library holdings. Search WorldCat for materials that are not available at Fairfield.
Background Sources
Multidisciplinary encyclopedias
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Credo Reference Academic CoreA comprehensive collection of subject encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, and reference handbooks. Also included are short reference videos and high-resolution images. Useful background information source.
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Oxford Reference Online: PremiumA comprehensive collection of scholarly encyclopedias and dictionaries published by Oxford University Press. A useful background information source for starting your research. Simultaneous user limit: 5.
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Britannica AcademicProvides access to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, an interactive world atlas, a world data analyst tool, images, timelines, videos, and primary sources.
Discipline specific sources
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Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature
Call Number: Online and Reference Main Level PS21.E537 2004ISBN: 0195156536Publication Date: 2004 -
Routledge Companion to World Literature
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9780415827959Publication Date: 2013
Biographies
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Biography in ContextBiographical articles from reference sources, journals, and magazines. Contains images, video, and audio files, as well as primary source material.
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Biography Reference CenterBiographical articles from reference sources such as American National Biography and Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography.
Primary Sources
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Early English Books OnlineA primary source collection containing digital facsimile page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473-1700.
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Eighteenth Century Collections OnlineA primary source collection containing digitized books, pamphlets, broadsides, and ephemera printed in the United Kingdom and the Americas between 1701 and 1800. Based on the English Short Title Catalogue.
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Nineteenth Century Collections OnlineDatabase of digitized primary sources from the nineteenth century, curated by an international team of scholars and culled from the collections of the National Archives, the Library of Congress, the British Library, and other major repositories. Contains photographs, books, manuscripts, maps, letters, government documents, journals, and newspapers.
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Empire OnlinePrinted and visual primary source materials for the study of ‘Empire” and its theories, practices, and consequences. Also Includes secondary sources such as scholarly essays, maps, and an interactive chronology.
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Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800A primary source collection of books, pamphlets, and broadsides listed in the bibliography compiled by Charles Evans and Roger Bristol's Supplement.
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Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819A primary source collection of books, pamphlets, and broadsides listed in the bibliography compiled by Ralph R. Shaw and Richard H. Shoemaker.
Citations & Support
Citing Your Sources
The links below point to brief informational guides for creating accurate citations. For more complete information, consult the original books at the library (see call numbers below) or contact a librarian.
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Ref. Z 253.U69 2017
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Citation Managers
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