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Elsevier Reference Works (and books)
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- Click here. Click on the magnifying glass at the top, put in a search term. On the left of the search results, look for where you can restrict to (e.g.) encyclopedia.
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Other Reference Works:
- Access Science This link opens in a new windowOnline encyclopedia and dictionary for the sciences. Includes biographies, images and animations, and videos.
- eLS This link opens in a new windowFormerly Encyclopedia of Life Sciences, this resource from Wiley contains over 5000 peer-reviewed articles. Monthly-updating.