Reference sources can help you to begin your research and find and nail down definitions and foundational information. Encyclopedias and biographical dictionaries can help learn more about a topic or a person, and place them in wider historical and cultural contexts. Browse online reference material below after looking over the brief descriptions. You can also search for online sources using the Advanced Search screen in CONSORT, by limiting the location to KEN Reference.
Biographical information on approximately half a million people, from antiquity to the present.
Full text general subject database of reference titles
Collection of encyclopedias, handbooks, and other reference sources
Oxford’s Dictionaries, Companions and Encyclopedia spanning 25 different subject areas.
Full text documents on legal history, case law, world trials, U.S. government, congressional reports, and other government documents.
Thousands of scholarly and reference e-books covering the humanities, sciences and social sciences.
Concise and original introductions to a diverse range of subjects written by experts in the fields.
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