Internet Quick Reference Shelf: Dictionaries and Encyclopedias : Subject and Special
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- Art & Architecture Thesaurus - By Getty Information Institute; The AAT provides a comprehensive vocabulary of more than 110,000 terms for the description of fine art, architecture, decorative art, and material culture
- ArtLex: Dictionary of Visual Art - Definitions of more than 2,600 terms in art production, criticism, history, aesthetics, and education along with illustrations, pronunciation notes, quotations, and links to other resources on the Web.
- Cambridge History of English and American Literature - Online version of all eighteen volumes of this distinguished scholarly encyclopedia. Assembled from 1907 to 1921. Four volumes are dedicated to the literature of North America and the vagaries of American English. The volumes include 303 chapters and more than 11,000 pages, edited and written by a worldwide panel of 171 leading scholars and thinkers of the early twentieth century. The online version features over 5,600 files, searchable by keyword and browseable by volume, chapter, and section. The electronic _Cambridge History_ also includes chapter and bibliography indexes.
- Dictionary of Philosophy of Mind - Searchable glossary of philosophical terms with hypertext cross-references and definitions. Each definition is signed and some have references.
- Encyclopaedia of the Orient - Covers all countries and cultures between Mauritania in the west and Iran in the east, Turkey in the north and Sudan in south.
- Encyclopedia Mythica - An encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, magic, and more. Definitions of gods and goddesses, supernatural beings and legendary creatures and monsters from all over the world.
- MIT Encyclopedia of Cognitive Sciences (MITECS) - Organizes the cross-disciplinary topics of cognitive and brain sciences under the six domains of computational intelligence; culture, cognition, and evolution; linguistics and language; neuroscience; philosophy; and psychology.
- MYSTICA, The - On-line encyclopedia of the occult, mysticism, magic, paranormal and more
- Pharma-Lexicon - searchable access to about 22,000 abbreviations and acronyms. Compiled by health professionals.
- Spartacus Internet Encyclopedia - contains these sections: Encyclopedia of British History: 1700-1900, Railways: 1780-1900, First World War Encyclopedia, Investigating the Vietnam War, and Emancipation of Women: 1860-1920. Contains much information from primary sources.
- Urban Legends Reference Pages - Information about modern-day myths. Includes categories such as weddings, horror, music, sex, Christmas, and Disney. Provides documentation supporting or debunking the veracity of each legend.
- World Flag Database - Flags of all the nations; also various state and regional flags, specific ensigns and other standards.
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