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  • Encyclopedia Britannica Online A Best Bet database
    Get basic information on thousands of topics covering history, politics, literature, news, and the arts.
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    • Encyclopædia Britannica Online
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  • Merriam-Webster Dictionary & Thesaurus A Best Bet database
    A dictionary of American English.
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  • Oxford English Dictionary (OED) A Best Bet database
    Full-text of 20-volume Second Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary.
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  • AccessScience A Best Bet database
    Contains over 7,000 articles, 115,000 definitions, and biographies of more than 1,200 scientists. Online version of print McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology. current.
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    • McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology
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  • Cambridge Collections Online (CCO) A Best Bet database
    Full-text of over 200 Cambridge Companions in Literature and Classics; and Philosophy, Religion and Culture. Includes over 2,200 essays on these topics. varies.
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