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• Encyclopedia Britannica Online 
• Blackwell Reference Online 
• Sage Knowledge Online 
• CQ Researcher

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Theology/Religion:

• Encyclopedia of Religion.
• New Catholic Encyclopedia.
• Encyclopedia Judaica.
• Encyclopedia of Islam.

Literature:

• Literature Resource Center.
• MagillOnLiterature.
• Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism.

Science:

• CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics 
• McGraw-Hill Concise Encyclopedia of Science and Technololgy

History:

• Cambridge Histories Online 
• International Encyclopaedia for the Middle Ages
• Encyclopedia of Africa 

Psychology:

• The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behaviorial Science (3rd ed.)
• The Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology (2nd ed.)

Social Sciences:

• International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences.
• Human Relations Area Files -  World Cultures.

Sociology:

• Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology 

Arts:

• Oxford Music Online.
• Oxford Art Online.

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