These databases contain a variety of specialized encyclopedias, handbooks, biographical sources, bibliographies, and other reference works. They can be good starting places for getting overviews of a topic, biographical information, definitions of key terms, vocabulary for searching, and suggestions for further reading.
Authoritative biographies of historically significant figures and present-day newsmakers from every fieldmedia, sports, politics, religion, medicine, and more. Find biographies by name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, or gender.
Dates: 3000 BCE-Present
Hundreds of full-text academic encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other sources for introductions to topics, definitions, or factual information. Includes subject-specific titles from art, literature, education, science, religion, history and more.
Search across full-text encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other reference books in a variety of subject areas.
Search across more than 100 full text encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other reference works in the social and behavioral sciences.
Annotated bibliographies for a variety of subject areas.
Encyclopedia of Black Studies by 
The History of Black Studies by 
An Introduction to Black Studies by 
Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History (e-book)
Encyclopedia of the African Diaspora (e-book)
Encyclopedia of Diversity in Education
Encyclopedia of the Social and Cultural Foundations of Education
African American Lives by