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Specialized encyclopedias, handbooks, companions, and other reference works can be good starting places for getting an overview of a topic, definitions of key terms, vocabulary for searching, and suggestions for further reading. The following databases allow you to search across multiple reference works at once.
Annotated bibliographies for a variety of subject areas.
Biographies, topic overviews, reviews, and scholarly analysis of authors and works from all genres, eras, and regions of the world.
Over 400 full-text academic encyclopedias, language dictionaries, books of quotations, and other sources. Includes subject-specific titles from art, classics, history, law, linguistics, literature, media studies, medicine, performing arts, philosophy, religion, science and technology, politics, and more.
Search across more than 100 full text encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other reference works in the social and behavioral sciences.
Francophone Wikipedia can be a portal to more reliable sources and sometimes is as a useful counterpoint to more specialized encyclopedias for more current or cultural content. You can try navigating from English Wikipedia to Wikipedia.fr to locate articles for topics you're uncertain how to express in French.
