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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.
Oxford Bibliographies are research guides in a variety of subject areas. Combining features of an annotated bibliography and a high-level encyclopedia, this resource directs researchers to top scholarship across a wide variety of topics.
Search across more than 100 encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other reference works.
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.
