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Articles on African American history, literature, and culture from scholarly reference works.

350+ titles in the humanities and social sciences, including the Blackwell companions and handbooks. Strengths are psychology, sociology, history, literature, philosophy, and religion.

Covers the government and economy of 250+ countries & territories, with directory information and statistical tables. Online version of Europa World Year Book and the regional surveys.

Oxford dictionaries of biology, ecology, plant sciences, scientists, zoology, and the Oxford Companion to the Body.

General dictionaries of art and architecture, special dictionaries and guides to design, 20th-century art, western art published by Oxford University Press.

Oxford dictionaries and encyclopedias of the Bible, Christianity, Budhism, Islam, & other world religions, published by Oxford University Press.

Reference dictionaries and companions, including illustrations, web links, and searching individual titles or by subject area; from Oxford University Press.