You can use dictionaries, encyclopedias and other reference works to:
Some useful dictionaries and encyclopedias are listed below.
Use the Library subject guides for other subjects to discover some of the subject-specific dictionaries and encyclopedias available.
The Library also subscribes to two reference packages from Oxford University Press that cover a number of subject areas in the social sciences, and might be useful to search for introductory articles on a range of topics. See details below:
Oxford Bibliographies provides a seamless pathway to the most accurate and reliable resources for a variety of academic topics. Written and reviewed by academic experts, every article in our database is an authoritative guide to the current scholarship, containing original commentary and annotations
Oxford research encyclopedias provides access to in-depth, peer-reviewed summaries published by Oxford University Press on a wide range of topics. Users can cross-search the five titles to which we subscribe: criminology and criminal justice, international studies, Latin American history, linguistics, and politics.
