Credo Reference contains the full text of over 240 major reference works including: dictionaries, encyclopedias, thesauri, books of quotations and a host of subject-specific titles covering everything from the arts to accountancy and law to literature.
Daily Life Through History gives a detailed portrayal of life for ordinary people in different cultures and countries throughout history.
Gale's Virtual Reference Library gives access to full text e-book versions of encyclopedias and other reference sources in a variety of subjects including; business, environment, history, literature, medicine, religion, and science. You may search a single book or the whole collection.
Grolier Online - Kids A kid friendly place to search the Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, New Book of Knowledge, and America the Beautiful, as well as, magazines and web sites.
Grolier Online - Adults For older students and adults - searches four encyclopedias at once; the Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, New Book of Knowledge and America the Beautiful.
Oxford English Dictionary (OED) "The definitive record of the English language"
Worldbook Online includes the online version of the popular World Book Encyclopedia.