General Research Resources
General Reference Tools
- Credo Reference (JWCC only)
- Oxford Reference Online (JWCC only)
- CQ Researcher (JWCC only)
- Infoplease
- Bartleby.com
Encyclopedias
- Encyclopedia Britannica Online Academic Edition (JWCC only)
- Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide (JWCC only)
- Philip's Encyclopedia (JWCC only)
- Columbia Encyclopedia (JWCC only)
- Crystal Reference Encyclopedia (JWCC only)
- Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (JWCC only)
- HowStuffWorks
- Symbols.com
- Encyclopedia Mythica
Dictionaries
- Oxford English Dictionary (JWCC only)
- American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (JWCC only)
- Merriam-Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus
- Dictionary.com
- AllDictionaries.com
Science Reference Tools
- Science Resource Center (JWCC only)
- McGraw-Hill Concise Encyclopedia of Science and Technology (JWCC only)
- McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms (JWCC only)
- Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology (JWCC only)
- American Heritage Science Dictionary (JWCC only)
- New Penguin Dictionary of Science (JWCC only)
- Illustrated Dictionary of Science, Andromeda (JWCC only)
- Cambridge Dictionary of Scientists (JWCC only)
- Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography (JWCC only)
- A Dictionary of Scientists (JWCC only)
- Science.gov
- Diracdelta.co.uk Science and Engineering Encyclopedia
- Scirus
Guides to Countries and Cities
- Global Road Warrior (JWCC only)
- Philips World Factbook (JWCC only)
- A Guide to Countries of the World (JWCC only)
- Nation Master
- Encyclopedia of the Nations
- U.S. State Department: Background Notes
- CIA The World Factbook
- City-Data.com
- Penguin Encyclopedia of Places (JWCC only)
Earth Science & Geography
- A Dictionary of Earth Sciences (JWCC only)
- Oxford Companion to the Earth (JWCC only)
- A Dictionary of Ecology (JWCC only)
- Encyclopedia of Ecology and Environmental Management, Blackwell Science (JWCC only)
- A Dictionary of Environment and Conservation (JWCC only)
- Oxford Companion to Global Change (JWCC only)
- Envirofacts from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Encyclopedia of Earth
- World Watch Institute
- Dictionary of Human Geography (JWCC only)
- Dictionary of Geography (JWCC only)
- Houghton Mifflin Dictionary of Geography (JWCC only)
- Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary (JWCC only)
- Dictionary of Physical Geography (JWCC only)
- Geology.com
- Rivers of North America (JWCC only)
- Guide to the Oceans (JWCC only)
Maps and Atlases
Mathematical Reference Tools
- Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (JWCC only)
- Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (JWCC only)
- Math.com
- Wolfram Alpha
- OnlineConversion.com
- A Dictionary of Weights, Measures, and Units (JWCC only)
- MathWorld
- PlanetMath.org Encyclopedia
- Online Encyclopaedia of Mathematics
- StatSoft Electronic Statistics Textbook
- A Dictionary of Statistics (JWCC only)
U.S. Government and Legal Reference Tools
- USA.gov
- Illinois.gov
- Federal Citizen Information Center
- THOMAS Legislative Information
- Legal Information Institute
- Internet Law Library
- FEDLaw
- Oxford Compantion to American Law (JWCC only)
- Oxford Dictionary of Law (JWCC only)
- Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States (JWCC only)
- Oxford Guide to United States Supreme Court Decisions (JWCC only)
- Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law (JWCC only)
- FactCheck.org
- ProCon.org
- Web Guide to U.S. Supreme Court Research by LLRX
Medical Reference Tools
- See the JWCC Health Science Resources
Agriculture Reference Tools
- Agricola
- AgOIA@Agriculture Network Information Center
- Water Quality Information Center: Online Documents
- National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)
- Breeds of Livestock - Oklahoma State University
- FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Philosophy Reference Tools
- Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy (JWCC only)
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Oxford Companion to Philosophy (JWCC only)
- Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy (JWCC only)
- A Dictionary of Philosophy, Macmillan (JWCC only)
- Dictionary of World Philosophy (JWCC only)
- Philosophy of Education: An American Encyclopedia (JWCC only)
- Dictionary of Existentialism (JWCC only)
Biography
- Infoplease Almanac: Biography
- Biography Channel - Bios Search
- Chambers Biographical Dictionary (JWCC only)
- Who's Who in Ancient Egypt, Routledge (JWCC only)
- Who's Who in the Roman World, Routledge (JWCC only)
- A Biographical Dictionary of Artists, Andromeda (JWCC only)
- A Dictionary of Political Biography (JWCC only)
- Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (JWCC only)
- Who's Who in the Classical World (JWCC only)
- Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music (JWCC only)
- Penguin Biographical Dictionary of Women (JWCC only)
- Macmillan Dictionary of Women's Biography (JWCC only)
- Encyclopedia of Women Social Reformers (JWCC only)
- Notable American Women: 1607-1950 (JWCC only)
- Notable American Women: The Modern Period (JWCC only)
- Notable American Women: Completing the Twentieth Century (JWCC only)
- A Biographical Dictionary of Women Economists (JWCC only)
