Of all the libraries, in all the world, you have to browse into ours:

 

Encyclopedia Britannica online:

The second-biggest encyclopedia on the Internet. Considered more accurate & definitely more prof-pleasing than Wikipedia, but just as easy to use.

Research Resources page, http://www.drew.edu/library/research/electronic-resources-by-subject

Oxford English Dictionary online:

Humphrey Bogart gave his name to what behavior? Look it up here, in the definitive source for definitions and derivations in the English Language.

On the Research Resources page http://www.drew.edu/library/er/oed

Quotations sources

Was it really “Play it again, Sam?” Check out the quotations books in Credo Reference (http://www.drew.edu/library/er/credo-reference ) or in

Reference PN6060 to PN 6084

Foreign Language Dictionaries

“A citizen of the world”? Pick up dictionaries in the Reference section (Level C) under these call numbers:

          German:     PF 3640      Spanish:     PC 4640           Italian:   PC 1640

          French:       PC2640       English:      PE 1625-PE1628

Find an Article:

“Where were you, say, ten years ago?” Check out these general article sources, with lots of full text online. Choose them from our Research Resources list:

http://www.drew.edu/library/research/electronic-resources-by-title

  • Academic Search Premier & Proquest Research Library:
    Academic & general articles; some full text. [Can limit to academic sources]
  • Lexis-Nexis:
    Primarily newspaper and press feed articles, full text. 

Need More? Try Reference Universe!

Search topics in online and print reference sources simultaneously:

http://www.drew.edu/library/er/reference-universe

* Warning: browsing reference books can be “the beginning of a beautiful friendship”!

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