eReference Shelf

This is a list of online reference sites provided by Concordia College. Please visit the Reference section in the Library for a more complete and extensive collection of encyclopedias, atlases, dictionaries, and statistical sources.

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Credo Reference (off-campus access) Credo Reference is a searchable reference database featuring more than 300 dictionaries and encyclopedias from major publishers.

Encyclopedias

General

Credo Reference (off-campus access)

Encyclopaedia Britannica (off-campus access)

World Almanac / Book of Facts (off-campus access)

The Arts

Oxford Art Online (off-campus access)

Oxford Music Online (off-campus access)

Classical Music Reference Library (off-campus access)

The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music (off-campus access)

African-American Music Reference (off-campus access)

History Daily Life through History (off-campus access)
Norwegian Store Norske Leksikon (off-campus access)
The Sciences 

Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (off-campus access)

Encyclopedia of Neuroscience (off-campus access)

Gale Virtual Reference Library (off-campus access)

McGraw-Hill's AccessScience Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Online (off-campus access)

The Social Sciences

SAGE eReference (off-campus access)

Comprehensive Handbook of Social Work and Social Welfare (off-campus access)

Spanish Enciclopedia Universal en Espanol (off-campus access)
Religion Oxford Islamic Studies Online (off-campus access)


Dictionaries

Bilingual Oxford Language Dictionaries Online (off-campus access)
Includes: Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish

Credo Reference (off-campus access)
Includes: French, German, Spanish, Latin
General Credo Reference (off-campus access)
Historical/
Etymological
Oxford English Dictionary (off-campus access)


Bibles

New Revised
Standard Version
Oremus Bible Browser


Almanacs

General


InfoPlease (Time Almanac)

World Almanac / Book of Facts (off-campus access)


Statistics

Business/
Economics
STAT-USA (off-campus access)
Minnesota Minnesota State Demographic Center

Atlas of Minnesota: Social and Economic Characteristics

North Dakota North Dakota Statistical Abstract
Federal U.S. Census Bureau American FactFinder

FedStats

Statistical Abstract of the United States
International

CIA World Factbook

Encyclopaedia Britannica (off-campus access)

Statesman's Yearbook (off-campus access)

United Nations Statistics


Biographical Information

General Credo Reference (off-campus access)

LexisNexis: People (off-campus access)

Encyclopaedia Britannica (off-campus access)
Artists, Composers,
Musicians

Classical Music Reference Library (off-campus access)

Oxford Art Online (off-campus access)

Oxford Music Online (off-campus access)

Scientists and
Inventors

Gale Virtual Reference Library (off-campus access)

McGraw-Hill's AccessScience Encyclopedia of Science & Technology Online (off-campus access)


Government Information

Maps

Other Tools

Academics

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