Electronic Reference Books

E-reference searches often go directly to the entry and may not give the original page numbers from the print edition, but are faster to search.

• Gale eBooks - Smaller collection of reference books published by Gale. Very strong in history, literature, and social science.
• Oxford English Dictionary - "The definitive record of the English language"; contains definitions, etymology, and illustrative quotations showing words as they were used at various times