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Online Reference Sources

• Acronyms

• Africa
• Almanacs/ Factbooks
• Biographies
• Dictionaries and Thesauri
• Ebooks
• Encyclopedias
• Maps
• Newspapers

 

 

Acronyms

• Acronym Finder

• Acronyms and Abbreviations

Africa

• Africa Resource Center
• AfricaBib Searchable bibliography on scholarly research on Africa

Almanacs/ Factbooks

• InfoPlease
• The Old Farmer's Almanac
• The World Factbook

Biographies

• Biographical Dictionary

• Biography.com

• Current Biography 1940 to Present Restricted to users with valid UBC card

• Dictionary of Literary Biography Restricted to users with UBC card

• Dictionary of National Biography Restricted to users with UBC card

• Gale Literary Databases Restricted to users with UBC card

• Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online Restricted to users with UBC card

• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Restricted to users with UBC card

Dictionaries and Thesauri

• American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
• Merriam-Webster Dictionary
• OneLook Searches multiple dictionaries, including slang dictionaries. Searches translations
• Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium Restricted to users with UBC card
• Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance Restricted to users with UBC card
• Roget's Internet Thesaurus

Ebooks

• RCL has a number of ebooks related to Jewish commentaries and the Tanak. These resources are searchable in the library only.
• For a complete listing of ebooks through UBC click here.

Encyclopedias

• Encyclopedia.com
• Encyclopedia of Religion Restricted to users with UBC card
• Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages Restricted to users with UBC card
• Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World Restricted to users with UBC card
• Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History Restricted to users with UBC card
• Encyclopedia of the Reformation Restricted to users with UBC card
• For more encyclopedias through the UBC library site, click here.

Maps and Atlases

• Historical Maps Online
• Holy Land Maps (1500 - 1920)
• National Geographic Map Machine
• Rand McNally
• Google Maps

Newspapers

• UBC provides access to many newspapers in Canada, the U.S., and international. Click here for more details. Access is restricted to users with a UBC card.