What are Reference Books?
Reference books, such as an encyclopedia, atlas, dictionary, handbook, etc., contain authoritative, relatively brief information or facts for consultation. They are not intended to be read cover to cover.
The library has print reference books, eReference books and reference databases.
Reference ebooks include online full text handbooks, specialized encyclopedias, subject dictionaries, atlases, and other sources. They provide objective background information, quick facts, statistics, biographies, and more.
How to Find Reference Books & Ebooks
- Catalog This link opens in a new window
To find a reference title:
- Go to the library catalog. Key in the title and choose Reference Collection in the View Entire Collection drop menu. Scroll the list and click on an ebook. A link to the full text ebook is provided on the record page.
- Search or browse a reference database.
Selected Reference Ebook Databases
- Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
- Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window
- Oxford Handbooks Online: Religion This link opens in a new window
- Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new window
Sample Reference Ebooks
- Culture Wars in America: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints, and Voices byCall Number: EbookISBN: 9780765683021Publication Date: 2013
- Encyclopedia of Bioethics, 5 vols. byCall Number: EbookISBN: 0028657748Publication Date: 2004
Sample Entry: Nursing Ethics - Encyclopedia Judaica byCall Number: EbookISBN: 9780028659282Publication Date: 2006
- The Encyclopedia of Strikes in American History byCall Number: EbookPublication Date: 2009
- An Encyclopedia of the History of Technology byCall Number: EbookPublication Date: 1996
- New Catholic Encyclopedia byCall Number: EbookPublication Date: 2002