Handbooks, Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
- Birds of the World This link opens in a new windowA comprehensive reference for the life histories of over 10,000 bird species that breed around the world.
Audio & Video
- Macaulay LibraryThe Macaulay Library is the world's largest and oldest scientific archive of biodiversity audio and video recordings, many of which are available online.
Search Online Reference Collections
Credo, Gale, and Oxford offer online reference collections that let you cross-search many dictionaries and encyclopedias at once!
- CREDO Reference This link opens in a new window
Dictionaries, encyclopedias, etc. from a variety of sources.
- Gale Virtual Reference Library This link opens in a new window
Online reference works from a variety of publishers.
- Oxford Reference This link opens in a new window
Reference books by Oxford University Press, including the Oxford Digital Reference Shelf.
Wikipedia
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