Western History & Civilization: Encyclopedias & Dictionaries

Includes encyclopedias on music, popular culture, folklore and mythology, religion, world history, world issues, etc.

Coverage: 1996 - present
E-book collection of titles on classical studies from Brill publishers.

E-reference books on medieval studies from Brill publishers.

Coverage: current
Covers the complete encyclopedia with illustrations, the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, and the Britannica Book of the Year.

Coverage: present
Comprehensive reference work on the biblical and religious studies and related fields with regular updates annually. It renders the current state of knowloedge of biblical studies and documents the history of the Bible's reception.

Provides encyclopedias, almanacs and reference sources for multidisciplinary research.

The complete texts of the Oxford handbooks in Archaeology, Business and Management, Classical Studies, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Economics and Finance, History, Law, Linguistics, Literature, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, and Religion online. Extensive links make the online handbooks easy to navigate making these valuable reference resources more easily discoverable, accessible and searchable. Contains 13,000+ in-depth essays by the world's leading scholars.

Based on World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) and World Christian Trends(2001), the database is updated by Center for the Study of Global Christianity. It contains the Christian megacensus for church history, sects and ecclesiastical geography from A.D. 30 to A.D. 2200. It also has the world's Christianity survey statistics by regions, religions, peoples, languages, topics, etc.