Research Guides: Higher Education: Reference Books/Videos

Reference Sources - Specific Topics

Search the SLU Library Catalog for reference books (and regular books) using subject headings followed by the word Encyclopedias or by the word Dictionaries, such as

Distance Education -- Encyclopedias.

Education -- Encyclopedias.

Education and state -- Encyclopedias.

Educational leadership -- United States -- Encyclopedias.

Educational Law And Legislation United States -- Encyclopedias.

Educational psychology -- Encyclopedias.

Social sciences -- Encyclopedias.

Special Education -- United States -- Encyclopedias.

Universities And Colleges -- United States -- History.

Women in higher education -- United States -- Encyclopedias.

Online Reference Collections

Gale eBooks
Formerly Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL). A growing collection of reference books. Subjects include history, philosophy, religion, science, business, careers, literature, law, medicine, education, and more.
SAGE Knowledge
2007-2014. Currently consists of 173 encyclopedias, handbooks, and dictionaries with copyright dates of 2007 through 2014. Subjects covered are primarily in the social sciences with some health-related topics.

Online General Reference

Britannica Online, Academic Edition by Encyclopaedia Britannica Publishers, Inc. Staff (Contribution by)
ISBN: 1593392362

Publication Date: Continuously updated

Online version of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus.
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary by Merriam-Webster, Inc. Staff
Call Number: Pius Reference PE1628 .M36 2003

ISBN: 0877798095

Publication Date: 2003
Oxford English Dictionary Online by Edmund S. Weiner (Editor); John Simpson (Editor)
Call Number: Pius Reference Oversize PE1625 .O87 1989

ISBN: 0198611862

Publication Date: Periodically revised

The accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium.