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Watson-Grittith Library: Desktop Refernce

This serves as the homepage for the Watson Griffith Library.

Overview

This page has resources like encyclopedias and thesauruses. The resources on this page should be used as basic knowledge or foundational knowledge.

 

Desktop Refence Reseources

  • Bartlett’s Quotations The 120,000 most authoritative quotations on the web.
  • Britannica Global digital media company with products that promote knowledge and learning,
  • CIA World Fact Book Information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
  • Dictionary.com Information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
  • Directory of Open Access Journals Information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
  • Encyclopedia.com Search over 100 encyclopedias and dictionaries.
  • Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Open access to detailed, scholarly information on key topics and philosophers in all areas of philosophy.
  • Merriam-Webster Dictionary America’s leading and most-trusted provider of language information.
  • Project Gutenberg Offers over 45,000 free ebooks.
  • Refdesk.com Fact checker for the internet.
  • Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Organizes scholars from around the world in philosophy and related disciplines to create and maintain an up-to-date reference work.
  • Thesaurus.com Synonyms.
  • Virtual Shelf Reference information via Library of Congress.
  • Wikipedia Internet’s largest and most popular general reference work.