Encyclopaedias

• Encyclopaedia Britannica online - the complete Encyclopaedia Britannica on your desktop! Thousands of articles and illustrations plus many additional features: specially reviewed web sites, video and sound clips, full text magazine articles, an atlas, timelines and more....

• Reference books online -  three collections containing hundreds of reference books including general and specialist encyclopaedias, many of which give you detailed colour images:

Credo reference includes general encyclopaedias such as 'Philip's encyclopedia', the 'Crystal reference encyclopedia' and the 'Hutchinson unabridged encyclopedia including atlas', as well as encyclopaedias on individual subjects

Oxford reference online includes the general Philip's 'World encyclopedia' and specialist titles such as the 'Encyclopedia of underwater life', the 'New encyclopedia of birds' and the 'Encyclopedia of mammals'. The 'Oxford companions...' series of books also give encyclopaedic coverage on individual subjects, for example the 'Oxford companion to English literature', the 'Oxford companion to British history', the 'Oxford companion to Western art' and many more

Gale virtual reference library includes further specialist encyclopaedias, often by US publishers

• The Gateway to the Internet links you to useful encyclopaedia and fact-finding web sites
• You can still browse printed encyclopaedias and similar books  - see Encyclopaedias and miscellaneous facts at Bedfordshire libraries
• Library catalogue
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