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Electronic Reference Materials

This guide provides a complete list of electronic reference materials for use by members of the Augustana community. Click on the subject sections to see only the e-reference materials pertaining to that subject.

Birds of the World This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive life histories for all bird species and families.
Chicago Manual of Style This link opens in a new window
Online access to the Chicago Manual of Style
Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
Provides access to a large number of encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and other reference books covering art, biographies, history, literature, music, religion, and science and technology.
Dictionary of Canadian Biography This link opens in a new window
Provides literary or historical information for interest in Canadian and English history.
Encyclopedia Britannica This link opens in a new window
Provides general information on a wide variety of topics.

Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance
This encyclopedia features articles with detailed career information.

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia This link opens in a new window
This encyclopedia provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) This link opens in a new window
Database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.

NCBI Bookshelf
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Bookshelf provides free access to books and reports in life science and healthcare. A vital node in the data-rich resource network at NCBI, Bookshelf enables users to easily browse, retrieve, and read content, and spurs discovery of related information.

Opposing Viewpoints In Context This link opens in a new window
Covers social issues, offering topic overviews, pro/con viewpoints, statistical information, newspaper coverage, and multimedia selections.
Our World in Data This link opens in a new window
A broad perspective, covering an extensive range of aspects that matter for our lives. Measuring economic growth is not enough. The research publications on Our World in Data are dedicated to a large range of global problems in health, education, violence, political power, human rights, war, poverty, inequality, energy, hunger, and humanity’s impact on the environment.
Oxford Classical Dictionary Online This link opens in a new window
Written by distinguished scholars from around the world, the Oxford Classical Dictionary covers all aspects of the classical world from literature and history to religion, science, and archaeology.
Oxford English Dictionary This link opens in a new window
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words— past and present—from across the English-speaking world.
Oxford Music Online This link opens in a new window
Resource for music research with over 52,000 articles written by nearly 9,000 scholars charting the diverse history, theory and cultures of music around the globe.

ScienceDirect Secrets Series
To access this collection of scientific handbooks, limit your results to Source, Subscribed books. The 32 Secrets titles are designed for health and veterinary students and residents use as a study aid for exams and preparation for rotations. All topics are approached as questions and the answers are succinct, but also provide links to the sources for the information. Click here for a list of the titles included in this series.
Subject areas: Biology; Chemistry; Pre-Health
Springer Medicine eBook Collection
Access to e-book chapters on numerous medical topics published since 2005. To see ONLY free full text results, do not have the Preview Only box checked. You may have to unclick it if you begin a new search.
Subject area: Pre-Health