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eReference Shelf

This is a list of online reference sites provided by Concordia College. Please visit the Reference section in the Library for a more complete and extensive collection of encyclopedias, atlases, dictionaries, and statistical sources.

Encyclopedias
Dictionaries
Bibles
Almanacs
Statistics
Biographical Information
Government Information
Maps
Other

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Credo Reference (off-campus access) Credo Reference is a searchable reference database featuring more than 300 dictionaries and encyclopedias from major publishers.

Encyclopedias

General	Credo Reference (off-campus access) Encyclopaedia Britannica (off-campus access)
The Arts	Oxford Art Online (off-campus access) Oxford Music Online (off-campus access)
The Sciences	Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (off-campus Access) McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology (off-campus access)
History	Daily Life through History (off-campus access)
Norwegian	Store Norske Leksikon (off-campus access)
Spanish	Enciclopedia Universal en Espanol (off-campus access)

Dictionaries

Bilingual	Oxford Language Dictionaries Online (off-campus access) Includes: Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish Credo Reference (off-campus access) Includes: French, German, Spanish, Latin
General	Credo Reference (off-campus access)
Historical/ Etymological	Oxford English Dictionary (off-campus access)

Bibles

New Revised
Standard Version

Oremus Bible Browser

Almanacs

General

InfoPlease (Time Almanac)

Statistics

Business/ Economics	STAT-USA (off-campus access)
Minnesota	Atlas of Minnesota, Online Edition: Social and Economic Characteristics of the North Star State Minnesota State Demographic Center
North Dakota	North Dakota Statistical Abstract
Federal	U.S. Census Bureau American FactFinder FedStats Statistical Abstract of the United States
International	CIA World Factbook Encyclopaedia Britannica (off-campus access) United Nations Statistics

Biographical Information

General	Credo Reference (off-campus access) LexisNexis: People (off-campus access) Encyclopaedia Britannica (off-campus access)
Artists, Composers, Musicians	Oxford Art Online (off-campus access) Oxford Music Online (off-campus access)
Scientists and Inventors	AccessScience (off-campus access)

Government Information

Directory of Community Resources (Cass and Clay counties)

Maps

Encyclopaedia Britannica (off-campus access)

Other Tools

The Columbia Grangers World of Poetry Online (off-campus Access) Granger's has been the definitive source in English for locating poems in anthologies on library shelves. Includes nearly 220,000 full text poems, 450,000 poem citations, and several critical context essays.