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Online Encyclopedias & Dictionaries

Online Reference sources available to UMBC students, faculty, and staff.

STEM encyclopedias and dictionaries

Consult individual subject guides for additional Reference sources.

Science Reference Center (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Topics covered in the Science Reference Center include biology, chemistry, earth and space science, environmental science, health and medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science and society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife.

Minority Health Resource Center: Knowledge Center Library (USHHS)
The OMHRC Knowledge Center contains a collection of 50,000 documents, books, journal articles, and media related to the health status of racial and ethnic minority populations. The library collection also includes sources of consumer health material in more than 35 languages.

McGraw-Hill Concise Encyclopedia of Science and Technology by McGraw-Hill Staff
Call Number: Q121 .M29 2005
ISBN: 0071429573
Publication Date: 2004-12-17
Gale encyclopedia of science by K. Lee Lerner & Brenda Wilmoth Lerner, editors
ISBN: 9781414498584
Publication Date: 2014
Computer Sciences by Gale Editor (Editor)
ISBN: 9780028662206
Publication Date: 2013-06-20
Encyclopedia of Biological Chemistry by William J. Lennarz (Editor-In-Chief); M. Daniel Lane (Editor-In-Chief)
ISBN: 9780123786319
Publication Date: 2013-01-08
Concise Medical Dictionary by Elizabeth A. Martin (Editor)
ISBN: 9780199557141
Publication Date: 2010-04-12

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