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Columbia International Affairs online (CIAO)
CIAO is a comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. It publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 onward that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs. CIAO is also a widely-recognized source for teaching materials including original case studies written by leading international affairs experts, course packs of background readings for history and political science classes, and special features.
 

Encyclopedia Britannica Online
A search and directory site featuring Encyclop�dia Britannica, the Web's best sites, news, magazines and more. Britannica premium service provides exclusive member access to the 32-volume Encyclop�dia Britannica. Membership also includes access to research tools, thousands of articles.
 

Encyclopedia of Islam online
The Encyclopaedia of Islam Online provides desktop access to over 13,000 articles (number or articles in volumes I-XI, excluding supplements on every aspect of Islam from Abābda to Zurna). The online edition offers access to: Volumes I-XI of the English edition; Index of Subjects to Volumes I-XI & to the Supplement, Fascicules 1-6, compiled by P.J. Bearman, 2003; Index of Proper Names to volumes I-X & the Supplement, Fascicules 1-6, compiled by E. van Donzel, 2002; and, Supplement Fascicule number 7-8.
 

Grove Art Online
Grove Art Online contains the full-text of The Dictionary of Art (ed. Jane Turner, 1996). Grove Art Online also includes all 2,800 articles from The Oxford Companion to Western Art [OCWA] (2001) and continues to offer new content and revisions on a quarterly basis. Grove Art Online offers over 1500 colour images and line drawings; links to the Art Resource searchable image database; and links to over 40,000 images on museum and gallery websites.
 

Grove Music Online
Grove Music Online comprises the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London, 2001), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, edited by Stanley Sadie (London, 1992), and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, second edition, edited by Barry Kernfeld (London, 2002). Articles that have been updated since their appearance in print are date-stamped in the upper right corner of the screen.
 

Literature Online
Literature Online is a leading online resource for the study and teaching of literature in English. It is a fully integrated service that combines the texts of over 350,000 works of literature with huge resources of criticism and reference. The full text of over 341 current literature journals can be accessed through the renowned literary index, Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (ABELL).
 

OED - Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. It traces the usage of words through 3 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery books.
   

  

 
 
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