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A-Z of Food and Drink
Origin, meaning, and development of a host of gastronomic terms. (Rev. ed. w. corrections, 2002, Oxford Reference Online)
ABC-CLIO Companion to The 1960s Counterculture in America
(1997, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Adolescence in America: An Encyclopedia
(2001, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
African American Frontiers: Slave Narratives and Oral Histories
(2000, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
American Environmental Leaders: From Colonial Times to the Present
(2000, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
American Film Scripts Online
Contains 823 scripts by 969 writers. When it is complete there will be 1000 scripts. Most of them have never been published before and appear through arrangements with major film studios. (Alexander Street Press)
Baseball: An Encyclopedia of Popular Culture
(2000, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Boyhood in America: An Encyclopedia
(2001, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Censorship in America: A Reference Handbook
(1999, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Consumer Culture: A Reference Handbook
(2004, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Cowboy Encyclopedia
(1994, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Cults in America: A Reference Handbook
(1998, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Dictionary of American History
Standard multi-volume encyclopedia covering topics in American history from prehistory through 2002. (3rd ed., 10 v., 2003, Gale Virtual Reference Library)
Encyclopedia of Architectural and Engineering Feats
(2001, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion
Surveys clothing, body adornment, and examines the origins of clothing, the development of fabrics and technologies, and the social meanings of dress. (3 v., 2005, Gale Virtual Reference Library)
Encyclopedia of Folk Medicine: Old World and New World Traditions
(2004, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Encyclopedia of Rural America: The Land and People
(1997, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Encyclopedia of Travel Literature
(2000, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: A Political, Social, and Military History
(2000, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
ETEXT Archives
"... provides content hosting services to people or organizations seeking to make their documents, periodicals, books, and/or works of fiction available to the public....This includes zines, politics, fiction, poetry, books and religious texts." (www.etext.org)
Girlhood in America: An Encyclopedia
(2001, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Guns in American Society: An Encyclopedia of History, Politics, Culture, and the Law
(2002, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
History - Oxford Reference Collection
Searches simultaneously in a large number of companions, concise companions, encyclopedias, and dictionaries about history published by Oxford University Press. (Oxford Reference Online)
International Encyclopedia of Women's Suffrage
(2000, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Internet Classics Archives
Full text of 441 works of classical literature by 59 different authors, mainly Greco-Roman works (some Chinese and Persian), all in English translation. (1994-2000, Daniel C. Stevenson, hosted at MIT)
Men and Masculinities: A Social, Cultural, and Historical Encyclopedia
(2004, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Miami Years: 1809-1984 by Walter Havighurst
A great site for finding out about the history behind Miami University and much, much more. (Rev. ed., New York: Putnam, c1984)
Oxford Reference Online
Over 175 reference titles from Oxford University Press, many encyclopedic dictionaries or Oxford companions, covering a wide range of subject areas.
Racial and Ethnic Diversity in America: A Reference Handbook
(2003, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Reference Sources in History: An Introductory Guide
(2004, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Religion and American Cultures
(1965, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Work in America: An Encyclopedia of History, Policy, and Society
(2003, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
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