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Credo Reference offers over 160 fully searchable reference titles, including encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and books of quotations, and a range of subject-specific titles covering everything from art to accountancy and literature to law.
Features over 1.3 million of the most accomplished individuals from all fields of endeavor including government, business, science & technology, the arts, entertainment and sports. Biographical coverage including the following data elements: birth data, family, education and degree, career history, creative works, awards, military history, achievements, current memberships, interests/hobbies, and contact information.
Lengthy reviews from the well-respected print publication. The keyword-searchable archive covers 1983 to the present, but the full text of many articles is only accessible to subscribers.
NoveList is an electronic readers' advisory resource which assists fiction readers in finding new authors and titles from its database of over 135,000 works. It contains materials for all ages including picture books, children's "chapter" books, young adult titles and books for adult readers. Updated quarterly.
The definitive record of the English language. Chronological examples of usage make it especially good for researching the historical development of words.
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