ENCYCLOPEDIA & DICTIONARY DATABASES
AT LAKE FOREST LIBRARY
Access Science No Remote Access
Fully-searchable articles from McGraw-Hill’s Encyclopedia of
Science & Technology, 10 th Ed. Includes illustrations and graphics,
research updates, definitions, and science biographies and news.
Encyclopedia Britannica Online Reference Center No Remote Access
Includes encyclopedia articles with pictures, notable events of the
year, maps, timelines, world data, quotations, the full text of
more than 200 classic works, and a dictionary and thesaurus.
Gale Virtual Reference Library Available Remotely& App Available
Complete encyclopedias and reference sources on many topics.
Search individual titles or the entire collection at once. From the
Gale databases page, select Gale Virtual Reference Library.
World Book Online Reference Center Available In Library and Remotely
Includes World Book Advance, Student, and Kids encyclopedias, all fully-searchable with pictures. Also includes World Book Discover with a dictionary, atlas, timelines, and more. French and Spanish encyclopedias are also available at this site. Illinois articles and resources are available at the "Explore Illinois" link from World Book Advance page.
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