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Business & Leadership Research Guide (CAPS & GS)

Why use encyclopedias and dictionaries?

They are great places to locate:

The meaning of an unfamiliar term
Concise background information on a concept or topic

Searching encyclopedias and dictionaries

Below is a selected list of resources in which you can search for information in encyclopedias and dictionaries:

Credo Reference
Contains numerous reference titles--encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, guides, etc.--in many subjects.

Gale Virtual Reference Library
The Gale Virtual Reference Library accesses a wealth of reference titles dealing with education, history, medicine, multicultural studies, religion, science, and social science.

Oxford Reference Online
Oxford Reference Online brings together language and subject reference works from one of the world's biggest reference publishers into a single cross-searchable resource. The Core Collection contains almost 400 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press.

Encyclopedia of Business and Professional Ethics
Ideas for Leaders Collection
Curates the most significant management and business thinking from around the world and distills often highly complex concepts into straightforward summaries which highlight how ideas can be applied to improve organizational performance.

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