Elsevier encyclopedias - valuable resources for undergrads

More reference resources may be found on the
 Library's Encyclopedias, dictionaries & reference sources LibGuide

Please also encourage students to use this excellent resource :

Oxford Reference (all disciplines)

Oxford Reference is the home of Oxford’s quality reference publishing, bringing together over 2 million entries, many of which are illustrated, into a single cross-searchable resource.  Provides quality, up-to-date reference content at the click of a button.

 

Links to Elsevier encyclopedias - with examples of content :

Encyclopedia of ecology                              

·         Examples of chapters/searches:  search for  wastewatertreatment ; Climate Change : History and Current State

Encyclopedia of fish physiology                 

·         Examples of chapters/searches: search for stressand growth ; Temperature Preference: Behavioral Responses to Temperature in Fishes

Encyclopedia of microbiology                    

·         Examples of chapters/searches:  Cell Cycles and Division, Bacterial ; drinking water ; yeasts ; Development, Prokaryotic: Variety and Versatility

Encyclopedia of quaternary science          

·         Examples of chapters/searches:  search for fluvial environments ; search for glacial landforms ; search for coleoptera

International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences

·         Examples of chapters/searches:  urban geography ;  urban studies ; GIS

Treatise on estuarine and coastal science

·         Examples of chapters/searches:  search for estuarine ecology ; Ecosystem and Biotic Classifications of Estuaries and Coasts (A Whitfield) ;  Removals (Wild Harvesting) of the Biological Resources from Systems

Treatise on geomorphology

·         Examples of chapters/searches: search for landscape evolution ; Riparian Vegetation and the Fluvial Environment: A Biogeographic Perspective

Online subject encyclopedias/dictionaries for RU staff & students

'People need reference at different stages of their research journey … and this is where the range of Oxford’s publishing provides unique connections.'
Robert Faber, Editorial Director, Reference, OUP

In addition to several individual online encyclopedias (see below), Rhodes Library subscribes to the Oxford Reference collection of over 125 core academic subject, language, and quotations dictionaries.  

PLEASE alert your students to these useful resources, particularly those who resort to Wikipedia for reference purposes!

Sciences:
Oxford Reference: Science & Technology (over 40 titles)
Oxford Reference: Medicine & Health (10 titles)
Encyclopedia of Ecology (Elsevier)
Encyclopedia of Microbiology (Elsevier)
Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science (Elsevier)

General:
Oxford English Dictionary Online (OED)   
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (OUP)
Oxford Reference: Quotations (5 titles)
Oxford Reference: Literature (nearly 30 titles)
Oxford Reference: Bilingual dictionaries (33 titles)

Social Sciences & Humanities
Oxford Reference: Social Sciences (39 titles)
Oxford Reference: Language reference (17 titles)
Oxford Reference: History (nearly 30 titles)
New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics
Encyclopedia of Anthropology (Sage)
International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (Elsevier)
Oxford Music Online (OUP)