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Acronyms

Africa

Africa Resource Center
AfricaBib Searchable bibliography on scholarly research on Africa

Almanacs/ Factbooks

Biographies

Biographical Dictionary
Biography.com
Current Biography 1940 to Present Restricted to users with valid UBC card
Dictionary of Literary Biography Restricted to users with UBC card
Dictionary of National Biography Restricted to users with UBC card
Gale Literary Databases Restricted to users with UBC card
Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online Restricted to users with UBC card
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Restricted to users with UBC card

Dictionaries and Thesauri

American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
OneLook Searches multiple dictionaries, including slang dictionaries. Searches translations
Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium Restricted to users with UBC card
Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance Restricted to users with UBC card
Roget's Internet Thesaurus

Ebooks

Many public domain Ebooks are available through archive.org
For a complete listing of Ebooks through UBC click here.

Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia.com
Encyclopedia of Religion Restricted to users with UBC card
Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages Restricted to users with UBC card
Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World Restricted to users with UBC card
Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History Restricted to users with UBC card
Encyclopedia of the Reformation Restricted to users with UBC card
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Maps and Atlases

Newspapers

UBC provides access to many newspapers in Canada, the U.S., and international. Click here for more details. Access is restricted to users with a UBC card.