Online dictionaries encyclopedias

Use these sources to find authoritative definitions and summaries – a useful starting point for seminar presentations and projects. They are a reliable alternative to Wikipedia!

General works and collections

These resources allow you to search for definitions and summaries in all subjects.

• Credo Reference - search across multiple works in all subjects
• Oxford Reference - search across multiple works in all subjects
• Summon - search our discovery service to find definitions from many of our online dictionaries and encyclopedias

Some More specific sources

This is a selection of reference works and collections we have purchased for specific subjects. To find other individual titles search the Enterprise catalogue.

• BCIS Online and Running Costs - building running cost data
• Business Market Research Collection - company profiles
• HighlyCited - a gateway to the most influential scientists and scholars
• IBISWorld - industry market research
• Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law
• OED (Oxford English Dictionary)
• Oxford Research Encyclopedias - access to the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Environmental Science