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Writing: Factual Information

Quick Facts Resources

Oxford Reference Online - Oxford
To find an overview or a quick definition in a topic from subject experts, search Oxford Reference Online (ORO) which has many dictionaries and encyclopedias in all subject areas.
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Brings together language and subject reference works from one of the world's biggest and most trusted reference publishers into a single cross-searchable resource.

Encyclopedias & Dictionaries (databases) on specific subjects

Biography - Gale in Context
Look for information on 400,000 influential and famous people in brief biographical articles and essays from journals, newspapers, and biographical reference books.

Gale Literary Index (free)

Oxford English Dictionary (OED)

Use this link to access the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) to search for the definition and historical development of the word and its meanings.

Quotation Books in TCC's collection

Oxford Dictionary of American Quotations by Rawson, Hugh
Call Number: e-book online
6,000 quotations covers more than 500 topics from George Abbott to Fran Lebowitz to Frank Zappa.
Oxford Dictionary of Scientific Quotations by Bynum, W.F.
Call Number: e-book online
See original words announcing great scientific discoveries from the first 'Eureka' to the cloning of Dolly the sheep.

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