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E-REFERENCE
Britannica
Online - Academic
(on campus login)
Britannica
Online - Academic (off campus login)
Online
version of this authoritative encyclopaedia. Provides a
good starting point for topics. Also links through to full
text journal articles on topics covered in the encyclopaedia.
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JSTOR Plant Science (on campus login)
Information on plant type specimens and taxonomic structures.
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Oxford
Reference
(on campus login)
Oxford
Reference (off campus login)
Gives quick
reference information together with authoritative, in-depth
articles. Contains the full text of over 130 dictionaries,
plus an encyclopaedia, thesauri, and guides to English grammar
and usage. Includes a wide range of additional material such
as maps, illustrations and timelines. Access
to the Western Civilisation subject collection is also available.
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Other resources you could use...
Birmingham
Public Library online services
Free if
you register with Birmingham public libraries. Includes access to full-text of local and national newspapers for at least a decade, music collections and other online reference tools.
British
Media Online
Links to all UK newspapers and selection
of magazines.
Daily
Newspapers
A valuable resource for UK
newspapers, featuring a large variety of news and press
articles.
Encyclopaedia of Life
This site has the aim of creating a page for every known species on earth, with a five year plan to generate a million species pages, to digitize a large portion of the biodiversity literature and to generate educational materials for students, schools and universities
Newseum
Displays daily newspaper front pages from
around the world in their original, unedited
form.
Newslink
Links to online news and media sources.
Onelook Dictionary
Finder
Allows you to search several dictionaries simultaneously,
or link to specific online dictionaries.