Biography Online: An online database of 25,000 greatest individuals, past or present.

Encyclopedia Americana: Contains the complete, updated contents of the 30-volume printed version of the Encyclopedia Americana as well as the complete Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 10th ed., and Helicon Publishing Company's Chronology of world history. [CD-ROM] Access from Reference PC 8-13. Please borrow CD-ROM from Reference Counter.

Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia: An interactive multimedia encyclopedia that includes more than 33,000 articles, a gallery of pictures, maps, fact boxes, tables, sounds, movies animations and essays. [CD-ROM] Access at Reference PC 8-13. Please borrow CD-ROM from Reference Counter.

Infopedia: A combination of eight different reference works - F&W New Encyclopedia, Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Hammond World Atlas, World Almanac & Book of Facts, Merriam-Webster's Dictionary, Dictionary of English Usage and Dictionary of Quotations, and Webster's New Biographical Dictionary. [CD-ROM] Access at Reference PC 11-13. Please borrow CD-ROM from Reference Counter.

McGraw-Hill Multimedia Encyclopedia of Science & Technology: Includes the complete text of the new eighth ed. of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and technology; clear definitions of more than 105,000 terms from the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of scientific and technical terms, and more than 7,100 articles covering up-to-date information from leading international scientists and engineers. [CD-ROM] Access from Reference PC 8-13. Please borrow CD-ROM from Reference Counter. Search Guide

Oxford Reference Shelf: A compilation of reference software packages of the Oxford writer's shelf, business shelf, language shelf and science shelf with 16 complete texts. Access at Reference PC 8-13. Please borrow CD-ROM from Reference Counter.

The Software Toolworks World Atlas: Consists of political, topographic and statistical maps together with topical charts of 200 countries. It contains information on climate, population, literacy notes, crime, economic data, agriculture, government and health care. Access from Reference PC 8-13. Please borrow CD-ROM from Reference Counter.

The 1998 World Book Multimedia Encyclopedia: Features every article from the print version, thousands of videos, maps, simulations, animations, photos and sounds. [CD-ROM] Access from Reference PC 11-13. Please borrow CD-ROM from Reference Counter.

World Chinese Business Network (WCBN): Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Online business information network providing data on Chinese enterprises and corporations in over 20 countries and regions. Available in both Chinese and English.

World Factbook: Central Intelligence Agency. Useful for its country profiles which include such topics as government, economy, communications, transportation and transnational issue. Includes country listing, field listing and reference maps.

Yearbook Plus of International Organizations and Biographies:  Provides 45,000 descriptions of organisations in 13 languages. Along with biographical information it also provides bibliographical information e.g. 15,000 journals and other major publications produced by international organisations and a bibliography of studies of international non-profit organisations. Access from Reference PC 8-13. Please borrow CD-ROM from Reference Counter.

See also: Internet Resources -- eReference

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