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Students, faculty, and staff may ask a question
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Research Consultations. Students,
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Funk & Wagnalls New
World Encyclopedia (EBSCOhost):
 Includes over 25,000 encyclopedic entries
geared to undergraduate students and lower levels. Coverage: current. Updated: annually.
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of July 16 this database has a new look and some new
functions. Due to the interface switch, some search tools
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 Oxford English Dictionary
(Oxford University Press):
The accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over
the last millennium covering the meaning, history,
and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and
past. Coverage: 1150 A.D. to present. Updated: quarterly.
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