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The Gale Virtual Reference Library brings together over 120 eBooks (electronic reference books) on the following subjects:

(Click on the links to skip down to a list of the books within that category)

Arts Law
Biography Literature
Business Medicine
Education Multicultural Studies
Environment Religion
History Science
Information & Publishing Social Science

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    Arts

    • Arts and Humanities Through the Eras, 5v, 2005
    • Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990, 2v, 2004
    • Contemporary Fashion, 2nd ed., 2002
    • Contemporary Theatre, Film & Television, Vol. 53, 2004
    • International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 4th ed., 4v, 2001
    • VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever 2005, 2005 ed., 2004

    Biography

    • Encyclopedia of World Biography, 2nd ed., 23v, 2004
    • UXL Encyclopedia of World Biography, 10v, 2003

    Business

    • Encyclopedia of Business and Finance, 2v, 2001
    • Encyclopedia of Small Business, 2nd ed., 2v, 2002
    • Gale E-Commerce Sourcebook, 2v, 2003
    • Gale Encyclopedia of E-Commerce, 2v, 2002
    • International Directory of Business Biographies, 4v, 2005
    • International Directory of Company Histories, Vol. 60, 2004

    Education

    • World Education Encyclopedia, 2nd ed., 3v, 2002

    Environment

    • Pollution A to Z, 2v, 2004
    • UXL Encyclopedia of Biomes, 3v, 2000
    • UXL Encyclopedia of Landforms and Other Geologic Features, 3v, 2004
    • UXL Encyclopedia of Water Science, 3v, 2005
    • Water: Science and Issues, 4v, 2003

    History

    • Ancient Europe, 8000 BC to 1000 AD: An Encyclopedia of the Barbarian
    • World, 2v, 2004
    • The Crusades Reference Library, 4v, 2005
    • Dictionary of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, 2v, 2005
    • Encyclopedia of Food and Culture, 3v, 2003
    • Encyclopedia of Irish History and Culture, 2v, 2004
    • Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and
    • Footwear through the Ages, 5v, 2004
    • Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained, 3v, 2003
    • History Behind the Headlines, 6v, 2003
    • Industrial Revolution Reference Library, 4v, 2003
    • Middle Ages Reference Library, 5v, 2001
    • Middle East Conflict Reference Library, 4v, 2006
    • New Dictionary of the History of Ideas, 6v, 2005
    • Renaissance and Reformation Reference Library, 6v, 2002
    • St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, 5v, 2000
    • Terrorism Reference Library, 4v, 2003
    • War in the Persian Gulf Reference Library, 4v, 2004
    • World War I Reference Library, 4v, 2002
    • World War II Reference Library, 5v, 2000

    Information and Publishing

    • World Press Encyclopedia, 2nd ed., 2v, 2003

    Law

    • Governments of the World: A Global Guide to Citizens' Rights and Responsibilities, 4v, 2006

    Literature

    • Contemporary Authors, Vol. 206, 2003
    • Contemporary Novelists, 7th ed., 2001
    • Contemporary Poets, 7th ed., 2001
    • Major 21st-Century Writers, 5v, 2005
    • Nonfiction Classics for Students, 5v, 2003
    • Reference Guide to Holocaust Literature, 2002
    • Reference Guide to Short Fiction, 2nd ed., 1999
    • Reference Guide to World Literature, 3rd ed., 2v, 2003
    • Writers Directory 2005 , 2005 ed., 2v, 2004

    Medicine

    • Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol and Addictive Behavior, 2nd ed., 4v, 2001
    • Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine, 2nd ed., 4v, 2005
    • Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer, 2nd ed., 2v, 2006
    • Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence, 4v, 2006
    • Gale Encyclopedia of Diets:a Guide to Health and Nutrition, 2v, 2008
    • Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders, 2v, 2002
    • Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 2nd ed., 5v, 2002
    • Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders, 2v, 2003
    • Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders, 2v, 2005
    • Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health, 2nd ed, 5v, 2007
    • Nutrition and Well-Being A to Z, 2v, 2004
    • UXL Encyclopedia of Drugs and Addictive Substances, 5v, 2006

    Multicultural Studies

    • Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures, 9v, 1999

    Nation and World

    • Cities of the World, 6th ed., 4v, 2002
    • Countries and Their Cultures, 4v, 2001
    • Countries of the World and Their Leaders Yearbook 2005, 2005 ed., 2v, 2004
    • Geo-Data: The World Geographical Encyclopedia, 3rd ed., 2003
    • Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Foods and Recipes of the World, 4v, 2002
    • Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Physical Geography, 5v, 2003
    • Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations, 4th ed., 10v, 2004
    • Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cities, 4v, 2000
    • Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Holidays, 4v, 2000
    • Worldmark Encyclopedia of National Economies, 4v, 2002
    • Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations, 11th ed., 6v, 2004

    Religion

    • Encyclopedia of Buddhism, 2v, 2004
    • Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World, 2v, 2004
    • Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an, 6v, 2006
    • New Catholic Encyclopedia Supplement, Jubilee Volume: The Wojtyla Years, 2001
    • Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices, 3v, 2006

    Science

    • Animal Sciences, 4v, 2002
    • Biology, 4v, 2002
    • Building Blocks of Matter: A Supplement to the Macmillan Encyclopedia of
    • Physics, 2003
    • CDs, Super Glue, and Salsa: How Everyday Products Are Made: Series 3, 2v, 2003
    • Chemical Compounds, 3v, 2006
    • Chemistry: Foundations and Applications, 4v, 2004
    • Computer Sciences, 4v, 2002
    • Gale Encyclopedia of Science, 3rd ed., 6v, 2004
    • Genetics, 4v, 2003
    • Mathematics, 4v, 2002
    • Plant Sciences, 4v, 2001
    • Space Exploration Reference Library, 5v, 2005
    • Space Sciences, 4v, 2003
    • UXL Complete Life Science Resource, 3v, 2001
    • UXL Encyclopedia of Science, 2nd ed., 10v, 2002
    • World of Earth Science, 2v, 2003
    • World of Forensic Science, 2v, 2005
    • World of Microbiology and Immunology, 2v, 2003

    Social Science

    • Child Development, 2002
    • Encyclopedia of Bioethics, 3rd ed., 5v, 2004
    • Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood: In History and Society, 3v, 2004
    • Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology, 5th ed., 2v, 1997
    • Encyclopedia of Sociology, 2nd ed., 5v, 2001
    • Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology, 2nd ed., 2001

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