Reference & Background
Reference & Background
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Oxford Reference Online
Online versions of over 100 dictionaries, encyclopedias and reference books. Coverage of a broad range of subjects: from General Reference, Language and Quotations to Science and Medicine, and from Humanities and Social Sciences to Business and Professional. Examples of titles include: A Dictionary of Biology, The Kings and Queens of Britain, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music, A Dictionary of Geography, A Dictionary of African Mythology and many, many more! Click here to view the list of available reference books, arranged by subject.Includes several online reference books in religious studies. -
Armed Conflict Database
Seeks to cover international and internal conflicts, as well as terrorism. It?provides an interactive source of information on 70 armed conflicts including terrorism, refugees/ and returnees, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), weapons used and their flows, fatalities, costs, historical backgrounds, annual updates and timelines.From the International Institute for Strategic Studies, find info on terrorism, refugees, etc. View data by region, conflict, etc. -
Europa Sacra
Europa Sacra provides information on medieval Church prelates including information on all 1300 medieval bishoprics, archdioceses and patriarchates under obedience to Rome, as well as prosopographical information on 18,507 bishops, archbishops and patriarchs. Gradually more recent prosopographical works on members of religious orders and data on secular clergy supplied by nationally-based prosopographical projects will be added.Provides information on medieval Church prelates including information on all 1300 medieval bishoprics, archdioceses and patriarchates.
