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Trinity Western University

Norma Marion Alloway Library

Interdisciplinary Studies

Guides to resources that cross subject disciplines.

Encyclopedias and Guides

Web Reference Sources

Columbia Encyclopedia - Well-respected one-volume resource, 2000.
Encyclopaedia Britannica - Limited access to information without a subscription
New World Encyclopedia - Like Wikipedia, but with a more rigorous selection and editing process
Reference.com
Scholarpedia - A Wikipedia-like resource that peer reviews its articles
Wikipedia - Wikipedia can be helpful, both as an information source and for its notes, bibliographies and web links. Note, however, cautions on the reliability of Wikipedia, for example, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliability_of_Wikipedia

Find Books (Print and Electronic)

Go to the library home page (https://www.twu.ca/library/) for the Library OneSearch search box. Choose the Books tab. For a guide to OneSearch go to http://libguides.twu.ca/LibraryOneSearch.

Land Acknowledgement

Trinity Western University's Langley campus is located on the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Stó:lō people. We are grateful for the opportunity to live, work, and learn on this land.

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