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Cambridge History of English and American Literature: An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes   more information

  

Encyclopedia Britannica 1911, 11th edition   more information

  

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Cambridge History of English and American Literature: An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes

  

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Middle East and Islamic Studies

AL Mashriq (The Levant)   more information

  

Encyclopedia of Islam   more information

  

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Islamic Philosophy Online   more information

  

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Beyond the MLA Handbook: Documenting Electronic Sources on the Internet   more information

  

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Roget’s Internet Thesaurus       more information

  

Roget’s Thesaurus 1911 edition; “supplemented: July, 1991."        more information

  
  
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