Reference Books Both in print and online
Electronic Reference Books
The NMSU Library subscribes to reference books with full text online. Remote access to these licensed databases is limited to NMSU faculty, staff and students. Off-campus, use the proxy server. For help, visit the Zuhl Library Reference desk, call 646-5792 or Toll Free (866)-835-9826 or email your question to a reference librarian.
- Birds of North America. - covers the life histories of North American birds; includes videos, images and audio clips.
- Dekker Encyclopedias - agriculture, food, biological engineering, and animal science.
- DSM-IV-TR Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - The standard diagnostic tool used by mental health professionals worldwide to promote reliable research, accurate diagnosis, and thus appropriate treatment and patient care. Each psychiatric disorder with its corresponding diagnostic code is accompanied by a set of diagnostic criteria and descriptive details including associated features, prevalence, familial patterns, age-, culture-, and gender-specific features, and differential diagnosis.
- E-book Collection (EBSCO) - digital version of books, journals, and database content. Access 24/7. Click on "Sign In", then "Create a new Account" using a computer at the NMSU library.
- Mental Measurements Yearbook - a comprehensive guide to more than 2,000 contemporary testing instruments in psychology, education, business, and leadership.
- Oxford English dictionary - the largest dictionary of English, the OED is a historical dictionary: it covers the broadest range of current vocabulary and records the old uses of words and gives detailed descriptions of the history of a word.
- Virtual Reference Library from Gale - Click on Virtual Reference Library link to search multiple electronic reference books, or select from individual titles below.
- Advances in Web-Based Education: Personalized Learning Environments
- American Decades Primary Sources
- American Indian Biographies
- American Indian Culture
- American Indian Tribes
- Americans at War
- Beacham's Guide to the Endangered Species of North America
- Biology
- Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
- Countries and Their Cultures
- Crime and Punishment in America Reference Library
- Dictionary of American History
- Early Civilizations in the Americas Reference Library
- Encyclopaedia Judaica - 2nd ed.
- Encyclopedia of Bioethics
- Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice
- Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior
- Encyclopedia of Education
- Encyclopedia of Public Health
- Encyclopedia of Race and Racism
- Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics
- Encyclopedia of Small Business - 2nd ed.
- Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine - 2nd ed.
- Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer - 2nd ed.
- Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence
- Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Health
- Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
- Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
- Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
- Geo-Data: The World Geographical Encyclopedia
- Infectious Diseases: In Context
- International Directory of Company Histories Vol. 85, 2007
- International Directory of Company Histories Vol. 86, 2007
- International Directory of Company Histories Vol. 87, 2007
- International Directory of Company Histories Vol. 88, 2008
- International Directory of Company Histories, Vol. 89, 2008
- International Directory of Company Histories, Vol. 90, 2008
- International Directory of Company Histories, Vol. 91, 2008
- International Directory of Company Histories, Vol. 92, 2008
- International Directory of Company Histories, Vol. 93, 2008
- International Directory of Company Histories, Vol. 94, 2008
- International Directory of Company Histories, Vol. 95, 2008
- International Directory of Company Histories, Vol. 96, 2009
- International Directory of Company Histories, Vol. 97, 2009
- International Directory of Company Histories, Vol. 98, 2009
- International Directory of Company Histories, Vol. 99, 2009
- Major Acts of Congress
- Manufacturing & Distribution USA: Industry Analyses, Statistics and Leading Companies
- Psychology of Classroom Learning: An Encyclopedia
- St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture
- U.S. Immigration and Migration Reference Library
- World of Earth Science
Print Reference books
To find print reference books, search the NMSU Library catalog. Use the combined keywords search with the word ?encyclopedias?, or ?dictionaries?, and your topic; e.g., encyclopedias AND ecology. Use the SET LIMITS function on that page and limit the location to Reference Non-Circulating.