Library Encyclopedias

Whether you need general background information or subject specific reference material, the library’s online encyclopedias are available from any computer with Internet access. Off campus access requires logging in with your Hawkeye Community College network username and password.

General Encyclopedia

• Encyclopedia Britannica

Subject Specific Encyclopedias

• American Decades
• Countries and Their Cultures
• Dictionary of American History
• Encyclopedia of the American Constitution
• Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy
• Encyclopedia of Crime & Justice
• Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol & Addictive Behavior
• Encyclopedia of Education
• Encyclopedia of European Social History from 1350 to 2000
• Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
• Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• Encyclopedia of Leadership
• Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History in America
• Encyclopedia of Modern Asia
• Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• Encyclopedia of Prisons and Correctional Facilities
• Encyclopedia of Sociology
• Encyclopedia of World Biography
• Encyclopedia of World Cultures
• Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
• Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
• History of the American Cinema, vol. 1: Emergence of cinema: the American screen to 1907
• History of the American Cinema, vol. 2: The transformation of cinema, 1907-1915
• History of the American Cinema, vol. 3: An evening’s entertainment: the age of the silent feature picture, 1915-1928
• History of the American Cinema, vol. 4: The talkies: American cinema's transition to sound, 1926-1931
• History of the American Cinema, vol. 5: Hollywood as a modern business enterprise, 1930-1939
• History of the American Cinema, vol. 6: Boom and bust: the American cinema in the 1940s
• History of the American Cinema, vol. 7: Transforming the screen, 1950-1959
• >History of the American Cinema, vol. 8: The sixties, 1960-1969
• History of the American Cinema, vol. 9: Lost illusions: American cinema in the age of Watergate and Vietnam, 1970-1979
• History of the American Cinema, vol. 10: A new pot of gold: Hollywood under the electronic rainbow, 1980-1989
• Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death & Dying
• Macmillan Encyclopedia of Energy
• Nutrition and well-being A to Z
• Oxford University Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt
• Oxford Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature
• Oxford University Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment
• Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States
• Oxford University Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages
• Oxford University Encyclopedia of the Reformation
• Pollution A to Z
• Presidents: A Reference History
• Psychologists and Their Theories
• Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives. Sports Figures
• West's Encyclopedia of American Law
• Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices