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Encyclopedias, Atlases and Dictionaries

The Waverley Library Reference Collection collections various types of Encyclopedias and Dictionaries for use. A selection of titles we hold include: 

Encyclopedias 

  • Encyclopedia Britannica 32 volumes.

  • Colliers Encyclopedia – 24 volumes.

  • Colliers Concise Encyclopedia of Australia and New Zealand – 2 Volumes.

  • Encyclopedia Americana – 30 volumes.

  • DK Millennium Family Encyclopedia – 5 volumes.

  • Great Soviet Encyclopedia – 31 volumes.

  • Australian and New Zealand Encyclopedia – 12 volumes.

  • Australia Encyclopedia – 8 volumes.

  • World Book 2003 – 23 volumes.

  • New Catholic Encyclopedia – 15 volumes.

  • General Encyclopedia (Yiddish) – 8 volumes.

  • McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. 

Atlases 

  • National Geographic Atlas of the World.

  • Past Worlds: Times Atlas of Archaeology.

  • Times Atlas of the World.

  • Times Atlas of World History.

  • Cartographic Satellite Atlas of the World.

  • Atlas of Landforms. 

Dictionaries 

  • Oxford English Dictionary – 20 volumes (1989) R 423 OXF

  • Macquarie Dictionary – Federation Edition – 2 volumes.

  • Webster’s Thirds New International Dictionary and Seven Language Dictionary – 3 volumes.

  • World Book Dictionary – 2 volumes.

  • Oxford Encyclopedic Dictionary – 3 volumes. 

Subject Specific Encyclopedias and Dictionaries.

  • Waverley Library also hold numerous subject specific Encyclopedias and dictionaries. Offering information at various levels of depth and detail.

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Last updated 04-Jun-2005