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Using HighBeam Reference

HighBeam Reference Overview

HighBeam Reference is a special collection of reference materials designed for the researcher looking for specific factual information on a subject, or simply looking for an overview of a complex topic. HighBeam Reference contains over 610,000 different documents which can be searched by keyword and refined to include the types of references works you want to include. Each HighBeam Reference article also displays results from newspapers, magazines, journals and other sources from our HighBeam Library archive. Our reference works are updated often, and we frequently add new items to our collection.

Though all of these reference works are available for search on HighBeam Library, the HighBeam Reference tab is focused on reference works and allows users to easily find the reference results they are looking for.

Searching and Browsing HighBeam Reference

At HighBeam Reference you can search or browse to find your answer:

Search

Start your search by entering in the keywords you would like to search. The HighBeam Research engine processes your keywords the same way as it does on HighBeam Library. For more information about creating keyword searches, click here.

Once you have entered your keywords, select the types of reference works you would like to include in your search. You can select from:

Our Free Encyclopedia: We offer a free encyclopedia to all users of HighBeam Research. Our free encyclopedia is searchable using the search box on any page of the HighBeam Reference tab, and, is also browseable using the letters that are provided on each page.

Thesaurus: Improve your writing and quickly find helpful synonyms using our thesaurus.

Dictionaries: Research over several dictionaries that span a variety of subjects.

Encyclopedias: Our encyclopedias include subject specific encyclopedias like computers or medicine.

Almanacs: Research our many almanacs with information facts, stats from past years.

Browse

To help you find your answer faster, our free encyclopedia can be browsed by topic. Start browsing by clicking on the letter of the alphabet. Once you have selected the letter, select your topic from the supplied list.