Sometimes finding the information you want can be as simple as looking it up in an encyclopedia. The reference collection has a variety of encyclopedias to meet your general information needs. Some examples are:

The Encyclopedia Americana 2000
The World Book Encyclopedia 2007
Encyclopedia Britannica 2005
Nova Enciclopédia Barsa (Encyclopedia Britannica in Portuguese) 2000
Enciclopedia Hispánica (Encyclopedia Britannica in Spanish) 2003
Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre (another Spanish language encyclopedia) 1999

We also have a number of encyclopedias devoted to specific topics. Some of these are:

Encyclopedia of Terrorism - REF 303.625 KU
Encyclopedia of the American Constitution - REF 342.72023 EN
The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology - REF 503 MC
Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia - REF 591 GR
Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine - REF 615.5 GA
A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants - REF 635.9 AM
The Dictionary of Art - REF 703 Di
Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music - REF 781.6403 GU
The Encyclopedia of World Biography - REF 920 EN
The Marshall Cavendish Illustrated Encyclopedia of World War II - REF 940.5303 Ma

In addition, to these encyclopedias in book format, the reference department has access to the World Book online.

Finally, the Library's circulating collection has encyclopedias from previous years which you may borrow.