If searching the Catalog:
1. Select "Advanced Search"
2. In the "Material Type" pulldown menu select "E-Book"
3. Enter "reference" in one of the search boxes
4. Enter your search term(s) in the other(s)

A catalog search will not search WITHIN the reference books. To do that check out these three databases of online reference books.

GALE VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARY  
This is a database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
1. To access it use the Infotrac PowerSearch database
2. Enter your search term(s)
3. Click on the "Reference" tab
Watch a video on how to use the Gale Virtual Reference Library

NETLIBRARY  
Provides a growing collection of over 33,000 eBooks. Most are recent, but our subscription includes a collection of free eBooks which has many literary classics. You must set up an individual user name and password with netLibrary to check out eBooks. **Only one person may view a particular book at any one time.**

Click on the "Reference Center" link to access NetLibrary's reference collection.

OXFORD REFERENCE ONLINE PREMIUM  
Multi-part database of the online versions of Oxford University Press texts. Each topical division contains the searchable version of the latest edition of published dictionaries and encyclopedias.