To search for encyclopedias and other reference works, use the subject heading search in Antpac or Mevlyl.

For example, if you were researching Japanese film adapations of Shakespeare, you might do the following subject heading searches:

Japan -- Civilization -- 1945- -- Encyclopedias
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Dictionaries, indexes, etc
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Encyclopedias
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Adaptations -- Encyclopedias
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Film and video adaptations -- Encyclopedias

Here are some of the results from those searches:

Nihon bunka bijuaru jiten : eigoyakutsuki = Visual encyclopedia of Japanese culture : Japanese-English bilingual edition / Kondō Tamami kanshū
http://antpac.lib.uci.edu:80/record=b3990381~S7
(located in EAC regular stacks)

Encyclopedia of contemporary Japanese culture / edited by Sandra Buckley http://antpac.lib.uci.edu:80/record=b2813173~S7
(located in Langson Reference)

The reader's encyclopedia of Shakespeare, edited by Oscar James Campbell. Associate editor: Edward G. Quinn
http://antpac.lib.uci.edu:80/record=b1317352~S7
(located in Langson regular stacks)

Shakespeares after Shakespeare : an encyclopedia of the Bard in mass media and popular culture / edited by Richard Burt
http://antpac.lib.uci.edu:80/record=b3368190~S7
(located in Langson regular stacks)

All things Shakespeare : an encyclopedia of Shakespeare's world / Kirstin Olsen http://antpac.lib.uci.edu:80/record=b2929984~S7
(located in Langson regular stacks)

The Oxford companion to Shakespeare [electronic resource] / edited by Michael Dobson and Stanley Wells
http://antpac.lib.uci.edu:80/record=b3200175~S7
(online)