REFERENCE <back to choose database menu>
This listing contains a wide variety databases, such as those that might be found in the reference section of a Library, e.g., general and specialized encyclopedias, etc.
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AccuNet/AP
Multimedia Archive Searchable archive of the Associated Press photo files. |
| Associations
Unlimited via InfoTrac Web Contains information for approximately 460,000 international and U.S. national, regional, state, and local nonprofit membership organizations in all fields, including IRS data on U.S. 501(c) nonprofit organizations. |
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| Books in Print via Bowker Publishing Contains publishing and pricing information with some book reviews. Useful for literature searches. |
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| Encyclopedia
Britannica Online Encyclopedia Britannica, in several reader-level editions, contains articles, images, and elated Internet links. |
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Europa
World Europa World is the online version of the Europa World Year Book, a valuable source of world-wide information covering political and economic information about more than 250 countries and territories, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. |
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Funk
& Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas. |
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NetLibrary A specially created online collection of nearly 50,000 full-text books, in a broad range of academic subject categories. These are actual academic books that have been digitized for the convenience of library users. Make sure to read HELP. The Reference Center: Linked on the right side of the NetLibrary home page, this feature allows you to search and browse reference resources, including encyclopedias, dictionaries, directories, handbooks, thesauri, and more. Not just plain-old dictionaries, but reference books for art, biology, chemistry, computer science, history, literature, and most other disciplines. |
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| Newspaper
Source via
EbscoHost Regional US and international newspapers, with selected full text. |
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Oxford
English Dictionary via Oxford University Press
Includes full text.
Guide to the
meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words,
past and present. Includes words from Great Britain, North America,
South America, Australia, New Zealand, and the Caribbean. |
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Oxford
Reference Online Premium More than 150 full-text reference sources, e.g., subject-specific and general encyclopedias, handbooks, and dictionaries covering many academic disciplines. |
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