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American National Biography Online
  Oxford University Press
Biographical sketches of men and women from all eras and walks of life who were significant to U.S. history and culture
  • Text
  • Images
  • Links
More than 19,000 signed biographies
  • 2000

  • quarterly
Books in Print with Reviews
   OCLC
Login required.
   Please ask at Information Desk.
Books and other published material on all subjects
  • Citations
  • Abstracts
  • Reviews
4 million+ citations from 44,000 publishers
  • Varies

  • Weekly
Britannica Online
   Britannica Online
All subjects, including historical treatments and current events.
  • Text
  • Images
  • Web links
65,000+ authoritative articles
  • 1968+

  • Daily
Britannica World Atlas
   Britannica Online
All countries
  • Citations
  • Articles
  • Web links
Flags, maps, statistics, and articles treating geographical, cultural, historical, and recent events of all countries ---

Chicago Manual of Style Online
   University of Chicago Press
N/A
  • Text
Customizable and completely searchable online manual with tools such as sample form letters, style sheets, and publishing process diagrams.
  • 15th edition

  • Varies
ChoiceReviews.online
ACRL
All subjects
  • Citations
  • Reviews
Searchable databases of reviews issued in the print magazine Choice.
  • 1988-

  • Monthly
CQ Researcher
   Congressional Quarterly
Current hot social and political issues, e.g. the economy, education, environment, health, international affairs, science and technology
  • Text
  • Images
In-depth, single-topic reports that include background and chronology, assessment of current situation, tables and maps, pro/con states from representatives of opposing positions, and bibliographies of key sources
  • 1991+

  • Weekly
CREDOReference
    CREDO
All subjects
  • Text
165+ electronic reference books
  • Varies by title

  • Varies by title
Dissertation Abstracts Online
   OCLC
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All subjects
  • Citations
  • Abstracts
1.8 million+ dissertations and theses, U.S., Canadian, and European
  • Citations, 1861+
  • Dissertation Abstracts, 1980+
  • Theses Abstracts, 1988+

  • Monthly
ebrary Perpetual Access Collection
   ebrary
All subjects
  • Text
179 electronic books
  • 2005+

  • ---
EBSCO Encyclopedia of Animals
   EBSCO
All topics relating to animals
  • Abstracts
  • Text
  • Images
Easy to read articles written especially for children
  • Current edition

  • Annually
Funk & Wagnalls
New World Encyclopedia

   EBSCO
All subjects
  • Abstracts
  • Text
25,000 topics
  • Current edition

  • Annually
Gale Virtual Reference Collection
   Gale
Business, education, literature, medicine, religion, science, social sciences, and technology
  • Text
30+ electronic reference books, including the International Directory of Company Histories (v.1/1988 -) and World Literature and its Times (v.1 - 8/ 1999 - 2006)
  • Varies by title

  • As titles added
GPO Access
   U.S. GPO
U.S. law, legislation, regulation, executive and congressional documents
  • Text
  • Images
  • Links
Publications of the U.S. government
  • 1993+

  • Daily
King James Bible
   Chadwyck-Healey
King James Bible - 'Authorized' Version
  • Text
Biblical text, notes, and apparatus
  • 1611

  • ---
Merriam-Webster's
Collegiate Dictionary

   Britannica Online
English-language words
  • Entries
Definitions, hyphenations, inflected forms, etymology, usage dates and notes, and cross-references.
  • 10th edition, 1996

  • Irregularly
Merriam-Webster's
Collegiate Thesaurus

   Britannica Online
Thesaurus
  • Citation
Synonyms and antonyms
  • Latest edition

  • Daily

Naxos Spoken Word Library

Classic novels, plays and poetry in the literary arts, humanities and education
  • Audio
  • Text
More than 350 works by 100 authors, playwrights and poets read by professional actors
  • -----

  • ~30 titles/year
OED Online
   Oxford University Press
The ultimate authority on English language words and quotations.
  • Text
Complete content of the 23-volume Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition
  • 1997

  • Quarterly
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
   Oxford University Press
Men and women who shaped all aspects of British history, from the 4th century BC to the end of 2000
  • Text
  • Images
  • Links
More than 50,000 signed biographies
  • Jan. 2005 edition

  • Regularly
PapersFirst
  OCLC
All subjects
  • Citations
2 million+ conference papers
  • 1993+

  • Semi-monthly
ProceedingsFirst
   OCLC
All subjects addressed by conferences, symposia, and expositions worldwide
  • Citations
12,500 sources
  • 1993+

  • Semi-weekly
Safari Tech Books Online
   ProQuest
A broad range of technical fields, including business, computer science, information technology, and software engineering.
  • Citations
  • Text
  • Images
202 electronic books
  • Varies by title

  • Varies by title
TumbleBookLibrary
  TumbleBooks.com
TumbleBookLibrary Children’s books on many subjects in English, Spanish and Chinese
  • Text
  • Images
  • Audio
90+ animated, talking children’s picture books, with related puzzles, quizzes and resources for teachers
  • Vary by title
TumbleTalkingBooks
 TumbleBooks.com
All subjects
  • Audio
Almost 400 digital audio books
  • Vary by title
Webster's Unabridged
Dictionary

   LION
The English language
  • Text
450,000 vocabulary entries
  • 1993

  • ---
World Almanac
   OCLC
All subjects
  • Citations
  • Text
5 almanacs
  • Current

  • Annually




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