Reference Sources
- AccessScience
- Read overviews of topics in the sciences. Look up definitions of general scientific terms. Find brief biographies of major scientists.
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less- ArchiveGrid (Varies)
- Locate historical documents, family documents, and personal papers collected in the world's archives and museums
- ArchivesUSA (Coverage Varies)
- Find primary source collections on a particular topic or to obtain contact information for an archival collection.
- AskART (Varies)
- Find current Art for sale; find an artist or museum; find biographical information about an artist
- Associations Unlimited
- Find the contact information for nonprofit organization. Determine what a nonprofit does.
- Atlas of North American English
- Trace sound shifts in American English dialects.
- Biography and Genealogy Master Index
- Gather biographical information in standard biographical reference sources in one search.
- Biography Index (1984-Present)
- Gather biographical information. Search through biographical dictionaries and Who's Who.
- Biography Resource Center (1960-Present)
- Read quick summary or description of personal information on a particular individual. Find an in-depth overview of the subject's life and accomplishments. Research the place of a subject in history or society, a particular field of endeavor, or the news.
- Books in Print
- Find out if a book is available for purchase. Get a list of books by an given author or on a given subject. Access brief book reviews (for more recent titles).
- Chicago Manual of Style 15th edition (Online edition)
- Find definitive answers to using the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition.
- Columbia Gazetteer of the World Online
- Look up Geographical information; check the spelling of a place name; gather basic socio-demographic information about cities, towns, regions worldwide.
- Contemporary Authors (Coverage Varies)
- Search for biographical information about an author.
- Contemporary Fashion
- To locate information about fashion and fashion designers from the 20th and 21st century.
- Credo Reference (formerly Xreferplus) (Coverage Varies)
- Find overviews of topics in nearly all disciplines. Search for definitions. Find biographical information. Search for quotations. Check the meaning or spelling of a foreign language term.
- Dictionary of American Biography (Coverage Varies)
- Find a biography of an American figure who died in or before 1980. Group biographies of people by occupation, birthplace, birth year, or sex. Find a biography of someone if you know only their occupation, birthplace, birth year, or sex; search the full-text of the biographies using just a keyword.
- Dictionary of American History
- Find encyclopedia articles, archival maps, and primary sources about American history.
- Encyclopaedia Judaica (Coverage Varies)
- Find background information about people, places or events in Jewish history, culture, art, scholarship, literature, and Judaism. View photos, slideshows, videos, sound recordings and maps. View a comparative timeline of Jewish history, Jewish culture and world history since 2000 BC.
- Encyclopedia Britannica Online
- Get basic information on a topic. Begin a research paper and find a topic.
- Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics (Varies)
- To find background information on topics in astronomy and astrophysics
- Encyclopedia of Evolution
- To find overview articles on topics in evolution.
- Encyclopedia of India (Gale Virtual Reference Library)
- To gather background information on all aspects of India.
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music (1900 to present)
- Find authoritative and reliable information about popular music including biographies (individual performers and groups), discussions of genres, trends, styles, record labels, venues, and festivals. Many entries include discographies, bibliographies, and links to related articles.
- Encyclopedia of Religion (2nd edition, 2005)
- Find overviews of religious topics. Compare ideas, beliefs, and rituals across religions and cultures.
- Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment
- Research 17th century through early 19th century culture, philosophies and religions.
- Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages
- Find overview articles about religion, politics, and cultures in the Middle Ages.
- Ethnologue
- To find information on languages including number of speakers, areas of the world in which it is spoken, dialects and linguistic classification. Includes maps.
- Europa World (Varies)
- To find political and economic information in more than 250 countries and territories.
- Gale Virtual Reference Library (Coverage Varies)
- To gather background information on a variety of topics.
- Grove Dictionary of Art (1996-Present)
- Find articles about the visual arts. Find bibliographies about art or artists. View images of art online. Find biographies of artists.
- Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
- Find scholarly articles relating to music and musicians. Find information on composers, performers, theorists, terminology, institutions, orchestras and societies.
- Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture
- Find background information on Art and Architecture from the Classical world.
- In the First Person (1500s - present)
- To find oral histories and oral history collections, interviews and personal narratives in repositories around the world.
- Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism
- Learn about a literary critic or theorist. Research literary ideas, history or theories.
- Lexis-Nexis Biographical Information (Coverage Varies)
- Use this to find articles and obituaries with biographical information.
- Library of Congress Classification Outline
- To understand the arrangement of books in the library using the Library of Congress Subject Classification Scheme.
- Literary Reference Center (Antiquity - Present)
- Starting point to get background information on most studied authors and their works. Covers antiquity to present. Includes text of major literary encyclopedias and over 1,000 books.
- Mergent Online
- To find company information for US public and international companies.
- New York Review of Books (1963-Present)
- Find reviews about a particular book. Assess the significance of a book in a given time period.
- Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature
- Find scholarly encyclopedia articles on American literature.
- Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States
- Find scholarly encylopedia articles on Latinos/as.
- Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures
- Find information about Mesamerican pre-history.
- Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance
- Find overviews of theatrical topics worldwide and through history.
- Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History
- Find encyclopedic information about women's movements, influential women, and the social, demographic,and political changes that women affect women in society.
- Oxford English Dictionary Online
- Determine the spelling, pronunciation, and meaning of English words. Find the derivation, or origin, of English words; learn about the evolution of English words.
- Oxford Language Dictionaries Online
- Translate and find definitions for words and phrases in French, German, Italian, and Spanish
- Oxford Reference Online
- Find overviews of topics in nearly all disciplines. Search for definitions. Find biographical information. Search for quotations. Check the meaning or spelling of a foreign language term.
- Oxford Spanish Dictionary
- Translate and find definitions for Spanish words and phrases
- Oxford-Duden German Dictionary
- Translate and find definitions for German words and phrases
- Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary
- To translate or find the meanings of French words
- Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary
- Translate and find definitions for Italian words and phrases
- RGE Monitor (Varies)
- Find blogs, analyses, working papers, and data on world economic issues.
- Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Find interpretation, explication and critique of philosophers and philosophical theories.
- Scipio (17th- present; inclusive 1981-present)
- Research provenance, details, and sale information for works of art.
- Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (Homer to 1453 AD)
- Find occurence of words in Greek texts from Homer to the fall of Byzantium in AD 1453.
- Ulrich's Periodicals Directory
- Find the publisher's address for periodicals. Gather a list of periodicals for a discipline. Find editors' names and contact information. Find circulation figures and advertisment rates for a publication.
- Who's Who
- Find biographical information on people in the Arts, the Media, Education, Science, Politics, the Military, etc.
- WorldCat
- Verify accuracy of bibliographic information. Find out which library an item is located.
- Xrefer Plus (See Credo Reference)