General & Reference Databases

Connect to Academic Search Elite / EbscoHost on the Web Contains full-text articles. Click to see all full-text databases.
Provides full-text for around 2,050 publications, including 1,500 peer-reviewed scholarly journals. In addition, indexing and abstracts are given for a collection of nearly 3,400 journals covering a wide range of academic topics including business, education, social sciences, humanities, science & engineering. 1985-present.
Connect to Access World News on the Web Contains full-text articles. Click to see all full-text databases.
Includes full-text articles from 600 U.S. newspapers and over 700 international newspapers. Coverage varies, some newspapers going back as far as 1977.
Connect to Alternative Press Index on the Web
Alternative Press Index    - Access through FirstSearch Interface
Indexes over 250 alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines covering cultural, economic, political and social change. 1991-present. Updated quarterly.
Connect to Alternative Press Index Archive on the Web
Alternative Press Index Archive    - Access through FirstSearch Interface
Index to alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines covering cultural, economic, political and social change. 1969-1990.
Connect to AP Images on the Web
A collection of over 500,000 photos from the Associated Press, featuring state, regional and national photos from North America, as well as international photos, some dating back as far as 1844.
Connect to Book Review Digest on the Web
Indexes, and provides selective excerpts from, reviews of English language books in all subjects, fiction and nonfiction, published in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain. Brief annotations of the books are also provided. The reviews come from over 8,000 different periodicals. Coverage begins in 1905. Updated daily.
Connect to Book Review Index on the Web
Provides citations to reviews of books, periodicals, audiobooks, and electronic media that have appeared in a wide range of journals, popular magazines, and newspapers. Coverage is 1965 - present.
Connect to Global Books In Print on the Web
Books In Print
Now available as Global Books In Print
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Database of English-language books, audiocassettes, and videos available from publishers in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K.
Connect to Britannica Online on the Web Contains full-text articles. Click to see all full-text databases.
Also known as Encyclopedia Britannica Online
Searchable and browsable collection of Encyclopedia Britannica's latest article database, Merriam-Webster's Dictionary, the Britannica Book of the Year, and thousands of links to other World Wide Web sites selected by Britannica editors.
Connect to CQ Researcher on the Web Contains full-text articles. Click to see all full-text databases.
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Online version of this weekly publication, covering the most current and controversial issues of the day complete with summaries, insight into all sides of the issues, bibliographies and more. Full text of all articles published since 1991.
Connect to Dissertation Abstracts on the Web
Dissertation Abstracts    - Access through FirstSearch Interface
Indexing (1861-present) and abstracting (1980-present) of dissertations accepted by accredited institutions.
Connect to Essay and General Literature on the Web
Cites essays and articles contained in collections of essays and other works published in the United States, Great Britain and Canada. Focuses on humanities and social sciences literature. 1985-present. Updated annually.
Connect to FirstSearch on the Web
An online system that provides access to over 60 databases in all disciplines.
Connect to Gale Virtual Reference Library on the Web Contains full-text articles. Click to see all full-text databases.
Also known as Virtual Reference Library
Provides the full text of over 200 subject encyclopedias, handbooks, dictionaries, and directories.
Connect to Global Books In Print on the Web
Formerly Books In Print
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Database of English-language books, audiocassettes, and videos available from publishers in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K.
Connect to IngentaConnect on the Web
Contains 11 million citations from 20,000 journals in the humanities, social sciences and sciences. Searching may be done by keyword or by browsing the table of contents of a journal.
Connect to MAS Ultra - School edition on the Web Contains full-text articles. Click to see all full-text databases.
Designed specifically for high school libraries, this database provides full text for over 500 popular general interest and current events publications with information dating back as far as 1975 for key magazines. Includes nearly 550 full text pamphlets, 150 full text reference books, nearly 100,000 biographies, 76,000 primary source documents, and an image collection of 116,000 photos, maps and flags. Updated daily.
Connect to OED (Oxford English Dictionary) on the Web
The Oxford English Dictionary is a historical dictionary of English, covering the language from the earliest times to the present day. Entries contain detailed etymological analysis, and are illustrated by quotations from a wide range of English language sources from around the world.
Connect to OmniFile Full Text, Mega Edition on the Web Contains full-text articles. Click to see all full-text databases. A mini-guide on searching OmniFile Full Text, Mega Edition is available
Also known as Wilson OmniFile Full Text, Mega Edition
This multi-disciplinary database provides the complete content - indexing, abstracts, and full text - from six of Wilson's full-text databases: Education Full Text, General Science Full Text, Humanities Full Text, Readers' Guide Full Text, Social Sciences Full Text, and Business Full Text. Full-text articles from five additional periodical databases are also included when available: Applied Science & Technology Full Text, Art Full Text, Biological & Agricultural Index, Index to Legal Periodicals & Books, and Library Literature & Information Science Full Text. Indexing begins in 1982, abstracts in 1984, and full-text coverage in 1994. Updated daily.
Connect to Oxford Reference Online on the Web Contains full-text articles. Click to see all full-text databases.
A collection containing over 120 dictionaries and reference titles covering a broad spectrum of subjects from general reference and language to science and medicine, and from humanities and social sciences to business and professional.
Connect to Readers' Guide Full Text on the Web Contains full-text articles. Click to see all full-text databases.
This database provides indexing and abstracting of over 300 popular magazines from 1983 to date, with full text from over 150 publications back to 1994. Updated daily.
Connect to Readers' Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982 on the Web
Indexes more than 3 million articles from about 370 general interest, popular, news, and even a few scholarly, English language magazines and journals published between 1890 and 1982.
Connect to Reference Universe on the Web
Reference Universe contains links to over 6000 online encyclopedias and printed specialized subject encyclopedias. Includes back of the book indexes and article titles.
Connect to Ulrichsweb on the Web
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Online version of Ulrich's Periodicals Directory of periodicals and publishers, including reviews from Magazines for Libraries and Library Journal. Updated weekly.
Connect to Gale Virtual Reference Library on the Web Contains full-text articles. Click to see all full-text databases.
Virtual Reference Library
Provides the full text of over 200 subject encyclopedias, handbooks, dictionaries, and directories.
Connect to OmniFile Full Text, Mega Edition on the Web Contains full-text articles. Click to see all full-text databases. A mini-guide on searching OmniFile Full Text, Mega Edition is available
Wilson OmniFile Full Text, Mega Edition
This multi-disciplinary database provides the complete content - indexing, abstracts, and full text - from six of Wilson's full-text databases: Education Full Text, General Science Full Text, Humanities Full Text, Readers' Guide Full Text, Social Sciences Full Text, and Business Full Text. Full-text articles from five additional periodical databases are also included when available: Applied Science & Technology Full Text, Art Full Text, Biological & Agricultural Index, Index to Legal Periodicals & Books, and Library Literature & Information Science Full Text. Indexing begins in 1982, abstracts in 1984, and full-text coverage in 1994. Updated daily.
Connect to WorldCat on the Web
WorldCat    - Access through FirstSearch Interface
Bibliographic records for millions of books and other materials in libraries worldwide, representing 400 languages. Updated daily.
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