Reference Resources Guide: Online Reference Databases

Full text of select Cambridge University Press ebooks.

The premiere database of the American Geosciences Institute.

Clinical and biomedical, consumer health, health administration, etc. - journal articles.

Online, full text version of The International Encyclopedia of Human Geography (2009). It provides an authoritative and comprehensive source of information on the discipline of human geography and its constituent, and related, subject areas. The encyclopedia includes over 1,000 detailed entries on philosophy and theory, key concepts, methods and practices, biographies of notable geographers, and geographical thought and praxis in different parts of the world.

Literary Reference Center is a rich full-text literary database covering all genres and timeframes. It includes thousands of synopses, critical essays, book reviews, literary journals and author biographies, plus full-text classic novels, short stories and poems.
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This ebook reference collection offers a rich selection of eBook titles covering a broad range of literary-related subjects. Selections include literary criticism, study guides, and classics.

Oxford Art Online, formerly known as Grove Art, provides web access to the entire text of The Oxford Companion to Western Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, The Concise Dictionary of Art Terms, and Grove Art Online. Limited to 5 simultaneous users.
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Bibliographies providing a pathway to the most accurate and reliable resources for a variety of academic topics. Every article serves as an authoritative guide to the current scholarship, written and reviewed by academic experts, with original commentary and annotations. Collection contains: Atlantic History, Childhood Studies, Cinema and Media Studies, Ecology, Medieval Studies, Philosophy, Psychology, Renaissance and Reformation, and Social Work.

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. Updated quarterly. View tutorial:

This resource covers two recently published (2017) criminal justice handbooks.

Oxford Music Online, formerly known as Grove Music, is an integrated music resource on the web, including the full text of The Oxford Dictionary of Music, The Oxford Companion to Music, and Grove Music Online. Limited to 5 simultaneous users.
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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. Limited to 5 simultaneous users. View tutorial:

SpringerLink includes access to approximately 250 e-books in the following collections: Behavioral Science; Biomedical and Life Science; Business and Economics; Chemistry and Materials Science; Humanities, Social science and Law; Physics and Astronomy 2008 collections. There are also a limited number of titles from the 2005-2007 collections. In addition, there are titles from the Behavioral Science collections from 2009-2012.

Biomedical Reference Collection: Basic provides access to 100 full text journals covering such disciplines as clinical medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system and the preclinical sciences. All journals in the database are also indexed in MEDLINE.

Online version of Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia. Updated annually.

The Handbook of Green Chemistry is a landmark publication in green chemistry. It covers highly topical areas in green chemistry such as feedstocks, green chemical engineering, green catalysis (homogeneous, heterogeneous and biocatalysis), separation techniques and solvents like supercritical fluids, ionic liquids and reactions in water.

Collection of ebooks related to elementary school education.

Created by a multi-specialty editorial team, Social Work Reference Center is a turnkey information resource for social workers and mental health professionals. It covers a wide array of topics such as adolescent health, aging, end-of-life care, clinical social work and diversity. Content is organized in a way that makes it easy for users to get answers to questions quickly and easily.

Provides full-text access to over 270 popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators. Particularly useful for Education and Social Sciences.

Black Studies Center is a fully cross-searchable gateway to Black Studies including scholarly essays, recent periodicals, historical newspaper articles, reference books, and much more.

It combines essential resources for research and teaching in Black Studies, including The Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, Index to Black Periodicals Full Text, Black Literature Index, and the Chicago Defender historical newspaper from 1912-1975.

Online version of the Encyclopedia Britannica. Updated monthly. Courtesy MBLC
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Literature Resource Center offers up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism, and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.

Multidisciplinary subject coverage from scholarly, trade, and consumer publications.

Sage Data (formerly Data Planet) provides annual measures dating back more than two decades. It features statistical data series created from more than 200,000 government and non-government datasets, covering popular topics of research interest for U.S. states, counties, cities, metropolitan areas, and ZIP codes.

SAGE Knowledge is home to an expansive range of SAGE eBook and eReference content alongside SAGE Video, containing over 4,600 titles. Content includes reference works, academic books, professional development titles and more. This cross-media platform allows users to search and browse over 10,000 items, video, book and reference titles within the Social Sciences. Updated monthly.