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American National Biography offers portraits of more than 17,400 men and women whose
lives have shaped the nation. Updated quarterly with hundreds of new entries each year and
revisions of previously published entries to enhance their accuracy and currency. The ANB Online
features thousands of illustrations, more than 80,000 hyperlinked cross-references, links to
select web sites, and powerful search capabilities.
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Contains information for approximately 440,000 international
and U.S. national, regional, state, and local nonprofit membership
organizations. Includes IRS 501(c) data on U.S. non-profits. Provides
full-text association materials (brochures, pamphlets and membership
application forms) for about 2,500 U.S. associations.
Book Index with Reviews includes over 4 million book reviews across all subjects, including all lexiles/reader categories. Includes over 800,000 full-text reviews from multiple sources. BIwR is also a readers' advisroy system with each book having a four star popularity rating system.
Records of in-print, out-of-print, and forthcoming books from over 44,000 North American
publishers. Now including Publishers, Distributors and Wholesalers of the U.S., which is updated
quarterly.
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An illustrated collection of more than 50,000 specially written biographies of the men
and women who shaped all aspects of Britain's past, from the fourth century BC to the year
2001.
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Online version of print encyclopedia, it blends the depth and
accuracy of the print edition with the currency expected of an online
reference work.
Gale Virtual Reference Library is a collection of over 100 reference books (July 2008) that are searchable together or individually. Subjects covered include, but are not limited to history, philosophy, religion, science, business, information & publishing, literature, law, medicine, education, technology, and biography. For a list of titles currently available, click on "Title List" at top right or on "Show All" at left of screen.
The online Handbook offers a full-text searchable version of
the complete text of the six-volume print edition, all corrections
incorporated in the second printing, and approximately 400 articles
not included in the print edition due to space limitations.
ProQuest Information and Learning Company's HeritageQuest provides an ongoing collection of research materials for tracing family lineage and American culture, beginning with the 13 original colonies. This collection assembles
genealogies, local histories, primary source materials, and
genealogical and local history serials.
Journal Citation Reports is a comprehensive and unique resource tool that allows you to
evaluate and compare journals using citation data drawn from over 7,000 scholarly and technical
journals from more than 3,300 publishers in over 60 countries. It is the only source of citation
data on journals, and includes virtually all specialties in the areas of science, technology, and
social sciences. Journal Citation Reports can show you the:
- Most frequently cited journals in a field
- Highest impact journals in a field
- Hottest journals in a field
- Leading journals in a field
- Most published articles in a field
JCR is available annually in two editions. Only the editions and years that our
institution subscribes to will display on the home page(currently only 2003).
- Science Edition: Contains data from over 5,700 journals in the areas of science and
technology.
- Social Sciences Edition: contains data from over 1,700 journals in the social science.
Provides indexing to all statistics issued by the U.S. government
since 1973 through CIS' American Statistics Index and provides the actual
statistical tables for approximately 60% of the indexed information.
The Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the
evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It
is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation
of over half a million words, both present and past. It traces
the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide
range of international English language sources, from classic
literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery
books.
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ORO combines quick reference coverage of the full subject spectrum with the rich resources of
the Oxford Companions from ready-reference to comprehensive scholarly articles. See the
titles in Oxford Reference Online.
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ReferenceUniverse is a meta-search engine for many of the library's reference books, both online and print. Unlike the library catalog which searches only limited information like book title and author, ReferenceUniverse searches the complete index of each reference book. Searches return a hit for every relevant index entry, as well as the title and call number for every reference book containing a hit.
RefWorks is a web-based citation manager. Import citations from SamCat and other online
databases or type in information directly. Then use RefWorks when writing papers to format
citations and create your bibliography.
Ulrichís Periodicals Directory is a bibliographic database providing detailed,
comprehensive, and authoritative information on serials published throughout the
world. It covers all subjects, and includes publications that are published regularly or
irregularly and are circulated free of charge or by paid subscription.
Offers a fundamental reference source for students, library patrons, library reference staff,
and scholars alike. Includes biographies, encyclopedia entries, facts, and statistics.
--Credo is a giant online reference library that provides access to
over 200 reference books including encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri
and books of quotations, and a range of subject-specific titles covering everything
from art to accountancy and literature to law. See the
titles in Credo.
