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How to Find Electronic Databases HANDOUTThis handout will guide you in accessing databases for your research.
Reference Databases
Reference Databases
General Reference Databases Include: Encyclopedias, and other background information
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Biography in Context This link opens in a new windowBiography in Context delivers outstanding research support with 600,000+ biographical entries — on more than 528,000 individuals — spanning history and geography.
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Book Collection: Nonfiction This link opens in a new window
Book Collection: Nonfiction is a rich research database for school and public libraries. It contains informative abstracts and searchable full text for more than 4,100 popular nonfiction books. The database includes full text entries on core subject areas, as well as information on careers, health, sports, adventure, technology, life skills and more.
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CQ Researcher This link opens in a new windowCQ Researcher is your first source for information on American politics, federal and state government, American institutions, campaigns and elections, current events, and world affairs.
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Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia This link opens in a new window
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia database indexes over 25,000 records, covering an array of topics. Full text for each record may be easily accessed by double clicking on the topic from the display. The database contains various images, offers brief biographies as well as information in a variety of subject areas.
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Gale Virtual Reference Center Library This link opens in a new windowGale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. Delivers more than 12,000 eBooks from over 100 industry-leading publishers for every discipline and a unique research experience with.
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History Reference Source This link opens in a new window
History Reference Source covers topics in U.S. and world history from the earliest civilizations through the 21st century. The research database contains full-text journals, magazines, reference books, and thousands of primary source documents.
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Literati by Credo This link opens in a new windowLiterati by Credo features a reference database of more than 600 subject encyclopedias and dictionaries, marketing, and information literacy tutorials, and assessments.
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Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new windowLiterature Resource Center is a database that offers biographies, bibliographies and critical analyses of more than 120,000 authors from every age and literary discipline.
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MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new windowMLA International Bibliography consist of literature, language and linguistics, folklore, film, literary theory & criticism, dramatic arts, as well as the historical aspects of printing and publishing. Content Includes: More than 2.5 million citations Nearly 5,000 journals & series, 1,000 book publishersOver 300,000 subject names & terms.
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Occupational Outlook This link opens in a new windowThis is a guide to career information about hundreds of occupations.
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Oxford English Dictionary (OED Online) This link opens in a new windowThe Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words— past and present—from across the English-speaking world.
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Primary Search This link opens in a new windowContaining full-text for more than 80 of the most popular elementary school magazines, Primary Search is designed specifically for elementary school libraries.