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Arts & Humanities (14)

• Abingdon Dictionary of Theology

  Covers past and current Christian theological themes, terms, and theologians. Theological movements and trends, such as liberation theology, feminist theology, and black theology, and theological concepts such as resurrection, miracles, and incarnation, are combined with biographies and beliefs of prominent theologians. Subject(s): Religion, Encyclopedias

• Anchor Bible Dictionary on CD-ROM

  Anchor Bible Dictionary on CD-ROM contains everything from the complete and unabridged six volume, 7,200 page print edition, with illustrations. It features over 6,000 entries from 800 international scholars. Entries cover every proper name, major words, each book of the Bible, apocryphal texts, Dead Sea scrolls, and Nag Hammadi codices. Coverage: 1997 edition. Subject(s): Religion, Encyclopedias

• Children's Literature Comprehensive Database

  Information about children's books, video and audio recordings, and other children-focused media. Includes critical reviews of thousands of children's books, plus information about awards, reading measurements, best book lists, and state reading lists. Subject(s): K-12, Literary Criticism/Ref

• Gale Virtual Reference Library

  Searchable full text of reference books in many subjects. Books can be searched together or individually. Coverage: varies. Subject(s): Reference, Encyclopedias, A & H - General, Sci/Tech - General, Soc Sci - General

• Literary Reference Center Plus

  Contains author biographies, literary criticism, journal articles and book reviews. Subject(s): Literary Criticism/Ref

• Literature Criticism Online

  Extensive, searchable compilation of literary commentary. Scholarly and popular commentary from broadsheets, pamphlets, books and periodicals, with page images of the print originals. Combines contents of Contemporary Literary Criticism, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, Drama Criticism, Poetry Criticism, Children's Literature Review, and others into a single online resource. Coverage: through June 2012. Subject(s): Literary Criticism/Ref, Encyclopedias

• Literature Resource Center

  Provides access to biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis of authors from every age and literary discipline. It covers more than 90,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,000 of the most-studied authors. Literature Resource Center combines Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism, Dictionary of Literary Biography, Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature, and other reference sets into a single service. Coverage: varies. Subject(s): Literary Criticism/Ref, Encyclopedias

• Oxford Art Online

  Covers art and culture from prehistory to the 1990s. Its multicultural approach offers detailed analyses of civilizations from Asia, Africa, the Americas, Europe, and the Pacific. Provides a guide to the visual arts: painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, drawing, and printmaking, as well as the decorative arts. Subject(s): Art History, Encyclopedias

• Oxford English Dictionary - OED

  Corresponds to the 2nd (1989) edition of the printed OED. The online version will be updated quarterly with new and revised definitions. Includes extensive coverage of word etymologies. This version is also searchable by the date that a word entered the English language. Coverage: 1989 Edition, with updates. Subject(s): Dictionaries, Literary Criticism/Ref, A & H - General

• Oxford Handbooks Online: Philosophy

  Online access to the Oxford Handbooks series in Philosophy. Each handbook takes an aspect of its discipline, explains the key issues, the classic and contemporary debates on those issues, and describes how those debates might evolve. The handbooks offer authoritative and trustworthy guides to the scholarship that defines the field. Subject(s): Philosophy, Encyclopedias

• Oxford Handbooks Online: Religion

  Online access to the Oxford Handbooks series in Religion. Each handbook takes an aspect of its discipline, explains the key issues, the classic and contemporary debates on those issues, and describes how those debates might evolve. The handbooks offer authoritative and trustworthy guides to the scholarship that defines the field. Subject(s): Religion, Encyclopedias

• Oxford Music Online

  Covers all aspects of music worldwide, including composers, performers, other persons involved with music, terminology, musical genres and forms, orchestras, institutions, and cities and towns with significant musical traditions. Subject(s): Music, Encyclopedias

• Shakespeare Collection

  Multiple resources for the study of Shakespeare, including criticism, the Arden full-text annotated editions, journal articles, prompt books, and other reference material. Subject(s): Literary Criticism/Ref, Literary Texts

• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

  A continually updated free encyclopedia that is maintained by philosophy scholars. Subject(s): Philosophy, Encyclopedias

Business & Economics (4)

• Corporate Affiliations

  Discover "Who Owns Whom." Provides corporate linkage information for the most prominent parent companies and their affiliates, subsidiaries and divisions - down to the seventh level of corporate linkage. Includes public and private companies. Coverage: Varies. Subject(s): Company & Industry Info

• Global Road Warrior

  Information about countries, with emphasis on information necessary for business travel and world trade. Subject(s): Country Research, Facts & Stats

• Occupational Outlook Handbook

  The Occupational Outlook Handbook is a source of career information, designed to provide assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives. The Handbook describes what workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects in a wide range of occupations. Coverage: Current. Subject(s): Bus Ref & Directories, Careers

• Reference USA

  Provides addresses and sales information for over 10 million U.S. companies. It is searchable by state, city, zip code, area code or yellow page keywords. Search by SIC code if you need to get a list of companies within an industry. Limited credit-rating information also available. Coverage: current year. Subject(s): Bus Ref & Directories, Careers

Education (4)

• Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Education

  The Directory provides publishing information to assist in preparing manuscripts for publication. Includes information on journals' preferred topic areas, style & format, review processes, number of copies required, acceptance rates, etc. Coverage: Current. Subject(s): Education - General, Library/Info Science

• Children's Literature Comprehensive Database

  Information about children's books, video and audio recordings, and other children-focused media. Includes critical reviews of thousands of children's books, plus information about awards, reading measurements, best book lists, and state reading lists. Subject(s): K-12, Literary Criticism/Ref

• Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia

  The Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia database indexes over 25,000 records, providing student and adult users with abstract information for all of these topics. In addition, full text for each topic may be accessed by double clicking on the topic from the display. Subject(s): K-12, Encyclopedias

• LearningExpress Library

  Practice tests. Includes GRE, GMAT, LSAT, MCAT. Also includes SAT, GED and many others. First-time users should click 'New User' on the welcome screen to create their account. Coverage: Current. Subject(s): Education - General, Careers

Ethnic, Area, & Gender Studies (1)

• World Scholar: Latin America and the Caribbean

  Includes a wide variety of sources about Latin America and the Caribbean: reference articles and commentary; academic journals and news-feeds; primary-source documents; maps and statistics; audio and video; and more. Covers topics such as politics, economics, religion, culture, international affairs, the environment, science, and technology. Subject(s): Ethnic & Area Studies, Politics & Government, World History, Primary Sources

History (2)

• European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750

  Bibliography only, no full text. This database is derived from the seminal reference work "European Americana: A Chronological Guide to Works Printed in Europe Relating to the Americas, 1493-1750," commonly known as the Alden-Landis bibliography (after the co-editors John Alden and Dennis Landis). Features works produced in Europe that make some mention of the discovery and emerging awareness of the Americas. A wide range of subject areas are covered, from natural disasters to disease outbreaks and slavery. Coverage: 1493-1750. Subject(s): Primary Sources, American History

• World Scholar: Latin America and the Caribbean

  Includes a wide variety of sources about Latin America and the Caribbean: reference articles and commentary; academic journals and news-feeds; primary-source documents; maps and statistics; audio and video; and more. Covers topics such as politics, economics, religion, culture, international affairs, the environment, science, and technology. Subject(s): Ethnic & Area Studies, Politics & Government, World History, Primary Sources

Reference Sources (28)

• ABC-CLIO E-book Collection

  Formerly called the Greenwood Digital Collection. A collection of reference e-books published by Greenwood. Subject(s): Encyclopedias

• Abingdon Dictionary of Theology

  Covers past and current Christian theological themes, terms, and theologians. Theological movements and trends, such as liberation theology, feminist theology, and black theology, and theological concepts such as resurrection, miracles, and incarnation, are combined with biographies and beliefs of prominent theologians. Subject(s): Religion, Encyclopedias

• American National Biography

  American National Biography consists of brief biographies of Americans with significant achievements, fame, or influence. "American" is defined as a person whose significant actions occurred during his or her residence within what is now the United States or whose life or career directly influenced the course of American history. Only deceased persons are included. Subject(s): Biographies

• Anchor Bible Dictionary on CD-ROM

  Anchor Bible Dictionary on CD-ROM contains everything from the complete and unabridged six volume, 7,200 page print edition, with illustrations. It features over 6,000 entries from 800 international scholars. Entries cover every proper name, major words, each book of the Bible, apocryphal texts, Dead Sea scrolls, and Nag Hammadi codices. Coverage: 1997 edition. Subject(s): Religion, Encyclopedias

• Auto Repair Reference Center

  Reference manual for automobile maintenance and repair. Coverage: 1945-present. Subject(s): Reference

• Biography Reference Center

  Contains full-text biographies, including the complete full-text run of "Biography Today" and "Biography," plus many narrative biographies not available in other databases. Users can locate biographies of interest through keyword searches or by browsing genre categories (e.g., actors, authors, composers, inventors, musicians, Presidents of the United States, etc.). Coverage: varies. Subject(s): Biographies

• CareerSearch

  Networking database of over 4 million companies nationwide. Search for information on a particular company, person, industry or location using a variety of search options. Subject(s): Careers

• CQ Electronic Library

  Contains CQ Researcher, CQ Global Researcher, and CQ Weekly. CQ Researcher contains comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news in the United States, while Global Researcher covers world news. Controversial topics are addressed in a balanced, unbiased manner. CQ Weekly covers the U.S. Congress: bills, votes and amendments, floor and committee activity, and backroom maneuvering. WFU access also includes Political Handbook of the World and the Supreme Court Compendium. Supported in part by the Paschal Library Endowment. Coverage: 1923-. Subject(s): Politics & Government, Soc Sci - General, News & Current Events, Multi Subject Databases

• Encyclopaedia Britannica Online

  Encyclopaedia Britannica's online version includes articles ranging from concise explanations to comprehensive expositions and from historical treatments of subjects to current-events coverage. Included are Britannica's Book of the Year, Nations of the World, and changing feature sections. Coverage: 1994-. Subject(s): Encyclopedias

• Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia

  The Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia database indexes over 25,000 records, providing student and adult users with abstract information for all of these topics. In addition, full text for each topic may be accessed by double clicking on the topic from the display. Subject(s): K-12, Encyclopedias

• Gale Virtual Reference Library

  Searchable full text of reference books in many subjects. Books can be searched together or individually. Coverage: varies. Subject(s): Reference, Encyclopedias, A & H - General, Sci/Tech - General, Soc Sci - General

• Global Road Warrior

  Information about countries, with emphasis on information necessary for business travel and world trade. Subject(s): Country Research, Facts & Stats

• Journal Citation Reports

  Contains citation information for science and social science journals. Users can determine which journals are the highest impact and which are most frequently used. Coverage: 2002-. Subject(s): Sci/Tech - General, Soc Sci - General, Reference

• LearningExpress Library

  Practice tests. Includes GRE, GMAT, LSAT, MCAT. Also includes SAT, GED and many others. First-time users should click 'New User' on the welcome screen to create their account. Coverage: Current. Subject(s): Education - General, Careers

• Literature Criticism Online

  Extensive, searchable compilation of literary commentary. Scholarly and popular commentary from broadsheets, pamphlets, books and periodicals, with page images of the print originals. Combines contents of Contemporary Literary Criticism, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, Drama Criticism, Poetry Criticism, Children's Literature Review, and others into a single online resource. Coverage: through June 2012. Subject(s): Literary Criticism/Ref, Encyclopedias

• Literature Resource Center

  Provides access to biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis of authors from every age and literary discipline. It covers more than 90,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,000 of the most-studied authors. Literature Resource Center combines Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism, Dictionary of Literary Biography, Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature, and other reference sets into a single service. Coverage: varies. Subject(s): Literary Criticism/Ref, Encyclopedias

• Occupational Outlook Handbook

  The Occupational Outlook Handbook is a source of career information, designed to provide assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives. The Handbook describes what workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects in a wide range of occupations. Coverage: Current. Subject(s): Bus Ref & Directories, Careers

• Oxford Art Online

  Covers art and culture from prehistory to the 1990s. Its multicultural approach offers detailed analyses of civilizations from Asia, Africa, the Americas, Europe, and the Pacific. Provides a guide to the visual arts: painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, drawing, and printmaking, as well as the decorative arts. Subject(s): Art History, Encyclopedias

• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

  Biographies of deceased people who were British or who impacted the British Isles, including Ireland and colonial America. Coverage: 4th Cent. B.C.E. - 2000. Subject(s): Biographies

• Oxford English Dictionary - OED

  Corresponds to the 2nd (1989) edition of the printed OED. The online version will be updated quarterly with new and revised definitions. Includes extensive coverage of word etymologies. This version is also searchable by the date that a word entered the English language. Coverage: 1989 Edition, with updates. Subject(s): Dictionaries, Literary Criticism/Ref, A & H - General

• Oxford Handbooks Online: Philosophy

  Online access to the Oxford Handbooks series in Philosophy. Each handbook takes an aspect of its discipline, explains the key issues, the classic and contemporary debates on those issues, and describes how those debates might evolve. The handbooks offer authoritative and trustworthy guides to the scholarship that defines the field. Subject(s): Philosophy, Encyclopedias

• Oxford Handbooks Online: Religion

  Online access to the Oxford Handbooks series in Religion. Each handbook takes an aspect of its discipline, explains the key issues, the classic and contemporary debates on those issues, and describes how those debates might evolve. The handbooks offer authoritative and trustworthy guides to the scholarship that defines the field. Subject(s): Religion, Encyclopedias

• Oxford Music Online

  Covers all aspects of music worldwide, including composers, performers, other persons involved with music, terminology, musical genres and forms, orchestras, institutions, and cities and towns with significant musical traditions. Subject(s): Music, Encyclopedias

• Oxford Reference Online

  Searchable full text of reference books in many subjects. Books can be searched together or individually. Coverage: varies. Subject(s): Reference, Encyclopedias

• Reference USA

  Provides addresses and sales information for over 10 million U.S. companies. It is searchable by state, city, zip code, area code or yellow page keywords. Search by SIC code if you need to get a list of companies within an industry. Limited credit-rating information also available. Coverage: current year. Subject(s): Bus Ref & Directories, Careers

• Serials Directory

  "Serials Directory provides information about over 150,000 serial publications, including indexing and abstracting services, and over 8,000 newspapers. It is searchable by title, editor's name, publisher, frequency, subject, etc." Coverage: current year. Subject(s): Reference

• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

  A continually updated free encyclopedia that is maintained by philosophy scholars. Subject(s): Philosophy, Encyclopedias

• Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged

  Webster's Unabridged is America's premier lexicographical work. This electronic version comprises the text of Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged, published in 1961, and subsequent updates which take account of current usage. Coverage: 1993 edition. Subject(s): Dictionaries

Science & Technology (8)

• AccessScience

  A general science database. Includes articles from the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia and Yearbooks of Science and Technology, biographies of well-known scientists, multimedia & images, science news, and more. Subject(s): Sci/Tech - General, Health & Exercise/Medicine, Physics, Environment/Ecology, Biology, Chemistry, Math, Neuroscience

• CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics

  An authoritative reference source containing physical formulas and mathematical tables used in labs every day. Includes all the figures, data, and tables found in the print version. Subject(s): Chemistry, Physics

• DynaMed

  Subject(s): Health & Exercise/Medicine

• Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis

  Systematic and exhaustive coverage of reagents used in organic synthesis. The database lists reactions and the most frequently consulted reagents and catalysts. Searchable by structure and substructure, reagent, reaction type and experimental conditions, etc. Subject(s): Chemistry

• Gale Virtual Reference Library

  Searchable full text of reference books in many subjects. Books can be searched together or individually. Coverage: varies. Subject(s): Reference, Encyclopedias, A & H - General, Sci/Tech - General, Soc Sci - General

• Inorganic Crystal Structure Database (ICSD)

  Database of published structures with atomic coordinates. Subject(s): Chemistry

• Journal Citation Reports

  Contains citation information for science and social science journals. Users can determine which journals are the highest impact and which are most frequently used. Coverage: 2002-. Subject(s): Sci/Tech - General, Soc Sci - General, Reference

• UpToDate

  An evidence-based knowledge system to help clinicians at the point of care. All UpToDate content is written and edited by a global community of physicians, experts in their specialties. Content is continually reviewed to ensure it is of the highest quality and based on the latest evidence. Subject(s): Health & Exercise/Medicine

Social Sciences (6)

• Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Education

  The Directory provides publishing information to assist in preparing manuscripts for publication. Includes information on journals' preferred topic areas, style & format, review processes, number of copies required, acceptance rates, etc. Coverage: Current. Subject(s): Education - General, Library/Info Science

• CQ Electronic Library

  Contains CQ Researcher, CQ Global Researcher, and CQ Weekly. CQ Researcher contains comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news in the United States, while Global Researcher covers world news. Controversial topics are addressed in a balanced, unbiased manner. CQ Weekly covers the U.S. Congress: bills, votes and amendments, floor and committee activity, and backroom maneuvering. WFU access also includes Political Handbook of the World and the Supreme Court Compendium. Supported in part by the Paschal Library Endowment. Coverage: 1923-. Subject(s): Politics & Government, Soc Sci - General, News & Current Events, Multi Subject Databases

• Gale Virtual Reference Library

  Searchable full text of reference books in many subjects. Books can be searched together or individually. Coverage: varies. Subject(s): Reference, Encyclopedias, A & H - General, Sci/Tech - General, Soc Sci - General

• Journal Citation Reports

  Contains citation information for science and social science journals. Users can determine which journals are the highest impact and which are most frequently used. Coverage: 2002-. Subject(s): Sci/Tech - General, Soc Sci - General, Reference

• Mental Measurements Yearbook

  Contains descriptions of nearly 1900 commercially published standardized educational, personality, vocational aptitude, and psychological tests. Each record provides authors, publishers, time requirements, score descriptions, intended populations, validity/reliability data, and critical reviews. Coverage: 9th edition through present. Subject(s): Psychology

• World Scholar: Latin America and the Caribbean

  Includes a wide variety of sources about Latin America and the Caribbean: reference articles and commentary; academic journals and news-feeds; primary-source documents; maps and statistics; audio and video; and more. Covers topics such as politics, economics, religion, culture, international affairs, the environment, science, and technology. Subject(s): Ethnic & Area Studies, Politics & Government, World History, Primary Sources