Online Reference Materials
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- African American Biographical Database (Biographies)
- Biographies of thousands of African Americans.
- More Info: About African American Biographical Database • EndNote Import: Not EndNote compatible
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- Brill Online (Reference articles)
- Selection of authoritative subject encyclopedias including Encyclopedia of Islam (2nd and 3rd editions), Encyclopaedia of the Qurʾān, Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics, and Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World.
- More Info: EndNote Import: Not EndNote compatible
- Britannica Online (Reference articles)
- Encyclopædia Britannica, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, Britannica Student Encyclopedia and the Britannica Book of the Year.
- More Info: About Britannica Online • EndNote Import: Britannica Online-CC
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- Cambridge Histories Online (Reference articles)
- An authoritative full text collection of historical scholarship in several different academic subjects. Includes over 260 volumes published since 1960 by Cambridge University Press.
- More Info: About Cambridge Histories Online • EndNote Import: Cambridge Histories-CC
- Chicago Manual of Style Online (Reference articles)
- A searchable online version of the fifteenth edition of The Chicago Manual of Style.
- More Info: Chicago Style Q & A • EndNote Import: Not EndNote compatible
- Congress and the Nation (Reference articles)
- The definitive source for actions of the U.S. Congress from 1945-2004. Note: You can also search across all of the CQ Political Reference Suite titles here.
- More Info: About CQ Political Reference Suite • EndNote Import: Congress and the Nation-CC
- Contemporary Authors (20th and 21st century • Biographies)
- Biographies of modern novelists, poets, playwrights, nonfiction writers, journalists and scriptwriters.
- More Info: About Contemporary Authors • EndNote Import: Not EndNote compatible
- CQ Almanac (1945 - 2009 • Reference articles, Government records)
- Year-by-year analysis on politics and policy in the U.S. Congress 1945-2009.
- More Info: CQ Almanac Help • EndNote Import: CQ Almanac-CC
- CQ Political Reference Suite (varies • Biographies, Directory information, Reference articles)
- Search across all of the following CQ online reference sources:
- CQ Almanac
- Cities in American Political History
- Congress and the Nation
- Encyclopedia of the First Amendment
- Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion
- The Encyclopedia of Political Science
- Encyclopedia of Religion in America
- Encyclopedia of U.S.-Latin American Relations
- Encyclopedia of U.S. Political History
- Encyclopedia of United States Indian Policy and Law
- Guide to Congress
- Guide to Interest Groups and Lobbying in the United States
- Guide to Political Campaigns in America
- Guide to the Presidency
- Guide to U.S. Elections
- Guide to the U.S. Supreme Court
- Historic Documents Series
- Political Handbook of the World
- Politics in America
- Separatist Movements: A Global Reference
- The Supreme Court Compendium
- Supreme Court Yearbook
- Vital Statistics on American Politics
- Vital Statistics on the Presidency
- Voter Turnout in the United States 1788-2009
- Washington Information Directory
- More Info: About CQ Political Reference Suite • EndNote Import: CQ Political Reference Suite-CC
- Search across all of the following CQ online reference sources:
- CQ Voting and Elections Collection (varies (presidential election results from 1789 and forward) • Statistics, Biographies, Reference articles)
- Data and analyses of US elections, including data on presidential, congressional, and gubernatorial elections, political parties, campaigns, and demographic information.
- More Info: CQ Voting and Elections Collection Help • EndNote Import: CQ Voting and Elections Collection-CC
- CQ Weekly (1983-current • Journal articles - full text, Reference articles, Government records)
- Access to issues of CQ Weekly which covers congressional news, reports on upcoming topics, and floor votes.
- More Info: CQ Weekly Help • EndNote Import: CQ Weekly-CC
- CRC Handbook of Physics and Chemistry (Reference articles)
- Online version of the most heavily-consulted reference work in chemistry and physics.
- More Info: EndNote Import: Not EndNote compatible
- Credo Reference (Reference articles, Images, Biographies)
- General reference and resource discovery tool that provides access to hundreds of subject encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographical information, images, bibliographies, and links to journal articles, books, and online sources.
- More Info: Credo Reference Help • EndNote Import: Credo Reference-CC
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- Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online (Reference articles)
- Comprehensive reference source on global literature that includes author biographies, critical overviews, bibliographic references, as well as information on literary topics, genres, and periods.
- More Info: Help Using Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online • EndNote Import: Not EndNote compatible
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- Encyclopaedia Judaica (Reference articles)
- Provides an exhaustive and organized overview of Jewish life and knowledge from the Second Temple period to the contemporary State of Israel, from Rabbinic to modern Yiddish literature, from Kabbalah to "Americana," and from Zionism to the contribution of Jews to world cultures.
- More Info: EndNote Import: Gale Virtual Reference Library-CC
- Encyclopedia of Neuroscience (Reference articles)
- Explores all areas of the discipline in its focused entries on a wide variety of topics in neurology, neurosurgery, psychiatry and other related areas of neuroscience.
- More Info: About the Encyclopedia of Neuroscience • EndNote Import: ScienceDirect-CC
- Europa World Plus (Reference articles, Statistics)
- The online version of the Europa World Year Book and the nine-volume Europa Regional Surveys of the World series. Provides up-to-date political and economic information for more than 250 countries and territories.
- More Info: Europa World Plus Help • EndNote Import: Not EndNote compatible
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- Gale Directory Library (Directory information)
- Searchable database of directory information: includes Encyclopedia of Associations (including National Organizations; International Organizations; and Regional, State, and Local Organizations) and Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media.
- More Info: Gale Directory Library Help • EndNote Import: Not EndNote compatible
- Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online (Sound recordings, Reference articles)
- A comprehensive online resource devoted to music research of all the world's peoples. More than 9,000 pages of material, combined with entries by more than 700 expert contributors from all over the world.
- More Info: About the Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online • EndNote Import: Not EndNote compatible
- Grove Art Online (Reference articles)
- See Oxford Art Online.
- Grove Music Online (Reference articles)
- See Oxford Music Online.
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- Health Source: Consumer Edition (1984 - current • Journal articles - full text, Reference articles)
- Access to nearly 80 full-text consumer health magazines; full-text current, health-related pamphlets; and more than 130 full-text reference books.
An ELM Database - More Info: About Health Source: Consumer Edition • EndNote Import: Health Source-CC
- Access to nearly 80 full-text consumer health magazines; full-text current, health-related pamphlets; and more than 130 full-text reference books.
- Historic Documents Series (1972 - current • Reference articles, Government records, Historical documents)
- Key documents and analysis-updated yearly since 1972. Note: You can also search across all of the CQ Political Reference Suite titles here.
- More Info: About CQ Political Reference Suite • EndNote Import: Historic Documents Series-CC
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- Informe (Revistas en Español) (Reference articles, Journal articles - full text)
- Spanish-language and bilingual periodicals, and Hispanic reference material. In Spanish or English interface.
- More Info: Informe - English Interface, About Informe • EndNote Import: Informe-CC
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- Jazz Discography (1896-2003 • Reference articles)
- The Jazz Discography is the most up-to-date general discography of all categories of recorded jazz, from 1896 to 2003. It provides a detailed listing of recording sessions, each with specific information: Leader name (or Group name), Published album title, Group name, Musicians with instrument(s) played, Location and date of recording session, Tune names, including "matrix" and release numbers (78 & 45 rpm, LPs & CDs).
NOTE: The discography does not have playable music tracks, only a listing of the information above.
- More Info: Carleton Guide to Using the Jazz Discography • EndNote Import: Not EndNote compatible
- The Jazz Discography is the most up-to-date general discography of all categories of recorded jazz, from 1896 to 2003. It provides a detailed listing of recording sessions, each with specific information: Leader name (or Group name), Published album title, Group name, Musicians with instrument(s) played, Location and date of recording session, Tune names, including "matrix" and release numbers (78 & 45 rpm, LPs & CDs).
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- LexisNexis Academic (Government records, Reference articles, Regulations, Journal articles - full text, Newspaper articles - full text)
- Full-text documents from over 5,600 news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications.
- More Info: About LexisNexis Academic • EndNote Import: LexisNexis-CC (but LexisNexis doesn't export very good citations)
- Literary Encyclopedia (Reference articles)
- An authoritative collection of specially commissioned articles written by scholars expert in their fields. It addresses literary works, writers, cultural movements and historical events around the world.
- More Info: Literary Encyclopedia FAQ • EndNote Import: Not EndNote compatible
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- MasterFILE Premier (Biographies, Reference articles, Journal articles - full text)
- General reference sources and periodicals.
An ELM Database - More Info: About MasterFILE Premier • EndNote Import: MasterFILE Premier-CC
- General reference sources and periodicals.
- Middle English Compendium (Reference articles, Literary texts, Journal articles - citations)
- The Middle English Dictionary, a HyperBibliography of Middle English prose and verse, a Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse, and links to other electronic resources.
- More Info: About Middle English Compendium • EndNote Import: Not EndNote compatible
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- Nouveau Petit Robert Dictionnaire (Reference articles)
- In French. The Petite Robert Dictionary Online
- More Info: About the Nouveau Petit Robert Dictionnaire (page is in French) • EndNote Import: Not EndNote compatible
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- Oxford Art Online (prehistory to the present • Images, Reference articles)
- Comprehensive art reference that covers all the visual arts. Includes the Grove Dictionary of Art as well as The Benezit Dictionary of Artists, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms. Also includes thousands of images linked to appropriate entries in the reference resources.
- More Info: Oxford Art Online Help • EndNote Import: Oxford Art Online-CC
- Oxford Bibliographies (Reference articles)
- Authoritative, up-to-date bibliographies for starting research in several different fields. Currently available fields include: Anthropology, Atlantic History, Biblical Studies, Buddhism, Cinema and Media Studies, Classics, Communication, Criminology, Hinduism, International Relations, Islamic Studies, Latin American Studies, Medieval Studies, Philosophy, Public Health, Renaissance and Reformation, Social Work, and Victorian Literature.
- More Info: Oxford Bibliographies Online User's Guide • EndNote Import: Oxford Bibliographies Online-CC
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (1885 - current • Reference articles)
- A standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published and continually updated from 1885 to the present.
- More Info: About the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography • EndNote Import: Not EndNote compatible
- Oxford English Dictionary (Reference articles)
- Provides the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past.
- More Info: About the Oxford English Dictionary • EndNote Import: Oxford English Dictionary-CC
- Oxford Islamic Studies Online (Reference articles)
- Comprehensive collection of reference works on the Islamic world. Includes The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World, The Islamic World: Past and Present, The Oxford Dictionary of Islam, The Oxford History of Islam, What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam, two translations of the Qur'an, and the Concordance of the Qur'an as well as other primary source and reference materials and tools.
- More Info: Oxford Islamic Studies Online Help • EndNote Import: Oxford Islamic Studies Online-CC
- Oxford Language Dictionaries Online (Reference articles)
- Fully searchable, completely comprehensive bilingual dictionaries for Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish.
- More Info: Oxford Language Dictionaries Online Help • EndNote Import: Oxford Language Dictionaries-CC
- Oxford Music Online (Reference articles)
- Comprehensive music reference source. Includes the Encyclopedia of Popular Music, Grove Music Online, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, and The Oxford Companion to Music.
- More Info: Oxford Music Online Help • EndNote Import: Direct Export: RIS-filter
- Oxford Reference Online (Reference articles)
- Access to Oxford reference titles, including dictionaries, encyclopedias, maps, timelines, and quotations.
- More Info: Oxford Reference Online Help, All Oxford Reference Online Titles (by subject) • EndNote Import: Not EndNote compatible
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- Political Handbook of the World (Reference articles)
- Political information on more than 200 countries. Note: You can also search across all of the CQ Political Reference Suite titles here.
- More Info: About CQ Political Reference Suite • EndNote Import: Political Handbook of the World-CC
- Politics in America (Biographies, Reference articles)
- Unbiased profiles and assessments of every member of Congress. Includes voting records and district maps. Note: You can also search across all of the CQ Political Reference Suite titles here.
- More Info: About CQ Political Reference Suite • EndNote Import: Politics in America-CC
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- Reference Universe (Reference articles)
- Search the indexes of Gould Library's print and online reference books.
- More Info: Reference Universe Help • EndNote Import: Not EndNote compatible
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- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Reference articles)
- Authoritative online encyclopedia of philosophy.
- More Info: About the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy • EndNote Import: Not EndNote compatible
- Supreme Court Yearbook (1989 - current • Reference articles)
- Case summaries, term overviews, and key case analyses of the U.S. Supreme Court. Note: You can also search across all of the CQ Political Reference Suite titles here.
- More Info: About CQ Political Reference Suite • EndNote Import: Supreme Court Yearbook-CC
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- Ulrich's Periodicals Directory (Reference articles)
- Bibliographic and publisher information on periodicals of all types.
- More Info: EndNote Import: Not EndNote compatible
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- Vital Statistics on American Politics (Statistics, Reference articles)
- The complete, authoritative, data-rich resource on the full-spectrum of U.S. politics. Note: You can also search across all of the CQ Political Reference Suite titles here.
- More Info: About CQ Political Reference Suite • EndNote Import: Vital Statistics on American Politics-CC
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- Washington Information Directory (Reference articles, Directory information)
- The essential guide to key contacts at government agencies and national organizations. Note: You can also search across all of the CQ Political Reference Suite titles here.
- More Info: About CQ Political Reference Suite • EndNote Import: Not EndNote compatible
- Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged (1993 • Reference articles)
- The 1993 edition of the dictionary.
- More Info: About Webster's Third New International Dictionary • EndNote Import: Not EndNote compatible
- World Almanac (1998 - current • Reference articles)
- Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia and four almanacs.
- More Info: About World Almanac • EndNote Import: Not EndNote compatible







