Database by Subject: General Reference
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1990 - present |
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Updated monthly. Provides full text for 5,256 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies. Includes full-page images as well as color embedded images. | |
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1978 (select coverage 1966-1977) - present |
Limited full text |
Updated regularly. Contains detailed summaries of publications about older adults and aging, including books, journal and magazine articles, research reports, and videos from the gerontology collection of AARP's Research Information Center, as well as selected articles from 300 magazines and journals. Covers English-language literature from many countries. | |
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1970 - present |
No full text |
Updated daily. Contains bibliographic citations with some abstracts covering agriculture, animal husbandry, animal and human nutrition, forestry, plant pathology, plant science, human ecology, agricultural economics and rural sociology. Includes journal articles, books, state extension and experiment station publications and USDA documents. National Agriculture Library | |
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Coverage varies |
Some full text available |
Aimed at HIV/AIDS patients, the general public, health care providers, and researchers, this easily navigated site provides a central source for information on clinical trials for patients with HIV and AIDS, federally approved HIV treatment and prevention guidelines, and medical practice guidelines. | |
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1990 - present |
Includes full text |
Updated regularly. Focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. Offers full text articles, from more than 180 international, and often peer reviewed, reports, proceedings, and association and consumer newsletters. In addition, there are hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts. Provides in-depth coverage across the full spectrum of subject areas covered by complementary and alternative medicine dating back to 1990. | |
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Coverage varies |
Some full text available |
Constructed as a companion to C-SPAN's 1999 series, American Presidents: Life Portraits, the site features basic biographical information and interesting facts about our nation's presidents along with a wide variety of video and sound clips and links to other sites of interest on the Web. Texts of speeches and addresses are included, as well as extensive bibliographies. | |
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Coverage varies |
Some full text available |
AskART is "dedicated to the creation and maintenance of the world's most comprehensive centralized database about American artists" and is "committed to the inclusion of painters, sculptors, and illustrators." The database contains detailed information on nearly 28,000 American artists and can be accessed through a name keyword search, an alphabetically arranged artist index, or by category on a more selective basis (e.g., California Artists, Hudson River School). Artist entries include a biography, information about museums that display their work, a bibliography of books and periodicals about the artist and a superb color image gallery. In addition to artist information, the web site also provides directories of museums, dealers, auction houses, and professional organizations and a glossary of art terms. Although AskART does offer fee-based services through optional registered membership, the content on the site's main page (e.g. artist and museum information) is free. | |
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Coverage varies |
Some full text available |
This site offers one-stop shopping for facts, statistics, and trivia on professional baseball. Organized by categories such as all-star games, awards, fabulous feats, famous firsts, hall of fame, player stats, record book and year in review, the site also features current baseball news and "Today in Baseball History" notes. Advertising is present on the site, as are some links to eCommerce sites such as eBay offering baseball related memorabilia; however, all of the information on the Baseball Almanac site itself is free. | |
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Coverage varies |
Some full text available |
The Council of Better Business Bureaus, a nonprofit umbrella organization of US and Canadian Better Business Bureaus, works to foster "fair and honest relationships between businesses and consumers...through voluntary self-regulation." On this well-laid-out site, users can locate their local Better Business Bureau; check out companies, including length of time in business, BBB membership, and complaint history; users may also submit complaints online, get information on charities through the Council's affiliated site, http://give.org/ , and shop online from over 12,000 companies belonging to local Better Business Bureaus, as well as review general consumer information and news | |
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Coverage varies |
Some full text available |
This site's mission is to be a "portal created for students, history educators, and general history enthusiasts" and consists of annotated lists of recommended history sites that are divided by topic and rated by the site's creators for "usefulness and accuracy." Broad periods such as Prehistory, Medieval, and 20th Century history are listed and further subdivided into manageable topics and periods. Best of History Websites also identifies sites that are particularly useful for lesson plans, research and multimedia. Although coverage of the period between the Middle Ages and the modern/20th century is not particularly strong, overall this frequently updated site lives up to its name and its mission. | |
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Coverage Varies |
Includes full text |
Updated regularly. Bibliography of Native North Americans (BNNA) is a bibliographic database covering all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life. This resource covers a wide range of topics including archaeology, multicultural relations, gaming, governance, legend, and literacy. BNNA contains more than 80,000 citations for books, essays, journal articles, and government documents of the United States and Canada. Dates of coverage for included content range from the sixteenth century to the present. | |
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1771 to present |
Some full text available |
This searchable directory provides biographical information on the more than 13,000 persons who have served in the U.S. Congress, including those who served in the Continental Congress. Also included are territorial delegates, resident commissioners, and U.S. Vice presidents. Based on the print publication Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, the online version has been augmented with images from Congressional photo collections, information on related research collections including personal and business papers and oral histories, as well as bibliographies from related publications | |
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Coverage Varies |
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Governmental source for population, housing, economic and geographic data. | |
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1985 - present |
Includes full text |
Updated regularly. Provides users with the latest information and current trends in high technology. Offers full text for nearly 300 publications, covering topics such as computer science, programming, artificial intelligence, cybernetics, information systems, robotics, and software. In addition, this database offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 450 publications. Leading general magazines are also provided including: eWeek, Fast Company, MacWorld, PC Magazine, PC World, Red Herring, Software Magazine, etc. Full text information in this database dates as far back as 1985. | |
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Coverage Varies |
Some full text available |
Updated regularly. Consumer Health Complete (CHC) is a resource for consumer-oriented health content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic, and integrated medicine. This full text database covers topics such as aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, fitness, nutrition & dietetics, men's & women's health, and children's health. CHC offers access to 4,100 evidenced-based full text health reports written for the lay person covering diseases, conditions, injuries, and procedures. Includes full text for more than one thousand consumer health pamphlets & leaflets from trusted organizations. Many consumer-friendly drug information resources including Clinical Pharmacology are included in CHC. In addition, 5,000 Spanish-language health reports and a Spanish-language health newswire are provided | |
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Coverage varies |
Limited full text |
A collection of sources on Southern history, literature and culture from the colonial period through the first decades of the 20th century. DAS includes 1,264 books and manuscripts. Most are accompanied by a full bibliographic record. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
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Coverage Varies |
Some full text available |
E-LIS is an open access archive for scientific or technical documents, published or unpublished, on Librarianship, Information Science and Technology, and related areas. E-LIS relies on the voluntary work of individuals from a wide range of backgrounds and is non-commercial. It is not a funded project of an organization. It is community-owned and community-driven. E-LIS serves LIS researchers by facilitating their self-archiving, ensuring the long-term preservation of their documents and by providing word-wide easy access to their papers. | |
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Coverage varies |
Some full text available |
This well-organized resource is the online version of the popular Farmers' Almanac. In keeping with the Almanac's goal of being informative as well as entertaining, the site, which provides only a selection of the features contained in the print version, offers astronomical data, gardening information, and cooking and household hints. | |
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Most current edition |
Includes full text |
Updated annually. Funk & Wagnall's 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 images, offers brief biographies as well as information in a variety of subject areas. | |
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Dozens of reference sources in many subjects. | |
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"A structured vocabulary of more than 1,000,000 geographic names, including vernacular and historical names, coordinates, and place types, focusing on places important for the study of art and architecture," the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names Online is a gazetteer and much more. Searching for a place name yields information such as a location "hierarchy," basic information such as longitude and latitude, and where available, short descriptive passages on the history and political, cultural, or commercial significance of the location over time. | |
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Coverage Varies |
Some full text available |
GPO Access provides "access to a wealth of important information products produced by the Federal Government," including the use of "over 2,200 databases of Federal information in over 80 applications," many containing full text. This site includes the Budget of the United States, numerous Congressional resources, the Code of Federal Regulations, core documents of U.S. democracy, Economic Indicators, the Federal Register, the U.S. Code, U.S. Supreme Court decisions, the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents and more. GPO Access offers a clean, well-organized gateway to a wide spectrum of U.S government information resources useful for anyone seeking to locate the text of recent United States government documents. | |
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Health and Wellness Resource Center with Alternative Health Module |
Coverage varies |
Includes full text |
Provides reference material as well as full text periodicals and pamphlets from a wide variety of authoritative medical sources. |
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Coverage Varies |
Includes full text |
Updated daily. Features searchable full text for nearly 190 journals as well as abstracts and indexing for over 200 general health, nutrition and professional health care publications. Contains information on health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Also includes many health research books, including books published by the People's Medical Society. Other features include thousands of essays from Clinical Reference Systems. | |
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1790-1930 |
Limited full text |
Provides a unique and continuously expanding collection of research materials to trace family lineage and American culture. Beginning with more than 25,000 family and local histories, HeritageQuest Online is growing to include the complete U.S. Federal Census from 1790-1930, the Periodical Source Index (PERSI), the Revolutionary War Pension Applications & Bounty Land Warrant Applications, and the Freedman's Bank Records. | |
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The objective of this site is to "describe some of the warnings, offers, and pleas for help that are filling our mailboxes, clogging our mailservers, and that generally do not have any basis in fact." Suspected hoaxes can easily be verified by keyword searching, through an index, or by investigating pre-set categories such as Urban Myths, Giveaways, etc. | |
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This site is a one of a kind reference resource in the United States. In addition to offering Spanish language chat reference without requiring a New York Public Library barcode authentication, there is also a comprehensive list of Spanish web sites, classified under thirty plus subject categories, entitled "sitios del Web," useful to Spanish-speakers for answering a range of questions. Both services are available from the link, "Información en Vivo / Pídalo Aquí." | |
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1980's - present |
No full text |
Updated regularly. Provides abstracts and indexing for literature related to personal computing products and developments in business, the Internet, the home, and all other applied areas. Over 400 of the most important trade publications, mainstream computer magazines, and professional journals are covered, including those that focus on specific topics such as Macintosh and Windows platforms, programming, web development and more. Special emphasis is also given to hardware and software reviews. Content coverage extends back to the 1980s. | |
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Updated regularly. Contains references to a wide range of print and electronic publications, including journal articles, from countries around the world, on all aspects of work and sustainable livelihoods, and the work-related aspects of economic and social development and human rights. | |
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Coverage varies |
Some full text available |
Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, University of Texas, Austin. The ambitious mission of this site is "...to facilitate access to Internet-based information to, from, or on Latin America." From Peruvian recipes to Chilean economic policies, LANIC provides vast resources, and can be accessed in English, Spanish, or Portuguese. The resources available will be of use to anyone with an interest in most any subject related to Latin America, including academic researchers, primary, and secondary educators. | |
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1965 - present |
Includes full text |
Updated regularly. A collection of scholarly peer-reviewed publications including law journals, documents, and case studies. Covers current issues, studies, thoughts and trends of the legal world such as criminal justice, international law, federal law, organized crime, medical, labor & human resource law, ethics, and the environment. Offers full text for nearly 250 international law journals. In addition to full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for all journals in the collection. | |
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Coverage varies |
Some full text available |
Produced by the Cornell Law School, this comprehensive, well-organized site provides easy access to a vast selection of legal information. Resources include recent and historic U.S. Supreme Court decisions, full-text access to every U.S. state statute and constitution, complete full-text of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) and the U.S. Code, as well as bills pending in state legislatures. LII also offers a "spotlight section" which highlights specific Supreme Court decisions during the current term and also includes links to law cases recently in the news. | |
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Coverage Varies |
Some full text available |
Updated daily. Provides indexing and abstracts for nearly 2,780 periodicals and full text coverage for nearly 1,860 general reference, business, consumer health, general science, and multi-cultural periodicals. | |
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Includes full text |
Updated regularly. MedicLatina is a Spanish language collection of medical research and investigative journals published by Latin American medical publishers. Provides access to full text for nearly 100 peer-reviewed Spanish language medical journals. A wide range of topics are covered including neuroscience, cardiology, nephrology, biomedicine, clinical research, pediatrics, human reproduction, clinical pathology, cancer research, and hematology. | |
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Coverage Varies |
Some full text available |
Updated regularly. A complementary and alternative medicine database designed specifically for the consumer-health researcher. Contains almost two hundred articles on medical conditions presented in an evidence-based manner that alternative medicine therapies proposed for use in their treatment. It also contains detailed, evidence-based information on herbs and supplements, functional foods, and other alternative therapies such as acupuncture and homeopathy. An additional section, linked to the others, provides comprehensive information on drug/herb/supplement interactions. The articles contained in the database are entirely based on double-blind, placebo-controlled studies and other forms of meaningful scientific evidence. At present, more than 12,000 such studies are cited in the material, and new studies are added regularly. The evidence-based content has been developed and reviewed by a team of physicians and pharmacologists with the goal of providing consumers with reliable information. | |
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Coverage varies |
Some full text available |
Aimed at educators, students, and the general public, this site "is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data that are related to education in the U.S. and other nations." The site provides page-image or other full-text access to its major statistical reference publications, including The Digest of Education Statistics , the Projection of Education Data, and The Condition of Education. Other resources include Postsecondary Education Data (IPEDS), Information on Public Schools and School Districts in the United States; College Opportunities On-Line (COOL,) which can be used for searching and comparing colleges that match user selected criteria; and The Nation's Report Card, a national assessment of educational progress | |
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Coverage Varies |
Includes full text |
Updated daily. Provides cover-to-cover full text for 20 national (U.S.) & international newspapers, including The Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Times (London), Toronto Star, etc. Also contains selected full text for more than 230 regional (U.S.) newspapers, including The Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Detroit Free Press, The Miami Herald, Daily News (New York), San Jose Mercury News, etc. In addition, full text television & radio news transcripts are provided from CBS News, FOX News, NPR, etc. | |
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Coverage varies |
Some full text available |
OAIster serves as a search portal for digital collections of electronic books, online journals, audio and image files, and movies provided by the research library community. Users can search by keyword, title, creator, subject or resource type, and searches yield a detailed and well-organized description of the resource and a link to the resource itself. Indexed content includes the Library of Congress' American Memory Project, various pre-print and e-print servers, and digital thesis and dissertation collections. Currently OAIster contains over a 1.26 million records harvested from over 185 institutions. OAIster increases the visibility and accessibility of these unique resources by providing a "broad, generic, information retrieval resource for information about publicly available digital library resources" via a single point of entry. | |
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The goal of the Online Books Page is to facilitate "access to books that are freely readable over the Internet. Now in its tenth year, this site includes a searchable database of over 20,000 book titles available from many different sources, including such well known sites as the University of Virginia's Electronic Text Center and Project Gutenberg (http://promo.net/pg/), also a Mars Best 2003 winner. In addition to keyword searching, there are options to browse by author, title or subject, this latter category arranged by Library of Congress call number. New to the site are links to several runs of serial archives. Primarily an index to English language materials, there is a page of links provided to several foreign language sites. | |
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1874 - present |
Some full text available |
The Presidential Timeline provides a single point of access to an ever-growing selection of digitized assets from the collections of the twelve Presidential Libraries of the National Archives. Among these assets you’ll find documents, photographs, audio recordings, and video relating to the events of the presidents’ lives. The goal of the project is to make these resources readily and freely available to students, educators, and adult learners throughout the world. | |
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1975 - present |
Some full text available |
Updated daily. A comprehensive database covering such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy. Offers more than 300 full text journals, including more than 250 peer-reviewed titles. In addition to the full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for all journals in the database. Full text information in this database dates as far back as 1975. | |
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Most Current |
No full text |
Updated regularly. Provides access to the most up-to-date and accurate bibliographic information as well as current pricing structures for popular serials. It contains over 184,000 U.S. and international titles, including newspapers; historical data for an additional 20,000 titles; data from nearly 83,500 publishers worldwide, including e-mail and Internet addresses; and Library of Congress and Dewey Decimal Classifications for every entry. | |
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Some full text available |
The StartSpot Network is a family of "Spot" sites, each serving as an in-depth web portal for its category by guiding users to a wealth of outstanding resources which have been selected by an editorial team. Current spots include BookSpot, CinemaSpot, EmploymentSpot, GovernmentSpot, GenealogySpot, HomeworkSpot, HeadlineSpot, LibrarySpot, MuseumSpot, and TripSpot. Of particular note are LibrarySpot and BookSpot. LibrarySpot provides links to the web pages of public, K-12, academic, and other specialized libraries and a reference desk linking to reference works of all types. The site also links to sources of speeches, full-text articles, library associations, conferences and jobs, as well as some categories overlapping in part with BookSpot, such as sources of literary criticism. Among the offerings of BookSpot are links to best seller lists, pre-pub alerts, book club titles and read-a! likes as well as book reviews, book awards, poetry, and links to full text classics. | |
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1867 - 1970 |
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ProQuest Information and Learning's Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 provides academic and public libraries digital access to more than 660,000 large-scale maps of more than 12,000 American towns and cities in electronic form. | |
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Coverage Varies |
Includes full text |
Updated weekly. Includes more than 80 full text journals and books about Texas history, ethnic & cultural diversity, gender studies, literature, public health, business as well as home & garden and sports & leisure. The database contains biographies portraying famous historical and contemporary Texans. Also available in the Texas Reference Center is the Spanish-language newspaper El Sol de Texas with Texas and national news coverage. | |
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Some full text available |
Updated regularly. This current events database allows users to explore social, political and economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today's classrooms. Students can use either the dropdown menus for Current Events or Topics to easily locate relevant articles. Contains full text for over 102,800 articles from 2,500 diverse sources including international and regional newspapers, EBSCO's periodicals collection, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, government information and EBSCO's Current Issues database. This database provides full text for more than 1,550 publications. In addition to the full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for more than 1,650 journals. | |
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In line with its historic mission "to promote the progress of science and the useful arts by securing for limited times to inventors the exclusive right to their respective discoveries ", the PTO now offers the ability to investigate patents and trademarks on its web site. The site also provides information about applying for patents, careers with USPTO and in patent law, and intellectual property. "Special Pages for First Time Visitors" are available to help users get started. Appropriate forms and fee structures are available for those interested in securing their own patent or trademark. | |
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Coverage Varies |
Some full text available |
The US government's Official Web Portal | |
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1985 - present |
Limited full text |
Updated regularly. Designed for vocational and technical libraries servicing high schools, community colleges, trade institutions and public libraries. Provides full text coverage for nearly 350 trade and industry related publications. In addition to the full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for over 600 journals. Full text information in this database dates as far back as 1985. | |
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Coverage varies |
No full text |
Updated daily. Union catalog of materials held by OCLC libraries. 49,000,000+ bibliographic records for audio-visual materials, books, maps, musical scores, newspapers, periodicals and more. |