Reference books (eBooks) — virtual coverage of many subject areas including health, medicine, science, art, history, business, biography. See the COVERAGE

A wide-ranging exploration of inventions and their creators, providing a vividly illustrated account of important innovations from air conditioners to MRI scanners, from bicycles to frozen foods.

Provides nearly 10,000 biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of the world's most influential literary figures from all eras and genres.

Integrates biographies with full-text magazine articles, images, and website links. Search for current or historic people by name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender, or by keyword and full text. The optional Marquis Who's Who® module provides quick reference information on over 1 million additional people whose entries have appeared in more than 20 Marquis sources published from 1985 to the present.

A subset of the Biography Resource Center. Offers narrative and thumbnail biographies about notable African Americans.

Perfect for business schools and entrepreneurs, this compilation provides insights, tips, strategies and success stories

With over 330 titles, cross searchable with E-Books, this periodical database is designed for students in junior high and middle school with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

Kids InfoBits is a database developed especially for beginning researchers in Kindergarten through Grade 5. Featuring a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface, the most popular search method is moving from a broad subject to a narrower topic using the subject-based topic tree. The curriculum-related, age appropriate, full-text content is from the best elementary reference sources and magazines. This database covers geography, current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

Educator's Reference Complete is a selection of more than 450 full-text academic journals, hundreds of full-text reports, and many premier reference sources. Included content focuses on educational principles, child development and psychology, and best practices in education. Majority of the full-text titles included are also found in the ERIC database.

Perfect for educating future teachers and administrators, this set covers the latest technologies, developments, instruction and coaching breakthroughs as well as background information on child health and development. Included in this set are 250 journals.

Over 260 titles from the most popular teacher and administrator trade journals, periodicals, and books.Provides coverage on key education topics such as Assessment, Continuing Education, Current Pedagogical Research, Curriculum Development, Instructional Media, Language Arts, Literacy Standards, Science & Mathematics, and more for K-12 Teachers & Librarians.

Includes more than four billion names in over 4,000 databases. A comprehensive online source of information for conducting genealogical research. Find Census records; birth, marriage, and death records; immigration records; vital and church records; military records; and court, land, and probate records. Popular databases include the U.S. Federal Census from 1790 to 1930, Social Security Death Index, Civil War records, U.S. Public Records Index, American Genealogical-Biographical Index, and slave narratives.

Designed to help amateur and professional genealogists, local historians, and public library patrons search and use data from the U.S. Federal Censuses from 1790 to 1930, more than 20,000 full-text family and local histories, and PERSI, a subject index of 6,300 local history and genealogy periodicals. The database also includes Revolutionary War pension and bounty-land-warrant application files, as well as the Freedman's Bank Records, an important resource for African-American genealogical research. Additionally, there are more than 250 primary-source documents such as tax lists, city directories, and probate records.

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Explore our complete time lines of major events in American History as well as World History. Research special sections on diverse subjects ranging from Presidential Elections to Naval History. The ALAMANAC is very useful for finding out what was going on in politics, art and current events by year selected.

Will provide links from the Library of Congress for source material on: 1763-1815:The American Revolution and the New Nation 1815-1860:National Expansion and Reform 1860-1877:Civil War and Reconstruction

Great Lives: Renaissance, 1454-1600

Great Events from History:
Ancient World
Middle Ages
Renaissance
17th Century
18th Century
19th Century
20th Century, 1901-1940
20th Century, 1941-1970
20th Century, 1971-2000

Great Lives from History:
Ancient World
17th Century
18th Century
19th Century

Milestone Documents in American

HISTORY IN DISPUTE SERIES

Volume 1: The Cold War: First Series
Volume 2: American Social and Political Movements - 1945-2000: Pursuit of Liberty
Volume 3: American Social and Political Movements - 1900-1945: Pursuit of Progress
Volume 4: World War II - 1939-1943
Volume 5: World War II - 1943-1945
Volume 6: The Cold War: Second Series
Volume 7: Water and the Environment Since 1945: Global Perspectives
Volume 8: World War I: First Series
Volume 9: World War I: Second Series
Volume 10: The Crusades - 1095-1291
Volume 11: The Holocaust - 1933-1945
Volume 12: The American Revolution - 1763-1789
Volume 13: Slavery in the Western Hemisphere - circa 1500-1888
Volume 14: The Middle East Since 1945: First Series
Volume 15: The Middle East Since 1945: Second Series
Volume 16: Twentieth-Century European Social and Political Movements: First Series
Volume 17: Twentieth-Century European Social and Political Movements: Second Series
Volume 18: The Spanish Civil War
Volume 19: The Red Scare After 1945
Volume 20: Classical Antiquity and Classical Studies
Volume 21: Revolutionary Russia - 1890-1930

>It's all around us and influences our lives every day. Provides useful information for any researcher in a social science, history, art or liberal arts course.

Topics for libraries and information management. Database provides coverage on subjects such as librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more.

Information professionals and other knowledge workers – from the research specialist to the information architect – will find appropriate and useful information in their areas of expertise, including such topics as information infrastructure, data processing techniques, metadata architectures, and more.

An extensive collection of more than 11,000 critical essays on contemporary authors. Entries contain a biographical/critical introduction, a list of principal works, critical essays, and sources for further study. Search by author name, title of work, nationality, subject/genre, ethnicity, critic name, and more.

In depth critical discussions available for the following works. (Harcopy reference copies are available in the library.)

• The Great Gatsby
• The Handmaid’s Tale
• The Joy Luck Club
• To Kill a Mockingbird
• T.S. Eliot
• Ernest Hemingway

Do you need help finding that perfect book? NoveList Plus is a comprehensive online readers’ advisory tool.Search among hundreds of thousands of popular fiction and readable nonfiction titles, and also retrieve author read-alikes, book lists, book discussion guides, and more.

Novelist Kindergarten - 8th

Includes 15-20 page signed essays on more than 2,000 authors and literary genres drawn from the Scribner print series.

What Do I Read Next? includes over 134,300 recommended titles, more than 74,500 plot summaries, and awards information from 568 awards, all to help users uncover new reading adventures, find long-remembered favorites, and discover award-winning titles. Search by genre, subject, author, title, series, and more. A monthly highlights page allows the user to see selections of award winners, upcoming titles, and titles that revolve around different subjects each month.

Source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, researchers are able to find accurate information quickly. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. Updated daily. (from the website)

Offers balanced coverage on a wide-range of topics including social sciences, humanities, education, science and technology. Good for students, smaller database than Academic Onefile.

Millions of full-text magazine articles on business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature, art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, etc. Images. Updated daily. Find articles by topic, relevance, or keyword. Features allow narrowing subjects with more specific subdivisions, limiting results by date or to a specific publication, broadening search to expanded subdivisions, or selecting only articles having full text.

Why use this database? Useful to students and anyone looking for general reference information on a variety of topics. Description: Use this general interest database to search magazines, reference books, and newspapers for information on current events, popular culture, the arts and sciences, sports, etc. Coverage: 1980-present

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Contains full-text articles gathered from almost 50 sources that directly relate to MA history.

Easy to use! BigChalk eLibrary is a full-text database of consumer-oriented magazines, books, newspapers, newswires, television and radio transcripts, photographs and maps. Key in your request in natural language.

InfoTrac Student Edition was designed for high school students, providing access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

Nearly 200 journals, provides instant access to the multiple viewpoints of this volatile field of study, including perspectives from the scientific community, governmental policy makers, as well as corporate interests.

50 journals focused specifically on key issues in gardening, landscaping, and other areas of horticulture.

From highly specialized academic journals to general science-focused magazine – coverage of all scientific endeavor, including such topics as particle physics and quantum theory, advanced mathematics, biotechnology, and many more.

A database of information about environmental concerns, which offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the environment. Drawing on the connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology, GreenFILE serves as an informative resource for anyone concerned about the issues facing our planet...