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Reference Sources and Databases by Title

Databases marked with an * are sponsored by VIVA, the Virtual Library of Virginia (www.vivalib.org)

This is a list of all available databases that contain specialized reference information. You can also see a list of these databases by subject.

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If you are looking for articles from journals, magazines or newspapers, use the alphabetical list of article databases by title or article databases listed by subject.

  • Access-Science *
    Contains all the articles, fully illustrated, from the latest edition of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, Research Updates from the McGraw-Hill Yearbooks, thousands of illustrations, and the latest Science News® headlines, biographies, and more.

  • African-American poetry, 1760-1900 *
    Full-text of over 2,500 poems, based on William French's bibliography, Afro-American Poetry and Drama 1760-1975.

  • American poetry database *
    Includes 40,356 full-text poems from 1,288 works by 209 poets, along with six landmark anthologies of American poetry. The database gathers the works of the most influential American poets, from the Colonial period to the early twentieth century.

  • ARTstor
    Database of very high quality art images covering the history of art.

  • Birds of America
    Detailed information about 716 species of birds in North America, including audio and video clips.

  • Books in Print *
    Large database of information about books currently available in print.

  • Career Insider
    Career and vocational information, with 90+ e-books covering workplace topics, 3,500 full-text articles, and 4,000 Employer Profiles and Company Rankings

  • CIAO Columbia International Affairs Online *
    International affairs collection that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGO's, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs.

  • Congressional Universe (Lexis Nexis)
    Includes abstracts and indexing for congressional publications, legislative histories, member biographies, committee assignments, voting records, and financial data; and the full text of key regulatory and statutory resources.

  • Consumer Health Complete *
    Covers consumer health information from encyclopedias, reference books, and multimedia sources..

  • CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics *
    Full-text of the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, filled with tables and data.

  • Dissertation Abstracts  (FirstSearch) *
    Index to dissertations and theses in all subject areas.

  • ENGnetBASE (Engineering Electronic Library) *
    Full-text of over 400 engineering books.

  • English Poetry *
    English Poetry contains poems in English from Anglo-Saxon times to the end of the nineteenth century by writers from the British Isles. Overall the database contains over 165,000 poems which have been drawn from about 4,500 separate printed sources.

  • English Verse Drama *
    Contains more than 2,200 works by around 500 named and over 300 anonymous works, from the Shrewsbury Fragments of the late thirteenth century through the unparalleled output of the Elizabethan and Jacobean period to the end of the nineteenth century.

  • ERIC (EbscoHost) *
    Provides full text of more than 2,200 ERIC documents along with references for additional information, including journal articles.

  • Facts-On-File
    Database of world news coverage dating from 1940. Also includes World Almanac, a science database, and a database that focuses on current issues and controversies.

  • FirstSearch *
    Collection of databases in various subjects, including humanities, sciences, and social sciences.

  • Gale Virtual Reference Library (InfoTrac)
    eBook collection that includes multi-volume encyclopedias, biographical collections, business plan handbooks, company history compilations, consumer health references, and specialized reference sources. Subjects covered include Arts, Biography, Business, Education, Environment, History, Law, Literature, Medicine, Multicultural Studies, Nation and World, Religion, Science, and Social Science.

  • GPO Monthly Catalog (FirstSearch) *
    Index to U.S. government publications.

  • HarpWeek *
    Full-text facsimiles of Harpers Weekly Magazine covering the Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1857-1877.

  • Issues and Controversies (Facts on File)
    Full-text reports on current issues and controversies.

  • LearningExpress Advantage
    Online practice tests and tutorials for math, reading, writing, nursing, and careers. You can create an account and save your tests and results.

  • Literature Resource Center (InfoTrac) *
    Access biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of more than 120,000 authors. Includes full-text excerpts from books, as well as from magazines, journals,and newspapers.

  • Mergent Horizon *
    Mergent Horizon provides users with seamless capabilities for finding, filtering and organizing information about companies and industries. Comprehensive coverage is provided for all companies that are actively traded on the NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ--over 6,200 in total, with enhanced product-level detail for 3,700 companies in the Healthcare, Technology, Media and Finance sectors.
  • Mergent Online *
    Information on over 35,000 publicly traded companies -- approximately 12,000 domestic public companies, 24,000 international public companies, and 10,000 extinct (due to merger, acquisition, bankruptcy, etc) global public companies. Company histories and over 200,000 annual reports in pdf, 30 years of stock prices, and more.

  • Oxford English Dictionary (OED) *
    Online access to the most comprehensive English-language dictionary.

  • Oxford Reference Online *
    Full-text access to hundreds of Oxford reference books in all subject areas.

  • Salud en Espanol *
    Spanish-language source for consumer health information from a variety of sources.

  • Statistical Universe (Lexis Nexis)
    Database of over 30,000 statistical tables.

  • Today's Science (Facts on File)
    Database of science news and information written specifically for students.

  • THOMAS
    Legislative information and histories from the Library of Congress.

  • Ulrich's Periodical Directory *
    Database of publishing information on journals, magazines, and other periodicals.

  • WestLaw Campus
    Database federal and state codes, federal and state case law, and more. Also contains full-text articles from law journals and law reviews.

  • WorldCat (FirstSearch) *
    Large database of books and other materials held in thousands of libraries.

  • World Almanac Encyclopedia (Facts on File) *
    Full-text of the World Almanac Encyclopedia

  • Worldscope GLOBAL (FirstSearch) *
    Profiles and financial information about companies.