Article Resources for General Reference
A multi-disciplinary, full-text database. Coverage 1975-present; varies by title.
Contains profiles of newsmakers and figures of prominence from a wide range of fields from ancient times to the present. (Wilson) VALE
Offers a list of commonly available reference books containing articles on the person you specify. A paper listing of which of these reference books we have at Campbell Library is available at the Reference Desk. (Thomson/Gale)
More than 177,000 full text biographies from a wide range of source.
The electronic counterpart of Birds of North America, which was completed in 2002 as a joint project among the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, American Ornithologist’s Union, and Academy of Natural Sciences. (BNA)
Searchable database of over 14.8 million English and Spanish language book, audio book, and video titles. (Bowker) VALE
Cabell’s Directories of Publishing Opportunities. Each directory helps you select those journals that are most likely to publish your manuscript. Subject areas include accounting, economics, finance, management, marketing, education, and psychology.
Credo Reference provides a complete reference collection from over 50 publishers, powered by a network of cross-references that cut across topics, titles and publishers to provide answers - and new connections - in context.
Gives current, in-depth information on the customs, culture, traditions and ways of life of people in 15 other countries.
Curriculum and reference resources in the sciences, history, geography, health, and careers. Targeted to students, teachers, and general readers.
Access to thousands of books articles reports, biographies, maps and photos.
Provides a completely interactive learning platform of practice tests for:
Information on authors and their works, plot summaries book reviews, poems, short stories and more.
A literature reference database; includes access to content from Contemporary Authors Online, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, Dictionary of Literary Biography Online, and a variety of other online sources of literary criticism and biography.
Use this resource to find new fiction books based on books you have read or areas of interest.
The Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. It traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery books.
Since 1995, Refdesk is a free and family-friendly web site that indexes and reviews quality, credible, and current web-based resources. Refdesk has three goals: (1) fast access, (2) intuitive and easy navigation and (3) comprehensive content, rationally indexed.
Contains information on U.S and Canadian businesses, residential information compiled from white pages of telephone directories and information on U.S. health care providers.
A comprehensive resource for all of the sciences
An encyclopedia of the world’s musical and aural traditions, produced in partnership with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Includes the archival audio collections of Folkways Records, the Library of African Music, and the Archive Research Centre for Ethnomusicology.
International Directory of Magazines, Journals, Newspapers, Newsletters.
Collection of full text journals in science and other fields.
Note: only subscribed journals will return full-text when PDF is selected.
Combines detailed, printable, full-color maps of countries, provinces, and states with up-to-date statistical and local information.
Brings together and enhances nearly seven decades of news from the renowned Facts On File World News Digest in print.
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