General Reference Databases
This handbook provides current, critically evaluated chemical and physical data. Many of the most heavily used tables receive major updates and expansions, most notably: Physical Properties of Inorganic Compounds; Bond Dissociation Energies; and Chemical Carcinogens was updated in accordance with the recent report from the National Toxicology Program.
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Credo Reference – formerly XreferPlus
Full text database of articles from hundreds of reference books covering all major topics; includes audio files, images, and maps.
Current Issues: Reference Shelf Plus
A database of full-text articles from key publications covering a variety of current social, scientific, health, political, and global issues. The topics are chosen to make up a well-rounded overview, and are then organized by subtopic for easy access.
ebrary
The collection for Community and Career Colleges contains more than 19,500 titles. Subject areas include: Nursing and Allied Health, Computer Technologies and Business, Law Enforcement, Criminal Law, and Criminology, Culinary Arts, Industrial Arts and more.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Full text database providing 23 subject specific dictionaries, encyclopedias and general reference books as well as the online version of the Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary. Subjects include contemporary fashion, poets and novelists, film, alternative medicine, popular culture, small business and more. Includes two children’s visual reference books on the U.S. and the world.
Interactive online practice tests and tutorial course series. Tests include: Advanced Placement, Civil Service, SAT, GED, High School Skills Improvement, Job Search and Success Skills, Law Enforcement, ASVAB, NCLEX, Real Estate, TOEFL and many more.
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LEXIS®-NEXIS®: Reference
Full text database providing biographical information on politicians, business executives, and more; country profiles; polls and surveys from the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research; quotations; state profiles; and the world almanac.
New England Historic Genealogical Society
A research center for genealogists and family historians. Some of the databases available on-line include: Massachusetts Vital Records through 1910, Social Security Death Index (SSDI), church records, newspapers and periodicals, city and town directories, court records, census, tax, and voter lists, diaries and journals, land records, military records, and published genealogies and biographies. NOTE: Access is limited to users via library PCs.
EBSCO Animals
Provides young students with thousands of easy-to-read entries about mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, dinosaurs and prehistoric animals. The database consists of indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals.
eLibrary
Full text multi-disciplinary database providing access to magazines, newspapers, books, TV and radio transcripts, reference book articles, plus thousands of maps, pictures, web links, and audio/video files. Coverage: 1981 – present (Multimedia: historical to present).
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
Full text database indexing over 25,000 records, covering an array of topics. Articles range from a paragraph to several pages. Learn about related topics by clicking on the links provided throughout the article.
Biography Resource Center w/ Marquis Who's Who
Full text database with Biography Resource Center containing over 427,000 biographies from quality reference sources plus articles from hundreds of periodicals chosen for their biographical content. Search for people based on one or more personal facts such as birth and death year, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender, or combine criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search. Marquis Who’s Who is an added and integrated module containing more than 1.4 million thumbnail biographies.
Serials Directory
Full text database providing access to the most up-to-date and accurate bibliographic information and current prices for popular serials. This database contains nearly 212,000 U.S. and international titles, including newspapers; data from nearly 108,235 publishers worldwide; e-mail and Internet addresses; historical data for an additional 20,000 titles.
ARBAonline
Full text database containing reviews of print and electronic reference works. Geared more towards librarians as a tool to select the best reference materials for their collections and inform them of the most current resources available. Coverage: 1997 – present.