Library Databases
- Dun & Bradstreet Country Insight Reports This link opens in a new windowComprehensive information for evaluating risks and opportunities across the globe. Provides political, economic and commercial information on over 130 countries worldwide.
- Encyclopedia Britannica This link opens in a new windowFull text of the Encyclopedia Britannica online. Incorporates links to related websites.
- First Research Archives This link opens in a new windowMarket analysis on more than 1000 top industry segments. Each report consists of key statistics and analysis on market and competitive landscape characteristics, operating conditions, business challenges, industry trends, current and historical industry growth, and more. Click on "First Research" tab to access. 2003 - present.
- GALE In Context This link opens in a new windowInterdisciplinary content ranging from current news and magazines, reference entries, critical essays, and videos.
- General OneFile This link opens in a new windowThis database is useful to users conducting general reference queries, business searches, and current event research. The addition of a browse-by-subject feature allows users to easily view content of interest on the most popular and most-searched topics within several distinct categories.
- MasterFILE Premier This link opens in a new windowThis general interest database provides over 1,600 full-text magazines, 440 reference books and 50,000+ primary source documents. It also includes an extensive image collection containing photos, maps and flags.
- Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new window
- Who Owns Whom This link opens in a new windowInformation on corporate family trees, containing more than 7.5 million companies worldwide. 1950s - 2015. Click on "Who Owns Whom" tab to access.
Free or Open Access
- The Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History and DiplomacyDigitized primary documents dating as far back as ancient times with links to supporting documents expressly referred to in the body of the text.
- Encyclopedia.comMore than 200 encyclopedias searchable in a single place. All entries from credible, published sources like Oxford and Columbia
- U.S. Census Bureau DataDynamic and filterable tables and maps, QuickFacts for all states and counties, and for cities and towns with a population of 5,000 or more.
- Virtual Reference ShelfFrom the Library of Congress, a collection of online resources for research.
- World FactbookCountry Summaries and maps. Updated bi-weekly.
Source: CIA with information from many federal agencies - World Health OrganizationData and analysis of global health.