Library Databases
- Encyclopedia Britannica This link opens in a new windowFull text of the Encyclopedia Britannica online. Incorporates links to related websites.
- 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.
- Mergent Archives This link opens in a new windowIncludes "Who Owns Whom" (market analysis on over 1000 top industry segments), "Dunn & Bradstreet Country Insights" (political, economic & commercial information on over 130 countries) and "First Research Archives" (information on corporate family trees).
- Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new window
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.