Reference
Electronic Databases Sorted by Subject

ArticleFirst
Indexes tables of contents from over 12,000 periodical titles

Dictionary of National Biography - A ground-breaking and engaging reference work providing 50,000 specially-written signed biographies of the men and women who shaped all aspects of the British past, from the earliest times to the end of the year 2000.

Dissertation Abstracts
Index of dissertations & thesis from 1861- to present; abstracts of dissertations from 1980-; abstracts of thesis from 1988. Please note: this database does not give full-text to dissertations.

Encyclopedia Britannica
Full-text online version of paper edition of Britannica including pictures, maps, graphics and full-text articles. Includes latest edition of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.

GPO
Indexes all types of U.S. government documents, including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; judiciary materials; and documents issued by executive departments (Defense, State, Labor, Office of the President, etc.)

Oxford English Dictionary - Unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past, from across the English-speaking world. 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.

World Almanac
Online version of popular statistical reference handbook.

WorldCat
Tells which libraries own specific books, audio tapes, videos and cds