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Reference Sources

Reference Sources On-campus link Off-campus link MeL Databases
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ABC-Clio Database
ACLS Humanities eBooks
African American Studies Center
American Memory Project
American Government
American History
Animals Database by EBSCO
AP Images
ArtSTOR NEW!
A-to-Z: A Guide to Journals Available Online
Beacham’s Guide to the Endangered Species of North America
Best of the Web: Geography
Biography Resource Center
Biology
Booklist Online
Books, Electronic Use MeL →
Bowling, Beatniks, and Bell-Bottoms: Pop Culture of 20th Century America
Business & Company Resource Center
Cambridge World History of Food
CAMIO: Catalog of Art Museum Images Online NEW!
Careers from the Institute for Career Research
Children’s Lit Comprehensive Database
ChiltonLibrary.com NEW!
Chronicle of Higher Education
College Source (College Catalogs)
Countries and Their Cultures
County Histories (Michigan) link
CQ Historic Documents
CQ Politics NEW!
CQ Press InContext
CQ Researcher (Social & Controversial Issues)
CQ Weekly (U.S. Congressional News)
CultureGrams (for Countries)
Daily Life America NEW!
Daily Life: Culture, Folklore & Society in Ancient and Modern Times NEW!
Drugs & Controlled Substances Info for Students
eBooks - netLibrary Use MeL →
Educator’s Reference Complete NEW!
Electronic Books (Ebooks)
Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice
Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered History in America
Encyclopedia of the American Constitution
Encyclopedia of the Library of Congress: for Congress, the Nation & the World
Encyclopedia of Terrorism
Endangered Species
Environmental Encyclopedia
FACTS.com (News, Issues & Cons, & Today’s Sci)
Fashion, Costume and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations and Footwear Through the Ages
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
Gale Encyclopedia of Everyday Law
Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine - 2nd ed.
Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer - 2nd ed.
Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders - 2nd ed.
Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine - 3rd ed.
Gale Encyclopedia of MultiCultural America
Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
GPO Catalog of Government Publications Use MeL →
Greenwood... see: Daily Life
Grove… see: Oxford…
Hand Press Book NEW!
Health – Magill’s Medical Guide 2008 ed. NEW!
HeritageQuest (genealogy)
Historic Documents (CQ)
Histories (Michigan Counties) link
History eBooks now called Humanities eBooks
History of Science, Technology, and Medicine (HSTM) NEW!
History Reference Online (eBooks)
Humanities eBooks
International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences 9 vols. 2nd ed. 2007 NEW!
International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences 17 vols. 1st ed. 1968 NEW!
Islamic Studies Center (Oxford)
Issues: Understanding Controversy & Society NEW!
Issues and Controversies
Issues and Controversies in American History
Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Foods and Recipes of the World
Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cities
Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Holidays
LearningExpress Library - (Practice for SAT & 50 other tests) Use MeL →
Literature Resource Center
Magill’s Medical Guide (Salem Press) 2008 ed. NEW!
MagillOnHistory Ceased
MagillOnLiterature Plus
Michigan Authors and Illustrators
Michigan County Histories link
Naxos Music Library NEW!
netLibrary - eBooks Use MeL →
NoveList Plus NEW!
Nutrition and Well-Being A-Z
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Oxford Art Online
Oxford Islamic Studies Center
Oxford Music Online
Poet’s Corner
Political Theories for Students
Presidents: a Reference History
Salem Health/Magill’s Medical Guide 2008 ed. NEW!
Science Resource Center
SCIPIO: Art and Rare Book Sales Catalogs NEW!
Smart ImageBase (sci/medical images)
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
State Geography (Information on U.S. States)
Supreme Court Drama: Cases That Changed America
Terrorism: Essential Primary Sources
Terrorism Reference Library
Tobacco in History & Culture
Today’s Science
TurfGrass Information File (TGIF) from MSU link
U*X*L Encyclopedia of Water Science
What Do I Read Next? Use MeL →
World Almanac
World Almanac Encyclopedia
World Book Advanced
World Book Research Centers
World Geography (Information on Countries)
World History
World History - Ancient and Medieval Eras
World of Earth Science
WorldCat (Books in thousands of libraries) Use MeL →
WorldCat Theses & Dissertations Use MeL →