Online Databases:
Reference

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AccessScience On-Campus \| Remote Access Chat with a librarian	Over 8,500 online articles the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology 10th edition Research Updates from the McGraw-Hill Yearbooks of Science & Technology 110,000+ definitions from the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms 15,000 illustrations and graphics, and bibliographies containing more than 28,000 literature citations Content contributed by more than 5000 researchers Biographies of more than 2,000 well-known scientists from the Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography® The latest news in science and technology from Science News® and ScienCentral® videos Continuously updated, fully-searchable, media-rich content, terms, images and videos added illustrations, animations, and image galleries questions answered in our weekly Q&A
Baker & Taylor: The Title Source III	"The world's most comprehensive title-information database on the Web... Uncover the most recognized comprehensive and accurate title information on over 3 million book, audio and video titles quickly and easily." A User ID* and *password* (obtainable at the library's reference or circulation desk: 786-3703 or 786-3877) are required for remote access.
Biography Resource Center + The Complete Marquis Who's Who® On-Campus \| Remote Access Chat with a librarian	For all age groups * Comprehensive source for biographical information * Over 350,000 biographies of people from around the world and throughout history * Quick reference information on nearly one million people from Who's Who sources * Full-text articles from hundreds of magazines and links to selected biography Web sites
Book Review Index Online Plus On-Campus \| Remote Access Chat with a librarian	Book Review Index Online Plus, like Book Review Index Online , includes more than 5 million review citations; it also includes more than 634,000 full-text reviews from InfoTrac OneFile and InfoTrac Expanded Academic. Access to full-text reviews allows users to conduct research in numerous disciplines, including literature, history, education, psychology, and more.
Books & Authors On-Campus \| Remote Access Chat with a librarian	For librarians, teachers and readers of all ages Readers' advisory resource for fiction and nonfiction. Numerous search criteria, genre lists, plot summaries, author information, award lists, etc. Book jacket images, book reviews from more than 30 sources User-friendly tools that allow users to store reading and search lists and create reviews and ratings Visual search technology for narrowing choices and graphically viewing search term relationships
Britannica Online On-Campus \| Remote Access Chat with a librarian	The online version of the Encyclopaedia Britannica includes not only the full text of the encyclopedia itself but multimedia content and definitions from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (Tenth Edition) as well.
Career eBook Collection On-Campus \| Remote Access Chat with a librarian	For high school students through adults Customized collection of more than 250 electronic books for vocational needs Titles focused on career selection, résumé and cover letter writing, interviewing, changing careers, test-taking strategies and more Keyword and phrase searching possible in an individual title or across the entire collection Features include embedded dictionary and thesaurus, a linked table of contents, page bookmarking and note-taking
Contemporary Authors On-Campus \| Remote Access Chat with a librarian	Provides complete biographical and bibliographical information and references on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors.
Contemporary Literary Criticism Select On-Campus \| Remote Access Chat with a librarian	Contemporary Literary Criticism--Select is an extensive collection of critical essays on contemporary authors. Each CLC--Select entry contains a biographical/critical introduction, listing of principal works and sources for further study.
Dictionary of Literary Biography On-Campus \| Remote Access Chat with a librarian	Provides nearly 10,000 biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of the world's most influential literary figures from all eras and genres.
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia On-Campus \| Remote Access Chat with a librarian	"This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas."
Gale's Literary Index On-Campus \| Not available remotely Chat with a librarian	A master index for Gale Group's major literature series containing authors' biographies and critical essays on their writings. Included in the index are cross-references to more than 130,000 author names and more than 140,000 titles. *This database is only available on the Columbia College campus.
Health and Wellness Resource Center (HWRC) On-Campus \| Remote Access Chat with a librarian	For advanced middle school students through adults (1980 - present) * Portal to health information from a variety of sources for general users; includes "Alternative Health Module" content * Full-text articles from 400 health, nursing, allied health and medical journals, including 30+ alternative health periodicals * Health-related articles from 2,200 general interest magazines * Medical encyclopedia articles, pamphlets, drug information and hospital directory, including alternative health reference titles and herbal medicine information * Access to health news and key health Web sites
History Resource Center: U.S. On-Campus \| Remote Access Chat with a librarian	History Resource Center: U.S. provides a complete overview of U.S. history covering the most-studied events, issues and current information. Selected by expert history advisors for its relevance in the undergraduate curriculum, the content combines: * Original materials from Primary Source Microfilm's digital archives-including documents, monographs, pamphlets, first-person accounts, etc * Encyclopedic articles built from the foundation of respected MacMillan Reference USA and Charles Scribner's Sons information, as well as other Thomson Gale original, proprietary content such as country and era overviews * Full-text periodicals and scholarly history journals * A historical bibliography * Links to digitized special collections * Audio and Video clips of historic speeches and events
History Resource Center: World On-Campus \| Remote Access Chat with a librarian	History Resource Center: World is a comprehensive collection of award-winning reference, full-text articles from leading scholarly publications, an array of primary sources, and images, maps and charts which provide expansive geographic and chronlogic research materials for the study of world history. From ancient Europe to Latin America and from the Far East to the Renaissance, world history curricula is supported with over 1,800 primary sources, over 27 reference titles and more than 110 journals.
LexisNexis Academic On-Campus \| Remote Access Chat with a librarian	Provides access to more than 6,000 news, business, and legal sources Offers full-text of newspaper, magazine, journal, and wire service articles; television and radio broadcast transcripts; blog postings and other Web publications; biographical information; foreign language news publications; law reviews; federal and state cases and codes; Canadian and European Union court cases and legislation; and patents Also includes LexisNexis Company Dossier; company profiles; SEC filings; country profiles; and Shepard's Citations service for federal and state court cases going back to 1789
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center On-Campus \| Remote Access Chat with a librarian	Nearly 7,000 viewpoint articles 41 complete titles from the Information Plus reference program More than 275 primary documents 300 biographies of social activists and reformers Nearly 5,000 statistical tables, charts and graphs Nearly 4,600 topic overviews that provide context for the issues More than 775 court-case overviews 334 profiles of federal agencies and special interest groups 2,000 links to reviewed and subject-indexed Web sites More than 135 full-text periodicals and newspapers Podcasts from the Weekly Presidential Radio Address
Oxford African American Studies Center On-Campus \| Remote Access Chat with a librarian	"The Oxford African American Studies Center (AASC) provides students, scholars and librarians with online access to the finest reference resources in African American studies. AASC features the new, three-volume Encyclopedia of African American History 1619-1895, the three-volume Black Women in America, and the highly acclaimed Africana, a five-volume history of the African and African American experience. The Center also includes content from the African American National Biography project and the Encyclopedia of African American Art and Architecture. In addition to these major reference works, AASC offers other key resources from Oxford's reference program, including the Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature."
Play Index On-Campus \| Remote Access Chat with a librarian	Coverage dates: Plays written from Antiquity to present and published from 1949 to present Search over 30,000 plays written from Antiquity to the present and published from 1949 to the present in the convenient electronic form that patrons prefer. An invaluable aid to finding the perfect plays to match your production resources, Play Index covers a wide range of plays written in or translated into English. Search for plays by title, author, subject, style, genre, cast type, and more.
Science Resource Center On-Campus \| Remote Access Chat with a librarian	Researching science topics has never been easier -- with Science Resource Center, thousands of topic overviews, experiments, biographies, pictures and illustrations are just a few clicks away and the latest scientific developments are covered in articles from over 200 magazines and academic journals and links to quality web sites. The database covers curriculum-related science topics and offers teachers an easy-to-use tool to identify content directly correlated to state and national standards.
Scribners Writers On-Campus \| Remote Access Chat with a librarian	Scribner Writer's Series includes 15-20 page signed essays on more than 1,600 authors and literary genres drawn from 13 acclaimed Scribner print series, including African American Writers, African Writers, American Nature Writers, American Writers, Ancient Writers, The Books of the Bible, British Writers, European Writers, Latin American Writers, Modern American Women Writers, Science Fiction Writers, Supernatural Writers, and Writers for Children.
Shakespeare Survey Online On-Campus \| Remote Access Chat with a librarian	Shakespeare Survey is a yearbook of Shakespeare studies and production. Since 1948 Survey has published the best international scholarship in English and many of its essays have become classics of Shakespeare criticism. Each volume is devoted to a theme, or play, or group of plays; each also contains a section of reviews of that year's textual and critical studies, and of the year's major British performances. The virtues of accessible scholarship and a keen interest in performance, from Shakespeare's time to our own, have characterised the journal from the start. The books are illustrated with a variety of Shakespearean images and production photographs. Shakespeare Survey Online makes all issues of the Survey, including over 90% of the original images, available online for the first time. Volume 60, due in October 2007, will be added to Shakespeare Survey Online on publication.
SIRS Discoverer On-Campus \| Remote Access Chat with a librarian	For students in grades 1-9, their teachers and parents * Articles, pictures, reference information and Web sites on all subjects * Age appropriate, full-text articles and images selected from 1,600+ U.S. and international magazines, newspapers, government publications and reference sources * Reading levels assigned to all articles Maps, pictures, photo essays, activities, biographies, country facts, current events * Links to age appropriate Web sites with reading level indicators
SIRS Knowledge Source On-Campus \| Not available remotely Chat with a librarian	For advanced middle school students through adults * Articles, images, reference information, Web sites and more on all subjects * Articles selected from 2,500+ U.S. and international magazines, newspapers, government publications and reference sources * News, current events and organized links to evaluated Web sites * Includes special features on - literature, terrorism and other topics * Interactive textbook on citizenship with teacher resources * Images, maps, country profiles, primary sources and Supreme Court decisions *This database is only available on the Columbia College campus.
Testing & Education Reference Center Basic On-Campus \| Remote Access Chat with a librarian	Search for schools, career info and academic/career practice tests.
Twayne's Authors Series On-Campus \| Remote Access Chat with a librarian	The acclaimed Twayne's Authors Series of literary criticism offers in-depth introductions to the lives and works of writers, the history and influence of literary movements and to the development of literary genres. This online series features the content of nearly 600 books that comprise three print series --United States Authors, English Authors and World Authors -- each of which were carefully coordinated with input from librarians and educators to include authors universally studied in high schools and colleges.

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Online Databases: Reference

Online Databases:
Reference