Reference Resources

(Blackwell Reference Online) - is a leading sociological reference source featuring 1800+ entries written from an international perspective. The encyclopedia includes introductions to sociological theories and research, definitions, explanations of key concepts, and major topics covering both classical and contemporary developments in sociology.

Contains over 3.5 million title records with 165,000 records on publishers, distributors, wholesalers and book agents. It also includes information on award winners, bestsellers, over 500,000 full-text reviews and inventory data from 19 well-known wholesalers.

(Britannica) - The electronic version of the encyclopedia, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and more!

(CQ) - Modeled after CQ Researcher, CQ Global Researcher provides students with reports covering global affairs from a number of international viewpoints. The reports are written by journalists and cover current world issues. Users may search CQ Global Researcher from within CQ Researcher or by using the link provided above.

(CQ) - offers weekly analysis of news from Capital Hill as well as Congressional roll call votes. CQ Weekly claims it is “the choice of 95% of members of Congress.” Nevertheless, its articles are written in lay language and are easily understood by those of us living outside the beltway. The database contains information dating back to 1983.

(ProQuest) - A comprehensive collection of U.S. and international criminal justice journals including information for professionals in law enforcement, corrections administration, drug enforcement, rehabilitation, family law, and industrial security.

(Gale/InfoTRAC) - a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.

(US GPO) - covers 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.). Subjects covered include finance, business, demographics, agriculture, medicine, public health, and more.

(Thomson Reuters) - EXCEL File for 2009 only of the JCR Science Edition contains data from over 7,300 journals in science and technology for the year 2009 ONLY. All of the data that you see for journals and subject categories come from journal data published in 2009. If you search for a particular journal, you will see the 2009 data for that journal, including -- The number of articles published in the journal in 2009, the number of citations to that journal from articles published in 2009, and the Impact Factor calculated from 2009 data, and so on.

(EBSCO) - From the Buros Institute, contains descriptive information and critical reviews of new and revised tests from all of the the Buros Institute's Yearbooks (1935-present). The database covers more than 2,200 commercially-available tests in categories such as personality, developmental, behavioral assessment, neuropsychological, achievement, intelligence and aptitude, educational, speech & hearing, and sensory motor. Each entry includes test name and classification; author(s); publisher, publication date; price; time requirements; score descriptions; levels; and intended populations. (Updated every six months)

(Oxford Univ. Press) - Oxford Art Online offers access to an authoritative, inclusive, and easily searchable online art resources.. Through a single gateway users can access—and simultaneously cross-search—an expanding range of Oxford’s art reference works: Grove Art Online, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, Oxford Companion to Western Art, and Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, as well as many specially commissioned articles and bibliographies available exclusively online.

(ProQuest) - "ProQuest Statistical Insight provides fast and easy access to statistical information produced by U.S. Federal agencies, States, private organizations, and major intergovernmental organizations. PQSI brings together a massive collection of statistical data in a single easy-to-use search interface, with additional features such as descriptive abstracts, detailed indexing, full-text PDFs of source documents and tables, down-loadable spreadsheets containing table data, and integration with our innovative and customizable ProQuest Statistical DataSets interface".