Reference Databases by Subject
General/Interdisciplinary
- Britannica Academic (a general encyclopedia aimed at college students)
- Britannica Library (a general encyclopedia intended for public library users)
- Credo Reference (articles from almost 900 reference works, such as subject-specific encyclopedias)
- Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (a general encyclopedia)
- Gale eBooks (a small set of reference resources on various subjects)
- Infoplease (an almanac)
- Oxford Reference (almost 900 reference resources, such as subject-specific encyclopedias, in all subjects)
Biographies
- Biography in Context (information about notable people, both contemporary and historical, from a wide range of sources, such as biographical dictionaries, magazines, newspapers, and academic journals)
- Biography Reference Bank (information about notable people from periodical articles and biographical dictionaries)
- Current Biography Illustrated (focuses on information about celebrities)
Business
- Company Profiles (over 10,000 MarketLine profiles of the world’s most important companies)
- EDGAR: SEC Company Filings (financial information about public U.S. companies)
Education
- LearningExpress Library (guides to professional certification exams such as Praxis as well as graduate school entrance exams such as the GRE, MCAT, LSAT)
- StudySC (supports South Carolina-specific curriculum standards) Reference Sources for K-12 Students
- Britannica Escolar (Spanish-language encyclopedia for children)
- Britannica Fundamentals (encyclopedia for pre-K – 2nd grade)
- Britannica Moderna (Spanish-language general encyclopedia for secondary students)
- Britannica School (encyclopedia for elementary, middle, and high schools)
- NoveList K-8 Plus (recommends children’s and young adult novels based on user-selected criteria)
- World Almanac for Kids: Elementary (basic information on a multitude of topics; for students in grades 2-5)
- World Almanac for Kids: Intermediate (basic information on a multitude of topics; for students in grades 6-9)
Hispanic Studies
- Britannica Escolar (Spanish-language encyclopedia for children)
- Britannica Moderna (Spanish-language general encyclopedia for secondary students)
History
- African-American History – a multimedia database made up of articles from reference works and newswires, as well as primary sources, images, and videos.
- History Reference Center (a multimedia resource that includes reference sources, academic journals, primary historical documents, and videos)
Literature
- Bloom’s Literature (information on literature primarily from high school textbooks and academic books)
- Gale Literary Sources (a database covering mostly (but not exclusively) English-language literature and comprising all sorts of resources, including reference works, academic journals, book reviewing magazines, and even full-length monographs)
- Literary Reference Center (an eclectic database comprising literary criticism, author biographies, plot summaries, and even complete classic works of literature)
- NoveList Plus (recommends novels based on user-selected criteria)
- Oxford English Dictionary (traces the historical development of English-language words)
- Poetry for Students (analyses of the themes, images, and structures of well-known poems)
- Short Stories for Students (analyses of the plots, themes, characters, and cultural/historical contributions of well-known short stories)
- Writer’s Reference Center
Music
Politics
- Congress.Gov (formerly known as THOMAS: Legislative Information from the Library of Congress)
- USA.gov: The U.S. Government’s Official Web Portal
- World FactBook (brief information on all countries)
Science
- Science Reference Center (science encyclopedias, reference books, and periodicals)
- Science.gov (scientific information generated by federal government agencies such as the EPA, the National Library of Medicine, and NASA)
South Carolina
- SCIWAY (web sites providing information on South Carolina)
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