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A multidisciplinary collection of reference e-books, including International Directory of Company Histories. The Social Sciences section includes guides to controversial topics.

A to Z World Business is a reliable, up-to-date digital media essential for researchers, educators, travelers, and logistics and international trade professionals. Subject areas include business, trade, import, export, business culture, and business travel including visa and passport requirements, immunization, customs entry requirements, and taxation.

Provides access to over 20,000 articles by top scholars in the fields of African American Studies and African and Diaspora Studies. It provides access to over 2,500 images, more than 700 primary sources with specially written commentary and almostr 200 maps.

A comprehensive collection of more than 390,000 full-text biographies.

Award winning in-depth coverage of reports are written by experienced journalists, footnoted and professionally fact-checked. Full-length articles include an overview, historical background, chronology, pro/con feature, plus resources for additional research. Graphics, photos and short sidebar features round out the reports.

CultureGrams is a leading reference for concise and reliable cultural information on over 160 countries of the world providing country reports that go beyond mere facts and figures to deliver perspective on daily life and culture, including the background, customs, and lifestyles of the world's people..

Designed specifically for general research in a public library. This interface is graphically rich and provides access to a wide range of materials. Now includes topic overviews that provide a starting point for research and top videos from the Associated Press.

Encyclopedic entries with high-quality information about almost any general topic. The database is searchable by subject or keywords within the entry.

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words— past and present—from across the English-speaking world. As a historical dictionary, the OED is very different from dictionaries of current English, in which the focus is on present-day meanings. You’ll still find present-day meanings in the OED, but you’ll also find the history of individual words, and of the language—traced through 3 million quotations, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery books. An interactive graphic illustrates how words are added to the dictionary.

Oxford Music Onlione is an authoritative resource for music research with over 52,000 articles written by nearly 9,000 scholars charting the diverse history and cultures of music around the globe. Contains updated entries from the The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd ed), New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (2nd ed). Limit of 8 concurrent users.

Plunket Research is a powerful business database for industry trends analysis, statistics, and profiles of public and private companies. Also corporate financials and executives. Industry analytics reports including industry benchmarks, industry financial statement averages, revenue forecasts, market size, statistics, company ranks and comparisons. Choose from 500 Industries, updated regularly. Corporate benchmark reports include deep, company-specific benchmarks, industry averages, analysis and comparison of top competitors, financial metrics, operating ratios, industry market forecasts from over 3,800 firms. Updated and republished regularly.

Science Reference Source contains full text for science encyclopedias, reference books, and journals Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology, and wildlife.

Something About the Author generally examines the personal life, career, writings, works in progress, and adaptations of authors and illustrators for children and young adults. The collection includes both the main series and Something About the Author Autobiography Series, totaling more than 217 volumes, 12,000 entries, and nearly 17,000 image. Entries typically cover: , and additional sources.

Individually indexed tables of comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States with attached spreadsheets, both searchable and browsable. Use the Abstract as a convenient volume for statistical reference, and as a guide to sources of more information both in print and on the Web.