Top Databases - Encyclopedias
Top Ten Databases
Ancestry Library Edition (In-Library Use Only)
Ancestry Library Edition is the most comprehensive online source of information for conducting genealogical and local history research available.
Auto Repair Reference Center
Find auto repair information for your late model car, truck, or van.
Business and Company Resource Ctr.
Search this database to find detailed business, company and industry news and information.
FirstSearch (In-Library Use Only)
First Search connects you to information in a wide range of subjects in 15 databases.
General Reference Center (MI) - INFOTRAC
A general interest database that integrates a variety of sources in one easy-to-use interface. Use General Reference Center to find articles from magazines, reference books, and newspapers, many with full-text and images.
Health and Wellness Resource Center
Research topics in health and medicine, medications, and wellness.
Literature Resource Center- Gale
Literature Resource Center provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline.
MasterFILE Premier - Ebsco
This database features: 5,000 full text Magill Book Reviews, 390 reference and travel books including the World Almanac & Book of Facts 2001; full text from 84,074 biographies, 86,132 full text primary source documents, American Heritage Dictionary, 4th Edition and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. MasterFILE Premier offers PDF backfiles as far back as 1975 for key publications including American Libraries, Foreign Affairs, History Today, Judaism, Library Journal, National Review and Natural History.
Novelist
Locate authors and titles of interest. In addition, three powerful search techniques allow readers to look for books by entering descriptive terms that appear in subject headings, reviews, and other fields in the title records.
Reference USA
Search for companies in the United States by size, geographically, and by type of business. Also find Telephone numbers for those businesses.
Almanacs/Encyclopedias
CultureGrams - (In-Library Use Only)
Find quick, reliable information on the world's peoples, customs, and lifestyle.
Information Please Almanac
Browse this handy almanac for quick facts or use a keyword search.
The Old Farmer's Almanac
The online version of this almanac covers astronomical events, weather conditions and forecasts, recipes, and gardening tips.
World Book Kids
General reference site developed specifically for younger readers based on the content from the World Book Student Discovery Encyclopedia.
World Book Online
Find up-to-date, reliable, authoritative, easy-to-understand information and an array of supplementary search tools and information sources.

Saturday, March 01, 2008
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