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Access Science - Online version of the McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
Acta Sanctorum - contains the text of the sixty-eight printed volumes of Acta Sanctorum
Almanac, Information Please - basic facts on many topics
American Memory - Library of Congress Historical Collections
Armed Conflict Database - seeks to cover international and internal conflicts, as well as terrorism
ArtStor -collections of art images and descriptive information as well as the software tools to enable active use of the collections
Bartleby.com - thesauri, quotations, dictionaries, etiquette, mythology reference works
Biography Resource Center -  180,000+ biographies for all fields and periods
Books In Print - In-print, out-of-print, and forthcoming books, audios and videos.
Britannica Online - Web version of Encyclopedia Britannica.
Cambridge Companions Complete Collection - Cambridge Companions are lively, accessible introductions to major writers, artists, philosophers, topics and periods. All are collections of specially commissioned essays, shaped and introduced to appeal to student readers. Together the chapters add up to a systematic critical account of, for example Plato, Luther, Jane Austen, Tom Stoppard or Stravinsky, the French Novel or Jewish American Literature, and each title is supported by reference features such as a chronology and guide to further reading. Addressing topics and figures as diverse as Gothic Fiction and Arabic Philosophy, WB Yeats and Martin Luther, the online collection contains over 2,200 downloadable essays, taken from 237 Cambridge Companions to Literature and Classics (144 volumes) and Philosophy, Religion and Culture (93 volumes).
Censtats - County Business Patterns, USA Counties, Annual Survey of Manufacturers, ZIP Business Patterns, Census Tract/Street Index, Building Permits, International Trade Data and more.
Choice Reviews Online - Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries is the premier source for reviews of academic books, electronic media, and Internet resources of interest to those in higher education. 
Citing Sources on the Internet- several styles to choose from (available from SDSU).
College Source - over 8,800 college and university catalogs  1994-present 
CompuStat - Research Insight allows for sophisticated financial modeling, backtesting, multiple regression, industry analysis and stock screening/selection. Note: To use the database you must first download and install the Research Insight Web Add-In for Excel on your computer. Once installed you access RI Web directly through Excel.
CQ Electronic Library - (CQEL) is the definitive reference resource for research in American government, politics, history, public policy, and current affairs.
CREDO Reference- a digital reference library containing hundreds of high-quality reference books from the world's leading publishers
Data on the Net a collection of social science data, primarly from U.S. sources (UCSD)
Dictionaries - YourDictionary.com - A web of online dictionaries
Dictionaries - OneLook® Dictionaries - look up words in over 600 dictionaries
Dissertations and Theses Full text - Dissertations from 1997 to present are available in full-text PDF format. The database includes bibliographic citations for materials ranging from the first U.S. dissertation, accepted in 1861, to those accepted as recently as last semester
Earthscape columbia earthscape selects, gathers, edits, and links the widest range of Earth resources available online.
Ebrary Academic Complete - Academic Complete is a highly interactive eBook database from ebrary® that covers all academic subject areas. The collection currently includes more than 30,000 titles from more than 220 of the world’s leading academic, STM, and professional publishers. Note: You must first download and install the ebrary reader software before accessing the E-books.
EHRAF World Cultures - The eHRAF World Cultures is a cross-cultural database that contains information on all aspects of cultural and social life.  The annually-growing eHRAF database is unique in that the information is organized by cultures and ethnic groups and the full-text documents are subject-indexed at the paragraph level
Energy, Science, & Technology Information Resources – U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
FedStats - statistics from federal government agencies
Financial Aid Information from FastWeb - over 250,000 sources for student financial aid.
FirstGov -a  portal to over 20,000 web sites of the United States government
Gale Literary Index - an author and title index to the Gale Research Company's literary collections.
Government Information - GPO Acess - links to U.S. Government information on the Web
Grove Dictionary of Art Online - the major scholarly encyclopedia of world art
Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians - full text of the Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
Infonation social, demographic and economic information from the United Nations
International Data Base- demographic and socio-economic information on 227 foreign countries
Internet Movie Database - extensive information on movies including actors, credits, plots
IPL Ready Reference Collection - Reference includes basic research tools such as almanacs, dictionaries and encyclopedias
Kelley Blue Book (values of new and Used Cars)
LIBWEB - Libraries in over 70 countries on the World Wide Web
Literature Resource Center - biographical and critical texts on writers of all periods/nations
Maps of the U.S. and the world - Perry Castaneda Map Library
Medline Plus - Health Information  - information on drugs, diseases, health practitioners
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Mental Measurements Yearbook Mental Measurements Yearbook, produced by the Buros Institute at the University of Nebraska, provides users with a comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments. Designed for an audience ranging from novice test consumers to experienced professionals, the MMY series contains information essential for a complete evaluation of test products within such diverse areas as psychology, education, business, and leadership. First published by Oscar K. Buros, the MMY series allows users to make knowledgeable judgments and informed selection decisions about the increasingly complex world of testing. MMY provides coverage from Volume 9 to the present.
Mintel Reports - a series of research reports covering the US and European marketplace.
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center - Ideal for those looking for pro and con arguments on a wide variety of contemporary social issues.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - illustrated collection of 50,000 biographies of the men and women who shaped all aspects of Britain's past, from the fourth century BC to the year 2000
Oxford English Dictionary the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium.
Oxford Scholarship Online - online resource, combining OUP's core scholarly books in four disciplines (Economics and Finance, Philosophy, Political Science and Religion and Theology
Patrologia Latina - full-text Latin version of the works of the Church Fathers from 200 A.D. to 1216 A.D
PubMed Central - a digital archive of life sciences journal literature managed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM).
Reference USA - Includes information on 10 million business, including officers, addresses, sales, subsidiaries, branches. etc.
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Online - A fully searchable and extensively cross-referenced dynamic Web version of the original encyclopedia.
Routledge Religion Resource - Provides online access to the best reference titles on Religion in a single fully searchable and extensively cross-referenced resource.
San Diego Business Directory - Inside Prospects - Provides the only locally compiled database of businesses for San Diego.
SciTechResources - A catalog of government science and technology Web sites.
SIC Codes (Standard Industrial Classification) and SOC Codes (Standard Occupational Classification)
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - a publishing project of the Metaphysics Research Lab at the Center for the Study of Language and Information (CSLI) at Stanford University.
Statistical Abstract of the United States (U.S. Census Bureau)
Statistical Resources on the World Wide Web - Univ. of Michigan Library
STAT USA - Access to the National Trade Data Bank (NTDB), Economic Bulletin Board plus numerous economic and trade-related resources.
Style Manuals (examples of how to cite from Turabian, MLA, Chicago and APA)
Tax Forms - Federal, California, Other States
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Tests in Print - Produced by the Buros Institute of Mental Measurements at the University of Nebraska, Tests in Print (TIP) serves as a comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English language. TIP provides vital information to users including test purpose, test publisher, in-print status, price, test acronym, intended test population, administration times, publication date(s), and test author(s).
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Thesaurus Linguae Graecae - A digital library of Greek literature that currently provides access to 3,800 authors and 12,000 works, approximately 99 million words.
Thomas Register of American Manufacturers including links to company catalogs
Transit Information (San Diego County Bus and Trolley Schedules and Information)
Ulrich's Periodical Directory - provides publication information for magazines, journals, newsletters, newspapers, and other periodicals. Coverage is international in scope.
Visual Collections: Images of art, history and culture View maps, fine artwork, photographs and other items from over thirty renowned collections.
Weights and measures conversion calculator
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WetFeet Career Resource Site Conduct in-depth research on companies, careers and industries while also receiving expert career advice. You will also be able to download Insider Guides in three areas: Company Guides, Industry Guides and Career Management Guides (for help with resumes, interviewing and networking.)
Note: This tool requires Adobe 6 or 7 to view the encrypted PDF's of the WetFeet Insider Guides. There is a link to Adobe Reader on the resource if you do not already have it.
World Factbook - basic social, statistical, and economic iinformation about countries
World Shakespeare Bibliography Online - provides annotated entries for all important books, articles, book reviews, dissertations, theatrical productions, reviews of productions, audiovisual materials, electronic media, and other scholarly and popular materials related to Shakespeare and published or produced between 1963 and 2006.
ZIP code directory from US Postal Service

 

 

 
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