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General and Multi-Subject Databases

Bartelby.com
'Great Books Online'. Offers a selection of reference works including the Columbia Encyclopedia (2000), Roget's Thesaurus, and Bullfinch's Mythology.

Biography Resource Center
a full-text database of biographical information on more than 150,000 people throughout the world, across history, and in all disciplines

Britannica Online
Web version of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Dissertations and Theses Full Text
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. Citations for dissertations published from 1980 forward also include 350-word abstracts written by the author. Citations for master's theses from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts. Dissertations from 1997 to present are available in full-text PDF format.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center

Ideal for those looking for pro and con arguments on a wide variety of contemporary social issues. Includes the opposing viewpoints series as well as links to reference materials, statistics, selected magazine and newspaper articles, images, primary documents, and Web sites.

Oxford English Dictionary
An exhaustive, historical dictionary of English, covering the language from the earliest times to the present day. To start searching, click on the "Sign In" icon.

Proceedings First
Citations of every congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received at The British Library.

WorldCat
Bibliographic database containing approximately 40 million records. Includes books, films, music scores, and many other types of materials. Not a journal index.