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Art / Music / Theatre

  • Encyclopedia of Punk Music and Culture - comprehensive guide to punk rock and its subcultures. 7 digit College ID number needed for remote access.
  • Encyclopedia of Rap and Hip Hop Culture - comprehensive collection of factual information associated with the development and history of rap and Hip Hop. 7 digit College ID number needed for remote access.
  • Grove Art Online - comprehensive art encyclopedia covering the visual arts - painting, sculpture, graphic arts, architecture, decorative arts, and photography - from prehistory to present day. 7 digit College ID number needed for remote access.
  • Grove Music Online - comprehensive encyclopedia covering all aspects of music. 7 digit College ID number needed for remote access.
  • Masterpieces of Classic Greek Drama - introductory guide to the literary study of Greek drama, covering 10 well-known plays. 7 digit College ID number needed for remote access.

Biographical

  • Encyclopedia of World Biography  - includes approximately 7,000 biographies on notables from every part of the world and from all time periods. 7 digit College ID number needed for remote access. 
  • Encyclopedia of World Biography Supplement  - adds approximately 200 new biographies to the above source. 7 digit College ID number needed for remote access.
  • Nobelprize.org - information on all Nobel Prize winners to date, the Nobel organization, Alfred Nobel, and Nobel events.

Business / Economics

  • Encyclopedia of Business and Finance - covers a wide range of business concerns, including accounting, economics, finance, information systems law, management, and marketing. 7 digit College ID number needed for remote access.
  • Encyclopedia of Small Business - contains 600 detailed articles and overviews of key information needs of small business owners, including financial planning, business plan creation, market analysis, sales strategy, tax planning, and human resource issues. 7 digit College ID number needed for remote access.
  • Gale Encyclopedia of E-Commerce  - contains 470 essays covering topics and terms, profiles of the top e-commerce companies, biographies of e-commerce innovators, and coverage of events and legislation related to e-commerce. 7 digit College ID number needed for remote access.
  • Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History  - presents 1,000 entries covering era overviews, event/movement profiles, biographies, business/industry profiles, geographic profiles, and more. 7 digit College ID number needed for remote access.

Countries / Cultures

  • Atlapedia.com - an encyclopedia of nations.
  • Countries and Their Cultures - focuses on countries and cultures from around the world, with an emphasis on what is and is not shared culturally by the people who live in a particular country. Includes demographic, historical, cultural, economic, religious, and political information. 7 digit College ID number needed for remote access.
  • Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America  - contains essays on specific culture groups in the United States, emphasizing religions, holidays, customs, and languages in addition to providing information on historical background and settlement patterns. 7 digit College ID number needed for remote access.
  • Multiculturalism in the United States - includes essays on a variety of ethnic groups in the United States.  Topics include the tensions and conflicts between American culture and the traditions of newly arrived immigrants, influences of various groups on American culture over time, and effects of American culture on a particular group. 7 digit College ID number needed for remote access. 
  • Social Trends and Indicators USA - provides detailed statistics on social issues and expert analysis of the statistics. Statistics are gathered from respected agencies and major newspapers. 7 digit College ID number needed for remote access.
  • World Fact Book - provides background and data on all nations of the world.

Education

  • Child Development - covers issues related to human development from conception through adolescence. 7 digit College ID number needed for remote access.
  • World Education Encyclopedia - this country-by-country survey of educational systems provides detailed essays on the histories, legal foundations, and primary and secondary educational systems of 233 countries. 7 digit College ID number needed for remote access.

History

  • Historical Dictionary of the 1960s - an encyclopedic dictionary covering the political, military, social, cultural, religious, economic, and diplomatic topics of the decade. 7 digit College ID number needed for remote access.
  • Historical Dictionary of the 1970s - presents an encyclopedic overview of the decade, including prominent individuals, significant events, cultural aspects, and issues and controversies. 7 digit College ID number needed for remote access.
  • Women in the Middle Ages: an Encyclopedia - contains over 300 entries offering both basic and in-depth information on individual women and on broad topics relating to the experience of women in Europe and elsewhere in the world between the second and fifteenth centuries. 7 digit College ID number needed for remote access.
    Volume 1 - A-J
    Volume 2 - K-Z

Law

  • Gale Encyclopedia of Everyday Law  - includes brief descriptions of each issue's historical background, profiles of various U.S. laws and regulations, details of how laws vary from state to state, and identifies additional print and Web resources. 7 digit College ID number needed for remote access.

Philosophy

  • Encyclopedia of Philosophy - comprehensive encyclopedia with a global perspective covering a wide range of topics in the field of philosophy. Includes 2,100+ subject and biographical entries. 7 digit College ID number needed for remote access.
  • Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy - excellent, peer-reviewed in-depth and signed articles which cover all time periods and geographic areas. Most articles have bibliographies.

Science / Health

  • Access Science - electronic version of the McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. 7 digit College ID number needed for remote access.
  • The A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia - made available by the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.  Contains "over 4000 articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries."  Many detailed photos and illustrations included.
  • Encyclopedia of Public Health  - examines a wide variety of public health issues such as environmental health, drug abuse, epidemiology, nutrition, demographics, and diseases.  7 digit College ID number needed for remote access.
  • Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer - covers 120 cancers, cancer drugs, traditional and alternative treatments, side effects, and diagnostic procedures. 7 digit College ID number needed for remote access.
  • Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence - covers every major body system and includes topics relating to diseases and disorders, development, immunizations, drugs, and procedures. 7 digit College ID number needed for remote access.
  • Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders - provides comprehensive information on genetic disorders, including conditions, tests, procedures, treatments, and therapies. 7 digit College ID number needed for remote access.
  • Mental Disorders of the New Millennium - focuses on contemporary abnormal psychology topics that impact society. 7 digit College ID number needed for remote access.
    Volume 1 - Behavioral Issues
    Volume 2 - Public and Social Problems
    Volume 3 - Biology and Function   
  • People and Discoveries - an encyclopedia of 20th Century scientists and their discoveries.
  • Sex and Sexuality - 7 digit College ID number needed for remote access.
    Volume 1 - Sexuality Today: Trends and Controversies
    Volume 2 - Sexual Function and Dysfunction
    Volume 3 - Sexual Deviation and Sexual Offenses 
  • Techencyclopedia - an encyclopedic dictionary of 20,000+ information technology terms.
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