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A guide to the library's reference databases.

Reference Databases (non-bibliographic)

Oxford Reference
Why use this database?
Great resource for background information on your topic. Contains electronic versions of top-quality reference titles in an easy-to-use interface.
Gale Virtual Library (all titles)
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Need a book for your paper, but don’t want to come to the library? The Gale platform allows you to read any book, anywhere, and on any device.
Brainfuse JobNow/VetNow
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Brainfuse JobNow is a versatile online service designed to support every step of the job search process, including job hunting assistance, professional resume review, and interview preparation. Create a free personal account to customize your experience!

Literature Resource Center
Research authors and their works, literary movements and genres. Search across several major Literature databases to find full text of literary works, journal articles, literature criticism, reviews, biographical information and overviews.

Database Tutorial Guides

Gale Reference eBooks

American Civil War Reference Library (5 volumes)
Publication Date: 2000
American Decades Primary Documents (10 volumes) by Cynthia Rose (Editor)
Publication Date: 2003
American History Through Literature 1820-70 (3 volumes)
Publication Date: 2005
American History Through Literature 1870-1920 (3 volumes)
Publication Date: 2005
American Inaugurals: The Speeches, The Presidents, and Their Times by Kristen Woronoff
Publication Date: 2002
Checks and Balances: the Three Branches of the American Government (3 volumes)
Publication Date: 2005
Crime and Punishment: Essential Primary Sources by K. Lee Lerner; Brenda Wilmoth Lerner
Publication Date: 2006
Crime and Punishment in America Reference Library (3 volumes) by Richard Clay Hanes
Publication Date: 2004
Encyclopedia of Religion, 2nd ed (15 volumes)
Publication Date: 2004
Encyclopedia of Science and Religion (2 volumes)
Publication Date: 2003
Environmental Issues: Essential Primary Sources by K. Lee Lerner; Brenda Wilmoth Lerner
Publication Date: 2006
Family in Society: Essential Primary Sources by K. Lee Lerner; Brenda Wilmoth Lerner; Adrienne Wilmoth Lerner
Publication Date: 2006
Gender Issues and Sexuality: Essential Primary Sources by Adrienne Wilmoth Lerner (Editor)
Publication Date: 2006
Government, Politics, and Protest: Essential Primary Sources by K. Lee Lerner (Editor); Brenda Wilmoth Lerner (Editor); Adrienne Wilmoth Lerner (Editor)
Publication Date: 2006
The Emergence of the Cinema: The American Cinema to 1907 (History of the American Cinema v. 1 of 10) by Charles Musser; Charles H. Harpole (Editor)
Publication Date: 1990
The Transformation of Cinema, 1907-1915 (History of the American Cinema v. 2 of 10) by Eileen Bowser; Charles H. Harpole (Editor)
Publication Date: 1990
An Evening's Entertainment: The Age of the Silent Feature Picture, 1915-1928 (History of the American Cinema v. 3 of 10) by Richard Koszarski; Charles H. Harpole (Editor)
Publication Date: 1990
The Talkies U. S. Cinema's Transition to Sound (History of the American Cinema v. 4 of 10) by Donald Crafton
Publication Date: 1997
Grand Design: Hollywood as a Modern Business Enterprise, 1930-1939 (History of the American Cinema v. 5 of 10) by Tino T. Balio; Charles H. Harpole (Editor)
Publication Date: 1993
Boom and Bust: The American Cinema in the 1940s (History of the American Cinema v. 6 of 10) by Thomas G. Schatz
Publication Date: 1997
Transforming the Screen 1950-1959 (History of the American Cinema v. 7 of 10) by Peter Lev
Publication Date: 2003
The Sixties, 1960-1969 (History of the American Cinema v. 8 of 10) by Paul Monaco
Publication Date: 2000
Lost Illusions: American Cinema in the Shadow of Watergate and Vietnam, 1970-1979 (History of the American Cinema v. 9 of 10) by David A. Cook
Publication Date: 1999
A New Pot of Gold: Hollywood Under the Electronic Rainbow, 1980-1989 (History of the American Cinema v. 10 of 10) by Stephen Prince
Publication Date: 1999
Human and Civil Rights: Essential Primary Sources by K. Lee Lerner; Brenda Wilmoth Lerner
Publication Date: 2006
Immigration and Multiculturalism: Essential Primary Sources by K. Lee Lerner; Brenda Wilmoth Lerner; Adrienne Wilmoth Lerner
Publication Date: 2006
Medicine, Health, and Bioethics: Essential Primary Sources by K. Lee Lerner
Publication Date: 2006
New Catholic Encyclopedia 2nd ed. (15 volumes) by Catholic University of America Staff (Contribution by)
Publication Date: 2002
New Catholic Encyclopedia - The Wojtyla Years by Catholic University of America Staff (Contribution by); Bernard L. Marthaler (Editor)
Publication Date: 2000
The Presidents: A Reference History 3rd ed. by Henry F. Graff (Editor)
Publication Date: 2002
Social Policy: Essential Primary Sources by K. Lee Lerner (Editor); Brenda Wilmoth Lerner (Editor); Adrienne Wilmoth Lerner (Editor)
Publication Date: 2006
Supreme Court Drama: Cases That Changed America (4 volumes) by UXL Staff; Daniel E. Brannen; Richard Clay Hanes
Publication Date: 2000
Terrorism: Essential Primary Sources by K. Lee Lerner
Publication Date: 2005
The Value of a Dollar: Prices and Incomes in the United States, 1860-2004 by Scott Derks
Publication Date: 2004
The Value of a Dollar: The Colonial Era to the Civil War, 1600-1865 by Scott Derks; Tony Smith
Publication Date: 2005
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