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Reference Web Sites and E-Books

CCU Library Databases are licensed for use only by currently registered CCU students, faculty and staff. (Login required for access to databases.)

• CQ Researcher - (social issues reference database: AIDS, gun control, welfare, college drinking, immigration, abortion... with overviews/stats) 
• ABC-CLIO E-Books (275 e-Reference Books on world Issues (AIDS, poverty, homelessness, etc.), Religion, history, international affairs, and countries)(All can be searched at once or as an individual e-book.)
• Credo Reference (50 e-encyclopedias, just purchased)
• EBSCO Academic Search/EBSCO Business Source  - (includes: Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia, MasterFILE Premier (Public)(1,750 e-reference books), Middle (School) Search Plus, Primary (School) Search, MAS Ultra (High School),  TOPICSearch (Points of View Reference Center), each with journals and e-books.)
• Galenet/Infotrac - (Contemporary Authors and Contemporary Literary Criticism)
• Gale's Literary Index - (index to 130 literature reference works such as: American Writers, British Writers, Literature and Its Times, 19th Century Literary Criticism, 20 Century Literary Criticism, Novels for Students, Short Stories for Students, Poetry for Students, Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography, etc.)
• Gale Virtual Reference Library/Infotrac - (85 reference e-books online. Select a category such as education, then the individual work or search all at once. Topics covered include: religion, psychology, social sciences, history, science, nursing, etc.)
• InetLibrary - (quality websites for education, religion, colleges, financial aid, scholarships, etc. Includes Webquests and lesson plans by teaching area.)
• Naxos Music Library - (on campus)
• Naxos Music Library - (off campus and on campus via password)
• Mosby's Nursing Consult - (provided via the Nursing Program. Contact Nursing for passwords)
• Oxford Dictionary of the Byzantium, Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History, Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation
• SAGE E-Reference - (47 reference titles in all disciplines)(at top right, "Enter SAGE Reference Online") 
• Counseling and Therapy in Video - (for faculty use only)

Databases by Subject

Encyclopedias (also, see General comprehensive reference sources)

• Encyclopedia Britannica Online - (Library subscription; at prompt use your personal CCU ID and password)(includes Help)
• Cambridge History of English & American Literature -18 v. - (select reference and choose Cambridge History)
• Catholic Encyclopedia
• Columbia Encyclopedia
• Ecole Initiative - Encyclopedia of Early Church History
• Encyclopedia Mythica - (mythology, folklore, and legend)
• Encyclopedia of Law & Economics
• Encyclopedia of the Orient/LookLex - (North Africa and Middle East, now expanded to all subjects, user created)
• Encyclopedia Smithsonian
• Encyclopedias - LibrarySpot – (extensive listing including specialty encyclopedias) 
• History Encyclopedia - (select reference and choose History Encyclopedia)
• Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• Nolo's Legal Encyclopedia
• PC Webopedia
• Reference for Business - (Encyclopedia of Small Business, Encyclopedia of Business, Business Plans, Encyclopedia of Management,  etc.)
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• Tech Encyclopedia
• Wikipedia - (created by individuals)

Biographies

• American Presidents:  Life Portraits
• Biography - LibrarySpot - (multiple sites; also by type (authors, artists, musicians) and ethnicity)
• Biographical Dictionary – (28,000 notables with one line bios and dates)
• Biography-center – (12,000 biographies)
• Biography.com - (28,000+ lives with full-length biographical info)
• Celebration of Women Writers - (access by writer, century, country; extensive links to other comprehensive sites)
• Contact Elected Officials - (Senators, Representatives, Governors, Legislators)
• Justices of the US Supreme Court - (bios, pictures, decisions from the Legal Information Institute) 
• New Perspectives on the West
• Nobel Prize Winners
• POTUS: Presidents of the United States - (on left side under Special Collections, choose POTUS (U.S. Presidents) (highlights, election results, cabinet members, historical documents, further links)
• Presidential Sites - (White House information on presidents, bios, inaugural addresses and related Web sites at end of site, including Presidential Libraries Web and First Ladies)  
• Pulitzer Prizes
• Rulers - (Heads of state/governments)
• U.S. Federal Government - ( 3 branches of government (Executive, Judicial, Legislative, agencies) 
• U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia - (justices with bios, pictures, cases)

Dictionaries and Thesauri

• American Heritage Dictionary, 4th Edition - (English)
• Merriam-Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus - (English)
• American Sign Language Browser
• Greek and Latin Language Resources
• Greek Grammar on the Web
• Latin Dictionary and Grammar Aid - (Notre Dame)
• Life Science Dictionary - (biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, cell biology, genetics and links to Endangered-Extinct Animal Link, Mammal Species of the World, EMBL Reptile Database, World Fish Database, Global Crop Pests, US Plants National Database, Carnivorous Plants Database, Gardener Encyclopedia, Plant Tracker, Chemical Acronyms, ChemFinder, HazDat, Hazardous Chemical Database, Internet Drug Index, Drug InfoNet)
• MedicineNet – (medical terms dictionary, diseases, treatments) 
• OneLook Dictionaries - (dictionaries of arts & humanities, business, computers, medical, slang, sports, science, music, languages, etc.)
• Perseus Project - (text tools & lexica, Greek, Latin, other)
• Roget's II:  The New Thesaurus
• Travlang’s Translating Dictionaries – (multilanguage with German, Spanish, French, Greek, other)
• WashingtonPost.com Business Glossary
• Yourdictionary.com - (multilanguage, thesauri, specialized English/writing guides, online grammars, specialty subject dictionaries, ‘nyms, etc.) 

Fact books, state and country information, student travel (also, see Maps and atlases below)

• Almanacs - LibrarySpot – (collection of almanacs including Guinness World Record, Political Almanac, Afro-American Almanac, Baseball Almanac)
• Basic Country Health Profiles for the Americas
• CIA World Fact Book - (country information: maps, people, government, economy, etc.)
• Country & Territory Guides - (Gov Pub Library, Univ of Col at Boulder)
• Country Risk and Economic Research
• Country Watch - (country info/maps) (CCU does not subscribe to the full service, but some information is available free.)
• Countryreports.org
• Electronic Embassy
• Embassies & Consulates
• Fifty States.com – (comprehensive site with flags, facts, statistics, weather, maps, newspapers, colleges, county business profiles, etc.)
• Frommer's
• GeoHive: Global Statistics - (country data)
• Global Gateway: World Culture & Resources
• Human Developmentment Reports
• Infoplease.com - (almanacs, biographies, Columbia Encyclopedia, with info on world countries, atlases, international relations, statistics, current events, and info on U.S. cities, statistics, history and government, Supreme Court, business, and a wide range of topics)
• Information on Individual Countries and Cultures - (related to International business)(BIOTN)
• Inter-American Development Bank
• International Monetary Fund
• International Organizations (UCB Gov Pubs)
• International Study and Travel Center – (country tips, study and internships)
• Library of Congress Country Studies
• Lonely Planet
• Inter-American Development Bank Countries
• Portals to the World
• Political Database of the Americas
• Rulers - (heads of state, heads of government, leaders of countries and territories, leaders of international organizations, foreign ministers, religious leaders 1700 to present and chronicle of relevant events since 1996)
• Social Studies: BJ Pinchbeck’s Homework Helper – (general social studies and history (U.S., world, ancient), maps, flags, U.S. geography with info on 50 states, world geography with country info)
• StudentUniverse.com – (study abroad, summer, volunteer and internship programs, travel guides, buy air and rail tickets online)
• Study Abroad Links – (worldwide academic, summer, enrichment, and volunteer programs)
• UNdata: a World of Information
• United Nations
• United Nations Statistics Division - World Socail Indicators - (statistical databases, country data, Millennium Delopment Goals Indicators Reports)
• USAID: Latin America and the Caribbean
• U.S. Dept. of State Background Notes – (country information: people, religions, government, politics, economy, history)
• U.S. Dept. of State Travel 
• World Factbook
• WWW Virtual Library: General Resources for All Countries – (comprehensive)
• WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources – (includes international organizations, regions and countries, topics such as international business, world religions, peace/conflict resolution/international security, foreign languages)
• XE, the World's Favorite Currency Site - (universal currency converter)

General Comprehensive Reference Sources

• Itools.com - Your one-stop reference desk - (dictionaries, biographies, quotations, maps, stock quotes, etc.)
• LibrarySpot - (comprehensive site with dictionaries, biographies, countries, government, music, statistics, style guides, yellow pages, etc.)
• Refdesk.com – (comprehensive site)
• Ready Reference – (Kansas City Public Library, named an outstanding US library - Offers quality sites in a variety of areas.)

Lookups

• 411 Locate - (white and yellow pages, e-mail addresses)
• QwestDex - (company lookup and white and yellow phone directories)
• Switchboard.com – (U.S. home and business phone numbers)
• Telephone Directories on the Web - (comprehensive personal and business pages)
• U.S. Postal Service Zip+4 Code Lookup - (zip codes, state abbreviations)
• Yahoo! People Search - (E-mail and telephone search)

Maps and Atlases

• Altapedia - (countries A to Z physical and political maps with facts and statistics on geography, climate, people, religion, history, economy, and additional resources)
• MapQuest - (maps of anywhere in the world; includes street level maps)
• My Facts Page Atlases and Maps – (comprehensive site of states, U.S., countries, special)
• National Geographic Map Machine – (U.S., Canadian, world maps, including themes, street maps, historical maps, flags and facts from the CIA World Factbook)
• Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection - (comprehensive site of world, country, state, city, historical and other maps. Includes over 700 U.S. maps)   

Online Books in Projects and Collections

• American Verse Project  - American poetry before 1920. Includes Poe's Complete works and Carl Sandburg.
• ARTFL - French language and literature from the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and the 17th through 20th centuries.
• Bartleby Library - Fiction and nonfiction classic literature, poetry, and reference encyclopedias, thesauri, dictionaries, quotation sources etc.
• Bibliomania - reference, fiction, non-fiction, poetry, an drama, with study guides and literary criticism.
• Christian Classics Ethereal Library - classic works, the World Wide Study Bible, the World Wide Encyclopedia of Christianity, Early Church Fathers, a Hymnary, etc.
• Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe
• Electronic Text Center at the University of Virginia - Over 70,000 humanities texts in many languages (classics, the Bible, Shakespeare, American fiction, American and British literature (Beowulf, Moby-Dick, Heart of Darkness, etc.) click on the language at the left to access.
• English Server - Over 30,000 texts n many disciplines, including short fiction and nonfiction, novels, poetry, plays, and classics such as The Complete Works of Poe, Homer's The Iliad and The Odyssey, the writings of Hume, etc.
• EOS (Electronic Open Stacks) and EFTS (Electronic Full Text Sources) - Image-based texts from the University of Chicago Library, as well as full-text resources.
• Google Book Search - When it debuted on 11/30/05, it originally offered public domain, primarily 19th century literature and history books out of copyright in full-text in an online format. At present previews and the snippets of current books from numerous publishers are also available. What is useful is the listing at the right side of the page that shows where these books can be bought or can be borrowed from a library near the user.
• HumanitiesText Initiative - making of America and the text collections, including Bibles, the Koran, the book of Mormon, and the English collection of Plato, Poe, Melville. Also has the internet Public Library Online Texts - This is an excellent listing of online repositories of e-texts.
• Internet Archive. Text Archive - More than a million texts.
• Internet Classics Archive - More than 400 translated classic Greek and Roman texts with commentary.
• Internet Sacred Text Archive
• Jack London Collection.
• Nathaniel Hawthorne Collection
• Online Books Page - very extensive with 16,000+ listings.
• Online Medieval and Classic Library - Medieval and classic texts.
• The Oxford Text Archive - Wide representation of authors with works in Latin, Greek, English, and other languages ( example: Aesop's Fables).
• Perseus Digital Library - Classics, ancient Greek and Roman literature and artifacts; also Renaissance and Shakespeare.
• Project Gutenberg - Over 25,000 books now out of copyright.
• Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text and Image - Books, manuscripts, photographs, slides, maps, and sound recordings from Penn Library. Includes Shakespeare, Dreiser, Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, 19th century American history, Jewish music archive, etc. Click on Schoenberg Center...
• SunSite Digital Collections - Numerous collections, such as American Heritage, literature (American), etc.
• Universal Digital Library (Carnegie Mellon) - Art, books, collections, journals, multimedia and music.
• Victorian Women Writers Project - Texts from women writers of the Victorian era.
• World War II Resources
• Women Working -1800 -1930 - Digital collection from Harvard.

Quotation Finders

• Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
• Quotations Page – (includes extensive links to other quotation sites.)
• Simpson's Contemporary Quotations - (select reference and choose Simpson's)