Get quick, or introductory information on a wide range of topics from any of the library's electronic encyclopedias or other online reference books.

• Online Reference Collection

Access Science Available off campus with student ID. Access Science is the online version of the eighth edition of McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology.  In addition, it includes current articles about new developments in science and technology.

Britannica Online  Available off campus with student ID.
The complete Encyclopaedia Britannica plus links to well-chosen websites, leading magazines and related books. 

College Source Online Available off campus with student ID.
Access to "over 11,600 College Catalogs including 2-year, 4-year, graduate, and professional schools."  

Culture Grams  Available off campus with student ID.
Offers concise, reliable, and up-to-date reports on 187 countries of the world and the 50 States.  Culture Grams go beyond mere facts and figures to deliver an insider's perspective on daily life and culture, including the history, customs, and lifestyles of the world's people.  

Encyclopedia of Science,Technology, and Ethics Available off campus with student ID.
"This encyclopedia considers both the professional ethics of science and technology, and the social, ethical, and political issues raised by science and technology..."

Gale Virtual Reference Library  Available off campus with student ID.
A collection of electronic encyclopedias including:

Human Resource Desktop Reference  Available off campus.
A human resource reference for the State of Washington from the Department of Personnel.

HyperHistory Online free website
"HyperHistory is an expanding scientific project presenting 3,000 years of world history with an interactive combination of synchronoptic lifelines, timelines, and maps." (from publisher)

Literature Resource Center (Gale)   Available off campus with a password.
Full-text journal articles, literary criticism, reviews, biographical information, and overviews on over 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.

Lois Law Washington Law Books  Password required, ask a librarian. 
Legal resources for the State of Washington.

Merck Manual of Medical Diseases (Merck)  free website
"Explains disorders, who is likely to get them, their symptoms, how they're diagnosed, how they might be prevented, and how they
can be treated; also provides information about prognosis. Provided free of charge on the Internet by Merck & Co., Inc., as a public service on a non-profit basis." (from publisher)

Occupational Outlook Handbook  (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
An annual publication that provides information on a wide variety of careers. Included for each career is the nature of the work, working conditions, employment, training (includes other qualifications and advancement), job outlook, earnings, related occupations, and sources of other information.

Opposing Viewpoints (Gale) Available off campus with student ID.
"covers social issues, such as Gun Control, Genetic Engineering, Censorship, Endangered Species, and Terrorism. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center brings together viewpoint articles, contextual topic overviews, government and organizational statistics, biographies of social activists, court cases, profiles of government agencies and special interest groups, newspaper and magazines articles, primary source documents, images, and a collection of subject-indexed Web sites."

STAT-USA  Available off campus with student ID.
"STAT-USA/Internet, a service of the U.S. Department of Commerce, is a single point of access to authoritative business, trade, and economic information from across the Federal Government. "

Wikipedia   free website
"Wikipedia is written collaboratively by volunteer from all around the world. With rare exceptions, its articles can be edited by anyone with access to the Internet." (from publisher)

WOIS (Washington Occupational Information System)   Password required, ask a librarian; available off campus.
Contains information about careers, schools and training programs in Washington state. 

Complete list of over 50 databases

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Updated on: April 07, 2009