Databases for Research

Databases About 'Reference'

Science database with full text articles from the Encyclopedia of Science & Technology plus full text biographical information, news articles, and science dictionary.

Resource Types: Reference

The world's largest subscription-based database of proprietary, royalty-free world, continent, country, and state maps.

Resource Types: Reference

Contextual information on the world's most influential people. Authoritative reference content (including Lives & Perspectives) merged with periodicals and multimedia organized into a user-friendly portal experience while also allowing users to search for people based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender as well as keyword and full text.

Resource Types: Reference

In-print, out-of-print, and forthcoming book, audio, & video titles featuring full-text previews and reviews of titles - reviews are from CHOICE, Library Journal, School Library Journal, Research & Reference Book News, University Press Book News, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, Booklist, Quill & Quire, Horn Book Guide, Horn Book Magazine, and more. Includes cover images, author biographies, annotations, etc.

Resource Types: Books; Reference

Catalog of Art Museum Images Online - a premiere resource for works of art from prominent museums around the world.

Resource Types: Reference

Full text, comprehensive reports and analysis on issues shaping our world with statistics, chronologies, bibliographies, and more.

Resource Types: Journal and Magazine Articles; Reference

Covers all areas of criminal justice. Includes abstracting/indexing for 240 journals with over 80 in full text.

Resource Types: Reference

Access to RFK library's collection of over 36,100 electronic books on EBSCOhost (formerly NetLibrary eBooks).

Resource Types: Books; Reference

Encyclopedia articles plus a dictionary, a thesaurus and an Internet guide.

Resource Types: Reference

The database contains more than 32,000 entries and is a comprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750. It covers the history of European exploration as well as portrayals of Native American peoples. A wide range of subject areas are covered, from natural disasters to disease outbreaks and slavery.

Resource Types: Reference

Subject-specific databases of materials. Mostly bibliographic and abstracts with information where located. Can limit some to resources held in the RFK Library.

Resource Types: Reference

The ultimate guide to the world with information on 175 countries.

Resource Types: Reference

U.S. government publications (can generally connect to a publication through URL link in record).

Resource Types: Database Gateway; Reference

Provided courtesy of the West Virginia Library Commission's WV Info Depot. Articles, research starters, world newspapers, lesson plans, and much more.

Resource Types: Reference

Robert F. Kidd Library's online catalog for finding books, videos, DVDs, journals and other materials housed in the library.

Resource Types: Books; Reference

Wilson's library and information full text database - Select 'Library & Information Science (LIB)' from the pull-down menu under 'Subject Area' - Over 155 journals as far back as 1997.

Resource Types: Reference

Indexes more than 500 core journals, more than 50 priority journals, and 125 selective journals; plus books, research reports and proceedings covering librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more.

Resource Types: Reference

Multidisciplinary with full text for over 1,750 periodicals. Also includes nearly 500 full text reference books, over 164,474 primary source documents and an Image collection of over 453,000 photos, maps and flags.

Resource Types: Reference

Contextual information and opinions on hundreds of today's hottest social issues featuring continuously updated viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-test magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.

Resource Types: Journal and Magazine Articles; Reference

Multidisciplinary - provides essays that present multiple sides of 200 controversial topics. Also offers guides to debate, developing arguments and writing position papers.

Resource Types: Journal and Magazine Articles; Reference

Full text regional business publications including journals, newspapers and newswires covering metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.

Resource Types: News and Newspapers; Reference

Up-to-date bibliographic information and pricing structures for magazines, journals, newspapers, and other serials plus contact information on publishers. (This is not an index to articles.)

Resource Types: Reference

The West Virginia Encyclopedia is the comprehensive reference resource for the Mountain State of West Virginia. Based on the best-selling West Virginia Encyclopedia, e-WV offers thousands of articles on West Virginia’s people and places, history, arts, science and culture.

Resource Types: Reference

OCLC catalog of books, videos, web resources, and other library items in libraries worldwide.

Resource Types: Books; Reference

West Virginia Digital Entertainment Library Initiative. Download audiobooks, eBooks, music and video from a rapidly growing library collection of digital materials. Sign in by selecting Glenville State College from the library drop down list and using your ten digit college ID number. Call 304-462-4109 if you need help.

Resource Types: Books; Reference; Video and Music