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This is a good place to start looking for general background information when you begin researching a topic..

There are many more print materials in the library which you may also want to consult. Make an appointment with a reference librarian for more help.

The first electronic resources listed below are AUP subscriptions and are only available from a computer on campus. International or US copyright laws protect these electronic resources. Unauthorized use includes:

Utilizing the online resources for commercial purposes
Downloading or printing entire issues of any journal.

AUP Subscription Resources

Title	Subjects Covered	More Info
Cambridge Collections Online	Literature, classics, philosophy, religion and culture. Consists of 249 Cambridge Companion books - searchable or browsable full text.	More
Credo Reference (formerly xreferplus)	Reliable, factual information for quick reference questions. Can find answers by browsing or searching.	More
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online	Searchable or alphabetical arrangement. Includes an atlas, timeline, and year in review. Encyclopaedia Britannica has extended videos online (full length videos on science, geography, world studies, american history, and arts)	More
Encyclopaedia of Islam Encyclopaedia of Islam THREE	"The Encyclopaedia of Islam is unsurpassed in scope, authority, and erudition. The depth and breadth of its scholarship is apparent on every page. No library or scholar of the world of Islam should be without it." publisher site You may need to load special fonts to view all characters - click here to see the help page. Click here to search both at once.	More
Encyclopaedia of the Quran	"Drawing upon a rich scholarly heritage, and with nearly 1000 entries in 5 volumes, Brill’s EQ it is an encyclopaedic dictionary of qur'ānic terms, concepts, personalities, place names, cultural history and exegesis, extended with essays on the most important themes and subjects within qur'ānic studies."	More
Gale Virtual Reference Series	Subject specific encyclopedias: 1 - Berkshire Encyclopedia of World History 2 - Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity 3 - Encyclopedia of Major Marketing Campaigns 4 - Encyclopedia of Social Theory 5 - Europe 1450-1789 Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World 6 - Historical Atlas of the Islamic World 7 - Information Plus Statistical Series	More
Grove Art Online (see Oxford Art Online below)
MyiLibrary	A variety of ebooks online. This collection will continue to grow. Click on 'All Books' near the bottom to see all books we subscribe to.	More
New Pauly Online Der Neue Pauly (Encyclopaedia of the Ancient World)	"all aspects of the ancient world: persons, places, institutions, events, artifacts, technical terms, ideas and concepts... special attention to the interaction between Greek and Roman culture and the neighboring Semitic, Celtic, Germanic cultures." You may need to load special fonts to view all characters - click here to see the help page. Searchable	More
Oxford Art Online (was Grove Art Online)	Consists of: Grove Art Online The Oxford Companion to Western Art The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics	More
Oxford English Dictionary	Origin of words - quotations	More
Oxford Reference Online	Reference questions - reliable, factual information - easy to find quickly	More
Safari Books	Computer books online. Limit search to 'My Bookshelf'* to see subscribed titles only.* Limit two users. Please logoff when finished.	More

The following sites are maintained by many different organizations; the University Library can guarantee neither the currency of the materials offered nor the connection.

For more web sites that might be of interest, go to Selected WWW Links.

Title	Subjects Covered
Bartleby Reference Area	Online version of Columbia Encyclopedia, World Factbook, American Heritage Dictionary, Familiar Quotations, biographical information on authors, fulltext classics, and much more.
Statistical Abstract of the United States	Frequently needed statistics, such as population tables, GDP (Gross Domestic Product), per capita personal income, Consumer Price Indexes, Money Market interest rates, mortgage rates, stock prices and yields...
Alphadictionary	Its large list of world languages, multilingual dictionaries, specialized English dictionaries, thesauri, vocabulary aids, language identifier tools.