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Not finding anything? Try the Cross-Database Search -- but try the regular resources (below and by subject) first; results may be unpredictable.
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| Academic Search Premier | Interdisciplinary database of newspapers, magazines and journals, with full-text for a majority of the articles. Also includes a searchable file of images. |
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| ARTstor | ARTstor is a digital library of more than one million images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and social sciences with a suite of software tools to view, present, and manage images for research and pedagogical purposes. The collections comprise contributions from outstanding museums, photographers, libraries, scholars, photo archives, and artists and artists’ estates. |
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| Britannica Online | Online version of Encyclopaedia Britannica, with links to recommended web sites. |
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| Credo Reference | Searchable online reference books such as encyclopedias, dictionaries and quotation books in many subject areas. |
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| Literature Resource Center | Author biographies, work overviews, literary criticism and bibliographies. |
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| Oxford Dictionary of Quotations | Searchable dictionary of quotations ancient and modern. |
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| Oxford English Dictionary (OED) | Current, online version of the definitive dictionary of the English language. Traces the evolution of a word over time. |
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| Oxford Reference Online | Searchable access to over 200 Oxford University Press reference sources. |
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| Proquest Research Library | A general index to popular, professional and scholarly publications. Many full text articles available. |
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| Reader’s Guide Retrospective | Indexes popular topics in older issues of popular journals. Covers 1890 through 1983. |
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| Reference Universe | Search across all of Drew Library’s electronic and print reference sources. |
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| Statistical DataSets | Research tool with over 15 billion economic, legal, governmental, political and education-related data points from both licensed and public domain sources. |
Web Sites
Not finding anything? Try the Cross-Database Search -- but try the regular resources (below and by subject) first; results may be unpredictable.
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ASL Browser
Glossary to American Sign Language, with video examples of each sign, from Michigan State University. Links to other such dictionaries as well.
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BBC News: Country Profiles
Relatively up-to-date profiles of countries including news information on leaders and links to national media.
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Best Search Tools Chart – Infopeople.org
An excellent guide to selected web directories, meta-search engines, and search engines.
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Google Books
Search the contents of a vast array of books. Those that are covered by copyright (generally published in the last 70 years) are usually not fully available online, but you can check to see if Drew owns them, or you can request the works through Interlibrary Loan.
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HathiTrust Digital Library
Similar to Google Books, and based on many of the same institutions. Use the Advanced Search to search the contents of books, as well as their titles, authors, and subjects.
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Internet Public Library
Organizes a solid list of recommended websites; search or browse by topic.
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Internet Scout Report Archives
Describes and reviews the best sites by topic. (Searchable)
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Martindale’s The Reference Desk
Links to online resources on a wide variety of topics
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National Atlas of the United States
Create and view layered maps combining boundary, scientific/geologic, demographic, industrial, etc. factors, or print out pre-created subject maps of the U.S.
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Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
One of the best indexes to online maps available. Begins with a thematic list; use the left sidebar to find maps by location/theme.
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Printable Maps List: Reference and Outline Maps of the United States
A U.S. Government source for maps of the US and individual states. Map types include county borders, counties and towns, rivers and lakes.
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ProCon.org: Pros and Cons of Controversial Issues
“We promote critical thinking, education, and informed citizenship. Our sites present controversial issues in a straightforward, nonpartisan, primarily pro-con format. “
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Statistical Abstract of the United States
THE standard source for social, political and economic statistics from 1878 to the present. Government and private source data.
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The Online Books Page – Archives and Indexes
Links to online books and texts, collected by the University of Pennsylvania.