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A collection of ebooks covering a variety of topics in the arts and humanities.

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E-Reference books may provide access to reference sources. Some of these books are also available in print.

  • CQ Researcher
    The most current and controversial issues of the day with complete summaries, all the pros and cons, bibliographies and more.

  • Historical Abstracts of the United States
    This definitive reference work contains more than 37,000 annual time series of quantitative historical information covering virtually every quantifiable dimension of American history: population, work and welfare, economic structure and performance, governance, and international relations, all from the earliest times to the present. Each series is fully documented and placed in historical context by a recognized expert.

  • Issues: Understanding  Controversy and Society
    Selected primary and secondary sources on the most enduring and timely issues of the day.

  • Legal Information Reference Center
    Legal Information Reference Center contains hundreds of full-text publications and thousands of legal forms. The full-text legal reference books are provided through Nolo, the nation's oldest and most-respected provider of legal information for consumers and small businesses. This database offers the everyday user the necessary tools and detailed “how-to” instructions to independently address a wide-range of legal issues.

  • MEDLINEplus
    Includes citations to medical literature, as well as an encyclopedia, adictionary, drug information, and other health related resources. A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.

  • NCJRS Virtual Library
    Searches the NCJRS web site and the web sites of the agencies of the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, and the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, and the NCJRS collection of 7,000+ full-text publications.

  • North American Classification Industry Classification System
    The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS pronounced Nakes) is a unique, all-new system for classifying business establishments. Adopted in 1997 to replace the old Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system, it is the industry classification system used by the statistical agencies of the United States. It is the first economic classification system to be constructed based on a single economic concept. Search by keyword to access related codes (these codes can then be used to access data in databases, such as the United States Economic Census. There is a SIC and NAICS conversion feature. The Ask Dr. NAICS feature is also helpful for new users.

  • Occupational Outlook Handbook
    Includes Occupational Outlook Quarterly, Career Guide to Industries, and links to many other Bureau of Labor Statistics publications and research reports. Career information can be found three ways: by typing a specific occupation in a box, clicking on one of the occupational cluster buttons (sales, transportation), or by clicking on the A-Z index, which is detailed and includes numerous cross-references. Entries for individual occupations contain extensive details about the occupation, training and required qualifications, job outlook, earnings, related occupations, and sources of additional information.

  • Oxford Reference Online: Premium Edition
    Brings together Oxford's core collection of renowned reference works into a single cross-searchable resource with an expanding range of key titles in the acclaimed Oxford Companions series plus the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.

  • Points of View Reference Center
    Points of View Reference Center contains a balance of materials from all viewpoints, including more than 1,300 main essays, leading political magazines from both sides of the aisle, newspapers, radio & TV news transcripts, primary source documents and reference books. Each of the main essays includes links to related full-text articles hand-picked by the editor.

  • Sage E-reference
    A collection of over 35 encyclopedias and handbooks covering a variety of topics in the social sciences and medicine.

  • Salem Press Health Collection
    Access to the following Salem Press title(s) online: Psychology & Mental Health.

  • Supreme Court Collection
    Part of Legal Information Institute (LII). Contains all U.S. Supreme Court opinions issued since May 1990 (FindLaw is the source for decisions prior to 1990). In addition, there is a historic collection of approximately 600 of the most important cases, which can be accessed by party name, topic, and opinion author.