Reference & Statistical Databases
Biographical Information
Biography Resource CenterFull Text More >
A comprehensive database of biographical information on more
than one million people throughout history and around the world.
It combines biographies from 70 Gale Group publications, the
complete Marquis Who's Who, Merriam-Webster's collegiate and
biographical dictionaries, and full-text articles from over 250
periodicals. The Biography Research Guide will help you get
started doing biographical research.
Coverage: Varies
Career Information & Internships
O*NET (Occupational Network) OnLineFull Text More >
"Serves as the nation's primary source of occupational
information, providing comprehensive information on key
attributes and characteristics of workers and occupations." You
can search the database by either occupations or skills.
Coverage: Updated continuously
UniversityConnectFull Text More >
"An internship programs directory providing information on over
2,800 U.S. based internship programs in forty-five
industry/career categories. " You may search by company,
industry, state, and city.
Coverage: Updated continuously
Company & Industry Information
Business & Company Resource CenterFull Text More >
A fully integrated resource bringing together company profiles,
brand information, rankings, investment reports, company
histories and chronologies. You can also search industry
descriptions and for topics in over 4,000 business, economics
and technology journals.
Coverage: Updated continuously
Euromonitor Global Market Information DatabaseFull Text More >
Provides statistics and market reports for 205 countries around
the world. The reports include historical trends and forecasts,
analysis of key political and economic indicators, company
profiles, and consumer market research.
Coverage: Updated continuously
Mergent OnlineFull Text More >
Provides access to a wide range of financial and business information,
including U.S. and international company data, industry reports, global company
financials, executive profiles, equity research reports, records from private
companies, annual reports, risk ratings and information, and global equity pricing
data. Offers the ability to build custom financial reports.
Coverage: Updated continuously
ValueLine Investment Survey ReportsFull Text More >
Provides the ability to search by Company Name, Stock Ticker or
Industry for the most recent reports, analyst commentaries and
rankings on the 1,700 stocks covered by the Value Line
Investment Survey.
Coverage: Updated continuously
Country Information
CountryWatchFull Text More >
Provides up-to-date information and news on 194 countries of the
world. Includes political, economic, and business information
for its clients in the form of Country Reviews and the Country
Wire. Country Reviews provides a political and economic survey
for each of the 194 countries. Country Wire provides online
information updates from ten international news organizations.
Country Watch Forecast provides forecasting data for global
markets, as well as trends for the six major energy markets.
CountryWatch staff provides periodic data updates on the latest
political, economic, corporate and environmental topics for
individual countries.
Coverage: Updated continuously
Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, & Handbooks
Credo ReferenceFull Text More >
Provides full-text reference books in 20 subject areas. It
includes over 180 titles and 65,000 images "powered by a network
of cross-references that cut across topics, titles and
publishers to provide answers - and new connections - in
context." All titles are also available using ROSIE's subject,
title or keyword search.
Coverage: Varies
Encyclopaedia Britannica OnlineFull Text More >
Consists of a fully searchable and browsable collection of
authoritative articles from the print Encyclopedia Britannica
and its yearbooks; the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary;
plus many other sources. Some special features include a world
atlas, country information and statistics, timelines, the "year
in review," and famous quotations.
Coverage: Updated continuously
Gale Virtual Reference LibraryFull Text More >
Allows you to search a single eBook or multiple eBooks at once,
including multi-volume encyclopedias, biographical collections,
and specialized reference sources. Subjects covered include
Arts, Biography, Business, Education, Environment, History, Law,
Literature, Medicine, Multicultural Studies, Nation and World,
Religion, Science, Social Science, and more.
Coverage: Updated continuously
Oxford English DictionaryFull Text More >A comprehensive dictionary that also traces the development of
English words from approximately 1150 AD up to the present day.
Click on "Simple search" in the lower left corner of the
database page to be able to search for words in the definitions,
quotations, and more.
Coverage: Updated continuously
Statistical Information
GPO AccessFull Text More >
"A service of the U.S. Government Printing Office that provides
free electronic access to a wealth of important information
products produced by the Federal Government. Use GPO Access to
search or browse official, full-text information from the three
branches of the Federal Government. Databases are updated based
on their print equivalent and generally date back to 1994."
Coverage: 1994 to present
Historical Statistics of the United StatesFull Text More >
The standard source for quantitative indicators of American
history from colonial times to the present. It includes fully
searchable text and tables for each of the five parts v. 1.
Population - v. 2. Work and welfare - v. 3. Economic structure
and performance - v. 4. Economic sectors - v. 5 Government and
international relations.
Coverage: Colonial times to 2006
RAND CaliforniaFull Text More >
Provides information on California and U.S. public policy issues
with an emphasis on statistics. California Statistics contains
nearly 100 statistical databases, ranging from employment to
social security payments to SAT scores. Much of the data is
available at the national, state, county, city, and zip code
levels. All of the data is updated on a regular basis. Online
Library indexes recent research and other publications from
leading California public policy and research institutions. In
most cases, a hyperlink leads users to publications.
Coverage: 1991 to present
STAT-USAFull Text More >
Provides data on U.S. business, economic and trade community,
including current and historical economic and financial releases
and economic data. It also contains current and historical
trade-related releases, international market research, trade
opportunities, country analysis, and the National Trade Data
Bank (NTDB).
Coverage: Updated continuously
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