REFERENCE SOURCES
Encyclopedia
Americana
Includes 45,000 articles, plus thousands of hypertext links to web sites
featuring additional data. It is updated quarterly
Grolier
Multimedia Encyclopedia
The online version of the Academic American Encyclopedia, it includes
over 35,000 articles and is updated monthly.
Matter
of Fact
Select the database "A Matter of Fact"
Contains full-text statistical statements on current social, economic,
political, health, and environmental public policy issues. Entries come from
more than 1000 print sources as well as a wide range of Web-based resources, to
which the entries are linked.
Title
Source II
Select Anonymous Login from the Title Source
II main screen.
Publication information on over two-million items in print. Title information
represents input from 65,000 publishers and requests for materials from
academic, public, and school libraries, and information supplied from the
Library of Congress.
http://www.refdesk.com/
"The single best source for facts on the Net."
http://ln.infoplease.com/
"All the knowledge you need."
http://www.academicinfo.net/
"Your Gateway to Quality Educational Resources"
Merlot http://www.merlot.org/Home.po
MERLOT
is a free and open resource designed primarily for faculty and students in
higher education. With a continually growing collection of online learning
materials,
peer reviews and assignments,
MERLOT helps faculty enhance instruction. MERLOT is also a community of people
who strive to enrich teaching and learning experiences.
The
resources in MERLOT include:
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