Looking for background information or data about your topic?
Use the Reference Online resources recommended on this guide to locate sources that your professors will be happy to see cited in your research paper or project.
- Oxford Reference This link opens in a new windowA collection of dictionaries and handbooks on a wide range of subjects, such as history, law, media studies, and society and culture. Published by Oxford University Press.
- Credo Reference This link opens in a new windowCredo Reference is a collection of reference books powered by a network of cross-references that cut across topics, titles, and publishers. The collection covers major subject fields, including art, medicine, history, technology, and more. The collection features: audio pronunciation files; art, science, and medical images; and atlas images of places and geographic features throughout the world.
- ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States This link opens in a new window
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A comprehensive collection of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States. Digital volumes available from 1878 to the present.
- World FactbookFor each country, content includes a map, a color image of the national flag, and a profile that includes information about the country's geography, population, government, economy, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues.
- Oxford English Dictionary This link opens in a new windowAuthoritative dictionary on the evolution of the English language. Considered to be an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past.
