Electronic Resources

Subject Resources: General Reference

= USC users only     = Multiple sources

Databases
	17th and 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers
	19th Century British Library Newspapers
	Academic OneFile
	American National Biography Portraits of more than 17,400 people that have shaped the nation.
	Books in Print In-print, out-of-print, and forthcoming books from North American publishers.
		First Search (OCLC)	Varies.
	C19: Nineteenth Century Index
	Chicago Manual of Style Online
	ChoiceReviews.online Reviews significant current books and electronic resources of interest to those in higher education
	Community of Science (COS) Find funding, identify potential collaborators, publicize research, and conduct research online
		Community of Science: COS
	COS Expertise Community of Science Expertise - researcher profiles
		Community of Science: COS
	COS Funding Opportunities Community of Science database of research funding opportunities
		Community of Science: COS
		Cambridge Scientific Abstracts: CSA
	COS Scholar Universe Community of Science database of information about researchers worldwide
		Cambridge Scientific Abstracts: CSA
	COS Workbench Community of Science free personal workspace
		Community of Science: COS See More Info for access information.
	Credo Reference (Xrefer)
	Current Research at University of Southern California:USC Disserations A listing of dissertations and theses from USC. Includes full text in pdf format.
			1996-
	Economist Historical Archive 1843-2003
	Expanded Academic ASAP Articles from more than 1,500 scholarly, trade and general-interest publications, many in full-text.
			1980 -- present
	Facts on File News Archive Events, issues, statistics and people of the last 20 years.
			1980 to present
	Gale Virtual Reference Library Contains encyclopedias and reference books in a variety of subjects.
	Gutenberg-e
	HOMER Catalog of the Information Services Division's library materials (all libraries except Health Sciences Libraries and Law Library catalogs)
	LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe Full text business, financial, legal, medical, biographical, government and domestic and international newspaper resources.
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	Melvyl The catalog of the University of California Libraries
	OED Online The definitive English language dictionary and record of English language development.
	Official Index to the Times
	Oxford Reference Online A comprehensive collection of Oxford's 100 language and subject dictionaries Oxford Reference Online: The Core Collection brings together 100 language and subject dictionaries and reference works -
	Oxford Text Archive OTA distributes more than 2500 resources in over 25 different languages. Its goal is to make digital resources available to the academic community.
	Periodicals Archive Online
	ProceedingsFirst Database Citations of every congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received at The British Library
			1993 to the present
	ProQuest Access databases of resources for arts, business, humanities, social sciences, science and newspaper resources.
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	Thomas Register Thomas Register is the most comprehensive online resource for finding companies and products manufactured in North America
	Times Digital Archive
	WorldCat Union catalog of books and other materials in many languages located in libraries worldwide
eJournals
	Futures Multidisciplinary journal investigating long-terms futures of society and culture.
		ScienceDirect	v. 1, no. 1 (1968) -- present
	JSTORNEWS
		JSTOR
eBooks
	APA Style Guide to Electronic References
	Books in Print In-print, out-of-print, and forthcoming books from North American publishers.
		First Search (OCLC)	Varies.
	Credo Reference (Xrefer)
	Digital Dictionary of Buddhism
	Ebrary Internet-based library of over 30,000 electronic volumes
	Encyclopedia of American religions Contains general essays that historically trace the major religious families and traditions
	Gale encyclopedia of multicultural America Contains 8,000 to 12,000 word essays on specific culture groups in the United States
	Gale Virtual Reference Library Contains encyclopedias and reference books in a variety of subjects.
	Gutenberg-e
	LibriVox: free audiobooks
	Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary More than 75,000 definitions.
	NetLibrary Collection Collection of full-text electronic books.
	New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy
	Visual Dictionary Online QA International and Merriam-Webster
	World education encyclopedia Provides detailed essays on the histories, legal foundations, and primary and secondary educational systems of 233 countries
Web Sites
	Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE Digital library collections, catalogs and indexes
	California State Library The State Library is California's public research library
	Faculty and Staff Directory USC Faculty and Staff Directory
	Index New Zealand
	Infoplease.com Online version of the Information Please Almanac.
	IntraText digital library Digital library of religious, philosophical, literary, and scientific sample texts in more than 35 languages.
	LibriVox: free audiobooks
	Martindale's Calculators On-Line Center Independent inventor's portal site to scientific calculators and other reference tools.
	Obituary Daily Times Daily index of published obituaries.
	Official Statistics on the Web
	Time Archive
	Visual Dictionary Online QA International and Merriam-Webster