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General Reference Databases

To access a database, click on the database name.  To access search tips on a particular database click on the "" next to the database name.

N.B.  If a database has an EXIT option please use it, as some databases restrict the number of simultaneous users.  

Biography and Genealogy Master Index

 

A comprehensive index to nearly 12 million biographical sketches in more than 2700 volumes and editions of current and retrospective reference books covering both contemporary and historical figures throughout the world.
 Biography, Oxford Dictionary of National 
Oxford English Dictionary The online version of the Oxford English Dictionary offers access to the wealth of material contained in the 20-volume print edition of the OED and its 3-volume Additions Series. The OED Online allows you to display entries according to your needs, that is, you can turn pronunciation, etymologies, variant spellings, and quotations on and off. It also allows you to compare revised entries with entries from the Second Edition to see how the language has changed.
 RefWorks  
WorldCat  WorldCat is the OCLC catalog of books, web resources, and other material worldwide. It contains all the records cataloged by OCLC member libraries and offers over 41,000,000 bibliographic records. It is updated daily.
World Development Indicators Online (WDI) 
 

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