Reference
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| Art Museum Image Gallery |
The Art Museum Image Gallery is an online collection of high-quality, digital documentation of works of art from around the world. Works from major European, American, and Canadian artists in the collections of member museums are included. Cultures and time periods represented range from contemporary art, Native American and Inuit art, to ancient Greek, Roman, and Egyptian works, along with Japanese and Chinese works. Art Museum Image Gallery documents over 155,000 works of art. |
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| Biography Resource Center | This database combines award-winning biographies from respected sources. Biography Resource Center also includes full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals. With the Complete Marquis Who's Who®, find quick reference information on an additional 900,000 people. |
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| FedJobs | Our subscription to this database maintained by the Federal Research Service provides access to over 20,000 federal job listings, with a variety of targeted search methods, along with how-to information, and application forms. | On-Campus
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| Gale Virtual Reference Library | The sources that Gale Virtual Reference Library offers in eBook format include multi-volume encyclopedias, biographical collections, business plan handbooks, company history compilations, consumer health references, and specialized reference sources. |
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| General Reference Center | A general interest database that integrates a variety of sources in one easy-to-use interface. Use this to find articles from newspapers, reference books, and periodicals, many with full-text and images. Find the latest current events, popular culture, business and industry coverage, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more. |
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| World Book Encyclopedia | World Book Online contains all articles from the print edition plus links to thousands of Web sites, periodical articles, pictures, maps, videos, animations, and sounds. In addition, there are resources for parents, teachers, and students, a today in history section, and the Spanish Student Discovery Encyclopedia. |
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| WorldCat | Extensive catalog of bibliographic records for books and other materials in libraries worldwide. |
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| World Factbook | Information from the CIA's World Factbook publication is available free of charge through the agency's website. Select a country and see concise and up to date information on its land, people, government, transportation, and much more. | Access
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