REFERENCE DATABASES

The Library subscribes to several online reference databases - Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, and other Reference works. They are available to members of the Kalamazoo College community.
These resources are not free to the general public.

Reference Databases are not Periodical Indexes - they will not tell you what articles have been published in periodicals.

* (FT) indicates Full Text subscription reference database.
      indicates databases provided to Kalamazoo College by MeL, the Michigan eLibrary, funded by a statewide resource sharing initiative

Almanacs | Biography | Catalogs | Dictionaries | Directories | Encyclopedias | Government | Image Databases

Literary Criticism | Maps | Music | Online Texts | Primary Sources | Quotations | Reference | Religious Texts | Miscellaneous

Gale Virtual Reference Library < about > (FT) Over 100 different types of Reference works online - Complete Gale Virtual Reference Library title list

ALMANACS

InfoPlease free site
World Almanac < about > (FT)

BIOGRAPHY

CATALOGS

KPL Catalog - Kalamazoo Public Library Catalog
MeLCat < about > - Combined catalog of Michigan participating libraries
WestCat - Western Michigan University Library Catalog [How to Get to Western's Campus]
WorldCat < about > - Use for ILL / Union Catalog of US Libraries

DICTIONARIES

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language 4th ed. from Bartleby.com, free site, has pronounciations in sound files.
Oxford English Dictionary < about > (FT)
Roget's Thesaraus, 3rd edition from Bartelby.com, free site < about >

DIRECTORIES

Gale Directory of Scholarships, Fellowships & Loans, 27th ed., 2010 - Directory to Scholarships, Fellowships, and Loans
Ulrich's Periodicals Directory < about >

ENCYCLOPEDIAS

ADAM Medical Encyclopedia from the National Institutes of Health, free site
Beacham's Guide to the Endangered Species of North America (Gale Virtual Reference Library) < about > (FT)
Biology (Gale Virtual Reference Library) < about > (FT)
Cambridge Histories Online < about >
Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre (Oxford Digital Reference)
Columbia Encyclopedia (FT) free site, from Bartleby.com, a general encyclopedia
Countries and their Cultures (Gale Virtual Reference Library) < about > (FT)
Dictionary of Scientific Biography (Gale Virtual Reference Library) <
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online < about > (FT)
Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society (Gale Virtual Reference Library) < about > (FT)
Encyclopedia of Human Relationships (Sage Reference Online) < about > (FT)
Encyclopedia of Irish History and Culture (Gale Virtual Reference Library) < about > (FT)
Encyclopaedia of Islam Online < about > (FT)
Encyclopaedia Judaica (Gale Virtual Reference Library) < about > (FT)
Encyclopedia of Life < about > project by biologist Edward O Wilson, free site
Encyclopedia Mythica mythology, folklore, and religion - free site
Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Gale Virtual Reference Library) < about > (FT)
Encyclopedia of Popular Music, 4th edition (Oxford Digital Reference Shelf) < about >
Encyclopedia of Population (Gale Virtual Reference Library) < about >(FT)
Encyclopedia of Play in Today's Society (Sage Reference Online) < about > (FT)
Encyclopedia of Race and Crime (Sage Reference Online) < about > (FT)
Encyclopedia of Religion (Gale Virtual Reference Library) < about > (FT)
Encyclopedia of Small Business (Gale Virtual Reference Library) < about > (FT)
Encyclopedia of Social Work, Twentieth edition (Oxford Digital Reference)
Encyclopedia of the History of American Management (Oxford Digital Reference)
Encyclopedia of Time: Science, Philosophy, Theology, & Culture (Sage Reference Online ) < about > (FT)
Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine (Gale Virtual Reference Library) < about > (FT)
Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer (Gale Virtual Reference Library) < about > (FT)
Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders (Gale Virtual Reference Library) < about > (FT)
Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine (Gale Virtual Reference Library) < about > (FT)
Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America (Gale Virtual Reference Library) < about > (FT)
Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History (Gale Virtual Reference Library) < about > (FT)
Gale Virtual Reference Library < about > (FT) - all titles, over 100 Reference sources
Grove Dictionary of Art < about > (FT)
International Encyclopedia of Dance (Oxford Digital Reference)
International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences 2nd ed. < about > (FT)
New Grove Dictionary of Jazz < about > (FT)
New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians < about > (FT)
New Grove Dictionary of Opera < about > (FT)
Oxford Art Online < about > includes the Grove Dictionary of Art
Oxford Companion to Western Art < about > (FT)
The Oxford Companion to World Exploration (Oxford Digital Reference)
Oxford Music Online < about > (FT)
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy < about > (FT)
Sage Reference Online < about >
Salem History Online < about >
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy < about > Free full text encyclopedia
St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture (Gale Virtual Reference Library) < about > (FT)
World of Earth Science (Gale Virtual Reference Library) < about > (FT)

GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS

Government Printing Office Monthly Catalog < about > US Government Documents
CIA World Fact Book free US Government site
Statistical Abstract of the United States free US Government site
US Federal Register free US Government site

IMAGE DATABASES

ARTstor < about > Artwork Image Database | How to Access ARTstor from Off Campus
Ad*Access < about > Free database of Advertising Images
flickr Commons < about > Historic Photographs from several public archives, including the Library of Congress, Smithsonian, and others
French National Organisation of Art Museums < about > Free database of art Images from French Museums
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Catalog < about > Free database with some free images
PhotoMuse - from the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film and the International Center of Photography (ICP).
SILS Art Image Browser < about > Free Database of Images from the University of Michigan
National Portrait Gallery < about > Free database
NYPL Digital Gallery < about > Free database of Images from the New York Public Library
Visual Collections: Images of Art, History, and Culture < about > Mix of free and licensed image collections compiled by David Rumsey
U.S. Government Photos and Images - "Most of these images and graphics are available for use in the public domain, and they may be used and reproduced without permission or fee. However, some images may be protected by license. We strongly recommend you thoroughly read the disclaimers on each site before use."

LITERARY CRITICISM

Dictionary of Literary Biography < about >
Poetry Criticism Online < about >

MAPS

A to Z Maps Online < about >

MUSIC

Naxos Music Library < about > Online library of thousands of tracks of predominantly classical music. - On Campus Access Only! -
Naxos Music Library Jazz < about > Online library of thousands of tracks of Jazz. - On Campus Access Only! -

ONLINE TEXTS

ACLS Humanities E-Books 2,200 full-text titles from the The American Council of Learned Societies
Bartelby.com < about > Free database of ebooks, with an emphasis on literature and reference
Columbia University Press < about > History books from Columbia University Press. Partnered with Project Gutenberg
ebooks @ Adelaide < about > Online books in the Public Domain, from the University of Adelaide
ebrary Academic Complete < about > database of academic ebooks
eBook Collection < about > (FT) Collection of Books in Full Text
Google Book Search < about > mix of online books and book excerpts
HathiTrust Digital Library < about > digital preservation and access services for public domain and in copyright content from Google, the Internet Archive, Microsoft, and partner institutions. 
Harvard Open Collections
Humanities Text Initiative searchable online texts from the University of Michigan
Illinois Harvest < about > from the University of Illinois. Texts and documents in the public domain
Internet Archive Online Texts < about > free access to a variety of texts, many older works in the public domain
National Academies Press < about > Collection of 4,000+ books available to download
Online Books Page free online texts, mainly in the Public Domain, from the University of Pennsylvania
Project Gutenberg < about > Free database of ebooks in the Public Domain

QUOTATIONS

Quotations (FT) free site, from Bartelby.com, includes these works:

• Bartlett, John. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.
• The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996.
• Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations. 1988.
• Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.

PRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENTS

Kalamazoo College Library Primary Sources Guide - links to many websites that provide primary sources

Godey's Lady's Book (1830-1845) < about >
Kalamazoo Gazette Historical < about > Full-text coverage of the weekly and daily versions of the Kalamazoo Gazette, 1837-1922.
Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000 < about >
Harper's Weekly (1857-1889) < about >
New York Times (1851 to 3 years ago) < about >
Salem History Online < about >

REFERENCE

Bartleby.com Reference Collection free site, dictionaries, encyclopedias, works on literature and English usage, and more
Gale Virtual Reference Library < about > (FT)

RELIGIOUS TEXTS

Bible, King James Version, from University of Virginia
Bible, Revised Standard Version, from University of Virginia
The Judaica Press Complete Tanach with Rashi from Chabad.org
The Koran from the University of Virginia

MISCELLANEOUS

Global Road Warrior < about >Country Info and Data Guide
Perseus Digital Library < about > Free Database, Classics and the Ancient World
WorldCat Dissertations < about >

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