Background Information

Reference Sources are an excellent means of locating background information on a topic. Now, a large number of these sources are available online.

• Oxford Reference Online
• Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia
• Books in Print
• Choice Reviews Online : For help in using this database, as well as the Baker and Taylor database, please visit the Library Book Ordering Guide
• Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology
• CQ Researcher
• CQ Weekly
• Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, & Addictive Behavior
• Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature
• Gale literary Index
• Oxford Music Online
• Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage