Reference

Encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.

Arts

• Arts and Humanities Through the Eras 5v, 2005
• Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990 2v, 2004
• Contemporary Fashion 2nd ed., 2002
• International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers 4th ed., 4v, 2001

Biography

• Business Leader Profiles for Students 2v, 2002
• Encyclopedia of World Biography Vol. 24, 2nd ed., 2005
• Encyclopedia of World Biography 2nd ed., 23v, 2004
• Notable Sports Figures 4v, 2004
• Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, Thematic Series: The 1960s 2v, 2003

Education

• Scholarships, Fellowships and Loans 24th ed., 2008

Environment & Animals

• Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia 2nd ed., 17v, 2004

Literature

• Contemporary Novelists 7th ed., 2001
• Contemporary Poets 7th ed., 2001
• Modern American Literature 5th ed., 3v, 1999
• Nonfiction Classics for Students 5v, 2001
• Reference Guide to Holocaust Literature 2002
• Reference Guide to Short Fiction 2nd ed., 1999
• Reference Guide to World Literature 3rd ed., 2v, 2003
• Writers Directory 2005 ed., 2v, 2004

A collection of resources designed for kids of all ages, including an encyclopedia of animals, a general encyclopedia, and two magazine databases, Middle Search Plus and Primary Search. (A kids' search interface for selected EBSCOhost databases)

NoveList is a fiction database that provides subject heading access, reviews, annotations, and much more for over 120,000 fiction titles. It also includes other content of interest to fiction readers, such as Author Read-alikes, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, and Feature Articles. For school media specialists and teachers there are Standards-Based Thematic Units and Picture Book Extenders, as well as specific teaching guides for using fiction in the classroom.

History Reference Center offers full text from more than 2,500 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books, cover to cover full text for nearly 170 leading history periodicals, more than 112,000 historical documents, 113,000 biographies of historical figures, more than 112,000 historical photos and maps, and more than 80 hours of historical video.

Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for nearly 1,750 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975.
Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also includes nearly 500 full text reference books, full text from 86,017 biographies, 105,786 full text primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 341,655 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.