Electronic Reference Books

CQ Researcher
Explores a single "hot" issue in the news in depth each week. Website includes issues back to 1991.

Credo Reference
More than 3 million reference book chapters from 362 titles from 60+ publishers; offers advanced search, concept map for visual searching. Good for overviews of subjects.

Facts on File: World News Digest
U.S. and world news 1940-present. Reuter's newsfeed with two week archive. Other features include timelines, country profiles, issues in depth, finding a research topic. Ready reference links to information on elections, federal budgets, state laws, Dow Jones, world financial data, notable biographies, and more.

FedStats
The gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies.

Gale Virtual Reference Library
Good place to start for most research topics. Searches 250 full-text encyclopedias and specialized reference sources on a wide variety of subjects. The "Document Title" search will look for your words in the books' chapter titles. (Note: reference books with a large blue "e" on the spine are full-text in this database.)

Hoover's Online
Basic information on companies and industries. Business database with stock prices and information on corporations.

Occupational Outlook Handbook
Career information from the U.S. Department of Labor, updated each year.

Updated Oct. 2008