Elihu Burritt Library

Reference Works Research Databases (40 results)

Associations Unlimited

Contains information for more than 120,000 international and U.S. regional, state, and local nonprofit membership organizations in all fields. Features full contact information, description, SIC codes, meetings and publications information, and more.
Off-Campus Access: CCSU students, faculty, staff, and CT public library card holders.
Categories: Reference Works

Barnes Reports

Includes full text (PDF) access to U.S. Industry & Market Outlook report and World Industry & Market Outlook report.
Off-Campus Access: CCSU students, faculty and staff only. Access is limited to one user at a time.
Categories: Business Reference Works Marketing

Biography and Genealogy Master Index

Indexes current, readily available reference sources, as well as the most important retrospective works that cover individuals, both living and deceased, from every field of activity and from all areas of the world.
Off-Campus Access: CCSU students, faculty and staff only.
Categories: Biography Reference Works

Biography in Context

Biographical information on the world's most influential people. Search for people based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender as well as keyword and full text.

Access to this database is provided courtesy of iCONN, the Connecticut Digital Library.

Off-Campus Access: CCSU students, faculty and staff only.
Categories: Biography Reference Works

Birds of North America Online

BNA Online provides comprehensive life histories for each of the 716+ species of birds breeding in the USA (including Hawaii) and Canada.
Off-Campus Access: CCSU students, faculty and staff only.
Categories: Biology Zoology Reference Works

Book Review Digest

Book Review Digest provides review excerpts and book summaries for current English-language fiction and non-fiction books for all ages. Abstracting and indexing are included for more than 112,000 books. This database contains coverage of more than 109 periodicals, with more than 8,000 new records added per year. Full bibliographic information is available for every book covered in the database.
Off-Campus Access: CCSU students, faculty and staff only. Access is limited to 1 user at a time.
Categories: Multi-disciplinary Reference Works Book Reviews

Books & Authors

Books and Authors offers new ways to explore the endless possibilities and combinations of books, authors, genres and topics. The database lists over 140,000 titles, 50,000 authors, and thousands of read-alike, award winner and librarian's favorites. Access provided courtesy of iCONN, the CT Digital Library.
Off-Campus Access: CCSU students, faculty and staff only.
Categories: Reference Works

Business Insights: Essentials

Formerly Business and Company Resource Center, BI:E allows you to research and analyze companies and industries around the world. It features reference content from Gale's core business collection and easy-to-use company fundamentals and investment research reports. Access provided courtesy of iCONN, the CT Digital Library.
Off-Campus Access: CCSU students, faculty and staff only.
Categories: Business Reference Works

Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities

A directory of periodicals in education, psychology, and business with publication guidelines.
Off-Campus Access: CCSU students, faculty and staff only.
Categories: Education Reference Works Psychology

Cambridge Histories Online

The collection contains over 250 volumes of the renowned texts of the Cambridge Histories series published since 1960; covers 14 subject areas, including General History, Regional History, Literary Studies, Philosophy, and Religious Studies.
Off-Campus Access: CCSU students, faculty and staff only.
Categories: History E-Book Collections Reference Works

College Catalogs

Contains full text images of over 7,200 college catalogs. Access to website content is limited as CCSU is no longer subscribed to the full version. Note: requires Adobe Reader to retrieve catalogs.
Off-Campus Access: Available to all users.
Categories: Education Reference Works

Columbia Grangers World of Poetry

Definitive source in English for locating a poem in anthologies on library shelves.
Off-Campus Access: CCSU students, faculty and staff only.
Categories: Literature Reference Works

CQ Press Electronic Library

Search the full-text contents of CQ Researcher, CQ Weekly, and over two dozen reference titles, such as the Historic Documents series, Supreme Court A to Z, Guide to Congress, Guide to U.S. Elections, Politics in America and many more! The CQ Press Electronic Library is useful for research in American government, politics, history, public policy, and current affairs.
Off-Campus Access: CCSU students, faculty and staff only.
Categories: Reference Works Political Science Criminal Justice and Law

CREDO Reference

Search a vast collection of more than 560 full-text reference titles from over 80 publishers covering all subject areas. Images and video are also included in the service.
Off-Campus Access: CCSU students, faculty and staff only.
Categories: Reference Works Multi-disciplinary Statistics

D&B Million Dollar Database

D&B Million Dollar Database contains U.S. companies with $1 million or more in sales, or 20 or more employees, or branches with 50 or more employees. The corporate family tree feature lets you view the entire family tree structure for companies.
Off-Campus Access: CCSU students, faculty and staff only. Access is restricted to 5 users at a time.
Categories: Business Reference Works Management

Encyclopedia Britannica

Web version of the widely used encyclopedia.
Off-Campus Access: CCSU students, faculty, and staff only.
Categories: Reference Works

Encyclopedia Judaica

Updated edition of this lauded work on Judaism features more than 21,000 entries on Jewish life, culture, history, and religion, written by Israeli, American and European subject specialists.
Off-Campus Access: CCSU students, faculty and staff only.
Categories: Philosophy Religion Reference Works

EOL: Encyclopedia of Life

The Encyclopedia of Life offers photographs and information on all species documented by science. Resources and images in biodiversity are collected from a myriad of sources.
Off-Campus Access: Available to all users.
Categories: Biology Reference Works

Europa World Yearbook

Europa World Plus is the online version of the Europa World Year Book and the nine-volume Europa Regional Surveys of the World series. First published in 1926, the year book is renowned as one of the world's leading reference works, covering political and economic information in more than 250 countries and territories.

Trial access available through 9/26/2012.

Off-Campus Access: CCSU students, faculty and staff only.
Categories: Political Science Reference Works

European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750

The database contains more than 32,000 entries and is a comprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750. It covers the history of European exploration as well as portrayals of native American peoples. A wide range of subject areas are covered; from natural disasters to disease outbreaks and slavery. The original bibliography was co-developed by John Alden and Dennis Landis, Curator of European Books at The John Carter Brown Library.
Off-Campus Access: CCSU students, faculty, and staff only.
Categories: History Primary Sources Reference Works

Gale Directory Library

Provides access to online directories published by Thomson Gale. The library is subscribed to the following titles:

Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies, 2007 ed.

Off-Campus Access: CCSU students, faculty and staff only.
Categories: Reference Works E-Book Collections Business

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Search the 60+ e-book titles individually or as a group. Includes titiles such as: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2001
Beacham's Guide to the Endangered Species of North America , 6v, 2000
Biology , 4v, 2002
Blackbirch Kid's Visual Reference of the United States , Vol. 1, 2003
Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine , 2nd Ed., 4v, 2005
Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer, 2nd ed. , 2v, 2006
International Directory of Company Histories, vol. 1 (1988) to present
St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture , 5v, 2000
World of Earth Science , 2v, 2003
Off-Campus Access: Current CCSU Students, Faculty and Staff only.
Categories: Reference Works E-Book Collections

Grove Music Online

Grove Music Online comprises the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd ed., edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London, 2001), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, edited by Stanley Sadie (London, 1992), and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, second edition, edited by Barry Kernfeld (London, 2002). Articles that have been updated since their appearance in print are date-stamped in the upper right corner of the screen.
Off-Campus Access: CCSU students, faculty and staff only.
Categories: Reference Works Music Biography

Hoovers Online

Hoover's is a great starting point for business information about revenue, NAICS codes, employees, financial data, etc. Search U.S. and international company listings by industry, size, and geography to build lists and create marketing plans. It is a great, basic resource for researching a company for a job interview or overall industry analysis.
Off-Campus Access: CCSU students, faculty and staff only.
Categories: Business Reference Works Marketing

Literature Criticism Online

Includes full-text (PDF) content amalgamated from ten of Gale's top literary criticism series, including 19th Century Literature Criticism, Shakespearean Criticism, Poetry Criticism, Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism and Drama Criticism. Complete backfile, beginning with Vol. 1, available for all titles in the series.
Off-Campus Access: CCSU students, faculty and staff only.
Categories: Literature Reference Works

Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory

Use this Locator to find a lawyer by name or, click the tabs to search by location/area of practice, by firm, or for lawyers in corporations, agencies of the US government, or law school faculty.
Off-Campus Access: Available to all users.
Categories: Criminal Justice & Law Reference Works Legal Studies

Mergent Online

Covers 10,000 public companies and their SEC filings. Includes international company data and international annual reports. Our subscription also provides access to Dunn and Bradstreet's 20 Milllion Plus Private Company Database and Corporate Family Tree.
Off-Campus Access: CCSU students, faculty and staff only.
Categories: Business Reference Works Finance

Online Encyclopedias

Browse a list of online encyclopedias available through the library catalog (CONSULS). Click on the title(s) for links to online access.
Off-Campus Access: CCSU students, faculty and staff only.
Categories: Reference Works E-Book Collections

Oxford Art Online

Provides access to Grove Art Online, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms.
Off-Campus Access: CCSU students, faculty and staff only.
Categories: Art and Architecture Reference Works

Oxford English Dictionary

The web version of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED).
Off-Campus Access: CCSU students, faculty and staff only.
Categories: Reference Works Linguistics

Oxford History of Western Music Online

The full text from the Oxford History of Western Music (OUP 2009) with notes, bibliographies, and further readings for all 69 chapters.
Off-Campus Access: CCSU students, faculty and staff only. Access is limited to 2 users at a time.
Categories: Music Reference Works

Oxford Music Online

Provides access to The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, Grove Music Online, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, and The Oxford Companion to Music.
Off-Campus Access: CCSU students, faculty and staff.
Categories: Music Reference Works

Ready Reference Shelf

Integrates 14 of Gale's most popular reference directories. It contains more than 320,000 listings for associations, research centers, publishers, publications (ranging from newspapers and newsletters to periodicals and directories), databases, television and radio stations, and more.
Off-Campus Access: CCSU students, faculty and staff or CT public library card holders.
Categories: Reference Works

reQuest (Catalog of CT Libraries)

Search the combined holdings of most libraries in Connecticut.
Off-Campus Access: Available to all users.
Categories: Reference Works

Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Online encyclopedia for researching, teaching and studying in the philosophy arena and related disciplines.
Off-Campus Access: CCSU students, faculty and staff only.
Categories: Philosophy Reference Works

Sage Reference Online (2012 Collection)

Search the entire contents of 30 encyclopedias and handbooks published by SAGE in 2012. Subject matter includes politics and public policy, education, sociology, and cultural studies.
Off-Campus Access: CCSU students, faculty and staff only.
Categories: Reference Works E-Book Collections Sociology

Sanborn Maps (CT & Maryland) 1867-1970

Includes digital versions of the Sanborn Fire Insurance maps for cities and towns in Connecticut and Maryland.

Sanborn fire insurance maps are valuable historical tools for urban specialists, social historians, architects, geographers, genealogists, local historians, planners, environmentalists and anyone who wants to learn about the history, growth, and development of American cities, towns, and neighborhoods.
Off-Campus Access: CCSU students, faculty and staff only.
Categories: Primary sources Reference Works

State Stats

State Stats is a new database from CQ Press that delivers data from more than 80 different government and non-government sources. Backed by a rich collection of more than 2,000 current and historical data series on popular topics of research interest, State Stats uniquely allows users to discover, view, and export key information measures for the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Off-Campus Access: CCSU students, faculty and staff only.
Categories: Reference Works Statistics

Statistical Abstract of the United States

Published annually by the Federal Government since 1878, The Statistical Abstract of the United States is the best-known statistical reference publication in the country. As a comprehensive collection of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States, it is a snapshot of America and its people.
Off-Campus Access: CCSU students, faculty and staff only.
Categories: Reference Works Multi-disciplinary

Ulrichsweb

Ulrichsweb is a source of detailed information on more than 300,000 periodicals (also called serials) of all types: academic and scholarly journals, e-journals, peer-reviewed titles, popular magazines, newspapers, newsletters, and more in 900 subject areas.
Off-Campus Access: CCSU, students, faculty and staff only.
Categories: Reference Works

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