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Britannica Online
Online version of Encyclopaedia Britannica. more info...
Full-text collection of encyclopedias and reference works in more than 20 subject areas. more info...
Full-text content from numerous reference works, monographs and primary documents focusing on the daily lives of people from civilizations and cultures of the past. more info...
Full-text, online encyclopedia which covers core social science and related disciplines. more info...
Offers concise but scholarly discussions on any topic. Searchable article titles and/or back-of-the-book indexes for over 4,000 reference books. more info...
African-American Newspapers: The 19th Century
Contains the text of seven nineteenth century African American newspapers. Geographic focus in the northeast. more info...
Contains the print version of Encyclopedia Britannica as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. more info...
Available to All A web site maintained by the University of Iowa, and provides links to resources on African American, American Indian, Asian American, and U.S. Latino populations.
Provides information on the daily lives of people from historical civilizations and cultures. Coverage includes both Western and Eastern cultures. more info...
Available to All Maintained by an organization that provides an interdisciplinary forum for scholars of ethnicity, this web site informs about the group’s annual conference and lists fellowships and job openings, and links to other web sites.
Available to All A tutorial designed for doing research using UB Libraries resources. Includes sections on choosing a topic, finding background information, finding books and articles, citing sources, and finding and evaluating web pages.
Available to All Presents, and describes, a substantial number of religious studies related web sites. In addition to links analyzing various faiths, links are also organized under headings such as Anthropology & Sociology, Archeology & Religious Art, Comparative Study of Religion, and Philosophy and Theology.
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Full-text essays on anthropology and archaeology. Too many topics to list here! Including anthropometry, bioarchaeology, dental anthropology, DNA, molecular anthropology, primates, and tool evolution. more info...
Full-text subject encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference works in over 20 subject areas including animal science, bioethics, cultural studies, alternative medicine, death and dying. more info...
Beazley Archive
Available to All Contains over 5000 images (Greek pottery, Greek & Roman sculpture, & gems), an illustrated dictionary, bibliographies on archaeology; architecture, sculpture, gems, pottery, coins, and history.
Full-text subject encyclopedia essays covering archaeology, folklore, military history, mythology, and religion more info...
Available to All This classic work is a treasure trove of information on all aspects of Greek and Roman life: music, customs, law, medicine, food, clothing, politics, religion, trade, etc.
Available to All Provides detailed coverage of all the important countries, regions, towns, cities, geographical features, etc., that occur in Greek and Roman literature, including the sacred scriptures.
Full-text subject encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference works in over 20 subject areas including anthropology, archaeology, cultural studies, and history. more info...
Coverage of all aspects of ancient Greek and Roman visual arts including painting, sculpture, architecture, the decorative arts, and urban planning. more info...
Citations to encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, and yearbooks. Search over 5,000 reference books at once. Note you must find print copies of cited works. more info...
Britannica Online
An excellent starting point. May include more information on contemporary architects, architecture, and architectural trends than Avery. Provides links to prominent architects, buildings, periods, definitions, images, and brief bibliographies for more information. Links to current, pertinent websites selected by the editors very helpful. more info...
Available to All Boston University's RuthThomas's outstanding guide helps users find images on the Internet and in print. Provides information on finding and capturing images; copyright; search engines; links to image lists and collections of advertisements, arts, photography, etc.
Includes brief biographies and extensive articles on over 70,000 figures from antiquity to the present, and is searchable by name, profession, place of origin, gender, race/ethnicity, date of birth and keyword. more info...
A mega-library catalog containing millions of records contributed by thousands of libraries around the world. Contains full bibliographic descriptions and cataloging information for books, serials, manuscripts, sound recordings, audiovisual materials, maps, music scores, and computer-readable files. more info...
Britannica Online
An excellent starting point. Includes information on many cities, concepts and trends. Provides links to key issues and trends, terms, buildings, periods, definitions, images, and bibliographies for more information. Provides very helpful links to current and pertinent websites selected by the editors. more info...
Available to All By Boston University's RuthThomas. Outstanding guide helps users find pictures on the Internet and in print. Provides information on finding and capturing images; copyright; search engines; links to image lists and collections of advertisements, arts, photography, sciences.
Contains journals articles in the humanities and social sciences, many of which often include pertinent material, including several major American history titles. more info...
A mega-library catalog containing more than 55 million records contributed by 20,000 libraries around the world. Contains full bibliographic descriptions and cataloging information for books, serials, manuscripts, sound recordings, audiovisual materials, maps, music scores, and computer-readable files. more info...
Britannica Online
The online version of one of the world's most respected encyclopedias. Searches are complemented by a list of suggested web resources. more info...
An index to overviews on a diversity of topics. Enables the searching of article titles and/or back-of-the-book indexes for over 4,000 reference books (subject encyclopedias, handbooks, etc.). more info...
AccessScience
The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology and Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms enhanced with Yearbook Research Updates, Science News headlines, and biographies. more info...
Available to All Full-text of the authoritative 400-page reference book by Dr. Martin Zombeck (Cambridge University Press).
Britannica Online
Fulltext online version of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. This source is rich in biographical information. more info...
Full-text collection of encyclopedias and reference works, many of them containing biographical information. more info...
Has over 150 biographical entries (these entries focus on ideas, not personal biography). However, throughout the source, countless references are made to individuals. more info...
Database of back-of-the-book indexes and article titles to approximately 4,200 subject encyclopedias and reference works. Good source for locating biographical information buried in specialized subject encyclopedias. more info...
Amino Acid Information
Available to All A handbook of chemical, physical, biological, and genetic properties of amino acids.
Available to All This site is a brief encyclopedic work covering the topical aspects of bioinformatics
Available to All A series of online glossaries for the sub-fields associated with and related to proteomics, genomics, bioinformatics, and a large number of other subdisciplines related to biotechnology and molecular biology.
This encyclopedic reference work covers all aspect of drug design and development. more info...
Available to All SEL/UGL QH 441.2 C876 vol. 1-2 (24 hr. Capen Reserve Desk) This loose-leaf reference work provides current and updateable source of bioinformatics methodologies for a full range of bioinformatics protocols written by globally-recognized experts in the field. Protocols are updated and revised as new developments and innovations occur.
Available to All SEL/UGL QP620 .C87 v.1 to v.2 (24 hr. Capen Reserve Desk) This loose-leaf reference work provides current and updateable source of chemical techniques and methodologies and laboratory practices for nucleic acids written by globally-recognized experts in the field. Protocols are updated and revised as new developments and innovations occur.
Available to All This reference work provides definitions for more than "600 terms, phrases and concepts" from "ab initio" to X-Ray Crystallography for Structure Determination.
(Print version at SEL/UGL Ref QH506 C74) - This work focuses on the fundamentals of molecular biology andencompassing all aspects of the expression of genetic information at molecular levels. more info...
Contents of several hundred engineering handbooks published by CRC Press; search by keyword, such as, DNA, protein(s), amino acids, etc. more info...
Available to All A series of several dozen, frequently updated glossaries related to genomics, bioinformatics, proteomics, and other aspects of molecular and structural biology.
Full-text access to 22 science reference books in areas realted to biochemistry, biology and microbiology, and bitechnology, including the Encyclopedia of Molecular Biology, Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2nd Edition), Molecular Modeling and Prediction of Bioactivity, and Molecular Modeling and Prediction of Bioactivity. more info...
Available to All An inventory of primary genetics and protein structure data and other Web-tools and resources, all maintained by the High Performance Scientific Computing Section, Center for Information Technology National Institutes of Health
Available to All SEL/UGL Ref QH447 E53 vols. 1-5 This is the first major encyclopedic work produced since the completion of the coding sequence of the human genome and provides 1,047 articles and 1,500 illustrations arranged in twelve broad subject areas.
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The full-text and hypertext-linked online version of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology more info...
This encyclopedic reference work covers all aspect of drug design and development. more info...
Available to All SEL/UGL Ref QD415 A25 E53 Vol. 1-4 A comprehensive and authoritative work covering more than 500 articles on related to "the chemistry of the the compounds and process [constituting] living organisms."
Available to All SEL/UGL Ref QH440.2 G455 vol. 1 Genetics, vol. 2 Cell Biology Facts on File produces user-friendly guides serving as overviews of the fundamentals of biology in two volumes. Each are richly illustrated with black and white illustrations with easy-to-read text. glossary of terms, and a compilation of selected Internet sites.
One of the most widely used biology reference works, Grzimek's provides students studying the animal kingdom. You can do a Quick Search for a specific organism or concept [be sure to check the box to search "within this publication"] or go to the electronic Table of Contents, Book Index, or List of Illustrations. The complete 17 volumes of the first 1960s edition, and volumes 4-8 of the 2003-2004 second edition are at SEL/UGL Ref QL7 G7813. more info...
Available to All SEL/UGL Ref QK45.2 D26 Proveds a detailed survey of literature and information resources for students, professionals, and avocational botanists.
Available to All The National Biological Information Infrastructure has compiled a useful list of resources for scientific names and naming conventions, Systematics, and related disciplines; a very good site to identify the scientific (Genus species) names of plants and animals.
Available to All SEL/UGL Ref QH303.6 D38 This is the most comprehensive guide to the literature of biology provided in 13 chapters, nine of which are subject-specific from Anatomy and Physiology to Zoology
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The online version of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology. Articles on biomedical research are included. more info...
This online encyclopedia includes introductory and scholarly articles, general interest essays, and news in the biological and life sciences. more info...
Available to All A well known standard medical compendium first published in 1899 more info...
Provides a multitude of online reference textbooks in medicine and related fields.
Available to All An academic directory of relevant bioscience websites.
Interactive Statistical Calculations
Available to All Offers over 600 links to software packages; online statistics books; tutorials; and related resources that are available without charge.
Available to All Summarizes statistical concepts and procedures.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Electronic Books: includes The Business Plans Handbook, Encyclopedia of Business and Finance, Gale Encyclopedia of E-Commerce, and Encyclopedia of Small Business more info...
Electronic Books: eBooks on many topics with a significant number of business related titles more info...
Electronic Books: eBooks on a variety of tech topics, including some business related titles (click on 'Business' in the left column more info...
Biomedical Engineering Handbook
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The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology and Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms enhanced with Yearbook Research Updates, Science News headlines, and biographies. more info...
Encyclopedic, multi-volume reference work covering all aspects of drug design and development. more info...
Available to All Extensive chemical dictionary searchable by name, formula, registry number, and structure. more info...
Key reference work with hundreds of tables of the most frequently needed, critically evaluated data. more info...
Available to All Extensive information on inorganic and organometallic compounds available only in print at UB.
Hundreds of applied & materials science and engineering reference books. Tables can be searched permitting rapid retrieval of specific data values for substances. more info...
Available to All Access to high quality physical and thermochemical properties, ion energetics, and spectra for thousands of chemicals. more info...
Detailed articles covering all areas related to chemical technology.Significant process, properties, and reaction information. more info...
ACI Manual of Concrete Practice
Available to All SEL Ref TA439 .A64
Available to All SEL Ref TA684 .A47 1989
Available to All SEL Ref TA684 .L63 2003
Available to All SEL Ref TH435 .M42 2003
Available to All SEL Ref TA151 .S8 2004
Beazley Archive
Available to All Contains over 5000 images (Greek pottery, Greek & Roman sculpture, & gems), an illustrated dictionary, bibliographies on archaeology; architecture, sculpture, gems, pottery, coins, and history.
Full-text subject encyclopedia essays covering archaeology, folklore, military history, mythology, and religion. more info...
Available to All This classic work is a treasure trove of information on all aspects of Greek and Roman life: music, customs, law, medicine, food, clothing, politics, religion, trade, etc.
Available to All Provides detailed coverage of all the important countries, regions, towns, cities, geographical features, etc., that occur in Greek and Roman literature, including the sacred scriptures.
Available to All Contains texts about and images of nearly 1400 papyri from ancient Egypt. Helpful to papyrologists, ancient historians, archaeologists, biblical scholars, classicists, and Egyptologists.
Available to All Contains texts about and images of nearly 1400 papyri from ancient Egypt. Helpful to papyrologists, ancient historians, archaeologists, biblical scholars, classicists, and Egyptologists.
Full-text subject encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference works in over 20 subject areas including anthropology, archaeology, cultural studies, and history. more info...
Coverage of all aspects of ancient Greek and Roman visual arts including painting, sculpture, architecture, the decorative arts, and urban planning. more info...
Citations to encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, and yearbooks. Search over 5,000 reference books at once. Note you must find print copies of cited works. more info...
Reference Universe
Citations to encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, and yearbooks. Search over 5,000 reference books at once. Note you must find print copies of cited works. more info...
Health Reference Center - Academic
An integrated collection of medical and health- related reference books, periodicals, health magazines and pamphlets with a consumer focus. more info...
Available to All A well known standard medical compendium first published in 1899. more info...
Provides a multitude of online reference textbooks in medicine and related fields.
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The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technologyand Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms enhanced with Yearbook Research Updates, Science News headlines, and biographies. more info...
Includes the full text of various encyclopedias published by Idea Group. Subject areas covered include: Computer Science, Engineering, Information Science, Knowledge Management, Mathematics, Statistics, Technology more info...
Has reports on technology and technology companies. more info...
AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive
Thousands of photos, graphics, and sound bites. more info...
Britannica Online
Includes the complete print version of Encyclopaedia Britannica, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. It also functions as an Internet portal to editor-selected web sites, leading magazine articles, and more. more info...
includes subject encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference works in more than 20 subject areas. more info...
Available to All A six-volume reference source which explores all forms of dance.
CAPEN LIBRARIES | Reference | GV1585 .I586 1998
LOCKWOOD LIBRARY | Reference | GV1585 .I586 1998
Provides comprehensive coverage of music, including classical, popular, opera, light, world and jazz. Entries include biographies of composers, performers and writers on music.
A unique database that allows you to search article titles and/or back-of-the-book indexes for over 5,000 reference books (subject encyclopedias, handbooks, etc.). more info...
American Dental Association Directory
Available to All The ADA Directory provides basic information on individual dentists in the United States. more info...
As an integrated collection of medical reference books, medical and professional periodicals, health magazines and pamphlets, Health Reference Center – Academic provides thousands of full text entries on dentistry-related topics. more info...
Available to All An excellent online medical textbook which contains several chapters on dental and oral disorders. more info...
A compliation of full text medical references and textbooks.
Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change
Available to All SEL/UGL Ref This print resource provides detailed treatment of topics related to human impacts on the environment, such as acid rain, climate change, ozone depletion and much more.
Available to All SEL/UGL Ref GF10 .E63 2004
A comprehensive treatment of environmental issues with an emphasis on the social, historical, and cultural aspects of environmental studies.
One of the most widely used biology reference works, Grzimek's provides students studying the animal kingdom. You can do a Quick Search for a specific organism or concept [be sure to check the box to search "within this publication"] or go to the electronic Table of Contents, Book Index, or List of Illustrations. The complete 17 volumes of the first 1960s edition, and volumes 4-8 of the 2003-2004 second edition are at SEL/UGL Ref QL7 G7813. more info...
Full-text access to over 700 science and engineering handbooks published by a variety of sci-tech publishers. Particularly good for properties data, including environmental and toxicological properties of chemicals. Many of the books have interactive tables and graphs. more info...
Available to All SEL/UGL Ref QH303.6 D38 This is the most comprehensive guide to the literature of biology provided in 13 chapters, nine of which are subject-specific, ranging from Anatomy and Physiology to Zoology, including a chapter on ecology, evolution, and behavior.
Britannica Online
Fulltext online version of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Provides basic overviews on many economic-related topics. more info...
Available to All High quality reference articles in the field of economic and business history. Articles for this online encyclopedia are written by experts, screened by a group of authorities, and carefully edited.
Available to All Gives definitions of terms used by political economists. more info...
Many economic topics are covered, and there are fairly lengthy essays on prominent economists. more info...
Database of back-of-the-book indexes and article titles to approximately 4,200 subject encyclopedias and reference works. Good source for locating economic information 'buried' in specialized subject encyclopedias. more info...
Britannica Online
The online version of Encyclopaedia Britannica, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. more info...
Complete content of over 100 books providing specialized reference in many subject areas. Includes Encyclopedia of Education and World Education Encyclopedia. more info...
Unique database for searching article titles and/or back-of-the-book indexes for over 5,000 reference books. Helpful for identifying resources to begin or expand your research. more info...
Advanced Signal Processing Handbook
Available to All UGL/SEL REF TK9 .W55
Dictionary of Old English: Old English Corpus
An online concordance to old English text. more info...
Indexes poetry in anthologies as well as collected and selected works. One may search by author, subject, title, first line, last line or words in poem. more info...
This Guide is a full-text searchable database of articles on individual critics and theorists, critical and theoretical schools and movements, and the critical and theoretical innovations of specific countries and historical periods. It also treats related persons and fields that have been shaped by or have themselves shaped literary theory and criticism. more info...
A historical dictionary of English, covering the language from the earliest times to the present day. more info...
A mega-library catalog containing more than 55 million records contributed by 20,000 libraries around the world. more info...
Bedford Researcher
Available to All A compilation of tutorials to assist in catalog and database searching - specifically, constructing a query - evaluation of web and database sources, creating a thesis statement, and writing a rough draft.
Available to All An inventory of publications in post-secondary composition, rhetoric, English as a Second Language, and technical writing, from 1939-1999. Includes both journals and dissertations.