Research starter
This list includes databases in which you can begin many research topics. It includes databases catering to all levels of user, not just undergraduates. Content of these databases can include reference sources like encyclopedias or dictionaries; articles that give an overview of a topic, issue, controversy, or recent event; or that provide broad coverage to assist in narrowing or refining a research topic. After you have used these databases for background research on your topic, you can move on to more subject-specific databases.
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| GREENR (General Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources) from Gale |
  GREENR General Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources from GaleGREENR indexes citations, abstracts, and full text from journal articles, newspapers, magazines, book reviews, reference works, case studies, images, videos, and podcasts on the business, environmental, and science aspects of emerging green technologies and sustainability. Full text presented in HTML and PDF. You can limit to peer-reviewed sources. 1864-present. |
Sep 13, 2010 | e1000757 |
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| Gale Biography in Context |
 Gale Biography in ContextBiography in Context provides access to over 600,000 biographies in HTML sourced from reference works, news reports, magazines and academic journals. It provides links to related websites, images, audio, and video clips. |
Sep 13, 2010 | e1000903 |
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| Gale Encyclopedia of American Law |
Gale Encyclopedia of American LawThe Gale Encyclopedia of American Law provides articles in HTML and PDF on all aspects of American law: legal terms and concepts, cases, people, entities, and events. In Focus essays accompany related entries and provide additional facts, details, and arguments on particularly interesting, important, or controversial issues raised by those entries. Details on landmark legal cases and several primary documents are also provided. |
Sep 13, 2010 | e1000876 |
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| Gale Literature Databases |
 Gale Literature DatabasesCross search both Something About The Author and Literature Criticism Online which includes Short Story Criticism, Drama Criticism, and Children's Literature Review. 1400s-present. |
Sep 13, 2010 | e1000842 |
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| Gale Virtual Reference Library |
Gale Virtual Reference LibraryGale Virtual Reference Library is a collection of searchable ebook reference works. You can search within a particular work or across the entire collection. Individual articles from these sources are presented in HTML and PDF. Illustrations, photos, maps, and multimedia content is often included. |
Sep 13, 2010 | e1000876 |
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| Glossary of Geology from AGI |
Glossary of Geology from AGIThe Glossary of Geology allows searching and browsing of 39,000 entries covering geology, climatology, geologic engineering, geophysics, hydrology, mineralogy, paleontology, and soils. |
Sep 15, 2010 | e1001208 |
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| Governments of the World: A Global Guide to Citizens' Rights and Responsibilities from Gale |
Governments of the World: A Global Guide to Citizens' Rights and Responsibilities from GaleGovernments of the World provides articles in HTML and PDF about governments, political issues, and citizen politics in 198 regions, including every independent nation of the world and several territories under the jurisdiction of sovereign countries, plus international courts and entities. |
Sep 13, 2010 | e1000876 |
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