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Oxford African American Studies Center is the most comprehensive collection of scholarship available online to focus on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture.

Background Notes on countries of the world from the U.S. Department of State.

Books in Print with Reviews from OCLC FirstSearch.

Citation guides: brief versions of APA, MLA, Turabian, University of Chicago and more detailed versions of APA and MLA.

Chronicle of Higher Education reports news about colleges, universities, educational legislation, and teacher employment issues.

CQ Historic Documents collects more than 2,500 primary sources covering current events around the world from 1972 to present.

CQ Researcher includes in-depth reports on social issues and current events.

Consumer Edition--Health Source provides access to nearly 300 full text consumer health periodicals, 1,100 health-related pamphlets, 135 health reference books, and more than 4,500 Clinical Reference Systems reports (in English and Spanish).

CultureGrams Online provides summary descriptions of the world's countries and peoples.

Encyclopaedia Britannica Online includes Encyclopaedia Britannica and selected Web sites.

Encyclopaedia Judaica provides articles on historic topics as well as extensive new treatments of contemporary Jewish life.

FactsonFile: African American History & Culture covers more than 500 years of African-American history.

FactsonFile: Ancient & Medieval History covers eight civilizations—ancient Egypt, ancient Mesopotamia, ancient Greece, ancient Rome, ancient and medieval Africa, medieval Europe, the Americas, and ancient and medieval Asia.

FactsonFile: Health Reference Center contains entries organized into four major categories: conditions and diseases, mental health, health and wellness, and body systems.

FactsonFile: Modern World History Online covers world history from the mid-1400s to the present.

FactsonFile: Science Online contains biographies, essays, definitions, diagrams, experiments, and the timeline arranged according to the scientific disciplines: Astronomy and Space Technology, Biochemistry, Biology, Botany, Chemistry, Computer Science, Earth Science, Environmental Science, General Science, Genetics, Health and Medicine, Human Anatomy and Physiology, Marine Science, Physics, Weather and Climate.

FactsonFile: World Atlas Online combines more than 1,300 clear, printable, full-color maps with statistical information on more than 200 countries, U.S. states, Canadian provinces and territories, as well as the world's continents and major regions.

Ferguson's Career Guidance Center for current career descriptions, industry overviews, and academic programs.

Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia

Grove Art Online features articles and images from all the visual arts, focusing on art history, world cultures, and civilizations.

Grove Music Online includes full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2d ed.), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (2d ed.).

The Health Learning Center of Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago is a resource that patients, their families and members of the community can use to find information to answer questions about health issues and care.

Literature Resource Center includes biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline covering more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers.

MedlinePlus Library is a source of authoritative sources of drug information from the National Library of Medicine.

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary on the Encyclopaedia Britannica Online home page, choose Merriam-Webster.

Oxford English Dictionary Type in a word at "Find Word" or click "Enter OED Online" for search tips.

Oxford Islamic Studies is searchable by subject, image, or reference to the Qur'an.

Oxford Reference Premium Collection single cross-searchable resource of over 100 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press. Includes Literature and Western Civilization.

Occupational Outlook Handbook is a source of career information published by the U.S. Department of Labor.

PDRhealth is similar to the Physicians' Desk Reference, but is a consumer health resource rather than an academic health care database.

RxList gives detailed and current pharmaceutical information on brand and generic drugs.

[Digital] Sanborn Maps 1867-1970 includes maps of most Illinois communities from 1867 to 1970. Access is limited to Oakton computers.

Saskia collection contains 30,000 digital images of paintings, sculpture and architecture, including images from many important museum collections.

Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience is a database detailing the African experience throughout the Americas.

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy is a dynamic reference work maintained and kept up to date by an expert or group of experts in the field. All entries and updates are refereed before they are made public.

Statistical Abstract of the United States is a collection of statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States compiled by the U.S. government.

Infobel: Telephone Directories on the Web is the Internet's original and most complete index of online phone books, with links to Yellow Pages, White Pages, Business Directories, Email Addresses and Fax Listings from countries around the world.

Ulrich's Periodicals Directory is a bibliographic database providing detailed,
comprehensive, and authoritative information on serials published throughout the world.

The World Almanac from OCLC FirstSearch.

World Conflicts Today provides history, background, implications, timelines, and statistics regarding areas of conflict and dissention in the modern world.


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