Guest Reference Databases
Alphabetical list of databases:
A B C D E F G H I-J-K L M N O-P Q R-S T U-V W-X-Y-Z
Databases by subject
Specific database services
Databases marked “IN LIBRARY USE ONLY” can be searched exclusively
from the Public Access computers in the Library.
indicates a TexShare database
| Database | Description | Full Text | Service |
| American FactFinder | Population, economic, housing, and geographic data, especially Census 2000 data. Produced by the Census Bureau |
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Gov |
| Angelo State University Digital Repository | The Angelo State University Digital Repository collects, preserves, and distributes the scholarly output of the university, primarily electronic theses and dissertations. |
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Texas Digital Library |
| Bartleby | A free, full-text searchable database incorporating a rich collection of classic works of reference, verse, fiction, nonfiction, and quotations |
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Free |
| Choice Reviews Online |
Choice Reviews Online is the internet version of the monthly print magazine, Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. It is published by The Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association. Choice is directed toward academic librarians and faculty as a resource for collection development and scholarly research. It covers more than 50 sub-disciplines spanning the humanities, science and technology, and the social and behavioral sciences. Each issue contains approximately 600 reviews of recent books and electronic resources (including websites), a bibliographic essay that explores the literature in a specific topic, and “Feature” articles on current issues in the library field. |
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Association of College & Research Libraries (American Library Association) |
| Encyclopedia.com | Free online encyclopedia, featuring content from premier titles such as The Columbia Encyclopedia, Oxford’s World Encyclopedia, the Encyclopedia of World Biography, the Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English, A Dictionary of Psychology, and A Dictionary of Food Nutrition. Encyclopedia.com offers millions of free articles, pictures, facts, and biographies along with information about topics like the arts, science, sports, medicine, accounting, and management. |
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Cengage Learning |
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Europa World Online (IN LIBRARY USE ONLY) |
Europa World is the online version of the Europa World Year Book, an important source of information on world-wide affairs. The database includes detailed surveys of over 250 countries and territories, a comprehensive listing of over 1,650 international organizations, access to the very latest statistics, directory information and current analysis. |
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Routledge |
| FedStats | The gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies |
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Gov |
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Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center (IN LIBRARY USE ONLY) |
This database is the online equivalent of the 4-volume Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance published by Ferguson. It provides detailed and up-to date descriptions of more than 2,050 of the most popular jobs in 94 industries, as well as more than 23,000 resources (many with Web addresses, when applicable). |
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Facts on File |
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Global Road Warrior (IN LIBRARY USE ONLY) |
175 country resource for the international traveler, with a focus on business travel. Covers society and culture, communications, media, travel, trade, business, money and banking, and downloadable country maps. |
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World Trade Press |
| GPO - FDsys | Official federal government information. Databases at this gateway include: Core Documents of U.S. History, Congressional Record, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, and other primary legislative sources |
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Gov |
| Infoplease | Infoplease is a comprehensive reference source that combines the contents of an encyclopedia (Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia), a dictionary (Infoplease® Dictionary, based on the Random House Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary), an atlas (Infoplease® Atlas, which includes several hundred maps from Magellan Geographix and other sources), and several almanacs loaded with statistics, facts, and historical records. |
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Free |
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Information Science and Technology Abstracts (IN LIBRARY USE ONLY) |
Information Science & Technology Abstracts is a leading database in the areas of information science. ISTA indexes journal articles from more than 450 publications plus books, research reports, and conference proceedings and patents, with ongoing comprehensive coverage of the most important periodicals in this field. Coverage dates back to the mid 1960s. |
 EBSCOhost
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| Internet Public Library | First public library of the Internet. Developed by faculty and students at the University of Michigan’s School of Information, this site was created to provide library services to the Internet community while learning and sharing ideas about what librarians have to contribute in a digital environment and promoting the importance of libraries. |
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Gov |
| Librarians’ Index to the Internet | A searchable, annotated subject directory of more than 7,900 Internet resources selected and evaluated by librarians | Free | |
| Megaconverter | An ever-growing set of weights, measures and units conversion/calculation modules. | Free | |
| NationMaster | A massive, yet easy to use, source of facts, statistics, charts, and maps on every country in the world, compiled from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, the United Nations, the World Health Organization, the World Bank, the World Resources Institute, UNESCO, UNICEF and OECD. |
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Free |
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OAISter (IN LIBRARY USE ONLY) |
Union catalog of digital resources including: digitized (i.e., scanned) books and articles; born-digital texts; audio files (e.g., wav, mp3); images (e.g., tiff, gif); movies (e.g., mp4, quicktime); datasets (e.g., downloadable statistics files) |
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FirstSearch |
| O*Net | Database from the Labor Dept. gives information on job and worker characteristics and occupations. Includes career exploration and assessment tools |
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Gov |
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Searchasaurus (IN LIBRARY USE ONLY) |
Searchasaurus is a colorful search interface for elementary and middle school students. Three EBSCO elementary and middle school databases (Primary Search, Middle Search®Plus and Book Collection: Nonfiction) can be accessed via Searchasaurus |
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EBSCOhost
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Serials Directory (IN LIBRARY USE ONLY) |
Provides access to the most up-to-date and accurate bibliographic information as well as current pricing structures for popular serials. This database contains nearly 184,000 U.S. and international titles, including newspapers, historical data for an additional 20,000 titles and data from nearly 83,500 publishers worldwide. |
EBSCOhost
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| Telephone Directories on the Web | An index of online phone books comprising many links to Yellow Pages, White Pages, business directories, email addresses and fax listings for over 170 countries | Free | |
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ulrichsweb.com (IN LIBRARY USE ONLY) |
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. | SerialsSolutions | |
| Virtual Reference Shelf | Selected Web resources for research, compiled by the Library of Congress |
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Gov |
| WebElements | The periodic table on the WWW | Free | |
| World Factbook | Online version of the current edition of the Factbook, produced by the CIA |
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Gov |
| Wordsmyth | Language reference source that meshes the functions of a dictionary and thesaurus with flexible search capabilities | Free | |
| yourDictionary | A comprehensive and authoritative portal for language and language-related products and services on the web | Free |
