Since the Encyclopædia Britannica's founding in 1768, Britannica editors have gathered and organized information on thousands of topics for easy retrieval.

includes more than 80 encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.

Provides full-text access to more than 100 titles from Oxford University Press. The collection includes subject encyclopedias, dictionaries, and reference works in more than 20 subject areas.

CollegeSource® Online features over 7,500 College Catalogs in complete cover-to-cover, original page format representing 2-year, 4-year, graduate and professional schools. Tables of contents and indexes are fully hyperlinked so you can quickly find all the details you need: Complete Course Descriptions Academic Policies Faculty Information Admission Requirements Campus Maps and much more ... Source: Career Guidance Foundation

Contemporary Authors is a biographical and bibliographical guide to over 100,000 authors including: current writers of fiction, general nonfiction, poetry, and drama, prominent print and broadcast journalists, editors, photojournalists, cartoonists, screenwriters, and other media people. It includes authors who write in languages other than English, provided their works have been published in the United States or translated into English. CA also covers literary greats of the early twentieth century whose work continues to elicit critical attention. Subjects Covered:Cartooning, Drama, Fiction, General nonfiction, Journalism, Photojournalism, Poetry, Screenwriting, TV scriptwriting

CountryWatch is an information provider for corporations, government agencies, universities, schools, libraries and individuals needing up-to-date news and information on each of the recognized countries of the world.CountryWatch provides critical country-specific intelligence and data to over 4000 clients including public and private sector organizations with overseas operations and global interests. In addition, CountryWatch provides country information to large media audiences in various venues as part of its media strategy. Key publications produced by CountryWatch include the CountryReviews TM, an up-to-date series of publications for each country including demographic, political, economic, business, cultural and environmental information, and the CountryWireTM ,which provides daily news coverage for every country in the world and a significant news archive made up of the compendium of regional news carriers.CountryWatch’s extensive suite of products additionally features CountryWatch Data, the CountryWatch Map Gallery, the Image Gallery, the Global Guide, the weekly Political Intelligence Briefing and the associated Intelligence Wire. This constellation of products is available as part of the CountryWatch Premium Service.CountryWatch has also launched the ForecastTM, which includes a five-year macroeconomic forecast for each country, and a 20-year forecast of energy demand, supply, and pricing for every country. CountryWatch will also be launching metals and agricultural components to the comprehensive ForecastTM.Finally, a new addition to the CountryWatch suite of products is the CountryWatch Youth Edition, which combines background country information, current events coverage, and other global research resources tailored to young students.For more information about how to subscribe to one or more of the CountryWatch products and services, either click on the Order option at the bottom of this page or Contact us.

The Grove Dictionary of Art Online provides Web access to the entire text of The Dictionary of Art with quarterly additions of new material and updates to the text, plus extensive image links and all the sophisticated search advantages possible with an online reference source.

grovemusic.com offers a dynamic research tool combining the full text of the 29-volume print edition with the added benefit of sophisticated search capabilities, one-click cross-referencing, and an ever increasing network of web-links to musical sites around the world.

RAND California features a collection of statistics on California and its cities and counties, an online library of research reports, and a monthly report on California’s economy.

STAT-USA provides current U.S. economic data, along with full-text international business, economic, trade, and marketing information from the U.S. Dept. of Commerce and some 50 other U.S. government agencies. Includes the complete National Trade Data Bank.