General Reference

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Academic OneFile – a collection of peer-reviewed, full-text articles from leading journals and reference sources.

Biography Resource Center - a collection of narrative biographies and fulltext articles from a large number of periodicals

Electronic Books - locations of e-books on the web or in databases.

Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Transgender History NEW

Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology

Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) – a collection of encyclopedias and specialized reference books. All may be read in Spanish, English, French, German, Japanese, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese (simplified) or Korean. .

General One File - a collection of full-text articles from leading journals and reference sources.

General Reference Center Gold – an index as well as a source of full text articles from newspapers, reference books, and periodicals.

GPO Monthly Catalog - a listing of all types of U.S. government documents, including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; judiciary materials; and documents issued by executive departments.

Harlem Renaissance Comprehensive overview of the events and people that comprised this period in American History. May be read in Spanish, English, French, German, Japanese, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese (simplified) or Korean.

Info Trac Communications and Mass Media Collection – Index and full-text collection of 100 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals. May be read in Spanish, English, French, German, Japanese, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese (simplified) or Korean.

Info Trac Criminal Justice Collection – Index and full-text collection of 150 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals. May be read in Spanish, English, French, German, Japanese, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese (simplified) or Korean.

Info Trac Information Science and Library Issues Collection – Index and full-text collection of 100 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals. May be read in Spanish, English, French, German, Japanese, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese (simplified) or Korean.

Info Trac Religion and Philosophy Collection – Index and full-text collection of 250 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals. May be read in Spanish, English, French, German, Japanese, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese (simplified) or Korean.

Opposing Viewpoints – a collection of viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to Websites.

Reference USA - a directory of US companies and residences. Searching may be done by name,
business type, location, executives, etc. Residential searching can be done by name, address, phone
number, etc.

Wilson Select Plus - a collection of full-text periodical articles from US and international professional publications, academic journals, and trade magazines.

Witchcraft in America -

World Almanac - offers a basic reference source including biographies, encyclopedia entries, facts, and statistics.

World Book Online - access to the complete encyclopedia plus special resources.

World Book Advanced - access to the more in-depth version of the complete encyclopedia plus special resources.

World Cat - a listing of books, magazines, newspapers, audio-visual materials, etc. available in 45,000 libraries that are members of OCLC (Online Computer Library Center).

World Cat Dissertations-

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Databases marked are provided by the Library of Michigan. These databases can also be reached by going to http://mel.org and entering your driver’s license or state ID number.

Databases marked are provided by the Flint Public Library and are available only to our patrons.

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