CIA World FactbookThe World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities. Our Reference tab includes: maps of the major world regions, as well as Flags of the World, a Physical Map of the World, a Political Map of the World, a World Oceans map, and a Standard Time Zones of the World map.
Europa World PlusThis link opens in a new windowEuropa World Plus is the online equivalent of paper Europa Yearbook, a mainstay at the Social Sciences/Education Reference Desk; a country-by-country listing with elections, economic, and other infrastructure data;
Statistics
FactivaThis link opens in a new windowGlobal news and business information service including Dow Jones and Reuters newswires, The Wall Street Journal, and thousands of other national and international newspapers in multiple languages. Also provides financial market data and company information.
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StatistaThis link opens in a new windowAn aggregator of statistics on almost any topic.
Humanities Reference Databases @ HBLL
Arts and Humanities Through the ErasProfiling milestones and movements in the arts, literature, music and religion from a specific period, each volume in this set helps students and researchers understand the various disciplines of the humanities in relation to each other, as well as to history and culture. An overview of the period and a chronology of major world events begin each volume.
Contemporary AuthorsThis link opens in a new windowProvides complete biographical and bibliographical information and references on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors.
Dictionary of Literary Biography (Gale)This link opens in a new windowDictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online provides more than 16,000 biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of the world's most influential literary figures from all eras and genres. DLB Complete Online includes the DLB main series, the DLB Documentary Series, and the DLB Yearbook Series.
Literary EncyclopediaThis link opens in a new windowThe Literary Encyclopedia is a reference work written by scholars and university teachers around the world. It is also a unique digital environment designed to integrate current knowledge of literature and culture and facilitate the understanding of historical contexts and connections.
Literary Reference Source (EBSCO)This link opens in a new windowContent includes thousands of plot summaries, essays of literary criticism, author biographies, book reviews, classic and contemporary poems, classic and contemporary short stories, and author interviews.
Literature Resource Center (LRC)(Gale)This link opens in a new windowProvides access to biographies, bibliographies, critical analysis, and Web resources of authors from every age and literary discipline. Covers more than 90,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,000 of the most-studied authors. Search by Author Name, Title, Genre, Literary Movement or Literary Themes.
Iberian Studies Resources (ESS/ACRL)Curated and managed by members of the European Studies Section (ESS) of the Association of College & Research Libraries. The Iberian Studies section provides access to scholarly resources for Spain, Portugal and Andorra. They do not strive for exhaustiveness but rather for quality. The resources organized here have undergone a selection and evaluation process. Annotations have been added where needed, augmenting the research value of these resources to scholars.
Specialized Reference Materials
Dictionary of heretics, dissidents, and inquisitors in the Mediterranean WorldThe original title of this source is: Dizionario di eretici, dissidenti e inquisitori nel mondo mediterraneo, and the website is in Italian. Contains entries on various geographical locations where a Catholic Inquisition was in operation in the early modern period, focusing on Italy, but including entries related to other geographic areas such as Portugal.
