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Reference Resources
- Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
- Citation Resources
- Statistical Resources
- Art and Music Resources
- Business Resources
- Literature Resources
- Social Science Resources
- Internet Quick Reference
Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Associations Unlimited - Contains contact and background information on local, state, national and international membership organizations of all types.
Bartlett's Quotations - 10th edition (1919) of Familiar Quotations, featuring over 11,000 searchable quotations
Biography and Genealogy Master Index - Provides an index to over 13 million biographical sketches from numerous biobraphical sources.
Biography Resource Center - Contains biographies of over 300,000 people from hundreds of reference books and magazine articles.
Britannica Online - Consists of the Encyclopedia Britannica (15th edition), the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (Tenth Edition), the Britannica Book of the Year, etc.
Career Insider by Vault (Formerly Career Library)
Access to current career information.
E-EROS (Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis) - A database of over 70,000 reactions and around 4,000 of the most frequently consulted reagents. It is fully searchable by reagent, reaction name, catalyst, structure, and experimental conditions. It also allows full text searching.
Gale Virtual Reference Library - Includes Arts, Biography, Business, Education, Environment and History.
The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online - Contains the full text of the 10 volume print encyclopedia devoted to music research as well as hundreds of audio examples.
Grove Dictionary of Art - Online version of the mutivolume art encyclopedia, covering all areas of the visual arts.
Indiana University Faculty/Staff Directory - Online directory for all IU campuses. Includes individual and departmental contact information, campus information, as well as interactive maps of each campus.
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians on the Web - Online version of the popular music encyclopedia.
Merriam-Webster - Online Dictionary and Thesaurus.
Oxford English Dictionary - (OED Online) Online edition of the renowned multivolume dictionary. Great for word origins and word histories.
Oxford Reference Online Premium - Collection of reference dictionaries and handbooks on a wide range of subjects by Oxford University Press.
Virtual Reference Library from Gale - Includes Arts, Biography, Business, Education, Environment and History.
Who's Who - Marquis - Over 1.3 million biographies of leaders and achievers from around the world includes birth and death information, family history, education and degrees, career history, creative works, awards, achievements, memberships, and more.
Citation Resources
Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab)
Statistical Resources
Statistical Abstract of the United States
The Statesman's Yearbook - Includes concise history, politics, economics, trade and infrastructure for each country of the world.
Art and Music Resources
Artstor - More than 200,000 art and historic images made from slides.
DIDO - (Digital Images Delivered Online) The Indiana University Department of the History of Art DIDO Image Bank is dedicated to the storage of low resolution (72 dpi) images from the Fine Arts Slide Library collection of over 320,000 images. Encompassing the full breadth of art historical periods and media, the Image Bank contains some 20,000 images.
Grove Dictionary of Art - (Oxford Art Online) Online edition of the multivolume art encyclopedia, covering all aspects of the visual arts.
Naxos Music Library - (NML) The world's largest online classical music library.
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians on the Web - (Oxford Music Online) Online version of the popular music encyclopedia.
Business Resources
CCH IntelliConnect (formerly CCH Internet Tax Research Network)
Comprehensive collection of publications covering tax law, cases and general information at both the federal and state level. The creation of a username (your IUS email address) and password is required to use the database. Database works best in Microsoft Internet Explorer, versions 6, 7, & 8.
EDGAR Search - A searchable interface for finding financial information submitted to the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) on public companies. Includes annual 10-K reports, from 1994 to the present when available.
Mergent Online - Provides access to a broad range of company information, including EDGAR reports, financials, and insider trading.
Literature Resources
Lit Finder - Includes Poem Finder (100,000 full text poems) and Story Finder (full-text of thousands of short stories plus analysis).
Literature Criticism Online - Includes: Contemporary Literary Criticism; Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism; Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism; Shakespearean Criticism; Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism; Poetry Criticism; Short Story Criticism; Drama Criticism; Children's Literature Review and Literature Criticism from 1400-1800.
Literature Resource Center - Includes a wealth of information on authors and literary criticism.
Oxford English Dictionary - (OED Online).
Social Science Resources
The CQ Researcher - Includes complete full-text of The CQ Researcher and Editorial Research Reports from 1923 to the present.
Digital Sanborn Maps 1867-1970 - Historical maps and city plans of Indiana and Illinois cities. Includes more than 12,000 American towns and cities.
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center - Includes essays from the well-known "Opposing Viewpoints" book series.
Internet Quick Reference
Internet resources selected by IU Bloomington's Reference Librarians. Includes:
At any time during library hours, consult with a Reference Librarian at the Reference Desk or by phone at (812) 941-2489.
