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Reference Books



TitleCall Number
A Companion to Racial and Ethnic StudiesHT 1521 .C54 2002
Benét's Reader's EncyclopediaPN 41 .B4 1987 REF
Historic World LeadersD 412 .H57 1994
Norton Anthology of World MasterpiecesPN 6014 .N66 1995 REF
Reference Guide to World LiteraturePN 524 .R44 1995 REF
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of World HistoryD 9 .I45 1997 REF
The Oxford Dictionary of ArtN 33 .O93 1988 REF

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E-Books



TitleDescription
netLibraryA comprehensive collection of online books (eBooks).
Oxford Reference OnlineA cross-searchable collection of over 120 online reference books from Oxford University Press. It includes such books as, The Oxford Companion to Philosophy, The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy, A Dictionary of Buddhism, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary

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Journals



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Research Databases



TitleDescription
Academic Search Elite (EBSCOHost)Full text of nearly 1,850 scholarly journals in a wide variety of academic subject areas.
Encyclopedia Britannica Onlineincludes the complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, Britannica Student Encyclopedia and the Britannica Book of the Year
Newspaper SourceSelected full text for over 180 regional U.S. newspapers, international newspapers, newswires, newspaper columns and other sources as well as indexing and abstracts for national newspapers


WWW Resources



General SitesDescription
Ethnomusicology, Folk Music, and World MusicA collection of links to Web resources about the study of folk and primitive music arranged by categories such as organizations, bibliography, recordings, and geographical region or ethnic group. From the University of Washington Music Library.
Fourth World Documentation ProjectAn online library of texts which record and preserve documents of indigenous communities throughout the world.
Global StatisticsDirectory site from the United Nations, allowing access to national and international statistics from the U.N., other IGOs, and official agencies of member states.
Governments on the World Wide WebDatabase that contains links to governmental institutions, which provide information on the World Wide Web.
Human Rights Library - University of MinnesotaSearchable collection of hundreds of the most important international human rights treaties and other instruments; general comments, recommendations, decisions, and views of human rights treaty bodies; material on the work of other U.N. human rights bodie
LOC Country StudiesStudies of 100 countries provided by the Library of Congress
UC Atlas of Global InequalityExplores some aspects of inequality using online, downloadable maps and graphics

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