Research Tools

This page inludes encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other types of online reference tools. For detailed description of each title, please consult the electronic resource description list.

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General Topics

ClasePeriodica (Index of Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities)
CollegeSource Online (A comprehensive collection of college catalogs.)
Credo Reference (Searchable database of more than 400 reference books--encyclopedias, dictionaries, quotations, and more)
Dissertation Abstracts
EBSCO Image Collection (Includes over 100,000 contemporary and historical photographs, maps and flags.)
Gale Virtual Reference Library (Includes 23 different encyclopedias and specialized resources.)
Massachusetts Special Collection Directory (Provides access to 600 archives and manuscript collections in Massachusetts.)
The Serials Directory (Bibliographic and pricing information for more than 200,000 journal titles.)
Ulrichsweb.com (Bibliographic and pricing information for more than 300,000 journal titles.)