1914-1918-Online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War

Online reference work on World War One with contributions from historians and researchers from many countries.


Alibris

Books you thought you'd never find. Searchable database of thousands of rare and hard-to-find booksellers


All About Birds

From the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, this site allows users to browse or search the Bird Guide by name and shape or taxonomy. There are also Bird Cams and and birding basics.


American Decades

Location: Skillman Ref; Call #: E169.12 .A419 1994

Multi-volume chronology of United States history during the twentieth century. Volumes are divided by decade and are organized into chapters on world events, the arts, business and the economy, education, fashion, government and politics, law and justice, lifestyles and social trends, media, medicine and health, religion, science and technology, and sports.


American Eras

Location: Skillman Ref; Call #: E169.1 .A471979 1997

Multi-volume chronology of United States history from the period of European exploration to the end of the nineteenth century. Volumes are divided by time period and organized into chapters on world events, the arts, business and the economy, communications, education, government and politics, law and justice, lifestyles and social trends, religion, science and medicine, and sports and recreation.


American National Biography Online

Scholarly biographical articles on people who have influenced American history and culture. (Does not include information on people still living.)


AP (Associated Press) Stylebook

Online version of the Associated Press' style guide. Includes the ability to create your own custom guide and notes on entries (requires registering a personal account).


Art & Architecture Thesaurus

The Getty Institute's searchable vocabulary of terms for describing objects, textural materials, images, architecture, and material culture from antiquity to the present.


Asahi Shimbun Cross-Search (formerly Kikuzo II)

Database of Japanese sources, including Asahi Shimbun, a major Japanese newspaper, from 1879-present (Full-text searching is available only from 1985 on). Also includes two weekly magazines, AERA and Shukan Asahi; a historical photo archive of 10,000 photos mostly taken in Asia during World War II; the pictorial magazine Asahi Graph (1923-45); two reference sources: Who's Who database and Dictionary Chiezo; and an English language news database.


Bioethics

Encyclopedia covering topics related to bioethics, including genetically modified foods, social justice, sustainability, and chemical warfare.