Reference Databases
- Credo Reference This link opens in a new windowCredo Reference is a digital reference library that places a world of factual information at your fingertips. Containing a selection from 645 high-quality reference books from the world's leading publishers, Credo Reference is the ideal place to start any research.
Online encyclopedia are an excellent starting place to gather background information for your speech topic. Checkout these online reference sources:
- CQ Press Electronic Library This link opens in a new windowIssues in U.S. politics and areas of public policy, such as, health care, education, economics, bioethics, environment, and society.
- Gale Virtual Reference LibraryContains encyclopedias and reference books in a variety of subjects.
- Oxford Reference OnlineThe Core Collection brings together 100 language and subject dictionaries and reference works - containing well over 60,000 pages - into a single cross-searchable resource
- ProCon.org This link opens in a new windowTopics such as Sex and Gender, Religion, and Media, Education and more....
- Brill Online Reference Works This link opens in a new windowHumanities and Social Sciences, International Law and selected areas in the Sciences