Databases

Bloom’s Literature is rich with relevant content on core authors and works, multicultural classics, contemporary literature, and includes a wide range of reference essays and scholarly criticism examining great authors and their works. It features more than 1,300 full-length videos, including performances of great literary works to make the literature come to life, highlighting character interaction and pivotal plot devices that might be harder to discover in just the written word. Also included are video clips featuring major scholars such as Harold Bloom discussing important literary topics. Additionally, it includes a Literary Classics eBook shelf containing the full contents of more than 1,000 classic works of literature.

Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center is an award-winning reference database for lifelong career exploration and planning. It offers a wealth of resources for users to assess their career goals and interests, plan their education, learn workplace skills, find apprenticeships and internships, conduct a job search, and much more. 

Vetted content is provided from over 366 geographically diverse newspapers, magazines, and journals, including 171 newspapers that are published in countries other than the United States. With a truly global view, users can find information on business and economics, conflict and diplomacy, society and culture, environment and climate change, and more. 

Provides history related primary source documents (also available in print copy - reference).

With a wealth of content that facilitates STEM research and learning, the award-winning Science Online offers a comprehensive overview of a broad range of scientific disciplines. Topic Centers feature specially selected content on core science disciplines to help students find a starting point for their research. 

Supports US history studies and provides an overview of our nation's past, covering the most-studied events, decades, conflicts, wars, political and cultural movements, and people. This collection contains millions of articles from periodicals and newspapers; hundreds of thousands of topic and event overviews; biographies; and rich multimedia, including images, videos, audio, and web links. 

Provides an overview of world history, covering the most studied events, cultures, civilizations, religions, people, and more. Access centuries worth of rare primary sources as well as reliable references and multimedia content, and give students the tools to research and learn effectively.