Databases

Gale Encyclopedia of E-Commerce
Essays covering topics and terms, profiles of the top e-commerce companies, biographies of e-commerce innovators, and coverage of events and legislation related to e-commerce.
Gale Encyclopedia of Everyday Law
Brief descriptions of legal issues, profiles of U.S. laws and regulations, details of how laws and regulations vary from state to state, and comprehensive bibliographies.
Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
Essays on culture groups in the United States, emphasizing their religions, holidays, customs, and languages, and their historical background and settlement patterns.
Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
This title presents era overviews, event/movement profiles, biographies, business/industry profiled, geographic profiles, and more.
Gale Virtual Reference Center (GVRL)
Full access to encyclopedias on religion, world biography, countries and cultures, education, American history and foreign policy, public health, aging, law, business and multiculturalism.
The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online
Overviews of world regions’ musical heritage, traditions and themes, and descriptions of specific musical genres, practices, and performances. Articles include photographs, drawings, maps, and musical examples, with indexing and audio links.
GEOBASE
Worldwide literature on geography, geology, and ecology.
Google Scholar
Provides a search of scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including theses, books, abstracts and articles.
GreenFILE
Has scholarly, government and general-interest titles covering human impact on the environment, including global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, and recycling. It indexes and abstracts over 290,000 records, and provides Open Access full text for more than 4,600 records.