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- Biology and Physical Sciences
- Business & Economics
- History, Humanities & Catholic Culture
- Legal Studies and Political Science
- Literature
- Nursing, Health & Wellness
- Philosophy
- Psychology, Sociology & Counseling
- Theology

To access OhioLINK databases from off-campus, follow the instructions given.


Online Reference information - General: Dictionaries; American Heritage Dictionary; Oxford English Dictionary; Encyclopedias; Encyclopćdia Britannica Online; Columbia Encyclopedia; Enciclopedia Universal en Espanol; Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia; Other Writing Aids; Chicago Manual of Style Quick Guide; Roget's II- The New Thesaurus; World Almanac; Writing Resources on the Web; - OhioLINK Electronic Reference Search - Special-topic reference books -- encyclopedias, handbooks, biographical collections, guides - in simple search format; - OhioLINK Quick Reference - Choose from specific reference sources online; - Oxford Reference Online Core Collection

Search for print dictionaries and encyclopedias at JPII Library


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Biology & Physical Sciences: Internet Directory for Botany; PlantFacts Search Engine; AccessScience

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Business & Economics: BusinessWeekonline - user name: franuniv - password: steuben; Hoover's Online - Company and industry information; FreeEdgar - Easy access to corporate data from SEC; Universal Currency Converter; WebEc - WWW Resources in Economics - searchable site that catagorizes free information in economics on the internet.; ValuationResources.com - Business valuation resources including publications, industry resources, mergers and acquisitions data, legal and tax resources and more; Value Line - investment research on stocks, mutual funds, options and convertibles; STAT-USA; Mergent Online - Business and financial information for investment research. Includes or has links to full text; Access to this database from the dorms or off campus

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History, Humanities & Catholic Culture: America- History and Life - Index to articles on the history and culture of the United States and Canada. Includes or has links to full text; Historical Abstracts - Index and abstracts to articles covering world history from 1450 to present (excluding U.S. and Canada). Includes or has links to full text.

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Legal Studies & Political Science: Chat with a Law Librarian! - A new chat queue that provides legal research assistance for faculty, students and researchers at OhioLINK universities. Initiated and staffed by OSU's Moritz Law Library, it offers specialized online reference assistance.; Famous Trials - O.J., Scopes, Socrates, Wilde, Salem Witch, etc.; Firstgov.gov - The US Government's web portal, the one-stop for most Federal Sites; THOMAS - information about legislation in both the United States House and Senate; Congressional Quarterly - factual reports on a wide range of issues; Census - homepage of the U. S. Census; Health and Human Services - access to information about the agency and health science data from federal sites.
State Department - useful travel information, including the US passport application
Background Notes - brief information on countries around the world
Country Studies - more detailed information on countries around the world; Ohio State Government; US Copyright Information

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Literature: MLA International Bibliography - provides a classified listing and subject index for books and articles published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics. This database annually indexes over 45,000 books and articles; Off campus access; Academic Search Complete - the world's largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for more than 5,300 scholarly publications, including more than 4,400 peer-reviewed publications. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for all 9,300 journals in the collection. This database is more extensive than Academic Search Premier, which it replaced.; Access to this database from the dorms or off campus; Humanities Abstracts - Cites articles from 500 periodicals on literature and language, history, philosophy, archaeology, classical studies, folklore, gender studies, performing arts, history, religion and theology.; Off campus access

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Nursing, Health & Wellness: American Cancer Society; American Heart Association; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Food and Drug Administration; Merck Manual Online; National Health Information Center; National Institutes of Health (NIH); HealthFinder; Healthweb

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Philosophy: Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy; The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy; Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy; Past Masters - Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, and the Continental Rationalists (Descartes, Leibniz, Spinoza) in full-text translations - On campus only

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Psychology, Sociology & Counseling: Electronic Journal Center (OhioLINK) - Full text of 4300+ research journals. Includes or has links to full text.; PsycINFO - Index and abstracts of articles, books, chapters, dissertations, and reports in psychology. Includes or has links to full text.

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Theology: Fides Quaerens; National Conference of Catholic Bishops; Papal Encyclicals Online - Online Papal and official documents of the Catholic Church; Past Masters - Thomas Aquinas in full-text translation - on campus access only; Jewish Encyclopedia - Contains the complete contents of the 12-volume Jewish Encyclopedia


At the Circulation Desk:

Early Church Fathers, Their Writings and Teachings. Clement of Alexandria, Origen, Tertullian, Commodian, Irenaeus, Justin Martyr, Methodius, Dionysuis the Great - CD at Circulation Desk

Welcome to the Catholic Church - CD at Circulation Desk

New Oxford Annotated Biblical Reference Library - Oxford Annotated Bible (NRSV), Bible Companion and Bible Maps. - CD at Circulation Desk

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