Research
Subject Guide: General
The General Subject Guide will help you find resources that are not specialized
for certain areas of study. There are many other resources available which provide
specialized information--refined to one topic or area. To see more of these topical
resources, see the Subject Guide Index page.
Reference Books
Reference books provide background information on a people, terms and concepts.
- Oxford Reference Books Online:
Full text of over 100 dictionaries, general reference, language reference, and subject reference works from Oxford University Press. - American Heritage Dictionary
- Roget's Thesaurus
- World Book Encyclopedia AE 5 .W55 2005
- World Book Web
Databases
Databases provide information about journal, magazine and newspaper articles.
- Academic Search Complete:
Indexes over 9300 periodicals and contains full text for over 4400 scholarly publications for nearly all academic areas of study. - ArticleFirst:
Index to articles from over 12,000 journals from all disciplines. - Readers' Guide:
Indexes popular/general interest periodicals published in the United States. - Web of Knowledge:
Provides general and cited reference searching for the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences and Sciences.
Web Resources
Here are a few web sites we think you might find useful:
- Google Scholar:
Provides article level searching. Click on OhioLINK OLinks to find the article within our library resources. - Librarians' Internet Index:
A directory of librarian-selected web sites, organized by topic or searchable.