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AccessScience (Encyclopedia of Science & Technology Online)
Online science reference tool that includes the full-text of the latest editions of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology and the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms. New trends in science are covered via the full-text of the McGraw-Hill Yearbooks of Science & Technology. This content is supplemented by biographies of scientists, bibliographies containing more than 28,000 literature citations, links to evaluated related web sites, learning resources and study guides, as well as illustrations, animations, and image galleries.
Biography and Genealogy Master Index
Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI) is an index for learning where to look for biographical material on people from all time periods, geographical locations and fields of endeavor. It indexes current, readily available reference sources, as well as the most important retrospective works that cover individuals, both living and deceased, from every field of activity and from all areas of the world.

Concurrent user limit: 4
Book Review Digest Plus [via EbscoHost]
Includes information on over 1.3 million book reviews covering over 650,000 books. Coverage extends back to 1983.
Book Review Index Online
Book Review Index Online provides more than five million book review citations from thousands of publications.
Britannica Image Quest
Over 2 million images from providers such as Dorling Kindersley, National Geographic, and Getty. All images are rights-cleared for educational use.
Cambridge Companions [via Cambridge Collections Online]

(browse titles in Diamond Catalog)

Includes thousands of essays from over 300 authoritative guides in Cambridge Univesity Press' Companions series. Covers literature, philosophy, religion, classics and cultural studies.

Credo Reference
(browse titles in Diamond Catalog)
Credo Reference is an online reference tool that provides access to the full-text of over 200 authoritative reference sources from a number of respected publishers. All entries from these resources are cross-referenced to each other, providing a rich source of integrated reference information.
Data-Planet Statistical DataSets

Data-Planet Statistical DataSets requires Java, so your browser may prompt you to 'allow' or install Java for it to work properly.  Please note that Java does not currently work on Macs using Chrome.  

DataSets aggregates over 590 licensed and public domain datasets provided by over 50 sources and makes that data available from within a single interface. Users scan the contents of these datasets, select subjects and variables of interest, and view the data in side-by-side tables and charts. The product also provides accompanying metadata in the form of citation records to provide details on how the data were collected and obtained.

Diamond: The Libraries' Catalog
Diamond is the catalog of books, movies, music, and other materials held by the Temple University Libraries.
Encyclopaedia Britannica
This online edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica is a fully searchable and browsable collection of over 73,000 authoritative reference articles. Several bonus features are included in this reference tool: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus; thousands of photographs, illustrations, and sound files; hundreds of relevant videos; hot links from Encyclopedia Britannica articles to related magazine and journal articles from EBSCO and ProQuest online databases; World Data containing information and customizable charts and tables about nations of the world; Notable Quotations from historical and contemporary important men and women; and Gateway to the Classics, hundreds of works by significant writers of the Western world.
Encyclopedia of American Studies
The Encyclopedia of American Studies brings together a wide range of disciplines related to the history and cultures of the United States, from pre-colonial days to the present. It features broad, synthetic articles covering areas such as history, literature, art, photography, film, architecture, urban studies, ethnicity, race, gender, economics, politics, wars, consumer culture, and global America.

Interdisciplinary in its coverage of the American experience, this comprehensive reference has been written by hundreds of internationally renowned scholars who present their topics in clear and lively prose.

With over 660 online, searchable articles and bibliographies, the Encyclopedia of American Studies provides an integrated approach to problems, themes, and issues that cut across disciplinary lines. The breadth and depth of disciplines, topics, and issues featured in this resource support research and study in a wide range of courses and assignments at all levels.

The Encyclopedia's editor in chief is Temple's own Miles Orvell.
Encyclopedia of Life Sciences

Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (ELS) includes articles, essays, and news in the biological and life sciences. More than 6,000 illustrations are provided. Core coverage: biochemistry, biodiversity, cell biology, clinical medicine, developmental biology, ecology, evolution, genetics history, philosophy of science, immunology, microbiology, molecular biology, neuroscience, plant science, structural biology, and virology.Contains peer-reviewed articles commissioned from 5,000 world-renown scientists. All articles have a list of reference, some of which provide links to external Web sources. Appendix and glossary components provide descriptions of biochemical and taxonomical data, acronyms and abbreviations, synonyms, units, and other technical data. "Special Essays" were commissioned to address 50 "hot topics." By creating an account on My Profile, users may save searching histories as well as articles for later review.

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
Indexes over 25,000 records, covering an array of topics. Full text for each record may be easily accessed by double clicking on the topic from the display. The database contains various images, offers brief biographies as well as information in a variety of subject areas. This database is updated annually. (Ebsco description)
Gale Directory Library
Search, sort, and download text records from online versions of well-known directories from Gale, such as Ward's Business Directory and the Encyclopedia of Associations.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Note: New interface Dec 2011
Includes fulltext versions of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources across all subject areas.
Guide to Reference
Guide to Reference is a selective guide to the best reference sources, organized by academic discipline.
LexisNexis Academic: Pennsylvania Statutes
Browse | Search
The Pennsylvania Statutes, Annotated by LexisNexis, include all laws of a general and permanent nature, as enacted by the Pennsylvania Legislature.
LexisNexis Statistical DataSets

Note: Now called Data-Planet Statistical Datasets

Data-Planet Statistical DataSets aggregates over 590 licensed and public domain datasets provided by over 50 sources and makes that data available from within a single interface. Users scan the contents of these datasets, select subjects and variables of interest, and view the data in side-by-side tables and charts. The product also provides accompanying metadata in the form of citation records to provide details on how the data were collected and obtained.

LexisNexis Statistical Insight

Note: Now called Proquest Statistical Insight

Proquest Statistical puts millions of facts and figures at your fingertips. Well over 400,000 indexed tables of data from international, federal, state and private sources are available for search and retrieval, with tens of thousands more added yearly. In addition, LexisNexis Statistical provides online access to the following highly respected finding aids for statistical data:

International Sources: Index to International Statistics (IIS) 1983-
IIS abstracts and indexes key statistical titles from international intergovernmental organizations like the UN, EU, OECD, IMF, and World Bank.

Federal Sources: American Statistics Index (ASI) 1973-
The U.S. Government is the world's most important and prolific publisher of statistics. ASI indexes and abstracts statistical data published by all branches and agencies of the Federal Government, including both depository and non-depository publications. ASI includes federal agency publications that contain social, economic, demographic, or natural resources data, and a selection of publications with scientific and technical data.

State and Private Sector Sources: Statistical Reference Index (SRI) 1980-
SRI identifies statistical data published by consumer and trade magazines, private organizations, state government agencies, business organizations, independent research organizations, and universities and affiliated research centers. Publications covered by SRI contain important statistics on business, industry and finance, general economic conditions, government programs and politics, and social trends. SRI offers access to national data, such as production, costs, and earnings in major industries; statewide data, such as statistics on crime, health, or employment; data on foreign countries, such as world economic and demographic trends; and local or narrowly focused data, such as detail by county and municipality.

OAIster
OAIster is a union catalog of digital records that began at the University of Michigan, built by harvesting records using the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH). Today, OAIster is one of the world's largest aggregators of records, boasting more than 19 million items from more than 1,000 contributors. Records contain a digital object link allowing users access to the object in a single click.

Digital resources in OAister include:

--Digitized (scanned) books and articles
--Digital text
--Audio fles (WAV, MP3)
--Video fles (MP4, Quicktime)
--Photographic images (JPEG, TIFF, GIF)
--Data sets (downloadable statistical information
Opposing Viewpoints in Context
Provides information on all sides of various social issues and hot topics. Includes pro and con essays, topic overviews, periodical articles, statistics, and images
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Concurrent user limit: 6
The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography is an illustrated collection of more than 50,000 specially written biographies of the men and women who shaped all aspects of Britain's past, from the fourth century BC to the year 2001 (as of January 2005). Published on 23 September 2004, the Dictionary took 10,000 people twelve years' to compile and resulted in a 60 volume book which has been translated to a website with over 100,000 pages and more than 10,000 images. The dictionary covers remarkable people in any walk of life who were connected with the British Isles-excluding living people. It includes not just the great and good, but people who have left a mark for any reason, good, bad, or bizarre. The online version includes a wide range of searching options from specialized biographical search terms to powerful full text searches. Extensive internal cross-referencing makes it possible to move easily to related articles, while ever growing lists of external links to carefully selected web sites (including the British National Archives) open up exciting new research possibilities.

Concurrent user limit: 6
Oxford English Dictionary
The OED Online contains the complete text of the 20-volume Second Edition, first published in 1989, together with its 3-volume Additions Series, published in 1993 (volumes 1 and 2) and 1997 (volume 3). Many of the entries in the Additions volumes consist of sections which are additions to an entry previously published in the Second Edition; such sections are appended to the end of the appropriate Second Edition entry. Complete entries published for the first time in the Additions volumes are presented as free-standing entries, along with entries from the Second Edition.
Oxford Language Dictionaries Online
Concurrent user limit: 3
Oxford Language Dictionaries Online (OLDO) features fully searchable, completely comprehensive bilingual dictionaries, and unique study materials that provide extra help with learning and using an expanding range of languages. Offering over 4 million words, phrases and translations in French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian, and Chinese, OLDO also features native speaker audio pronunciation - allowing you to hear how words actually sound. More than just a dictionary, OLDO offers a complete suite of language learning support materials for users of all levels: click-through verb tables and pronunciation charts, explanations of grammatical terms, hundreds sample letters, CVs and resumes, notes on life and culture, guidance on grammar and idiomatic usage, extensive links to other sites for further research, and more.
Oxford Reference Online

New interface Sept 2012 / (browse titles in Diamond Catalog)

Oxford Reference Online includes well over 100 subject and language reference sources from Oxford University Press, including many titles from the Oxford Companions Series. Browse or search single titles, specific subject areas, or the entire collection.

Proquest Statistical Insight

Proquest Statistical puts millions of facts and figures at your fingertips. Well over 400,000 indexed tables of data from international, federal, state and private sources are available for search and retrieval, with tens of thousands more added yearly. In addition, Proquest Statistical provides online access to the following highly respected finding aids for statistical data:

International Sources: Index to International Statistics (IIS) 1983-
IIS abstracts and indexes key statistical titles from international intergovernmental organizations like the UN, EU, OECD, IMF, and World Bank.

Federal Sources: American Statistics Index (ASI) 1973-
The U.S. Government is the world's most important and prolific publisher of statistics. ASI indexes and abstracts statistical data published by all branches and agencies of the Federal Government, including both depository and non-depository publications. ASI includes federal agency publications that contain social, economic, demographic, or natural resources data, and a selection of publications with scientific and technical data.

State and Private Sector Sources: Statistical Reference Index (SRI) 1980-
SRI identifies statistical data published by consumer and trade magazines, private organizations, state government agencies, business organizations, independent research organizations, and universities and affiliated research centers. Publications covered by SRI contain important statistics on business, industry and finance, general economic conditions, government programs and politics, and social trends. SRI offers access to national data, such as production, costs, and earnings in major industries; statewide data, such as statistics on crime, health, or employment; data on foreign countries, such as world economic and demographic trends; and local or narrowly focused data, such as detail by county and municipality.

Reference Universe

Covers back-of-the-book indexes and article titles to subject encyclopedias and reference works. As of March 4, 2004 there are more than 2,900 titles online. Additional titles are added weekly.

Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Concurrent user limit: 4
Built upon the foundation of the highly regarded 1998 print version, the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Online includes over 2000 entries from over 1,300 scholars, with new and updated entries continually added. Coverage includes Anglo-American, ethical and political, cross-cultural, interdisciplinary, continental and contemporary philosophy.

Concurrent user limit: 4
Sage Knowledge
Note: Sage eReference has a new interface and a new name - Sage Knowledge
Full-text of major reference works published by Sage Publications.
Salem History
Online versions of reference titles from Salem Press.
Salem Literature
Includes Masterplots / Magill's Literary Annuals
Salem Literature provides online versions of literary criticism reference works from Salem Press. Temple's access includes Masterplots (4th ed.) and Magill's Literary Annuals (1977 - current).
Summon
Summon is a powerful, yet simple search tool that allows you to discover the breadth of Temple Libraries' collections. Whether you need to find books, scholarly articles, films, music, dissertations, archival material or other library sources, Summon has you covered.

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Ulrich's Periodical Directory
Ulrich's provides users with essential serials bibliographic and access information that ranges from subscription rates to the latest web sites. Nearly a quarter of a million consumer and trade magazines, academic and scholarly publications, monographic series, newsletters, newspapers, electronic publications, 'zines, and many other types of serial publications and services published throughout the world on all subjects, are profiled. Updated monthly. Covers over 240,000 serials, including details on almost 55,000 ceased titles. Includes ISSN, former ISSN(s) and former title(s) history, variant titles, editorial and classification data, start year, and frequency. Also pricing, subscription, and distribution details key publisher, editor, rights & permissions and advertising contact. Access options including document delivery, indexing services, online vendors are described. Includes:

* Listings of 80,000 publishers and distributors with full contact detail
* 59,034 e-mail addresses hotlinked
* 54,036 URLs hotlinked
* Nearly 8,000 reviews from Magazines for Libraries and Library Journal
* 18,422 refereed serials noted and searchable
* 15 document type indicators (e.g. A&I service, academic/scholarly publication, newspaper, newsletter, consumer publication, trade publication, etc.) to refine searching
WorldCat
More than 32 million records describing items owned by libraries around the world. Each record contains library holdings. Coverage/update frequency: from about 1000 A.D. to the present; adds new records daily. Includes holdings of 6,700 OCLC Member Libraries & Institutions.
Yearbook of International Organizations
This is a directory of international organizations, published by the Union of International Associations. It contains detailed, up-to-date descriptions of more than 61,000 international nongovernmental and intergovernmental organizations, a geographic index, a subject directory and index, and bibliographies of publications by and about international organizations. It includes all types of organizations active in almost 300 countries and territories of the world, from formal structures to informal networks, from professional bodies to recreational clubs.