Databases & E-Reference Materials

This resource provides information profiles for every living language and country on earth. It includes maps of where each language is spoken as well as statistics for a given country or region and guides on language endangerment.

Provides access to books, pamphlets, and broadsides published during the 17th and 18th centuries. Subjects cover all aspects of life, including economics and trade, government, health, historic events, labor, language, law and crime, literature, military, philosophy, politics, religion, science and technology, society, and customs.

This book contains illustrations and examples of chemical applications, useful How to boxes outlining how to accomplish complex tasks in Excel, and step-by-step instructions for programming Excel to automate repetitive data-processing tasks. In addition, tips are provided to speed, simplify, and improve your use of Excel.

This open access database provides content covering important issues related to race, ethnicity, diversity, and inclusiveness in today's society. Resources include essays, journal articles, government agency reports, photographs, speeches, and other primary sources. A wide range of topics are covered, including affirmative action, food insecurity, environmental racism and environmental justice, the black lives matter movement, voting rights and voter suppression, police use of force, sports team branding changes, neighborhood gentrification, and much more. 

Collection of over 80,000 open access journals covering a wide range of subject areas including STEM, the humanities, and the social sciences. It includes journals published in a variety of languages, including English, Spanish, French, Polish, German, Russian, Japanese, and Portuguese.

This database provides access to business and news archives, historical market data, interactive charting, financial statements, and company reports.

Provides access to federal and state case law, statutes, regulation, constitutions, and court rules. Full text is available.

Bibliographic database covering the subjects of film and television theory, preservation and restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews. This database indexes periodicals and technical publications. Some full text is available.

The Financial Times is a daily newspaper, based in London, that focuses on business and economic current affairs.

A key international business paper based in London, the Financial Times Historical Archive provides access to fully searchable digital reproductions of every issue from 1888-2021. Coverage includes critical financial and economic events, industry, energy, international politics, and more recently management, personal finance and the arts.