Biography Resource Center
A database of biographical information on people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.

Biography and Genealogy Master Index

A massive database that catalogs all the information from many, many biography searches.  A great place to go for deep search.  But remember, this is only an index.  It only points you to sources that you'll have to find in print.

Credo Reference Unlimited
Credo Ready-Reference services feature full-text content from hundreds of reference books covering every major subject.

Encyclopedia Britannica Online
Includes the complete encyclopedia (articles and illustrations), as well as the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and the Britannica Book of the Year. 

Gale Virtual Reference Library
A collection of online reference works.

Oxford English Dictionary
A searchable database of the full-text of the second edition of the Oxford English Dictionary.

Oxford Reference Online
This database includes fully-indexed, cross-searchable full text content from more than 170 subject dictionaries, language reference and subject reference works in the arts, humanities, social sciences and sciences. Also included are English dictionaries and bilingual dictionaries of French, German, Spanish and Italian.

Once you type in your search terms, use the "Refine my results" list on the left-hand side to help narrow down your search by:

• library location
• genre
• topic
• and more!

Brainstorm a list of the best search terms for your topic.  First use as many related search terms as you can and then narrow your results based on what the database returns.

Database Resources:

• Academic Search Complete
  This database offers full text coverage of information in many areas including: archaeology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, food science & technology, general science, geography, geology, law, mathematics, mechanical engineering, music, physics, psychology, religion & theology, women's studies, and other fields.
• Digital Library of Georgia
  A virtual collection of digitized books, newspapers, images, manuscripts and media with an emphasis on material important to the history and culture of the state of Georgia.
• Education Abstracts
  This database indexes and abstracts articles from English-language periodicals and yearbooks published in the United States and elsewhere. English-language books relating to education published in 1995 or later are also indexed.
• ERIC (Education Resources Information Center)
  ERIC is the premier index for education literature.
• Galileo
  GALILEO stands for GeorgiA LIbrary LEarning Online, an initiative of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. A World Wide Web-based virtual library, GALILEO provides access to multiple information resources, including secured access to licensed products. Participating institutions may access over 100 databases indexing thousands of periodicals and scholarly journals. Over 2000 journal titles are provided in full-text. Other resources include encyclopedias, business directories, and government publications.
• JSTOR
  JSTOR, the Journal Storage Project, provides access to digitized versions to complete runs of key scholarly journals in the arts, the humanities, literature, the sciences, the social sciences, and selected scholarly journals in related disciplines such as business, ecology, botany, music, and statistics.
• LexisNexis Academic
  Full-text access to news, business, medical, educational and legal sources. The sources include international, national, and regional newspapers; magazines; trade journals; newsletters; wire service reports; and transcripts of television and radio news programs.
• Project Muse
  Provides access to scholarly journals published by major university presses. Project MUSE covers the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, and many others.
• Professional Development Collection 
  A specialized collection of journal articles and pamphlets especially for professional educators that includes abstract and index coverage for 800 professional development titles and searchable full text for over 500 journals covering the most current topics in the field of education.
• Research Library
  Covers publications from academic journals and popular magazines in the humanities, social sciences, general sciences, and business. Full-text available starting in 1991. 
• Sociological Abstracts
  Covers major international literature (journals, books, book chapters, book reviews, dissertations and conference papers) in sociology and related disciplines.
• Social Science Abstracts
  This database indexes journals in the social sciences, including education.

Web Resources:

• Early Emory College Class Photos - http://oxford.library.emory.edu/eecp/
• Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library - http://marbl.library.emory.edu/
• Text Encoding Initiative - http://www.tei-c.org/index.xml
• American Memory Project - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
• Georgia Archives - http://sos.georgia.gov/Archives

Need help deciding if a source is right for your project?

• Use the Evaluating Sources Checklist (Bedford-St. Martin's) to help!
• Use this link for information on MLA citation style.
  Diana Hacker's Documenting Sources