General Reference and Multidisciplinary Databases - A Place to Start - Closeup: Library Databases - Jim Dan Hill Library at University of Wisconsin

Encyclopedias and General Reference

Biography in Context

Find biographies and related full-text articles from magazines and newspapers on both contemporary and historical figures. Search by name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender, as well as keyword and full text.
Credo Reference

Find background information to start your research on any topic. Content includes entries from various encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, and other reference tools across all disciplines.
Ulrichsweb

Find bibliographic and publisher information on hundreds of thousands of scholarly and trade journals, popular magazines, newspapers, newsletters, and more.

A Place to Start
"This collection of databases will help you jumpstart your research no matter the discipline"

Google Scholar
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites. Google Scholar helps you find relevant work across the world of scholarly research.

WorldCat Discovery
Search Jim Dan Hill Library's holdings as well as the holdings of many other library's through the new WorldCat Discovery Services interface. Request books from other libraries through Interlibrary Loan. Check our our Interlibrary Loan page for more information.

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