Databases/Indexes by Subject:
General/Multidisciplinary

The resources below are designed to help you locate general, more popular types of materials.  If you need scholarly resources, you may wish to return to the Subject Page and choose the appropriate subject area.  You may also wish to consult the News, Weather, and Sports page or the Current Events page.

The following databases/indexes are designed to provide links to online resources.  To find books, you will need to consult the Hiram College Library Catalog and, perhaps, the OhioLINK catalog.

1. Databases/indexes to find periodical articles - These databases are designed to help you identify relevant periodical articles through keyword or subject searches.  In most cases there will be links to either the online version of the article or a listing of the library's holdings.  If you are not sure, you may check the library's periodical holdings list and/or its list of online journals.  These databases are listed in the order in which the library recommends them.
 

Database Name	Link to access from on-campus	Link to access from off-campus if available	Info about the database
Academic Search Complete
MasterFile Premier
Articles First
LexisNexis Academic Universe

2. Databases of reference e-books - These specialized reference materials (encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, guides, etc) are designed to give you background information, an overview of a topic, or quick facts.
 

Database Name	Link to access from on-campus	Link to access from off-campus if available	Info about the database
American Heritage Dictionary
Columbia Encyclopedia
Electronic Reference Books Collection
Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
Oxford English Dictionary
Oxford Reference Online
Roget's II
World Almanac

3. Other databases
 

Database Name	Link to access from on-campus	Link to access from off-campus if available	Info about the database
C Q Researcher		No
TOPICSearch