General Reference

Discover a new topic or subject with these intelligent and serious introductions written by authors who are experts in their field.

Long-form overview articles written, peer-reviewed, and edited by leading scholars. Each of the encyclopedias cover both foundational and cutting-edge topics.

Full-text database for theology and philosophy research. It includes hundreds of full-text journals and magazines covering many religious and philosophical topics, including world religions, religious history, political philosophy and philosophy of language.

Find articles supporting differing viewpoints on current topics.

Designed specifically for public libraries, this database provides full-text magazines, reference books and primary source documents. It also includes an extensive image collection containing photos, maps and flags.

Designed specifically for high school libraries, MAS Ultra – School Edition is a full-text database of popular magazines, reference books and primary sources covering many subjects, including history, science and health. It also includes and over a million photos, maps and flags. 

Find information on arts and crafts or learn a new hobby. 

Students in grades six through twelve may search articles written specifically for their age group. 

A searchable database providing thousands of entries on a general range of topics. 

ERIC is an online library of education research and information, sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education.