Reference Databases
  • Credo Reference full-text, aggregated content covers every major subject from the world's best publishers of reference
  • Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas
  • Gale Virtual Library database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research
  • Oxford English Dictionary the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium
  • Oxford Reference Online 175+ Oxford reference titles, many of which are in-depth, scholarly articles from titles in the acclaimed Oxford Companions series, plus all 20,000 quotations from the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
  • Sage Reference Online a cross-searchable collection of 80 authoritative, interdisciplinary e-reference titles
  • Sanborn Maps large scale maps of Illinois cities and towns
  • World Almanac Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia and four almanacs

 

 

 

What do I do if I select a database and am asked for a user ID and password? Many of the databases are accessible off campus with an ID and password. From the page above, specific IDs and passwords are required which library card holders can obtain from the Library Reference Desk or find on the ANGEL Resources page. MCC students and employees can also login to the databases off-campus from the Off-Campus Access Menu page with their campus login (same username and password you use to login to computers on-campus).

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