Use subject guides to locate websites, web directories, as well as other online information. Included in the subject guides are pertinent databases to find citations, abstracts, and articles in journals, magazines, newspapers, etc.
Databases available off-campus to currently enrolled Medaille students, faculty and staff only are designated by
MEDAILLE ONLY. Databases supplying some OR all full-text articles are designated by FULL TEXT
If you are experiencing problems using these databases from off-campus, see the Off Campus Access page for troubleshooting suggestions or contact the Library.
Accounting
Anthropology
Art
Biology & Environmental Studies
Business & Finance
Careers and Employment
Criminal Justice
Education
General
Health & Human Services
History
Human Resources
Humanities
Law
Marketing
Mathematics
Media & Communication
Medicine & Health
Philosophy
Physical Sciences: Chemistry & Physics
Political Science
Psychology
Sociology
Sports Management
Veterinary Science
Information Please contains quick facts on a wide range of topics
BIOGRAPHY (see also Encyclopedias)
A&E’s Biography contains biographies of notable people
Artists’ biographies often with examples of their work, from ArtNet
Biographies from the Information Please Almanac
Peterson's Education Portal Search for colleges and graduate programs
Students.gov is hosted
by the
Dictionary.com has a dictionary, a thesaurus as well as links to other reference sources
MedlinePlus’s Medical dictionary made available by the National Library of Medicine
Miriam-Webster’s Online dictionary also includes a thesaurus
Roget’s Thesaurus II (Third Edition) is a classic thesaurus available through Bartleby
AnyWho Directory to locate people or businesses
E-mail Directories on the Web is a Metasite of E-mail directories with links
ENCARTA Online Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia Britannica Online MEDAILLE ONLY
Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems
MEDAILLE ONLY
International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences To access, click on the link and then click on "Social Science."
MEDAILLE ONLY
GEOGRAPHICAL AND INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION
U.S. State Department Background Notes
World Factbook maintained by the Central Intelligence Agency
Internet Public Library has a wide reach of subjects and resources
Librarians’ Internet Index contains good quality links
Virtual Reference Shelf selected web resources compiled by the Library of Congress
National
FirstSearch The U.S. Government’s official web portal
GPO Access The U.S. Government Printing Office’s page for official information from all three branches of the Federal Government..
NY State website is a starting point for finding information about NY State agencies
City of Buffalo’s official website
Regional Knowledge
Network is a storehouse for
information about Western New York and
Reuters News covers a wide variety of topics
World News Network has links to current stories sorted by subject
SCHOLARSHIP, FINANCIAL AID and GRANT INFORMATION
Department of Education page on financial aid, includes a link to the FASFA
FinAid is a comprehensive page of financial aid sites, including articles, calculators, resources and links
General
Federal
FedStats has federal statistics from all government agencies, including the Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor Statistics
Historical U.S. Census Data browser maintained by the University of Virginia Library, U.S. Census information 1790 - 1970, by states and counties.
New York State Statistical yearbook, updated yearly
Erie County Quick Facts from the Census bureau
WRITING GUIDES & CITATION FORMATS
Writing Guides
Citations (see Medaille’s “Citing Information” page)