Background Research

Historic-1970 (Restricted to ODU)
Provides a comprehensive reference collection to chronicle the history of African American music through 1970. It brings together the most important reference texts in this subject area, including discographies, and bibliographies together with songsheets, images, and other print resources.

Current (Restricted to ODU)
Provides a comprehensive online resource devoted to music research of all the world's peoples. It includes the entire set of 10 print volumes, with additional features from Alexander Street Press.

Historic & current (Restricted to ODU)
Provides electronic access to essential reference materials, including Baker's Dictionary of Music, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, and Baker's Student Encyclopedia of Music. In addition to the Baker's resources, there are biographies, chronologies, primary source readings, critical texts, full text from other major reference works, biographical information, score and lyric excerpts, musical and notational terms, and photographs and images.

Prehistory - Present (Restricted to ODU)
access—and simultaneously cross-search—an expanding range of Oxford’s acclaimed art reference works: Grove Art Online, the Benezit Dictionary of Artists, the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms. Allows three users at a time.

1999 - Present (Restricted to ODU)
Presents a wide scope of articles on chemical substances; including their properties, manufacturing, and uses. It also focuses on industrial processes and unit operations in chemical engineering, as well as covering fundamentals and scientific subjects related to the field. Additionally, environmental and health issues concerning chemical technology are also addressed.

(Restricted to VIVA/ODU)
From Oxford Reference Online collection, this dictionary "contains over 12,000 clear and concise entries, covering all aspects of medical science."

(Restricted to ODU)
Written for students and professionals in the field. Entries cover topics in body systems and functions, conditions and common diseases, issues and theories, techniques and practices, and devices and equipment. Also discusses the roles of all major health professionals.

Historic and Current (Restricted to ODU)
Covers an unparalleled breadth of subject matter, including Anglo-American, ethical and political, cross-cultural, interdisciplinary, continental and contemporary philosophy.

Varied (Restricted to VIVA/ODU)
Includes full-text journal articles, literary criticism, reviews, biographical information, and overviews on over 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world. Includes fulltext information from many standard reference sources (e.g., Contemporary Authors, Dictionary of Literary Biography, Contemporary Literary Criticism) and from books in Twayne's Author Series.

4th century BC to 21st century (Restricted to ODU)
A collection of more than 57,000 specially written biographies, which describe the lives of people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond from the 4th century BC to the 21st century. Allows one user at a time.

1999-2014 (Restricted to ODU)
The encyclopedia is a comprehensive resource covering the diverse field of applied linguistics. It brings together historic and emerging areas of research within applied linguistics. The resource combines individual entries with longer, essay-style contributions giving a detailed overview of key developments and ideas.

2010 (Restricted to ODU)
Of interest to educators and researchers in education of all backgrounds. Readers will include undergraduate and postgraduate students, researchers, teachers and lecturers, and professionals. The wide coverage will make it an invaluable source of information for scholars and students inside and outside the discipline.

Coverage varies (Restricted to ODU)
Covers social and behavioral sciences such as psychology, neurology, evolution, artificial intelligence and human/computer interaction. Offers thorough explanations of the interactions among the disciplines covered through discussions on history, current trends and future directions for each of the subjects.

Coverage varies (Restricted to ODU)
SAGE Knowledge includes reference works, academic books, professional development titles, and more. This cross-media platform allows users to search and browse video, book, and reference titles within the Social Sciences and Education, including African American Studies, Aged & Gerontology, Anthropology, Communication and Media Studies, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Economics, Education, Psychology, and many other areas.