The following databases offer general reference information similar to print counterparts like encyclopedias, newspapers, and almanacs.

Dissertations and Theses
Full text access to over 2 million master's theses and dissertations in a wide variety of disciplines.  Over 60,000 titles added every year.

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
Over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas, including some entries with images.  Some biographical entries.  Updated annually.

Government Publications Office Index
Index of US government documents, from 1976 to present.  Includes Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; judiciary materials; and documents issued by executive departments (Defense, State, Labor, Office of the President, etc.).  Includes a bibliographic citation in each record.  Updated monthly.

LexisNexis Academic
Provides access to over 6,000 news, business, and legal sources.  News coverage includes national and regional newspapers, wire services, blogs, and TV/radio broadcast transcripts.  Business coverage includes detailed company profiles and financial performance measures.  Legal coverage includes citations for federal and states court cases back to 1789.

Military & Government Collection
Current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government.  Provides full text for nearly 300 journals and periodicals and 245 pamphlets.  Indexing and abstracts included for nearly 400 titles.

Newspaper Source
Cover-to-cover full text for 25 US & international newspapers and selected full text for more than 260 regional US newspapers.  Full-text television and radio news transcripts are provided from CBS News, CNN, CNN International, FOX News, NPR, etc.

Periodical Abstracts
Abstracts and some full-text from general and academic journals.  Topical coverage includes business, current affairs, economics, literature, religion, psychology, and women's studies.

Wilson SelectPlus
General academic database of articles drawn from US and international professional publications, academic journals, and trade magazines, 1994 to present.  Includes full text articles from over 1,300 periodicals. indexed in H.W. Wilson's General Science Abstracts, Humanities Abstracts, Readers' Guide Abstracts, Social Sciences Abstracts, and Wilson Business Abstracts.  Updated weekly.

World Almanacs
Collects five general reference works in one searchable database: Funk & Wagnall's New Encyclopedia, World Almanac and Book of Facts, World Almanac of the U.S.A., World Almanac of U.S. Politics, and World Almanac for Kids.

WorldCat
WorldCat is the world's largest network of library content and services. WorldCat libraries are dedicated to providing access to their resources on the Web, where most people start their search for information.