San Diego Mesa College Library

Articles and Subject Guides

General Reference Databases

* Includes Peer Reviewed Content

AP Images (Provider: Associated Press)
Description: photographs, graphics, charts, and current news

Biography Reference Bank (Provider: HW Wilson)
Description: Covers over 500,000 people and includes over 36,000 images. Includes biographical profiles, feature articles, interviews, essays, book reviews, performance reviews, speeches and obituaries.

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (Provider: Ebsco)
Description: Basic-level, general encyclopedia.

Gale Virtual Reference Library (Provider: Gale)
Description: multi-subject reference guides and encyclopedias

NetLibrary Reference Center (Provider: NetLibrary)
Description: encyclopedias, dictionaries, directories, handbooks, thesauri, and more

Oxford English Dictionary (Provider: Oxford)
Description: definitions, pronunciation, and history of the English language

Oxford Reference Online (Provider: Oxford)
Description: contains over 125 reference works published by Oxford University Press