Reference Databases by Subject

Covers issues surrounding both current energy sources and alternative energy options, with a primary focus on newer sources. Search the publication or browse via the eTable of Contents.

Audio Book Cloud allows you to listen to your favourite audio books with just a click of a button. Listen online to audio books in many different categories: fiction, non-fiction, classics, and children's titles. There are 1,000 books in the collection and new ones are added all the time.  These books are always available and don't require downloading.

Business Plans Handbook  is a collection of actual business plans compiled by entrepreneurs seeking funding for small businesses throughout North America. For those looking for examples of how to approach, structure, and compose their own business plans, each volume of the Handbook presents 24 sample plans taken from businesses in the manufacturing, retail and service industries.  Also included are a business plan template and two fictional business plans - all of which can aid users in developing business plans of their own.

Covers the history, politics, and ethical debates related to climate change, including the impact of climate change on daily life, trade and commerce, travel, and the future of both industrialized and impoverished nations.

Covers many types of alternative medicine including reflexology, acupuncture, yoga, chiropractic, naturopathy, Chinese medicine, Ayurveda and osteopathy. Search the publication or browse via the eTable of Contents.

Covers major biomes and their component ecosystems. Includes information about climate, elevation, soil, water bodies, vegetation, animal life, food web, and human effects on the biome. Search the publication or browse via the eTable of Contents.

A survey of European history from the onset of the French Revolution to the outbreak of World War. Covers the period's most significant personalities and meaningful developments in the arts, religion, politics, exploration, and warfare. Search the publication or browse via the eTable of Contents.

Covers the beginning of World War I in 1914 to the present, with a focus on the period's scientific, social and cultural history as well as the political, military and economic developments.

An authoritative synopsis of the world of photography, featuring the history and historical processes of photography, contemporary applications, and the new and evolving digital technologies. Search the publication or browse via the eTable of Contents.

Search the collection of all Gale reference e-books, including arts, environment, history, literature, medicine, and religion.

Search the Encyclopedia of Modern Europe: Europe 1789-1914, the Encyclopedia of Modern Europe: Europe since 1914, and Philip's Atlas of World History.

Now you can take great books with you wherever you go! Download and read e-books on your computer or e-reader or listen to audiobooks on your PC or digital audio player at home, in the office, or anywhere in the world. 

Search both the Encyclopedia of Medicine and the Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine.

A classic and readable account of the stars, the planets, and the Universe, together with practical advice on observing the night sky. Includes charts and maps. Search the publication or browse via the eTable of Contents.

Records the history of human society throughout the world, from prehistory to the beginning of the twenty-first century. Search the publication or browse via the eTable of Contents.

TumbleBook Library is an online collection of animated talking picture books and other fun things for children including readable children's classics, some French and Spanish titles, and 60 educational games.