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• University of Washington Libraries Catalog Menu
• Cascade (combines the library catalogs of CWU, Evergreen , EWU, UW, UW-Law, WSU, and WWU)
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• ABI INFORM (University of Washington Libraries)
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• Materials Business File (Recycling Business, among other things)
• Feminae:   Medieval Women and Gender Index (was Medieval Feminist Index Scholarship on Women, Sexuality, and Gender).  Indexes journal articles, book reviews, and essays about women, sexuality and gender in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, from 450 C.E. to

1500 C.E.
• NewsBank InfoWeb
• Research Libraries Complete (overlaps somewhat with Expanded Academic Index)

• JSTOR (www.jstor.org) (over 100 full-text searchable journals)
• See also the overwhelming list at UW Libraries Electronic Journals List

• OED II (Oxford English Dictionary, 2d ed.)
• Britannica online
• CyberTimes Navigator (produced by and for the New York Times newsroom)

• Environmental Impact Statements (EIS)
• The New York Times
• NTIS (worldwide scientific, technical, engineering, and business-related information)
• History Links at the UW Libraries (great starting points)
• UW Tacoma Library's Selected Databases and Catalogs (a "Best Of" collection, designed for UWT students and faculty)

• The American Historical Association's Guide To Historical Literature, general Editor,

Mary Beth Norton.  Tacoma Reference  Z6201 .A55 1995 This is perhaps the single most important starting point for any research in history.  NEW 2/15/2000
• The Oxford Classical Dictionary, 3d ed. SuzzRef Stacks DE5 .O9 1996
• The New York Times Index Tacoma Reference AI21 .N44
• The Readers Guide to Periodical Literature (1900-1985) Tacoma Reference AI3 .R48
• The Dictionary of the Middle Ages Tacoma Reference D114 .D5 1982
• The Chicago Manual of Style 14th ed. Tacoma Reference Z253 .U69 1993
• Contemporary Authors Tacoma Reference Z1224 .C6
• The collection of maps and atlases across from the UWT Reference desk
• Statistical Abstract of the United States Tacoma Reference HA202 .U56 (also at Statistical Abstract of the U.S. --you tell me which is easier to read)
• International Dictionary of Historic Places CC135 .I585 1994
• ABC-CLIO world history companion to capitalism HC79.C3 A45 1998
• ABC-CLIO World History Companion to Utopian Movements HX626 .H65 1998
• Historical Dictionary of North American Environmentalism GE10 .W45 1997
• Instruments of Science:  An Historical Encyclopedia Q184.5 .I57 1998
• Reference Guide to Famous Engineering Landmarks of the World TA15 .B42 1998
• Dictionary of Twentieth-century World History D419 .P36 1997
• Timetables of Science Q125 .H557 1991
• Timetables of American History E18.5 .T553 1996
• New York Public Library American History Desk Reference E174 .N48 1997
• Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures Q124.8 .E53 1997
• Encyclopaedia of the History of Technology T15 .E53 1990
• Encyclopedia of the History of Arabic Science Q127.A5 E53 1996
• Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture F1406 .E53 1996
• Timetables of Women's History HQ1121 .G74 1994
• International Historical Statistics:  The Americas 1750-1988 HA175 .M55 1993
• Companion Encyclopedia of the History of Medicine WZ 13 C737 1993
• Encyclopedia of American Social History HN57 .E58 1993
• Facts on File Encyclopedia of the 20th Century D419 .F33 1991
• Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970 HA202 .H57 1989
• Encyclopedia of Asian History DS31 .E53 1988
• Encyclopedia of American Facts & Dates E174.5 .C3 1987
• Statesman's Year-book JA51 .S7
• Cambridge History of Islam DS35.6 .C3 1977
• The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China:  An Abridgement of Joseph Needham's Original Text DS721 .N392 v.1
• Larousse Encyclopedia of Ancient and Medieval History D59 .L373
• Cambridge History of Latin America F1410 .C1834
• Encyclopedia of American Economic History HC103 .E52 1980
• World Almanac and Book of Facts AY67.N5 W7
• And, finally, don't forget the Footnotes and Bibliographies in the books you read.