General Reference

LexisNexis Library Express
News, Business, Legal and Biographical information including national and international companies, case law, statutes, regulations, legal news and law reviews.

Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words— past and present—from across the English-speaking world.

Salem History Library
Search Encyclopedia of American Immigration which provides answers to the following questions; Where immigrants have come from and why; how they have adapted to their new homeland; how they have contributed to American culture and society; how government policies toward them have changed; practical issues of legal and social integration; and how American immigration history has fit into worldwide migration patterns. Additionally every state in the union has its own essay, averaging nearly 1,000 words in length, and a table summarizing demographic data. Ten cities with particularly large immigrant populations are also subjects of essays.

Virtual Reference Library from Gale
Search over 400 reference titles in nearly 20 different subject categories. You may search all at once or search individual titles.