Research Guides: Literary Journalism: Reference Resources

Reference Resources

Gale Ebooks
Provides e-book versions of many reference works, including multi-volume encyclopedias, biographical collections, business plan handbooks, company history compilations, consumer health references, and specialized handbooks, dictionaries, encyclopedias, etc. in a wide range of subject areas. Subject categories include arts, biography, business, education, environment, history, law, literature, medicine, multicultural studies, nation and world, religion, science, and social sciences.

Gale Directory Library
An online collection of premier directories as well as information about associations that may be relevant to your topic.
Online Reference Resources
This site contains links to reference resources that will be beneficial to visit during the beginning stages of your research.
Power Reporting
A site with links to helpful research links for journalists.
DATA USA
Data USA puts public US Government data in your hands. Instead of searching through multiple data sources that are often incomplete and difficult to access, you can simply point to Data USA to answer your questions. Data USA provides an open, easy-to-use platform that turns data into knowledge.

Europa World
Europa World provides profiles for countries, territories, and regions. Profiles include political and economic information as well as statistics and information on religion, media and press.

Statistical Abstract of the United States
Call number: Langson Library Ready Reference HA 202 U5
Going back to 1900 online and 1878 in print, a good place to start looking for statistics.
Historical Statistics of the United States
Call number: Langson Library Ready Reference HA 202 H57 2006
Historical Statistics of the United States has long been the standard source for quantitative indicators of American history.
Explore Census Data: U.S. Census
Formerly American FactFinder. Good place to try and find national statistics, including statistics from the Census.
U.S. Census Bureau
Access the 2000 census and other statistics here.
University of California--InfoCenter
This website provides public access to detailed data on undergraduate admissions and enrollment at the University of California.

AP Images
Associated Press archive of over 1 million current news photos (with some historical material as early as the 19th century) including graphics such as tables, maps, and timelines.

Vanderbilt Television News Archive
The collection indexes and abstracts evening news segments from ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, and Fox News. UCI only has streaming access to NBC (Aug 5, 1968 -present) and CNN (1989 - present) content.

Streaming video is limited to parts of the collection due to copyright. News segments not available streaming can be purchased through the Archive and will be loaned digitally and available for 30-days. To request, users must create an account with the Archive. More information can be found here: https://researchguides.library.vanderbilt.edu/tvnews
Artstor Digital Library
Now hosted on JSTOR, Artstor is a searchable database of digital images (digitized and born digital) covering many time periods and cultures and spanning areas of architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, design, anthropology, women’s studies, and other forms of visual culture. This database allows you not only to search and view images in high resolution quality, but also the ability to download, save, and organize images.
In order to save or download images, users must create an account.

American National Biography
Biographical dictionary of notable American men and women from all eras of American history.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
The national record of men and women who have shaped British history and culture, worldwide, from the Romans to the 21st century.