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Below are seven of the best database research tools available! Under the database titles/links are valuable search tips with info on the database. Each database can be accessed via the title or the search tips page.

Encyclopedias & Dictionaries


Daily Life Online - Exploring Everyday Life Present and Past
- Search tips and content

Encyclopedia Britannica
- Search tips and content

Scientific American Archive
- Search tips and content
Mercersburg Library Online: Your 24 hour resource!

Grove Dictionary of Art
- Search tips and content


Article Databases


Infotrac - Academic ASAP
- Search tips and content


Lexis Nexis Scholastic Universe
- Search tips and content


ProQuest Historical Newspapers -
- Search tips and content



Literary Databases


Literature Resource Center
- Search tips and content


Statistical Databases


Historical Statistics of the United States
- About Historical Statistics of the United States