LibGuides: Holidays: Resources

Using Library Resources

The below resources are available to you for free by Merritt Library. For help accessing resources off-campus, see the Off-Campus Access guide.

Need a little background information on a holiday? Check our General Reference databases (below) to try to find some quick information. Want a little more? Then try one or more of our Databases for articles. Or search our eBook collections for a book or book chapter for a more in depth look.

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General Reference Databases

Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
Credo Reference is a research starting point that brings together over 700 full-text reference ebooks from over 100 publishers, covering a range of subject areas.
Britannica Academic This link opens in a new window
Britannica Academic delivers fast and easy access to high-quality, comprehensive information. The rich combination of the venerable Encyclopædia Britannica plus Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, periodicals, and many other research tools provides the variety of reliable sources that students need to consult when conducting thorough research.
MasterFILE Complete This link opens in a new window
MasterFILE Complete provides full text for more than 2,000 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1922. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Complete also contains full text for more than 1,000 reference books and over 164,400 primary source documents, as well as an Image Collection of over 502,000 photos, maps & flags.

Article Databases

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Academic Search Complete is a comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals and a total of more than 13,200 publications.
Gale OneFile: News This link opens in a new window
Gale OneFile News allows users to search full-text articles instantly by title, headline, date, author, newspaper section, or other fields. Gale OneFile: News provides access to major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers as well as leading titles from around the world. News also includes thousands of images, radio, and TV broadcasts, and transcripts.
Gale OneFile: Religion & Philosophy This link opens in a new window
Gale OneFile: Religion & Philosophy covers topics of philosophies and religions in one comprehensive collection. Researchers will gain valuable insight about the impact religion has had on culture throughout history, including literature, arts, and language. Updated daily, Religion and Philosophy supports a broad range of topics from theological approaches to social issues.
Newspaper Source Plus This link opens in a new window
Newspaper Source Plus includes more than 860 full-text newspapers, providing more than 35 million full-text articles. In addition, the database features more than 857,000 television and radio news transcripts.