LibGuides: Community Resources in Davis Library: Reference Materials

OhioLINK Online Full Text Reference Resources

OhioLINK Off Campus Access:

1. Choose the "Off Campus" Link.

2. Select Institution: University of Rio Grande & Rio Grande Community College.

3. Enter Your First and Last Name.

4. Your Student ID Number is an "s" followed by your Student ID (Example: s300123456).

Points of View Reference Center This link opens in a new window
Guide to controversial subjects and debates, ethics, arguments, writing position papers, etc.
Points of View Reference Center - Off Campus This link opens in a new window

Oxford Digital Reference Shelf This link opens in a new window
Full text of over 100 dictionaries, general reference, language reference, and subject reference works from Oxford University Press.
Oxford Digital Reference Shelf - Off Campus This link opens in a new window
Biography Reference Bank This link opens in a new window
Biographical information on approximately half a million people, from antiquity to the present.
Biography Reference Bank - Off Campus This link opens in a new window
Oxford English Dictionary This link opens in a new window
The accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It is a guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past.
Oxford English Dictionary - Off Campus This link opens in a new window
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy This link opens in a new window
[OhioLINK] Online encyclopedia of philosophy.
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia This link opens in a new window
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia - Off Campus This link opens in a new window
World Book Advanced This link opens in a new window
[OhioLINK] Online access to World Book Encyclopedia, Spanish Language Encyclopedia, Gran Enciclopedia Hispanica, primary source materials, and other research tools.
World Book Advanced - Off Campus This link opens in a new window

Scholarly and Reference E-Books
OhioMeansJobs.Com
Resources for career planning, job searching, resume help and test-taking.

Ohio Capitol Connection (Hannah News Service) This link opens in a new window
[OhioLINK] Ohio legislative and governmental information service, including bill tracking, the full text of bills, the Ohio Administrative Code and Ohio Revised Code, committee rosters, and legislator information.
GPO Monthly Catalog This link opens in a new window
[OhioLINK] Catalog of U.S. government documents offered via the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) First Search interface.
USA.gov This link opens in a new window
U.S. government's official web portal.
Ohio.gov This link opens in a new window
[State of Ohio] Gateway to a wide variety of government resources for the state of Ohio.

Government Documents Online via RioCat
Davis Library also maintains a collection of the most popular Government Documents online through RioCat--Davis Library's Catalog.
This includes law and statistical information.
GovInfo
Find Government Documents Online.
Davis Library's Government Documents LibGuide
Offers links to popular online resources from federal, state, and international agencies.

Davis Library's Job and Career Resources LibGuide
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Descriptions of occupations: what they do, work environment, how to become one, pay, projections, and more.