The UT Libraries offer reference tools --- dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks --- to help with your work. We prefer to buy products like this in electronic format to provide easier access and that is what I will point to here. Especially important products are listed, along with the indexes to help with finding research papers, under Databases.
The Databases list may be browsed by subject and by type of product (like dictionary or encyclopedia).
First, in the category of general or multidisciplinary:
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Statista includes data on more than 85,000 topics from 18,000 sources. About 20 percent of the total data in Statista comes from sources available free online, such as the World Bank and the U.S. Census, but the data also includes numerous exclusive sources which include industry, marketing, and trade groups. Much of the data is related to marketing, demographic, government and industry information, and is international in scope. Data can be downloaded in JPG, PowerPoint and Excel.
While historical and time series data are not a focus of Statista, the metadata about each table provides all the necessary information to go to the table’s source, where historical information may be available.
Also, special products (from the "Databases") include:
Articles range in size from 5-30 printed pages each, and contain a definition paragraph, glossary, outline, and suggested readings, in addition to the body of the article. Lavishly illustrated, includes over 1000 figures, many in full color.
With the advent of new imaging techniques (e.g. PET, MRI, MEG, etc.) and new behavioral testing procedures, understanding of the human brain has changed. More is known of the anatomy, functions, and development of this organ than ever before.
Contains reference material covering the following disciplines:
UT Austin currently has access to Handbooks in all available subject through 2021.
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