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Collected Reference Works

Minnesota Occupational Classification System III

Reference Universe

Reference Universe is a unique tool that makes searching for encyclopedia and similar material easier and faster by searching back-of-the-book indexes and article titles in thousands of reference works owned by Loyola University Libraries. If the Library has access to any online encyclopedia covered, you link directly to that entry. If not, Reference Universe connects to the Library's online catalog to show you if the Library has the print encyclopedia.

Education Statistics

Digest of Education Statistics - National Center for Education Statistics
provides a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from prekindergarten through graduate school. 1990-
General State Aid - Illinois State Board of Education
Includes Annual State Aid Entitlement Statistics from 2006/07-

Statistical Abstract of the United States
Data sets and statistical sources from the United States government covering American history, demographics, and census data.

Subject Guide

Tracy Ruppman

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Research and Learning Librarian
Liaison for the School of Education and the departments of Psychology and Sociology
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Subjects: Education, English, Psychology, Social Work, Sociology

Biographical Sources

American National Biography
Full-text biographical entries on deceased Americans who have shaped the nation. Updated quarterly and limited to 1 simultaneous user.

Limited to 1 simultaneous user.
Children's Literature Review
Full-text collection of literary criticism on writers and illustrators for children and young adults, including commentary from broadsheets, pamphlets, encyclopedias, books, and periodicals. Coverage: 1976 - present.
Contemporary Authors
Full-text entries from biographical sources and directories for writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, and other fields.
Dictionary of Literary Biography
Full-text entries from biographical sources and directories for writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, and other fields.

Dictionary of National Biography
The DNB offers 50,000 biographies of people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to the year 2000. For Americans, see the American National Biography.

Something About the Author
Full-text biographical sources on authors. Coverage: 1971 - present.