Searchable database of several hundred subject encyclopedias and other reference works across all subject areas, but with particular strengths in the social sciences and humanities. It includes a number of major reference works, and is Northwesterns largest single collection of reference materials. A good source for authoritative background information.

Offers annotated bibliographies of the most important books and articles on specific topics. Articles of particular interest include: Tibet, Buddhist Art and Architecture in Tibet, and Ethnicity and Minority Nationalities Since 1949, Chinese Nationalism and Buddhism in Tibet among others.