Items in the Virtual Reference Library are owned by Thrall and are an electronic (web-based) equivalent of the actual book as it was published in print.
Members of our library are encouraged to explore the numerous titles available in this growing virtual reference collection.
Please scroll down to view and access them by clicking on a title, or select a specific topic:
- Arts
- Biography
- Business
- Environment
- Health & Medical
- History
- Law & Government
- Multicultural Awareness & Issues
- Mythology
- Nation and World
- Religion
- Science
- Social Science
- Travel Guides
Arts
- Arts and Humanities Through the Eras (5 vols.)
- DK Eyewitness Companion: Art
- DK Eyewitness Companion: Film
- DK Eyewitness Companion: Great Musicians
- DK Eyewitness Companion: Photography
- VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever
Biography
Business
Environment
Health & Medical
- Encyclopedia of Womens' Health
- Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence (2nd Edition)
- The Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery and Medical Tests (4 vols.)
- Men's Health Concerns Sourcebook
History
- American Decades Primary Sources (1990 - 1999)
- American Decades: 2000 - 2009
- Ancient Europe, 8000 BC to 1000 AD: An Encyclopedia of the Barbarian World (2 vols.)
- Dictionary of American History (10 vols.)
- Elizabethan World Reference Library (4 vols.)
- Encyclopaedia Judaica (22 vols.)
- Encyclopedia of Irish History and Culture (2 vols.)
- Historic Events for Students: The Great Depression (3 vols.)
- New Dictionary of the History of Ideas (6 vols.)
Law & Government
Multicultural Awareness & Issues
- The African American Almanac (2 editions)
- The African-American Years: Chronologies of American History and Experience
- Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture
- Holidays Symbols and Customs
- Global Viewpoints: Immigration
- Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life (5 vols.)
Mythology
Nation and World
Religion
- DK Eyewitness Companion: Religions
- Encyclopaedia Judaica (22 vols.)
- Encyclopedia of Religion (15 vols.)
- Global Viewpoints: Religion
- New Catholic Encyclopedia (15 vols.)
Science
- Encyclopedia of Scientific Principles
- Encyclopedia of Space
- Global Viewpoints: Climate Change
- Science of Everyday Things (4 vols.)
- UXL Encyclopedia of Science (10 vols.)
Social Science - Issues & Ideas
- DK Eyewitness Companion: Philosophy
- Encyclopedia of Terrorism
- Global Viewpoints: Immigration
- Terrorism: Essential Primary Sources
Travel Guides
- Travel Guides - "Eyewitness Travel Guides" and "Rough Guides" to various states and countries
You can access any specific title above by clicking on it at the library (Thrall users at home will be asked for the library card number).
You can also access the entire VRL at once:
>> Please click here to access Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Tips & Special Features:
This is a "Virtual Reference Library" (VRL) title. What does that mean? It means you are accessing an electronic (web-based) equivalent of the actual book as it was published in print. Thrall owns multiple VRL titles.
When you first access this title, you will see a Search box with a "within this publication" check box checked. You can either search the contents of this electronic work or browse it according to its Table of Contents by clicking the "eTable of Contents" link above the image of the book's cover near the top of the page.
You can also access the "eBook Index" to jump to indexed topics within the publication.
For Further Exploration...
Please visit our Reference Department, call us at 1-845-341-5461, or ask a librarian.
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