The General Reference collection covers a variety of broad subject areas and includes both print and electronic resources. The Biography Reference Collection includes works of collected biography such as biographical encyclopedias, dictionaries, and indexes. These sources include brief biographies of both contemporary and historical figures.
Some sources are international in scope, while others deal with a single country.
Many sources take a multidisciplinary approach, while others deal with individuals involved in a single field of endeavor such as sports, business, or religion. Still other sources deal with only a particular group such as women, African Americans, or Catholics. Access is provided to scholarly and technical journals, popular trade magazines, newspapers, selected books, and government publications. These services are primarily devoted to faculty and graduate research. There is a charge for this service beyond a base amount subsidized by the library.