Providing one-stop keystroke access to a reference treasury, Gale’s Ready Reference Shelf uses the power of electronic searching to create an integrated resource that incorporates 14 of the Gale’s most popular general reference databases. More than 330,000 entries for associations, research centers, publishers, publications (ranging from newspapers and newsletters to periodicals and directories), databases, television and radio stations are available 24 hours a day.

Databases included:

Directories in Print

Directory of Special Libraries and Information Centers

Encyclopedia of American Religion

Encyclopedia of Associations: National Associations

Encyclopedia of Associations: International Associations

Encyclopedia of Associations: Regional, State and Local Associations

Encyclopedia of Governmental Advisory Organizations

Gale Directory of Databases

Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media

Government Research Centers Directory

International Research Centers Directory

Newsletters in Print

Publishers Directory

Research Centers Directory