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(More Info)	D & B Regional Business Directory, Michigan Metros (excluding Detroit) Area
Includes top public and private business in Michigan. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Data.census.gov
Taking the place of American FactFinder, data.census.gov is the new platform to access data and digital content from the U.S. Census Bureau. The vision for data dissemination through data.census.gov is to improve the customer experience by making data available from one centralized place so that data users spend less time searching for data content and more time using it. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	DataPlace
A Fannie Mae-sponsored site which culls demographic, economic, social, and housing data from multiple government agencies and presents it in a simple, straightforward format. Users can create thematic maps and scatterplots to represent the information. Read the full annotation

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-IV-TR

(More Info)	Dictionary of American History, 3d ed.
A multi-volume encyclopedia with concise articles dealing with the political, economic, social, and cultural aspects of American history. Includes bibliographies. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Dictionary of Art
A comprehensive 34-volume set with more than 45,000 entries on worlwide topics, ranging from prehistory through the art of the 1990s. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Dictionary of Canadian Biography
A scholarly national biography, with approximately 8000 entries on people who helped in the formation of Canada and who died between the years 1000 and 1930.Fully searchable, with detailed bibliographic information for each entry. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Dictionary of Classical Mythology
Substantive entries on figures of classical mythology; includes bibliographies for entries in appendix. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Dictionary of Computing & Digital Media
Defines terms and acronyms related to digital audio, video, graphics, and interactive communication. Read the full annotation

Dictionary of Econometrics

Dictionary of Literary Biography

(More Info)	Dictionary of Marxist Thought
A succinct guide to the basic concepts of Marxism, including different interpretations and criticisms and the people and schools of thought whose works have contributed to the body of Marxist ideas. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Dictionary of Multicultural Education
Provides multiple perspectives on race and ethnic distinctions, gender considerations, postmodernism, critical theory, and the meanings of all this for curriculum. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Dictionary of the History of Ideas: Studies of Selected Pivotal Ideas
The ideas discussed in this work go beyond philosophical ideas. However, a significant number are directly related to philosophical issues. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Dictionary of the Middle Ages
Ed. Joseph R. Strayer. 12 vols. (1982-1989) + Supplement (2003). The bibliographies can be supplemented by looking at the more recent Lexikon des Mittelalters (see below). Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue francaise : et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siecle
A dictionary documenting the use of French before 1500. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	dmoz.org Planning Directory
A directory covering topics such as growth and sprawl, historic preservation, transportation, urban design, urban history and urban economics. (This site is part of the Open Directory Project.) Read the full annotation

(More Info)	DRAM: Database of Recorded American Music
A joint project of New York University and New World Records. Nonsubscribers can search the catalog and read liner notes, many of which include bibliographies and discographies. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Drama Criticism
This resource contains criticism of the most significant and widely studied dramatic works from all the world's literatures. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Dutch Art: An Encyclopedia
Ed. Sheila D. Muller. New York: Garland, 1997. A one-volume encyclopedia with entries on various people and topics important in the history of Dutch art and art criticism. Includes good cross-references, indexes, and bibliography. Read the full annotation

Dutch Biographical Resources

(More Info)	Dutch Studies Web: Literature and Language (WESS-WEB)
Portal for Dutch Studies in Language and Literature from the Western European Studies Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries. Read the full annotation

Dutch-English Dictionary

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