The library subscribes to a number of online databases that bring together encyclopedias and handbooks from a publisher in one convenient and searchable website.
Oxford Bibliographies Online offers research guides on a wide variety of subjects that combine features of annotated bibliographies and subject-specific high-level encyclopedias. Summarizes main discussion areas within a particular topic and provides contextual citations to key works.
MSU Libraries purchase a continuing stream of handbooks and encyclopedias. They provide authoritative overviews and resource lists on specific topics and are heavily used. Handbooks, in particular, distill current areas of interest and make recommendations for future research.
The Encyclopedia of Human Ecology by 
The Handbook of Life-Span Development by 
The Cambridge Handbook of Personal Relationships by 
Encyclopedia of Children, Adolescents, and the Media by 
Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience by 
Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence and Abuse by 
Encyclopedia of Gender and Society by 
Handbook of Child Development and Early Education by 
The SAGE Handbook of Child Development, Multiculturalism, and Media by 
Handbook of Families and Poverty by 
The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Family Psychology by 
Handbook of Stressful Transitions Across the Lifespan by 
The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Social Development by 