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Online Reference Tools
General Reference Sites
(These sites provide links for all types of questions.)
Martindale's Reference Desk - http://www.martindalecenter.com
Subject arrangement of many links and sources.
My Virtual Reference Desk - http://www.refdesk.com
Many useful sources and links.
LibrarySpot.com - http://www.libraryspot.com
All kinds of source material are arranged here by type and content.
Specific Reference Sites
Almanac
**Compiled by Prof. Jane Devine
Revised by Alexandra Rojas, 8/08
(These sites provide links for all types of questions.)
Martindale's Reference Desk - http://www.martindalecenter.com
Subject arrangement of many links and sources.
My Virtual Reference Desk - http://www.refdesk.com
Many useful sources and links.
LibrarySpot.com - http://www.libraryspot.com
All kinds of source material are arranged here by type and content.
Specific Reference Sites
Almanac
Information Please Almanac - http://www.infoplease.comAtlases/Maps
Atlapedia Online - http://www.atlapedia.com/index.html
Maps and country profiles are offered here.
Mapquest - http://www.mapquest.comBiography
Includes maps of places, triptiks for travel.
Biographical Dictionary - http://www.s9.com/biographyDictionaries
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language - http://www.bartleby.com/61/Encyclopedias
YourDictionary.com - http://yourdictionary.com
Merriam-Webster Online - http://www.m-w.com
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - http://concise.britannica.com/Quotations
Encyclopedia.com - http://www.encyclopedia.com
Bartlett's Quotations - http://www.bartleby.com/100/Word Books, Grammars and Style Manuals
Traditional quotes.
Quotation Page - http://www.starlingtech.com/quotes
Searches several resources for quotes.
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable - http://www.bibliomania.com/Reference/PhraseAndFable
Elements of Style (Strunk and White) - http://www.bartleby.com/141/index.html
Click on "Batleby Library" and select "STRUNK" from source list.
Older edition of classic work.
Research and Documentation Online- http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc
Links to four types of style manuals, including APA and MLA.
Thesaurus.com - http://thesaurus.reference.comScience Resources
Encyclopedia Smithsomian - www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/Statistics
Offers all kinds of resources, mostly scientific.
My Virtual Science Encyclopedia: Science and Technology - http://www.refdesk.com/science.html
Many links to information.
SciCentral - http://www.scicentral.com
U. S. Census Bureau - http://www.census.gov
World Fact Book - http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
**Compiled by Prof. Jane Devine
Revised by Alexandra Rojas, 8/08