Reference Sources
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Dictionaries & Thesauri
Oxford English Dictionary,
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Oxford
Language Dictionaries (French, German, Italian, Spanish) ![]()
American Heritage Dictionary of the English
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Merriam Webster Online Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, 3rd.
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yourDictionary.com
Encyclopedias & Almanacs
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online
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Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th edition
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Wikipedia
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Information Please Almanac
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World Almanac
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Citation Guides & Style Manuals
Citing Sources Within Your Paper and Assembling a List of Works Cited
Examples from MLA, Turabian, APA and Chicago manuals provided by Duke University.
Chicago Manual of Style Online
Citing References in Your Paper
Examples from APA, APSA, CBE, MLA, Chicago/Turabian provided by University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Landmark's Son of Citation Machine (Maintained by The Landmark Project)
Provides fill-in-the-blank forms to generate standard MLA, APA, Chicago, and Turabian formatted reference citations for research papers.
Sources: Their Use and Acknowledgement
Citation Styles, Style Guides and Avoiding Plagiarism (UC Berkeley Library)
Strunk & White, The Elements of Style (1918)
A Brief Citation Guide for Internet Sources in History and the Humanities
MLA
handbook for writers of research papers / Joseph Gibaldi. 6th
ed. New York : Modern Language Association of America, 2003.
Location: Main Ref Desk LB2369 .G53 2003
(also Main Reference, Art Reference and Sci Ref Desk)
A manual for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations: Chicago style for students and researchers. 7th ed. / Kate L. Turabian, rev. by Wayne C. Booth, Gergory G. Holcolmb, and Joseph M. Williams.
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Location: Main Ref Desk LB2369 .T8 2007
The Chicago manual of style. 15th ed. Chicago : University
of Chicago Press, 2003.
Location: Main Ref Desk Z253 .U69 2003
(also Main Reference, Art Reference, Con Reference, and Sci Ref Desk)
Publication manual of the American Psychological Association.
5th ed. Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, c2001.
Location: Main Ref Desk BF76.7 .P83 2001.
Electronic styles : a handbook for citing electronic information
/ Xia Li and Nancy B. Crane. 2nd ed. Medford, N.J. : Information Today,
1996.
Location: Main Ref Desk PN171.F56 L5 1996
The Columbia guide to online style / Janice R. Walker and
Todd Taylor. New York : Columbia University Press, c1998.
Location: Main Ref Desk PN171.F56 W35 1998
A Pocket Style Manual / Hacker, Diana.
4th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2004.
Location: Main Ref Desk PE1408 .H26 2004
For information about why proper citation is important see the Oberlin College Honor Code.
Biographical Sources
Provides portraits of more than 17,400 men and women -- from all eras and walks of life -- whose lives have shaped the nation.
Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI)
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Indexes current reference sources and retrospective works that cover individuals, both living and deceased, from every field of activity and from all areas of the world.
Literary Reference
Center
Information about authors living and deceased (includes excerpts of literary
criticism).
Information about authors living and deceased (includes excerpts of literary criticism).
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
More than 50,000 biographies of people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to the year 2001.
Directories
Phone numbers, addresses, etc.
includes Yellow Pages, White Pages, Reverse Look-Up, Toll Free Directory, Area Codes
People, businesses, email addresses, and a web site directory
International Telephone Directories
Publishing: Books, Periodicals, Publishers, etc.
Global Books in Print
Literary Market Place
Ulrich's Periodicals Directory
Nobel Prize Internet Archive
Publishers' Catalogues Home Page
Statistics
Databases & Gateways
Provides some searchable tables and references to publications in all subjects; includes data from U.S., international, and private organizations.
Statistical Resources on the Web
University of Michigan) Provides access to U.S. and international statistics in all subject areas.
The gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies.
Geospatial and Statistical Data Center at the University of Virginia.
U.S. — All Subjects
Historical Statistics of the United States
Access to data on social, behavioral, humanistic,
and natural sciences including history, economics, government, finance,
sociology, demography, education, law, natural resources, climate, religion,
international migration, and trade.
Statistical Abstract of the United States
Current and historical editions of this available.
U.S. Population Data from the Census Bureau
American FactFinder
State & County QuickFacts
Census 2000 Gateway
1990 Census Data
Historical Census Data
(hosted by GEOSTAT at UVA)
U. S. Economic Data
from the Economics and Statistics Administration
National Agricultural Statistics Service
current and historical data, including the Census of Agriculture
employment & unemployment, prices & living conditions, compensation & working conditions, etc.
the economy, including GDP, personal income, international trade, etc.
business, trade and other economic information.
International Statistics
The online library of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Population Reference
Bureau DataFinder
International
Labour Statistics
EUROSTAT - detailed statistics on
the EU and candidate countries
International Data Base
(U.S. Census Bureau)
World Bank
Weights, Dates, Measures & Money
Calendar Zone
Measurements Converter
Salary
Calculator
World Clock
Universal Currency Converter