Reference Sources
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Dictionaries & Thesauri
Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition 
Merriam Webster Online Dictionary & Thesaurus
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus,
3rd. edition
Oxford Reference Online
(French, German, Italian, Latin, Spanish, etc.)
Encyclopedias & Almanacs
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online
Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th edition
Wikipedia
Information Please Almanac
World Almanac
Biographical Sources
American National Biography
Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI)
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.
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
Statistical Abstract of the United States
current and historical editions
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.
World Population Information from the Census Bureau.
Population Reference Bureau DataFinder
International Labour Statistics
EUROSTAT -
Detailed statistics on the EU and candidate countries
Citation Guides & Style Manuals
Assembling a List of Works Cited -
Provides examples from MLA, Turabian, APA and Chicago manuals.
Provides fill-in-the-blank forms to generate standard MLA and APA formatted citations.
Sources: Their Use and Acknowledgement
Style Sheets for Citing Internet and Electronic Sources
(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 term papers, theses, and dissertations
/ Kate L. Turabian. 6th ed. / rev. by John Grossman and Alice Bennett.
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1996.
Location: Main Ref Desk LB2369 .T8 1996
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.
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