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Atlases and Gazetteers Top of Page
Columbia Gazetteer of the World
  Ref G103.5 .C65 1998
Congressional District Atlas
  Ref G1201 .F7 U45 1987 and http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cd108th/main108th.html
Dorling Kindersley World Atlas
  Ref G1021 .D625 2003 ATLAS CASE
Geo-Data: The World Almanac Gazetteer
  Ref G103.5 .K87
National Geographic Road Atlas
  Ref G1201 .P2 G47 2000 ATLAS CASE
New Historical Atlas of Religion in America
  Ref G1201 .E4 N4 2001
Putnam's Historical Atlas
  Ref G1030 .M8x 1927 ATLAS CASE
The Rand McNally Atlas of the Oceans
  Ref G2800 .R3 1987 ATLAS CASE


Biographical Sources Top of Page
American Men & Women of Science
  Sci Lib Ref Q141 .A47 1990
American National Biography
  Ref CT213 .A68 1999 v.1-25
Biographies Plus
Current Biography
  Ref CT100 .C8
Dictionary of National Biography
  Ref DA28 .D45 v.1-60
Dictionary of World Biography
  Ref CT104 .D54 1998 v. 1-9
Great Lives from History: Ancient and Medieval
  Ref CT113 .G74 v.1-5
Great Lives from History: Renaissance to 1900
  Ref CT104 .G68 v.1-5
Great Lives from History: Twentieth Century
  Ref CT120 .G69 v.1-5
International Who's Who
  Ref CT120 .I5
Notable Black American Women
  Ref E185.96 .N68 1992
Who's Who in America
  Ref E663 .W56
Women in World History
  Ref HQ1115 .W6 1999


Dictionaries Top of Page
Acronyms, Initialisms & Abbreviations Dictionary
  Ref PE1693 .A3 1992
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  http://www.bartleby.com/
Complete Dictionary of Symbols
  Ref AZ108 .T74 2005
Credo Reference
Dictionary of Jargon
  Ref PE1689 .G73
Facts on File Dictionary of Twentieth Century Allusions
  Ref AG5 .C7234 1990
Five Language Visual Dictionary
  Ref P361 .A15 2003
Illustrated Oxford Dictionary
  Ref PE1628 .D58 2003
New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
  Ref CB9 .N49 2005
Oxford English Dictionary (OED)
  Ref PE1625 .O87 1989
Oxford Reference Online - Premium
Sage Reference Online
Webster's Third New International Dictionary
  Ref PE1625 .W36 1993 Dictionary Stand


Encyclopedias Top of Page
Britannica Online
Credo Reference
Encyclopedia Americana
  Ref AE5 .E333 2005
New Encyclopedia Britannica
  Ref AE5 .E363 2005
Oxford Reference Online - Premium
Sage Reference Online
World Book Encyclopedia
  Ref AE5 .W55 2006


Legal Resources Top of Page
FindLaw
  http://www.findlaw.com
Intellectual Freedom Manual
  Ref Z711.4 .I57 STORAGE
Legal Information: How To Find It, How To Use It
  Ref KF240 .O365 1999
National Survey of State Laws
  Ref KF386 .N38 1997 STORAGE
Real Life Dictionary of the Law
  Ref KF156 .H55 1995
Sexual Harassment: A Reference Handbook
  Ref KFR4758 .E36 1993


Quotations Top of Page
Familiar Quotations
  Ref PN6081 .B27 1980
Home Book of Quotations
  Ref PN6081 .S73 1967
Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
  Ref PN6080 .O95 1992
Quotable Woman
  Ref PN6081.5 .Q65 2001
Quotations & Sayings
  http://www.quotesandsayings.com
Respectfully Quoted
  Ref PN6082 .R435
Westminster Collection of Christian Quotations
  Ref PN6084 .R3 W47 2001


Statistical Sources Top of Page
County and City Data Book: 2000
  Ref HA202 .A36 2000
Gallup Poll
  Ref HN90 .P8 year
Europa World Yearbook
  Ref JN1 .E85 2005 v.1-2
Historical Statistics of the United States
  Ref HA202 .H57 2006 v. 1-5
International Historical Statistics Africa, Asia, & Oceania 1750-1993
  Ref HA4675 .M552 1998
International Historical Statistics Europe 1750-2000
  Ref HA1107 .M5 2003
International Historical Statistics The Americas 1750-2000
  Ref HA175 .M55 2003
Statistical Abstract of the U.S.
  HA202 year, PERMANENT RESERVE and http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab
Statistical Resources on the Web
  http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/statsnew.html
World Almanac & Book of Facts
  Ref AY67 .N5 W7


Style Manuals Top of Page
A Broadcast News Manual of Style
  Ref PN4784 .B75 M24 1994
Chicago Manual of Style
  Ref Z253 .U69 and PERMAMENT RESERVE
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
  Ref LB2369 .G53 2003 and PERMAMENT RESERVE
MLA Style Manual & Guide to Scholarly Publishing
  Ref PN147 .G444 2008
Manual for Writers of Term Paper, Theses, & Dissertations
  Ref LB2369 .T8 1996
Scientific Style & Format: the CBE Manual
  Sci Lib Ref T11 .S386 1994
United States Government Printing Office Style Manual
  Ref Z253 .U58 1984


Thesauri Top of Page
Oxford American Thesaurus of Current English
  Ref PE1591 .O89 1999
Oxford Thesaurus
  Ref PE2832 .U7 1992
Roget's Thesaurus of English Words & Phrases
  Ref PE1591 .R7 1983 and http://thesaurus.reference.com


Travel Guides Top of Page
Eyewitness Travel Guides Italy
  Ref DG416 .I8168 2003
Eyewitness Travel Guides Japan
  Ref DS811 .J37 2003
Eyewitness Travel Guides London
  Ref DA679 .L43 2003
Eyewitness Travel Guides Moscow
  Ref DK597 .R52 2004
Eyewitness Travel Guides South Africa
  Ref DT1738 .S68 2003


Indexes, Abstracts, and Databases Top of Page
Principle ToolAcademic Search Elite (ESBCO)
Ethnic NewsWatch
GenderWatch
General Science Full Text
Lexis-Nexis Academic
ProjectMUSE (Standard Collection)
ProQuest NewsStand (Newspapers)
Readers' Guide Full Text
Ulrich's Periodical Index


Internet Sites Top of Page
Geodata.gov: U.S. Maps & Data
  http://gos2.geodata.gov/wps/portal/gos

Humbul Humanities Hub
  http://www.humbul.ac.uk
INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections
  http://infomine.ucr.edu
Librarian's Index to the Internet
  http://www.lii.org
Library Instruction Tutorials
  http://www3.baylor.edu/LIRT/lirtproj.html

Library of Congress
  http://www.loc.gov
Library Spot
  http://libraryspot.com
MIT Reference Collection
  http://libraries.mit.edu/research/virtualref.html
Northwestern University

  http://www.library.northwestern.edu/reference/electronic_reference
Plagiarism
  http://www.web-miner.com/plagiarism
RefDesk.com
  http://www.refdesk.com
UN Data
  http://data.un.org
United Nations Statistics Division
  http://unstats.un.org/unsd
Urban Legends Reference Pages
  http://www.snopes.com
Virtual Reference Shelf
  http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/virtualref.html
Visual Dictionary Online
  http://visual.merriam-webster.com


Web Search Engines Top of Page
Alta Vista
  http://www.altavista.com
Excite
  http://www.excite.com
Google
  http://www.google.com
Hot Bot
  http://www.hotbot.com
Lycos
  http://www.lycos.com
MetaCrawler
  http://www.metacrawler.com
Yahoo
  http://www.yahoo.com