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General Reference Resources:

Consumer Information

Home of the Federal Consumer Information Center. News, recalls and information...

Margaret Vail Anderson, librarian in Cortland, New York, has collected hundreds of her favorite resources. Digital Librarian: a librarian's choice of the best of the Web Digital Librarian is maintained by Margaret Vail Anderson, a librarian in Cortland, New York.

The Digital Collection Online

A database created by librarians at the University of Connecticut Libraries. This new resource includes information about and links to digital collections worldwide.

The Internet Public Library

A librarian’s choice of the best of the best sites on the web on almost 100 subjects.

The Librarian's Index to the Internet

An evaluated and annotated subject directory of more than 3,200 internet resources.

Virtual Reference Desk

The single best source for facts on the Internet.

The Librarians Guide To The World Wide Web

An excellent resource for reference information. Categorized and searchable.

US Census Department.

LibrarySpot.com

One of the most complete guides for reference on the web.

iTools

Quick Access to Internet research tools. Search dictionaries, directories, language converters, maps, financial and more.

Bartleby's.com

Search dictionaries, encyclopedias, quotations and English language usage.

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Almanacs & Encyclopedias:

Almanac Search

From infoplease.com. Search general almanacs or specific topics.

The Old Farmer's Almanac

The original!

World Almanac for Kids

Offers games, quizzes, contests, and reference facts on topics like space, presidents, the environment, and animals.

EDIS

Search a variety of encyclopedias on the web.

EDIS

Offers articles from the Columbia Encyclopedia and Britannica Concise Encyclopedia.

Columbia Encyclopedia

Containing nearly 51,000 entries (marshaling six and one-half million words on a vast range of topics), and with more than 80,000 hypertext cross-references, the current Sixth Edition is among the most complete and up-to-date encyclopediæ ever produced.

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Geography & Maps:

World Fact Book

A guide compiled by the CIA.

The Geography Network

Offers maps, satellite images, demographic data, and more.

National Geographic Online

An interactive addition of the magazine. Part of The National Geographic Society, the World’s Largest Nonprofit Scientific and Educational Organization

MapQuest

Look up address, get driving directions & more

Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection

From the University of Texas a vast collection of historical maps.

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Quotations, Style & Writing Guides:

APA Formatting and Style Guide - The OWL at Purdue

APA (American Psychological Association) is most commonly used to cite sources within the social sciences. This resource, revised according to the 5th edition of the APA manual, offers examples for the general format of APA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the reference page.

The Quotations Page

The oldest quotation site on the Web, established 1994. With a searchable database of over 15,000 quotations, Quotes of the Day, Motivational Quotes of the Day, collections of quotations by Author and by Subject, and much more.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations

A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature.

Quoteland.com

Contains a large collection of quotations divided by topic and author, as well as the text of historical documents

The Elements of Style

The principal requirements of plain English style and concentrates attention on the rules of usage and principles of composition most commonly violated.

Citation Styles

A comprehensive guide to the rules of citation.

A Guide to Grammar& Writing

The Guide to Grammar and Writing contains scores of digital handouts on grammar and English usage, over 170 computer-graded quizzes, recommendations on writing -- from basic problems in subject-verb agreement and the use of articles to exercises in parallel structures and help with argumentative essays, and a way to...

The American Heritage Book of English Language Usage

A Practical and Authoritative Guide to Contemporary English.

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Directories & People Finders:

Connecticut White Pages

From Connecticut Area Guides

The Yellow Pages

From Search.com search by state or city.

World Wide Phone & People Finder

An index of online phone books,with over 400 links to Yellow Pages, White Pages, Business Directories,Email Addresses and Fax Listings from over 170 countries all around the world.

Reverse Lookup

Enter a phone number and find the name and address.

ZipCode Finder

US Postal zip codes

Postal Info & Zip Codes

The most complete postal zip code and address resource list available on the Internet.

Search Systems

A public record information database with over 8000 database sources.

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Dictionaries & Thesauri:

Dictionary.com

A comprehensive tool.

Merriam-Webster

An online language center.

Acronyms& Abbreviations

Very useful.

Thesaurus.com

A companion to dictionary.com.Uses Roget'sThesaurus.

Library of Congress Thesauri

Global Legal Information Network, Legislative Indexing Vocabulary, Thesaurus for Graphic Materials I: Subject Terms & Thesaurus for Graphic Materials II: Genre and Physical Characteristic Terms.

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