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Online Reference
Resources
General
Reference Sources
- Almanac
of Policy Issues -- contains neutral background information on
lots of controversial issues and links to news, articles, and
associations on both sides of the topics.
- Almanacs,
Factbooks, Handbooks, & Related Reference Tools --
compiled by Gary Price of George Washington University, this contains
links to state and country guides, federal documents, statistics, etc.
- Catalog
of Federal Domestic Assistance--the basic guide to government
welfare and assistance programs, updated June 2000
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CIA
World Fact Book
- Code
of Federal Regulations
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Farmer's
Almanac
- Infomine--contains over 20,000 links to Internet accessible databases, journals,
textbooks, guides to the Internet for most disciplines, conference proceedings, and many
other types of resources. It offers a variety of searching and browsing features,
including advanced searching capabilities,
and is indexed by Library of Congress subject headings, keywords, and authors.
- Information
Please Almanac
- Internet
Public Library
-
Invisible
Web
- Librarians'
Index to the Internet--formerly the Berkeley Public Library
Index to the Internet. Click on Reference, or click directly on
subindexes.
- Lives:
the Biography Resource -- an extensive and well-organized
biographical site, browse by alphabet or by groups, also name searchable.
- MedlinePlus
-- "has extensive information from the National Institutes of
Health and other trusted sources on over 650 diseases and conditions.
There are also lists of hospitals and physicians, a medical
encyclopedia and a medical dictionary, health information in Spanish,
extensive information on prescription and nonprescription drugs,
health information from the media, and links to thousands of clinical
trials. MedlinePlus is updated daily"
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Memory
of the World
-- sponsored by UNESCO, this website offers
access to digitized collections from around the world, including art,
literature, music, newspapers, etc.
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My
Virtual Reference Desk--just the facts, ma'am.
- Occupational
Outlook Handbook -- searchable database providing training
& education requirements, outlook for job, salary information.
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OAIster
-- finding pearls of academic sites not easily found by using search
engines. Searchable by keyword or subject and more.
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OSHA
Technical Manual
- Phobia
List -- a comprehensive list of phobias, an FAQ file, and a
quotes page on phobias
- Pulitzer
Prizes -- lists winners and finalists by category and by
year. Includes full texts and photos of winning entries since
1995.
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Ready Reference Resources--a nicely chosen and annotated
set of links from Mansfield University's cybrarian, Larry Schankman.
Screen design is uncluttered and easy on the eyes.
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RefDesk.com
--An extensive index of over 20,000 resources
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Regulations.gov -- this is an excellent site to find out what
proposed and finalized regulations are in the depts. of the US. It
allows a citizen or corporation or organization to submit comments on
proposed regulations as well. Very interesting reading and good evidence
for research.
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Smithsonian
Physical Tables -- many downloadable tables, in .pdf format.
Excellent.
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StartSpot.com
--a nicely arranged index of highly selective resources, includes ready reference
and other areas of common interest.
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Statistical
Abstract of the United States-- PDF format.
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U.S.
Code Online
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US
Government Documents Ready Reference Collection--major
government data collections, law, and handbooks, arranged by broad
subject area. Incredibly useful.
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U.S.
Government Manual --your complete guide to how the federal
government is organized, what every agency does, how it originated,
and where it is. Key word searchable.
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Virtual
Reference Desk--annotated and arranged by type of reference
tool.
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WWW Virtual Library
-- The WWW-VL is a collection of subject-related web sites, including reference.
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