Acronyms
- Acronym Finder
- "The Acronym Finder is a world wide web (WWW) searchable database of more than 259,000 abbreviations and acronyms about computers, technology, telecommunications, and military acronyms and abbreviations."
Almanacs
- Infoplease.com
- Resource for statistics, articles, biographies, and other data. The information is drawn from a collection of reference resources including an atlas, dictionary, encyclopedia, and several almanacs.
Associations
Biographies
- Biography.com
- Includes over 25,000 biographical entries drawn from the Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia
- Encyclopaedia Britannica's Guide to Women's History
- Biographies of notable women in American history. Also includes timelines of significant events in American women's history, primary documents, etc.
- Gale Biography in Context
- "This database combines award-winning biographies from respected Gale Group sources. Biography Resource Center also includes full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals. Search for people based on one or more personal facts such as birth and death year, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender, or combine criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search. With the Complete Marquis Who's Who(R), find quick reference information on an additional 900,000 people." Full text.
- S9.com Biographical Dictionary
- "This dictionary covers more than 28,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day."
Book Reviews
- Booklist
- Includes online book and electronic media reviews, author interviews, book-related essays, and other features.
- H-Net Reviews
- Includes review of books in the humanities and social sciences.
- The New York Times - Books
- Provides free full text reviews of books appearing in The New York Times since 1996.
Calculators
- Martindale's Calculators On-Line Center
- Includes engineering, mathematics, science, and statistics calculators. Also included are a large number of calculators which don't fall within these broad subject categories.
Careers and Jobs
- CareerBuilder.com
- Includes listing for over 250,000 jobs. This site also enables a job seeker to create a resume online and send it to a prospective employer.
- Careers in Science and Engineering
- A primer for the student planning a career in the fields of science and engineering. Included are sections on evaluating your career goals, assessing the personal qualities necessary to achieve your career goals, educational training needed for careers in science and engineering, job interviewing techniques, etc.
- JobHunt
- Meta-list of job listings, resume banks, reference materials, commercial job services, and other meta-lists.
- Job Choices Online
- Career and job-related sites used by career counselors for college students and alumni.
- Occupational Outlook Handbook 2012-13
- Information on various careers from the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Riley Guide
- Includes job resources in various fields. Also provides information on the use of the Internet in the job search.
Citation Guides
- APA Style Guide to Electronic References (Western New England University Connect2U username and password required for access)
- Chicago Manual of Style Online
- Searchable online version of the Chicago Manual of Style.
Colleges and Universities
- CollegeSource (Use of a proxy required for off-campus access)
- CollegeSource Online provides cover-to-cover coverage of 60,000+ catalogs from colleges and universities throughout the world. Full text.
- Peterson's Education Portal
- Includes profiles of colleges, universities, and other educational institutions plus other information pertaining to the education field.
- Universities Worldwide
- Collection of links to colleges and universities around the world.
Companies
- AnnualReports.com
- Includes free annual reports of U.S. publicly-traded companies.
- FreeEdgar
- Provides access to 10-K, 10-Q, and other documents filed by public companies with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). These documents can be viewed in real-time as they are filed with the SEC.
Countries
- World Factbook 2013
- Profiles of countries produced by the Central Intelligence Agency.
Dictionaries and Thesauri
- American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
- "The 4th edition of this resource includes "over 90,000 entries feature 10,000 new words and senses, 70,000 audio word pronunciations, 900 full-page color illustrations, language notes and word-root appendixes."
- Merriam-Webster Online Search
- Search several Merrian-Webster's resources including a dictionary, thesaurus, Spanish-English dictionary, and a medical dictionary.
- Mondofacto Online Medical Dictionary
- "The mondofacto dictionary is a dictionary of terms relating to biochemistry, cell biology, chemistry, medicine, plant biology, technology and zoology - in fact anything to do with science and medicine. It includes acronyms, conventions, eponyms, and history."
- OneLook Dictionary Search
- Search for a word or acronym in over 1,000 online dictionaries.
Directories
- Million Dollar Directory
"The D&B® Million Dollar Directory (MDDI) provides a valuable source of information on both privately and public companies and their executives. Mergent’s MDDI now combines complete coverage on all businesses in the U.S. and Canada with business profiles on firms in over 200 countries worldwide."
- ThomasNet
- Includes product information for over 155,000 U.S. companies.
Elected Officials
- Directory of Senators by State
- Listing of U.S. senators arranged by state and name. Includes a link to each senator's home page.
- List of Members of the House of Representatives of the United States
- Listing of members of the U.S. House of Representatives arranged alphabetically by state and name.
- Massachusetts Legislators
- Listing of Massachusetts senators and representatives arranged by city and town.
Encyclopedias
- Encyclopaedia Britannica Online (Use of a proxy required for off-campus access)
- Includes the complete Encyclopedia Britannica, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, the Britannica Book of the Year, and recommended Web sites reviewed by Britannica editors. Full text.
Exchange Rates
- Currency Converter
- Provides both currency conversion and historical exchange rates.
Geography and Maps
- How Far is It?
- Calculates the distance between two places.
- Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection
- "The Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection holds more than 230,000 maps covering every area of the world."
- U.S. Gazetteer
- Search for information on places in the U.S. -- cities, towns, etc. Each place is linked to a map and 1990, 2000, and 2010 Census data.
Government Information
- Mass.Gov
- Official website of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
- THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet
- Includes federal legislation, the full-text of the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, committee information, etc.
- U.S. Government Documents Ready Reference Collection
- "This is a subject arrangement of the most frequently used depository document titles at Columbia University Libraries."
- U.S. Government Manual 2013
- Provides information on the agencies comprising the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the federal government. Also included are quasi-official agencies, boards, commissions, committees, and international organizations in which the United States participates.
- USA.gov
- U.S. government's official web portal.
Grants, Scholarships, and Fellowships
- Grant Advisor Plus
- The Grant Advisor includes new grant and fellowship announcements and a database of past listings, as well as information on a wide array of grant and fellowship opportunities in a range of disciplines.
Health
- Virtual Hospital
- "The goal of the Virtual Hospital digital library is to make the Internet a useful medical reference and health promotion tool for health care providers and patients. The Virtual Hospital digital library contains hundreds of books and brochures for health care providers and patients."
Industries
- IBIS World
Includes industry reports for over 700 industries in the U.S. Also included are global industry reports covering world industry analysis.
Law
- WashLaw Web
- Home Page of Washburn University School of Law.
Literary Criticism
- Contemporary Literary Criticism
- "Contemporary Literary Criticism...is an extensive collection of critical essays on contemporary authors. Each...entry contains a biographical/critical introduction, listing of principal works, and sources for further study." Full text.
- ipl2 Literary Criticism
- "The IPL Literary Criticism Collection contains critical and biographical websites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, by title, or by nationality and literary period."
- Online Literary Criticism Guide
- Collection of "some of the best starting places for finding online critical writing."
Movies/Reviews
- Internet Movie Database
- "The IMDb is the ultimate movie reference source and covers everything that you could possibly want to know about movies."
- Movie Review Query Engine
- Search several hundred thousand movie reviews.
Municipal Profiles
- Commonwealth Communities
- Includes information on the 351 cities and towns comprising Massachusetts.
News
Newspapers
- Online Newspapers
Collection of online newspapers from the U.S. and around the world.
Patents
Personal Finance
Phone Book, Area Codes, Zip Codes
- AreaCodeLocations.info
- Includes area code listings for the United States, Canada, and several Caribbean islands.
- Reverse Phone Lookup
- Search for people by phone number.
- U.S. Postal Service Zip Code Lookup
- Searchable by address, city, and company.
- White Pages
- Search for U.S. residential phone numbers and addresses.
- Yellow Pages
- Search for U.S. business phone numbers and addresses by name or type of business.
Quotations
- Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
- Online version of the 1919 edition of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations.
Recommended Web Sites
- Academic Info
- Academic Info is a directory of Internet resources tailored to a college or advanced high school audience. Each subject guide is an annotated listing of the best general Internet sites in the field, as well as a gateway to more advanced research tools."
- INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections
- "INFOMINE is intended for the introduction and use of Internet/Web resources of relevance to faculty, students, and research staff at the university level."
- ipl2
- An organized collection of websites designed to serve the information needs of the Internet community.
- Scout Report Archives
- Includes the best Internet resources as chosen by the editorial staff of the Scout Report.
Reference Collections
- Internet Public Library - Reference
- "The IPL Ready Reference Collection is a collection of Internet resources gathered together with the needs of the Internet community in mind. It is not intended to be a comprehensive hotlist to all sites on every subject, but rather an annotated collection, chosen to help answer specific questions quickly and efficiently."
Search Engines
- The Search Engine List
- Collection of search engines arranged alphabetically by search type.
Statistics
- County and City Data Book 2007
- Includes summaries of demographic, employment, housing and other data for counties, states, and cities with populations over 25,000.
- Digest of Education Statistics 2011
- The Digest's "primary purpose is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from kindergarten through graduate school."
- FedStats
- Main portal for U.S. Government statistics. Includes links to more than 100 federal agencies who produce statistics.
- International Data Base
- "The International Data Base is a computerized data bank containing statistical tables of demographic and socio-economic data for all countries of the world."
- Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
- "The Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics brings together data about all aspects of criminal justice in the United States presented in over 600 tables from more than 100 sources."
- Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2012
- Collection of statistics on economic, social, and international subjects compiled by the federal government.
- Statistical Resources on the Internet
- A well organized site of statistics from a variety of national and international agencies created and maintained by the University of Michigan.
- Uniform Crime Reports
- "UCR is a city, county, and state law enforcement program which provides a nationwide view of crime based on the submission of statistics by law enforcement agencies throughout the country."
Stocks and Bonds
- Big Charts - Historical Quotes
- Enter a ticker symbol to obtain stock prices of a company on any given date.
- CNNMoney - Bonds
- Includes information on bonds and interest rates.
- CNNMoney - Stocks
- Obtain current stock quotes and other stock market data.
Tax Forms
Timelines
- Timelines - AlternaTime
- "Browse the Past and some Futures...a collection of Timelines on the Web."
Weather
- CNN Interactive - Weather Main Page
- Includes four-day forecasts for 7,200 cities worldwide, weather maps, the Storm Center, etc.
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