Reference Sources
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Dictionaries & Thesauri
Oxford English Dictionary,
2nd edition 
Oxford
Language Dictionaries (Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish)
American Heritage Dictionary of the English
Language, 4th edition 
Merriam Webster Online Dictionary & Thesaurus
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, 3rd.
edition
Encyclopedias & Almanacs
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online (Academic Edition)
Enciclopedia Universal en Español
Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th edition
Wikipedia
Information Please Almanac
World
Almanac
World Book Online Reference Center
Country Information
Background Notes -- U.S. Dept.
of State
CIA World
Fact Book
Country Studies -- Library of Congress
Portals to the World
-- Library of Congress
Countries and Their Cultures. New York: Macmillan
Reference USA, c2001.
Main Reference GN307 .C68 2001 vols. 1 - 4
Encyclopedia of World Cultures. Boston, Mass.: G.K.
Hall, c1991-1996.
Main Reference GN550 .E53 1991 vols. 1 - 10
The Statesman's Year-book. New York: St. Martin's
Press [etc.]
Main Reference JA51.S7
Statistical and historical overview of the countries of the world; published annually.
Political Handbook of the World. New York: Center
for Comparative Political Research, State University of New York at Binghamton
and the Council on Foreign Relations.
Main Reference JF37.P61
Overviews of every country's government and politics, including history, political parties, events, controversies, recent elections, and foreign policy initiatives; published annually.
Citation Guides & Style Manuals
Chicago Manual of Style Online
Citing Sources Within Your Paper and Assembling a List of Works Cited
Examples from MLA, Turabian, APA and Chicago manuals provided by Duke University.
Citing References in Your Paper
Examples from APA, APSA, CBE, MLA, Chicago/Turabian provided by University of Wisconsin-Madison.
A Brief Guide to Citing Government Publications (Univ. of Memphis)
Landmark's Son of Citation Machine (Maintained by The Landmark Project)
Provides fill-in-the-blank forms to generate standard MLA, APA, Chicago, and Turabian formatted reference citations for research papers.
Sources and Citations at Dartmouth
Citation Styles, Style Guides and Avoiding Plagiarism (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. 7th ed.
New York : Modern Language Association of America, 2009
Location: Main Ref Desk LB2369 .G53 2009
(also Main Reference, Art Reference and Sci Ref Desk)
A manual for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations: Chicago style for students and researchers. 7th ed. / Kate L. Turabian, rev. by Wayne C. Booth, Gergory G. Holcolmb, and Joseph M. Williams.
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Location: Main Ref Desk LB2369 .T8 2007
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. 6th
ed.
Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, 2010.
Location: Main Ref Desk BF76.7 .P83 2010 .
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.
Biographical Sources
Provides portraits of more than 17,400 men and women -- from all eras and walks of life -- whose lives have shaped the nation.
Covers over 500,000 people and includes over 36,000 images.
Information about authors living and deceased (includes excerpts of literary criticism).
Information about authors living and deceased (includes excerpts of literary criticism).
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
Associations & Organizations
Encyclopedia of Associations (U.S. and International)
Directory of Development Organizations
International Organizations in Europa World Online
NGO Directory
from the United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI)
NGO
Database: organizations that have Consultative Status with the Economic
and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC)
NGO Research Guide by Duke University Libraries
Maps
David Rumsey Map Collection
National Geographic
Map Machine
Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
- Ohio (1867 - 1970)
Useful for local historians to locate and identify buildings and neighborhoods,
urban historians to study the growth of towns and cities, and environmentalists
concerned about impact of new developments.
Weights, Dates, Measures & Money
Calendar Zone
Measurements Converter
OnlineConversion.com
Salary Calculator
World Clock
Universal Currency Converter