DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCES
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS

Copyright 2009, Dr. Elizabeth Figa

Links last verified July 2009 by Shaneka Morris
Email corrections or problems to:
elizabeth.figa@unt.edu


SLIS 5600/4600 Information Access and Retrieval

PRINT AND ELECTRONIC (WEBSITE) RESOURCES LIST

AKA:  "The Super Duper List"

ORIENTATION TO THE LIST:

=  Print source available at the UNT Libraries    
= Electronic source available through UNT's Electronic Resources

Each section is organized first with PRINT resources and followed by ELECTRONIC resources.

Use the Jump Links in the table below to advance to the various sections and sources.

University of North Texas Library
Subject Guide to Library and Information Sciences Resources
http://www.library.unt.edu/research-tools/guides/library-science

Terminology for Information Access and Retrieval
http://courses.unt.edu/efiga/Figa/Terminology.htm


JUMP LINK TABLE

ALMANACS & YEARBOOKS
PRINT      ELECTRONIC

BIBLIOGRAPHIES & CATALOGS
PRINT
     ELECTRONIC

BIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES
PRINT  
 
ELECTRONIC

DICTIONARIES
PRINT
  
  ELECTRONIC

DIRECTORIES
PRINT
  
  ELECTRONIC

ENCYCLOPEDIAS
PRINT  
  ELECTRONIC

GEOGRAPHICAL SOURCES
PRINT  
  ELECTRONIC

GOVERNMENT SOURCES
PRINT  
  ELECTRONIC

GUIDES
PRINT  
 
ELECTRONIC

HANDBOOKS & MANUALS
PRINT  
  ELECTRONIC

INDEXES
PRINT
     ELECTRONIC

SEARCH ENGINES

SERIALS
PRINT  
~  
ELECTRONIC


ALMANACS & YEARBOOKS

I.  ALMANACS AND YEARBOOKS PRINT RESOURCES

General Resources

School Library Media Annual
Britannica Book of the Year 

McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology 

The Book of the States 
The Bowker Annual Library and Book Trade Almanac™
The English Whitaker's Almanack or Whitaker's Almanack
The Almanac of American Politics (1972- )
The Biography Almanac (1981- )
The Places Rated Almanac (1981)
Corpus Almanac & Canadian Sourcebook
The Municipal Yearbook 
The Canadian Almanac & Directory
The New York Times Encyclopedic Almanac
Information Please Almanac, Atlas and Yearbook
The World Almanac and Book of Facts
The Wall Street Journal Almanac
Texas Almanac
Cambridge Factfinder
Europa World Year Book
Statesman's Yearbook
McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology
Municipal Yearbook
American Book of Days
The Old Farmer's Almanac

II.  ALMANACS AND YEARBOOK ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

General Almanacs and Yearbooks

State Fact Sites

Topical Almanacs and Yearbooks

Calendars

Government Almanacs and Facts Sites

International Almanacs and Yearbooks

General Almanacs and Yearbooks

Britannica Online - Year in Review http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.
FactMonster Almanac (Kids) http://www.factmonster.com/almanacs.html
Farmers Almanac  http://www.farmersalmanac.com/

Information Please World Almanac

http://www.infoplease.com/almanacs.html

Old Farmers Almanac

http://www.almanac.com/

RefDesk.com - Daily Almanac http://www.refdesk.com/quote.html

World Almanac via First Search

http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.

World Almanac - limited search  http://www.worldalmanac.com/
World Almanac for Kids http://worldalmanacforkids.com

State Fact Sites

50states.com http://50states.com/

Stately Knowledge

http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/stateknow/

Topical Almanacs and Yearbooks

Baseball Almanac http://baseball-almanac.com/

Black Facts Online

http://www.blackfacts.com/

Celebrity Almanac http://celebrityalmanac.com/
CNN Video Almanac http://www.cnn.com/resources/video.almanac/
Computer Almanac http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/bam/www/numbers.html
Grateful Dead Almanac http://www.dead.net
Leon's Almanac Of Political History http://perspicuity.net/cgi/hypercal.cgi

The Living Almanac of Disasters

http://disaster.almanac.xs2.net/

Olympic Almanac http://www.olympicalmanac.com/

Texas Almanac

Sports Almanac http://houstonsportsteams.com/spalm/index.html
The Writer's Almanac http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/

Calendars

Calendars Through The Ages http://webexhibits.org/calendars/index.html
Official U.S. Time

http://time.gov/

Timeticker http://www.timeticker.com/
Time Zone Converter  http://www.timezoneconverter.com/

The World Clock – Time Zones

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/

 World Time

 http://www.worldtime.com/

 World Time Zones

http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/tzones.html

Government Almanacs and Fact Sites

American FactFinder
CIA World FactBook http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Department of Defense Almanac http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/almanac/
Soldiers Almanac http://www.army.mil/publications/
United States Air Force Almanac http://www.airforce-magazine.com/MagazineArchive/Magazine%20Documents/2009/May%202009/0509intro.pdf
U.S. Air Force Space Almanac http://www.airforce-magazine.com/Almanacs/Space%20Almanac/0808space.pdf
Vietnam War Almanac http://www.airforce-magazine.com/Almanacs/Other%20Almanacs/
0904vietnam.pdf

International Almanacs and Yearbooks

Global Statistics http://www.geohive.com/
UNESCO Statistical Yearbook 1999 http://www.uis.unesco.org/

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BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND CATALOGS

I.  BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND CATALOGS PRINT RESOURCES

General Print Resources

U.S. Current
Books in Print
Subject Guide to Books in Print 
Forthcoming Books 
Best Books for Children
 Basic Collection of Children's Books in Spanish  Schon, Isabel. 
The Elementary School Library Collection. (A Guide to Books and Other Media) 
Children's Catalog  
Junior High School Library Catalog 
Books in Print Plus
Senior High School Library Catalog 
Fiction Catalog 
Public Library Catalog 
Vertical File Index
Bibliographic Index: Wilson and Wilsonline
Publisher's Weekly 
American Book Publishing Record 
The Reader's Adviser 
U.S. Retrospective
Cumulative Book Index (CBI) 
American Catalogue of Books,  Kelly, James.
Roorbach, Orville Augustus. Bibliotheca Americana. Catalogue of American Publications, Including Reprints and Original Works, from 1820 to 1852, Inclusive. 
Sabin, Joseph. Bibliotheca Americana. Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from its
Discovery to the Present Time 
Evans, Charles. American Bibliography 
Bibliography of Bibliographies 
Bibliographic Index
National Library Catalog and Union List 
Library of Congress. The National Union Catalog (Nuc) 
Bibliographic Records - Foreign Countries
Libros En Venta En Hispanoamerica Y Espana: Por Autor, Por Titulo, Por Materia 
MLA Bibliography
Books in Print

II.  BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND CATALOGS ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

General Resources Bibliographies and Catalog

Bibliographies and Catalogs UNT Electronic Resources

General Resources

Amazon.com

http://www.amazon.com/

Bibliography for Rhetoric and Composition

http://rhetoric.eserver.org/bibliographies/

Bibliography of African American Theses and Dissertations

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Bibliographies
/AfricanAmerican/

Bibliography on Women in Byzantium

http://www.doaks.org/research/byzantine/women_in_byzantium.html

Bibliomania http://www.bibliomania.com/
British Library Public Catalogue http://catalogue.bl.uk
U.S. Government Science and Technology Website Resources http://www.usa.gov/Citizen/Topics/Science.shtml

Electronic Sources of Information: A Bibliography

http://library2.usask.ca/~dworacze/BIBLIO.HTM

GPO Catalog 

http://catalog.gpo.gov/F

The Library of Congress

http://catalog.loc.gov/

Library Of Congress Handbook Of Latin American Studies Online http://memory.loc.gov/hlas/

National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections from Library of Congress

The OnLine Books Page

http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/

Prints and Photographs Online Catalog http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/catalog.html
Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography

http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.html

The European Library

http://search.theeuropeanlibrary.org/portal/en/index.html

Share ILL

http://www.shareill.org/index.php?title=Main_Page

Science Fiction and Fantasy Bibliography http://www.catch22.com/~espana/SFAuthors/

Bibliographies and Catalogs UNT Electronic Resources

Literature Online (LION)

http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.

Bibliography of Native North Americans http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.

Bibliography of the History of Art

http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.

Bowker's Books in Print with Reviews http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.

MLA International Bibliography

http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.

Reference Universe http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.

RILM via Firstsearch- Music 
Bibliography

http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.

WorldCat via First Search http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.

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BIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES

I.  BIOGRAPHICAL PRINT RESOURCES

General Indexes

Biography Index 

Current Biography Yearbook 
New York Times Obituaries Index 
American Men and Women of Science 
Concise Dictionary of American Biography 
Who's Who of American Women 
Dictionary of American Biography
Who's Who in America
Who's Who: An Annual Biographical Dictionary 
Dictionary of American Negro Biography 
Biography and Genealogy Master Index 
Contemporary Authors
Merriam-Webster's Pocket Biographical Dictionary
Chamber's Biographical Dictionary 
Webster's New Biographical Dictionary
Pseudonyms and Nicknames Dictionary
New York Times Biographical Service/File
Dictionary of National Biography
Who's Who in American Politics
Notable American Women
World Authors
Dictionary of American Library Biography

II.  BIOGRAPHICAL ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

Biography Indexes and Guides

General Biographical Sources

Obit Pages Biographies of Authors and Literary Figures
Entertainment Biographies - Actors and Actresses Women's Biographies

Specialized Biographies

Political Biographical Information

State Biographies

   

Biography Indexes and Guides

Bay County Library System Biographies http://www.baycountylibrary.org/teenbooklist.html#mugshots

Biography and Genealogy Master Index

http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.

Biography Index via FirstSearch

http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.

Classical Music Pages

http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/classmus.html

Contemporary Authors

http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.

Dictionary of Literary Biography

http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.

Internet Public Library - Biographies http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/ref15.00.00/

General Biographical Sources

About Famous People.com http://www.aboutfamouspeople.com/index.html

 Biographical Dictionary

http://www.s9.com/biography/

Biographies and Profiles http://biogs.com/
Biography Center http://www.biography-center.com/

Biography.Com A&E

http://www.biography.com

Biography - From Revolution to Reconstruction

http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/B/

InfoPlease.com - Biography http://infoplease.com/people.html
Library Spot - Biographies http://www.libraryspot.com/biographies/

My Facts Page  -  Biography/Who's Who

http://www.refdesk.com/factbiog.html

PBS - Biographies http://www.pbs.org/history/history_biographies.html

Kevo - Informtion Hub about People

http://www.kevo.com/
SparkNotes.com - Biography  
Time 100 http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/0,28757,1894410,00.html
Time Person of the Year http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/personoftheyear/
Who2.com http://www.who2.com/

Who's Who Online

http://www.whoswho-online.com/

Obituary Pages

Find-A-Grave

http://www.findagrave.com/

Obituary Finders U.S. and Canada http://www.legacy.com/LegacyHome.asp

The Obituary Page

http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Obituary/

Political Graveyard

http://politicalgraveyard.com/index.html

Who's Alive and Who's Dead

http://www.wa-wd.com/

http://www.whosaliveandwhosdead.com/

Biographies of Authors and Literary Figures

Contemporary Authors

http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.

Contemporary Literary Criticism Select

http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.

Dictionary of Literary 
Biography

http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.

Edgar Allen Poe

http://www.poedecoder.com/

The House of Usher: Edgar Allan Poe

http://www.houseofusher.net/

Native American Authors at Internet Public Library

http://www.ipl.org/div/natam/

William Faulkner on the Web

http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/~egjbp/
faulkner/index.html

Science Fiction Writers

http://WWW.Catch22.COM/~espana/SFAuthors/

Shakespeare

http://www.shakespeare.com/

Women and Literature 

http://www.ibiblio.org/cheryb/women/wlit.html

Entertainment Biographies - Actors and Actresses

Hollywood Celebs

http://www.hollywood.com/celebs/home.aspx

Internet Movie Database - Biography Searcher

http://us.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=biographies

Women's Biographies

Distinguished Women of Past and Present

http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/

Jewish Women's Archive

http://www.jwa.org/main.htm

National Women's Hall of Fame

http://www.greatwomen.org/

Notable Women at Biography.com http://www.biography.com/womens-history/notables.jsp

Women in World History

http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/

Women's International Center Biography Index

http://www.wic.org/bio/idex_bio.htm

Specialized Biographies

African American History http://afgen.com/history.html

African American Pioneers

http://afgen.com/pioneer.html

Anthropology Biography Web http://emuseum.mnsu.edu/information/
biography/index.shtml
Arlington Cemetery http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/
AskARt http://www.askart.com/
Bulfinch's Mythology http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/bulf/index.htm
Catholic Online - Saints and Angels http://www.catholic.org/saints/
Classical Composer's Biographies http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/mn200/
music/composers.html
 Classical Music Library -  contains composer biographies http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.

Contemporary Astronomers and Related Space Scientists - The Star*s Family - The Star Pages - Star Heads

http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/
~heck/sfheads.htm

Dictionary Of Canadian Biography http://www.biographi.ca/index-e.html
Encyclopedia Britannica Guide to Black History - Biographies http://search.eb.com/blackhistory/browse?browseId=252286

History of Astronomy: Persons

http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/
~pbrosche/hist_astr/ha_pers.html

History of Famous Inventors http://inventors.about.com/library/bl/bl1_1.htm

MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive - Mathematicians Biography Index 

http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/BiogIndex.html

Music Artist Information Search Center http://www.musicsearcher.com/

NASA Astronaut Biographies

http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/

Nobel Prize Internet Archive http://www.almaz.com/nobel/nobel.html

Theoi Greek Mythology

http://www.theoi.com/

Union List of Artist Names (ULAN) 

http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/
vocabulary/ulan/index.html

Political Biographical Information

American Presidents - Life Portraits http://www.americanpresidents.org/
Biographical Directory of the Congress: http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp

  Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/world-leaders-1/index.html

House Directory 

http://clerk.house.gov/index.html

Internet Public Library: Presidents of the United States

http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/

Justices of the Supreme Court http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/
justices/fullcourt.html
Political Graveyard

http://politicalgraveyard.com/index.html

The American Presidency Project

http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/

Senate Directory

http://www.senate.gov/senators/index.cfm

State Biographies

Arkansas Biographies Project

http://freepages.genealogy.
rootsweb.com/~arkbios/bios/

Famous Texans

http://www.famoustexans.com/
Handbook Of Texas Online – Browse By Subject - Who http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/browse/wo.html

Kentucky Biographies Project

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/

Louisiana Authors Index

http://www.lib.lsu.edu/cgi-bin/dbman/authors/db.cgi?uid=default

Maryland's African-American Heritage

http://library.thinkquest.org/3337/biogr.html

Mississippi Writers Page

http://olemiss.edu/depts/
english/ms-writers/

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DICTIONARIES

I.  DICTIONARIES PRINT RESOURCES

General Resources

Juvenile World Book Dictionary 

Oxford English Dictionary 

Scott Foresman Beginning Dictionary

Webster's Elementary Dictionary
Slang 
 
Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang 

Chapman, Robert L. New Dictionary of American Slang 

Dictionary of American Regional English

Thesauri
Thesaurus of Eric Descriptors 

Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases 
Roget's II. The New Thesaurus 

Abbreviations and Acronyms Acronyms, Initialisms, & Abbreviations Dictionary (Towel and Sheppard) (1976 to Present) 
Idioms 
 
A Dictionary of American Idioms. Makkai, Adam, Editor. 
Quotations

Bartlett, J.  Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature  

Columbia Dictionary of Quotations (print, CD, and online - DIALOG)  

Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations 

Subject Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Harrod's Librarians' Glossary : 9,000 Terms Used in Information Management, Library
Science, Publishing, the Book, Trades, and Archive Management 

Black's Law Dictionary - Definition of the Terms and Phrases of American and English  Jurisprudence, Ancient and Modern.  

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary

Foreign Words and Phrases 
 

Larousse American Heritage Spanish Dictionary 

Elsevier's Dictionary of Library Science, Information, and Documentation

General Oxford English Dictionary

The American Heritage Dictionary 

Random House Dictionary of the English Language 

Webster's Third New International Dictionary. Unabridged. 

American Heritage Dictionary

Scott Foresman Beginning Dictionary

II.  DICTIONARIES ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

Guides to Dictionaries on the Internet

General Dictionaries

English Language Dictionaries

Glossaries

Technical Dictionaries /Computing/Hacker's Dictionaries

Foreign Language / Translation Dictionaries

American / British Dictionaries

Thesauri

Quotation Dictionaries

Acronym Dictionaries

Subject Dictionaries

Juvenile Dictionaries

Other/Fun Dictionaries

Sign Language Dictionaries

   

STUDENTS NOTE:  TO ACCESS DICTIONARIES VIA THE UNT LIBRARY, GO HERE:
http://irservices.library.unt.edu/


On the http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ page, you will see a box that looks like the one below.
You can access all available dictionaries by typing dictionar (this will search dictionary OR dictionaries)
 in the "Search for:" box and then hitting the search button.

Guides to Dictionaries on the Internet

AllWords.com http://allwords.com
Languages Directory http://www.alphadictionary.com/langdir.html

Cambridge Dictionaries Online

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

 Dictionaries and Translators

http://www.word2word.com/dictionary.html

Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/

 Encyberpedia Dictionary and Glossary

http://www.encyberpedia.com/glossary.htm

English Online Dictionaries
n

http://www.online-dictionary.net/english/

The Exploding Dictionary

http://www.hyperdictionary.com/

The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/
MedBioWorld: Online Medical and Bioscience Dictionaries http://www.sciencekomm.at/advice/dict.html

  OneLook Dictionaries - 56 Dictionaries in One

      http://www.onelook.com/

A Web Of Online Dictionaries

 http://www.alphadictionary.com/index.shtml

 Yahoo - Dictionaries

  http://www.yahoo.com/Reference
/Dictionaries/

Wiktionary

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page

General Dictionaries

Carnegie Mellon University Pronouncing Dictionary

http://www.speech.cs.cmu.edu/cgi-bin/cmudict#about

Encarta World English Dictionary

http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary
/dictionaryhome.aspx

InfoPlease Dictionary http://www.infoplease.com/dictionary.html

Probert Encyclopaedia - Dictionary ([English/French] [English/Spanish] [Abbreviations] [Slang])

http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/xdic.htm

Word Central http://www.wordcentral.com/

yourDictionary.com

http://yourdictionary.com/

English Language Dictionaries 

American Heritage Dictionary

http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.

Heinle's Newbury House Dictionary of American English http://nhd.heinle.com/home.aspx

  Merriam Webster Dictionary

http://www.m-w.com/dictionary

Middle English Compendium

http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.

Oxford English Dictionary Online

http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.

Reference Universe

http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 Edition 

http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms
_unrest/webster.form.html

Glossaries

LibraryGlossary.com

http://www.loc.com/konfuciy.asp

AllWords.com

http://www.allwords.com

Glossary.com

http://www.glossary.com/

Technical Dictionaries /Computing/Hacker's Dictionaries 

3-D Dictionary

http://www.maran.com/dictionary/mgdiction2008.html

  BABEL: A Glossary of Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms

http://www.cs.tut.fi/tlt/stuff/misc/babel.html

Free Online Dictionary of Computing

http://foldoc.org/

High Tech Dictionary

http://www.computeruser.com/resources/dictionary/noframes/index.html

Netlingo

http://www.netlingo.com/inframes.cfm

Foreign Language / Translation Dictionaries 

 Common Spanish Phrases 

 http://www.citi-guide.com/mexico/m-phrases.asp

  The EthnoLogue - Languages of the World

http://www.ethnologue.com/web.asp

Foreignword.com

http://www.foreignword.com/
Internet Picture Dictionary http://www.pdictionary.com/

Latin Phrases And Words Used In English

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/resolveform?lang=Latin

Logos - Multilingual On-Line Dictionary

http://www.logos.it/lang/transl_en.html

 Spanish to English/English to Spanish 

http://www.freedict.com/onldict/spa.html

English to French, Italian and Spanish http://www.wordreference.com/index.htm

American / British Dictionaries

The BG-Map English (British) - American Dictionary

http://www.bg-map.com/us-uk.html

BritSpeak American - British Dictionary

http://englishclub.8m.com/usuk1.htm

Thesauri

Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT)  

http://www.getty.edu/research/tools
/vocabulary/aat/index.html

Lexical Freenet

http://www.lexfn.com/

Roget's Thesaurus

http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms
_unrest/ROGET.html

Roget's II: The New Thesaurus

http://www.bartleby.com/62/

Thesaurus.com

http://www.thesaurus.com/
Visual Thesaurus http://www.visualthesaurus.com/

The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus

http://www.wordsmyth.net/

Quotation Dictionaries

Bartlett's Quotations, 10th edition

http://www.bartleby.com/100
Creative Quotations  http://creativequotations.com/

The Quotations Page

http://www.quotationspage.com/

Quoteland http://www.quoteland.com/
Quitations.net http://www.quotes.net/
ThinkExist.com - Quotations http://en.thinkexist.com/

Acronym Dictionaries

Abbreviations.com http://www.abbreviations.com/

Acronym Finder

http://www.acronymfinder.com/

Acronym Search

http://www.acronymsearch.com/
Internet Acronym Server http://acronyms.silmaril.ie/cgi-bin/uncgi/acronyms?CCC
Internet Anagram Server http://www.wordsmith.org/anagram/

Subject Dictionaries 

Abebooks Glossary http://www.abebooks.com/docs/
HelpCentral/Glossary/sellerIndex.shtml
ARTLEX – Art Dictionary http://www.artlex.com/

   Biotechnology/ Life Science Dictionary

http://cottongenomics.biosci.utexas.edu/workshop/biotecglossary.php

Bloomsbury Research Center - Dictionary of English Literature

http://www.bloomsburymagazine.com/ARC/arc_home.asp
Brewster's Dictionary Of Phrase And Fable http://www.bartleby.com/81/

Everybody's Legal Dictionary

http://www.nolo.com/dictionary/wordindex.cfm

FindLaw Legal Dictionary

http://dictionary.lp.findlaw.com/

Glossary of Library Terms

http://www.lib.uconn.edu/instruction/tutorials/LILT/glossary.htm

Grove Art Online--includes  The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms
 

http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.

Grove Music Online--includes The Oxford Dictionary of Music

http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.

Health Source: Nursing Academic Edition--includes Stedman's Medical Dictionary http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left

law.com Dictionary

http://dictionary.law.com/

Lectric Law Library's -* Legal Lexicon's Lyceum

http://www.lectlaw.com/def.htm

MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary

http://www.medterms.com/Script/Main/hp.asp

ODLIS - Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science

http://lu.com/odlis/

Online Dictionaries, Glossaries, and Encyclopedias- 101 - lists many dictionaries and glossaries pertaining to particular subject areas

http://stommel.tamu.edu/~baum/hyperref.html

 Mondofacto - Online Medical Dictionary

http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?

Weather Glossary - The Weather Channel

http://www.weather.com/glossary/index.html

Juvenile Dictionaries

Dinosaur Dictionary http://www.dinodictionary.com/index.asp
Fact Monster Dictionary http://www.factmonster.com/dictionary.html

Little Explorers Picture Dictionary with Links

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Dictionary.html

Math Dictionary for Kids http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/
Word Central Student Dictionary http://www.wordcentral.com/aol/

Other and Fun Dictionaries 

Cliche Finder http://www.westegg.com/cliche/
Doubletongued http://www.doubletongued.org/

Famous Quotes and Authors

http://www.famousquotesandauthors.com

Latin Phrases and Quotes

http://latin-phrases.co.uk/quotes/absurdity/

Phrases.net

http://www.phrases.net/

The Microsoft Lexicon
Or Microspeak Made Easier  

http://cinepad.com/mslex.htm
Pseudodictionary http://www.pseudodictionary.com/

  Rhyming Dictionary

http://www.rhymezone.com/

Urban Dictionary http://www.urbandictionary.com/
Word Spy http://www.wordspy.com/

Sign Language Dictionaries

American Sign Language Browser (has moving images - downloading Quick Time is necessary) http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/browser.htm
American Sign Language http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/signs.htm

American Sign Language Dictionary

http://www.masterstech-home.com/ASLDict.html

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DIRECTORIES

I.  DIRECTORIES PRINT RESOURCES

Telephone

Governmental

Educational and Institutional

Association and Foundation 

Professional

Corporate Investment, Trade and Business

Serials

 

Telephone

National Directory of Addresses and Telephone Numbers, 1985 to date - Omnigraphics Inc. 

National Fax Directory, 1989 to date - Gale Research Inc.

Governmental

Congressional Directory, Government Printing Office 

U. S. Zip Code Directory, Government Printing Office 

Educational and Institutional

Books in Print: Publishers Volume

Literary Market Place

American Book Trade Directory

Peterson's Annual Guides to Undergraduate Study - Peterson's 

Lovejoy's College Guide, 1949 to date - Monarch Press 

College Blue Book on CD-ROM

The World of Learning, 1994 - Europa 

College Source Online 

Association and Foundation

ALA Membership Directory

Encyclopedia of Associations, 1956 to date - Gale Research Inc. 

Professional

Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, Reed-Elsevier. 

  Corporate Investment Trade and Business

Directories in Print
U. S. Manufacturers - American Business International
Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media, 1869 to date -Gale Research Company. 
Standard & Poor's Register of Corporations, Directors, and Executives 

Serials

Ulrichs International Periodicals Directory, 1932 to date - R. R. Bowker 
The Serials Directory, 1986 to date - EBSCO 

II.  DIRECTORIES ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

Telephone and Address Directories

 Zip Code Directories

Business / Corporate Information Directories

 Government Directories

Institutional and Education Directories

Specialized Directories

Telephone and Address Directories

Americom Long Distance Area Decoder  http://decoder.americom.com/
AnyWho http://www.anywho.com/
Directory Assistance Plus http://www.daplus.us/
Infobel.com http://www.infobel.com/World/
InfoSpace - People

http://search.infospace.com/ispace/ws/index

International City and Country Codes http://www.business.att.com/bt/dial_guide.jsp
Internet Address Finder http://www.iaf.net/
National Email, Address, and Telephone Directory   http://www.four11.com/
Reverse Directory http://reversedirectory.langenberg.com/
Switchboard

 http://www.switchboard.com/

Switchboard - People http://www.whitepages.com/5175
True Yellow http://www.trueyellow.com/
Verizon SuperPages http://www.superpages.com/
World Yellow Pages Power Search http://www.yellow.com/
World Yellow Pages - White Pages http://www.yellow.com/white.html
Yahoo People Search

http://people.yahoo.com/

Zip Code Directories

United States Postal Service Address and Zip Code Information http://www.usps.com/ncsc/ziplookup/lookupmenu.htm
USPS Zip Code Lookup http://www.usps.com/zip4/

Business / Corporate Information Directories

The Associations Directory  http://www.marketingsource.com
/associations/
ATT Internet Toll Free Directory   http://www.tollfree.att.net/tf.html

Business and Company Resource 
Center

http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.
Company Link  http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and
_Economy/Directories/Companies/
Dun & Bradstreet Million Dollar Directory-free trial with limited access: http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.
European Business Directory http://www.europages.com/
Fortune 500 at CNNMoney.com http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/
Verizon SuperPages http://www.superpages.com/
Hoover's - The Corporate Directory http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.
InfoSpace - Business   http://www.infospace.com/i
nfo/index_biz.htm
Leadership Library

http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.
NetAdvantage - Standard and Poor's http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.
Reference USA http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.
Switchboard - Businesses  http://www.switchboard.com
/bin/cgidir.dll?MG=
Thomas Register of Manufacturers
ThomasNet
www.thomasnet.com
YellowBook - Businesses (click "business")  http://www.yellowbook.com/yellowpages

Government Directories

Congressional Directory http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cdirectory/index.html
Congressional E-mail Directory  http://www.webslingerz.com/
jhoffman/congress-email.html
Congressional Pictorial Directory http://www.gpoaccess.gov/pictorial/index.html
Contacting the Congress  http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/
U.S. House Of Representatives Who's Who and How To Contact Them http://clerk.house.gov/
United States Senate's World Wide Web http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_
information/senators_cfm.cfm

 Institutional and Education Directories

College & Universities Home Page  http://www.mit.edu:8001/people
/cdemello/univ.html
CollegeNET  http://cnsearch.collegenet.com/cgi-bin/CN/index
College Source Online http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.
Peterson's Guide to Four Year Colleges http://www.petersons.com/ugchannel/
Peterson's Guide to Graduate Schools http://www.petersons.com/GradChannel/code/search.asp?path=gr.fas.grad&sponsor=1
Princeton Review  http://www.review.com/index.cfm

Specialized Directories

ACQWeb's Directory of Publishers and Vendors http://www.acqweb.org/pubr.html
Associations Unlimited http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.
Books A to Z http://www.booksatoz.com/puborgls.htm
Books in Print - Publishing and Book Trade Directories

http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.

Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Economics and Finance

http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.
LawInfo.Com - Attorney Directory http://LawInfo.com/law/
Literary Market Place
Martindale.com Lawyer Locator http://www.martindale.com/
NAICS CODE http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC)  CODE http://www.osha.gov/oshstats/sicser.html
Tourism Offices Worldwide Directory http://www.towd.com/
West Legal Directory http://lawyers.findlaw.com/
Yahoo Directory of Publishers http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy
/Shopping_and_Services/Publishers/

World Wine Encyclopedia

http://www.wine-searcher.com/

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ENCYCLOPEDIAS

I.  ENCYCLOPEDIA PRINT RESOURCES

General Resources

General 

Academic American Encyclopedia 

Encyclopedia Americana (30 Vols.)

Grolier's Encyclopedia

Encyclopedia Britannica 

Encyclopedia of Animals

Encyclopedia of Inorganic Chemistry

ERIC

Funk and Wagnalls Encyclopedia

McGraw-Hill Multimedia Sci/Tech Encyclopedia

New Book of Knowledge

The New Encyclopaedia Britannica  

Childcraft - the How and Why Library 

World Book Encyclopedia

Kister's Best Encyclopedias

Compton's Encyclopedia  

DK Illustrated Family Encyclopedia

New Encyclopedia Britannica
New Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia Deluxe 

Collier's Encyclopedia 

World Book

Compton’s

Simon & Schuster New Millennium Encyclopedia and Home Reference Library

Kister's Best Encyclopedias

Subject
ART  Encyclopedia of World Art  
LIBRARY SCIENCE  Encyclopedia of Library and Information 
Science 
LITERATURE Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th 
Century     
MUSIC The New Grove Dictionary of Music and 
Musicians 
RELIGION  The Encyclopedia of Religion  
SCIENCE McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 5th Ed. 
Encyclopedia of Science
SOCIAL SCIENCES  International Encyclopedia of the Social 
Sciences  

Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science

Foreign
SPANISH  Encyclopedia Universal Ilustrada Europeo-Americana (Espasa) 

II.  ENCYCLOPEDIA ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

General Encyclopedias

Juvenile Encyclopedias

 Topical Encyclopedias

Fun Encyclopedias

 

 

STUDENTS NOTE:  TO ACCESS ENCYCLOPEDIAS VIA THE UNT LIBRARY, GO HERE:
http://irservices.library.unt.edu/

On the http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ page, you will see a box that looks like the one below.
You can access all available dictionaries by typing encyclopedia
 in the "Search for:" box and then hitting the search button.

**NOTE**: To access the electronic version of Britannica Online enter the key term:
britannica online.

General Encyclopedias

Britannica Online
 

http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.

Canadian Encyclopedia http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/
index.cfm?TCE_Version=A

Microsoft Encarta

http://encarta.msn.com/artcenter_/browse.html

  Encyclopedia.com

http://www.encyclopedia.com/

Encyclopedia Smithsonian

http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/default.htm

Free Internet Encyclopedia

http://www.cam-info.net/enc/micro.a.html

Funk and Wagnalls New Encyclopedia

http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.

Guide to Various Encyclopedia Resources http://www.emtech.net/ency.htm

Infoplease.com Encyclopedia

Online Encyclopedia

http://www.freeality.com/encyclop.htm

World Book--limited access for non-subscribers

http://www.worldbook.com/wb/Browse?id=ency

Juvenile Encyclopedias 

Children's Encyclopedia of Space http://www.daviddarling.info/childrens_encyclopedia
/main_menu.html
EncycloZine http://EncycloZine.com/

  FactMonster Encyclopedia

http://www.factmonster.com/encyclopedia.html

Topical Encyclopedias

AccessScience - includes McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology

http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.

A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia from NIH @ medlineplus.gov

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/encyclopedia.html

Artcyclopedia

http://www.artcyclopedia.com

Assorted Encyclopedias

http://edis.win.tue.nl/encyclop.html

Baseball-Reference.com

http://baseballreference.com

  Better Homes and Garden Home Improvement Encyclopedia

http://www.bhg.com/home-improvement/

Cambridge History of English and American Literature

http://www.bartleby.com/cambridge/

    The Catholic Encyclopedia

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/
The Cook's Encyclopedia http://www.switcheroo.com
EBSCO Animals--also called Encyclopedia of Animals http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.

   Encyclopedia Mythica

http://www.pantheon.org/

Internet Encyclopedia of Science http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/ETEmain.html
Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology

http://www.mythweb.com/encyc/index.html

Encyclopedia of Informal Education http://www.infed.org/encyclopaedia.htm
Encyclopedia of Life http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.
Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.
Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology EMSAT

http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.

Encyclopedia Of Television http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/index.html

 Encyclopedia of the World

http://i-cias.com/e.o/index.htm

Encyclopedia of Women's History

http://womenshistory.about.com/
library/ency/blwh_index.htm?terms=encyclopedia

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, & Queer Encyclopedia

http://www.glbtq.com/

Handbook of Texas Online

http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/index.html

My Optimum Health Diseases and Conditions

http://www.myoptumhealth.com/portal/DiseasesandConditions

Instrument Encyclopedia

http://www.si.umich.edu/chico/instrument/

Law and Economics

http://encyclo.findlaw.com/index.html

PC Webopedia

http://www.webopedia.com/

Performing Arts Encyclopedia http://www.loc.gov/performingarts/encyclopedia/

Probert Encyclopaedia

http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

http://plato.stanford.edu/

Encyclopedia of Western Signs and Ideograms http://www.symbols.com/

Techweb Encyclopedia

http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/
Ullman's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.

  World Wide Encyclopedia of Christianity

http://www.ccel.org/php/wwec.php

Fun Encyclopedias 

Star Wars Encyclopedia

http://theforce.net/swenc/

  Encyclopedia Brady

http://davidbrady.com/eb/

  Encyclopedia Titanica

http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/

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GEOGRAPHICAL SOURCES

I.  GEOGRAPHICAL PRINT RESOURCES

General Resources

Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World 
Fodor's Travel Guides 
Hammond Large Type World Atlas 
Hotel and Motel Red Book 
National Geographic Atlas of the World 
Rand McNally Commercial Atlas and Marketing Guide 
Goode's World Atlas 
Hammond Atlas of the World
New York Times Atlas of the World
Omni Gazetteer of the United States of America and the Omni Gazetteer -- CD
Webster's New Geographical Dictionary
Rand McNally Cosmopolitan World Atlas 
The Times Atlas of the World 
The National Atlas of the United States of America.  (U.S. Geological Survey) 
The Women's Atlas of the United States 
Historical Maps on File 
Times Atlas of World History
Guide to U. S. Map Resources , David Cobb
Rand McNally Commercial Atlas and Marketing Guide
Rand McNally Atlas of the Oceans 

 II.  GEOGRAPHICAL ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

General Geographical Sites Map Collections Atlases
Gazetteer

U.S. Government

Electronic Mapping Databases

State Information Country Information Travel Guides
Distance Calculators    

General Geographical Sites

Dictionary Of Abbreviations And Acronyms In Geographic Information Systems, Cartography, And Remote Sensing http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/abbrev.html
Geographia.com http://www.geographia.com/
Geography - About.com http://geography.about.com/
GeographyIQ http://www.geographyiq.com/

Geography - My Virtual Encyclopedia

http://www.refdesk.com/geo.html

Library of Congress Country Studies http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
Library Spot.com - Maps http://www.libraryspot.com/maps/
Map History/History of Cartography http://www.maphistory.info/
Maps - Geography at The Mining Co. http://members.tripod.com/geography/
Oddens Bookmarks http://oddens.geog.uu.nl/index.html
Outline Maps of the World http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/
Thesaurus of Geographic Names http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/
vocabulary/tgn/index.html
UCB Earth Science And Map Library http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/index.html

Yale Peabody Museum – GNIS Database

http://research.yale.edu/peabody/COLLECTIONS/gnis/

Map Collections

Historic Maps in K-12 Classrooms http://www.newberry.org/k12maps/

Lib. of Congress American Memory Panoramic Maps 1847- 1929

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/pmhtml/panhome.html

Lib. of Congress Map Coll. 1597-1996

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html

The Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection (UT at Austin)

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html

Atlases

Atlas of Our Changing Environment

http://na.unep.net/OnePlanetManyPeople/index.php

Atlapedia (tm)

http://www.atlapedia.com/

Color Landform Atlas of the U. S. http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/states.html
National Geographic Interactive Atlas http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/map/atlas
Holt, Rinehart, and Winston World Atlas http://go.hrw.com/atlas/norm_htm/world.htm
InfoPlease Atlas – Map Index http://www.infoplease.com/atlas/mapindex.html
Merriam Webster's Atlas http://www.m-w.com/maps/moremapsnyt.html

National Atlas.gov - National Atlas of the United States

http://www.nationalatlas.gov/

National Atlas of Canada

http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/index.html

National Geographic Map Machine

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/maps

Rand McNally http://www.randmcnally.com/

World Atlas.com

http://www.graphicmaps.com
/aatlas/world.htm

World Sites Atlas - Map Collection http://www.sitesatlas.com/Maps/index.htm

Gazetteers

ESRI Map Books Online http://www.esri.com/mapmuseum/index.html

Place Names

http://www.placenames.com/

U.S. Cities Gazetteer http://www.hometownlocator.com/
U.S. Gazetteer http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer
USGS Astrogeology Gazeteer Of Planetary Names http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/
World Gazetteer http://www.world-gazetteer.com/

U.S. Government

CIA Maps and Publications https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/cia-maps-publications/index.html

CIA World Factbook

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html

National Atlas.gov - National Atlas of the United States http://nationalatlas.gov/
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

http://www.noaa.gov

Library of Congress Map Collections http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html

National Mapping Program

http://nationalmap.gov/

Tiger Mapping Service http://tiger.census.gov/cgi-bin/mapbrowse-tbl
Topographic Map Symbols http://www.edrnet.com/reports/topomapsymbols.pdf
U.S. Census Bureau's Mapping and Cartographic Resources http://www.census.gov/geo/www/maps/

U.S. Geological Survey System

http://www.usgs.gov/

USGS Geo-Data Explorer http://gos2.geodata.gov/wps/portal/gos
Working with Maps - K - 12 http://education.usgs.gov/

Electronic Mapping Databases

CitySearch

http://www.citysearch.com/

Cornell's Digital Earth

http://atlas.geo.cornell.edu/digitalearth/

CyberRouter http://www.earthamaps.com/
Google Maps http://maps.google.com/

Mapquest

 http://www.mapquest.com/

Maps On Us http://www.MapsOnUs.com/
Quick Maps http://www.theodora.com/maps/abc_world_maps.html
Rand McNally - Get a Map http://www.randmcnally.com/rmc/home.jsp?cmty=0
StreetMap.com http://www.streetmap.com/

State Information

50states.com http://www.50states.com/

Road Conditions in Texas

http://www.dot.state.tx.us/travel/road_conditions.htm

State and Country QuickFacts

http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/

Stately Knowledge!

http://www.ipl.org/youth/stateknow/skhome.html

Country Information

Background Notes http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/
Canadian Geographical Names http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/index_e.php
Country Briefings http://www.economist.com/countries/
Library of Congress Country Studies/Area Handbook Program

http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html

U.N. World Population http://www.un.org/esa/population/unpop.htm

U.S. State Department - Countries and Regions

http://www.state.gov/countries/

World Bank - World Development Indicators - Country Data http://www.worldbank.org/data/countrydata/
countrydata.html

Travel Guides

CitySearch.Com http://www.citysearch.com/
DogFriendly - Pet Travel Guides http://www.dogfriendly.com/

Fodor's Travel Online

http://fodors.com/

Frommer's Budget Travel Online http://www.frommers.com
Gorp.com - Adventure Travel http://gorp.away.com/index.html
IgoUgo http://www.igougo.com/

Lonely Planet

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/

Michelin http://www.viamichelin.com/
My Travel Guide http://www.mytravelguide.com/
Rough Guides Travel http://www.roughguides.com/
TravelTex.com http://www.traveltex.com/
Trip Advisor http://www.tripadvisor.com/
Wikitravel

http://wikitravel.org/en/Main_Page

Yahoo-Travel

http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-191500002-destination_guides_vacations-i

Distance Calculators

How Far Is It? - Distance Calculator (Scroll Down) http://www.indo.com/distance/

Texas Mileage Guide

http://www.window.state.tx.us/comptrol/texastra.html

http://www.cpa.state.tx.us/comptrol/texastra.html

Texas Mileage Map

http://web2.airmail.net/danb1/mileage.htm

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Government Websites

I.  GOVERNMENT PRINT RESOURCES

General Resources

Guides Introduction to United States Government Information Sources 

Neal-Schuman Guide to Legal and 

Regulatory Information on the 
Internet
Government Organization Manuals U. S. Government Manual, Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration, 1935 to date (published annually) 

Marcive Web Documents

Catalogs GPO Monthly Catalog, U. S. Government Printing Office, 1976 to Date  
Indexes CIS Index to Publications of the U. S. Congress, 1970 to date, Congressional Information Service 
Statistical Information Statistical Abstract, annual - U. S. Government Printing Office 
Congressional and Legislative Information  Official Congressional Directory, U. S. Government Printing Office,1809 to date, (published biennially)    
Administrative and Executive Branch Information Code of Federal Regulations, 
Annual
Scientific and Technical 
Reports  
Government Reports Announcements and Index, 1946 to 1997 
State and Local Documents
County and City Data Book, U. S. Bureau of the Census 
State and Metropolitan Area Data Book, U. S. Bureau of the Census, 
Organizational Manuals 
 
U. S. Government Organization Manual, Government Counseling, Ltd. 1993 to date
Catalogs GPO CAT/PAC PlUS, Monthly Catalog, U. S. Government Printing Office, 1976 to Date (Marcive, Information Access Corporation, etc) 
Indexes U. S. Government Periodicals Index , 1994 to date - Congressional Information Service. 
Statistical Information Statistical Masterfile, 1983 to date - Congressional Information Service 
Congressional and Legislative Information 
 
Congressional Staff Directory, Staff Directories, 1990 to date 
Congressional Masterfile, 1989 to date - Congressional Information Service
Administrative and Executive Branch Information Code of Federal Regulations, (Counterpoint Publishing) 
Scientific and Technical Report Information NTIS (Dialog on Disc) 
State and Local Documents 
Statistical Abstract, U. S. Bureau of the Census, 1878 - annual 
State and Local Documents Country and City DataBook, U.S. Bureau of the Census

State and Metropolitan Area DataBook, U.S. Bureau of the Census

II.  Electronic (CDRom) Sources

Organizational Manuals U.S. Government Organization Manual, Government Counseling, Ltd. 1993 to date
Catalogs GPO CAT/PAC Plus, Monthly Catalog, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1976 to Date (Marcive, Information Access Corporation, etc.)
Indexes U.S. Government Periodicals Index, 1994 to date - Congressional Information Service
Statistical Information Statistical Masterfile, 1983 to date - Congressional Information Service
Congressional and Legislative Information

Congressional Staff Directory, Staff Directories, 1990 to date

Congressional Masterfile, 1989 to date - Congressional Information Service

Administrative and Executive Branch Information Code of Federal Regulations, (Counterpoint Publishing)
Scientific and Technical Report Information NTIS (Dialog on Disc)
State and Local Documents Statistical Abstract, U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1878 - annual

III.  GOVERNMENT ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

Government Printing Office GPO Access

Government Information Guides and Directories

Search Engines Catalogs and Manuals
UNT Government Indexes Judicial Information Resources U.S. Historical Documents State Constitutions

Legislative Information Resources 

Congressional Servers / Directories Congressional Information Statutory Information Resources

State Codes

Administrative and Regulatory Information

 Administrative Agencies

Presidential Information Resources
Statistical Information

Miscellaneous Information

U.S. Government Web Sites for Children
 

 Texas Legal and Governmental Information Resources 

Texas Government Information

 

Texas Legal and Governmental Information Resources

Texas Regulatory Information

 

Texas Legal and Governmental Information Resources

Texas Legislative Information

 

Texas Legal and Governmental Information Resources

Texas Government Websites for Children

  

 

Government Printing Office GPO Access

Core Documents of U.S. Democracy http://www.gpoaccess.gov/coredocs.html

Databases Online via GPO Access

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/multidb.html
Federal Web Sites Hosted by GPO Access http://www.gpoaccess.gov/hosted.html

Government Printing Office Site

  http://www.gpo.gov/

Executive Branch Resources http://www.gpoaccess.gov/executive.html
Judicial Branch Resources http://www.gpoaccess.gov/judicial.html
Legislative Branch Resources http://www.gpoaccess.gov/legislative.html
U.S. Government Online Bookstore - GPO Access http://bookstore.gpo.gov/
U.S. Government Subscriptions Catalog http://bookstore.gpo.gov/collections/subscriptions/index.jsp

Government Information Guides and Directories

About.com - U.S. Gov Info Resources http://usgovinfo.about.com/
DocLawWeb http://www.washlaw.edu/doclaw/subject5m.html

FedWorld Information Network 

  http://www.fedworld.gov/

Government Information Locator Service Records

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/gils/index.html

Google Government Directory http://directory.google.com/Top/Regional/North_America/
United_States/Government/
Government Information Connection - Catalogs, Indexes, and Databases http://www.library.unt.edu/govinfo/

Government Resources on the Web

http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/govweb.html

GovSpot http://www.govspot.com/

Library of Congress World Wide Web 

http://www.loc.gov/

 Louisiana State University Federal Agencies Directory

http://www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/index.html
(Complete U.S. Federal Government Agencies Directory - Hierarchical)

http://www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/alpha (Complete U.S. Federal Government Agencies Directory - Alphabetical)

 Yahoo - Directory to Government Information

http://dir.yahoo.com/Government/U_S__Government/

http://dir.yahoo.com/government/index.html

University of Michigan Gov. Docs.

http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/index.html

 University of Nevada, Las Vegas - Government Publications Site

http://library.nevada.edu/govpub/

Search Engines

FirstGov http://www.usa.gov/
First Gov in Spanish http://www.usa.gov/gobiernousa/index.shtml
Google - U.S. Government Search http://www.google.com/unclesam

Catalogs and Manuals

Federal Consumer Information Center http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/
County and City Data Book http://www.census.gov/statab/www/ccdb.html
GPO Monthly Catalog via FirstSearch - from UNT http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.
Marcive Web DOCS from UNT http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.
Browse Topics: Pathway to Government Information
State and County Quick Facts http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/
State and Metropolitan Area Data Book http://www.census.gov/prod/2006pubs/smadb/smadb-06.pdf
U.S. Government Manual

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/gmanual/index.html (searchable database)

U.S. Historical Census Data Browser

http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/census

UNT Electronic Resources / Government Indexes

Lexis-Nexis Academic http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.
 Lexis-Nexis State Capital http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.
Lexis-Nexis Congressional http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.
Lexis-Nexis Government Periodicals http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.
Lexis-Nexis Statistical http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.

Judicial Information Resources

Biographical Information on the Justices - Legal Information Institute http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/justices/
fullcourt.html
GPO Access - Judicial http://www.gpoaccess.gov/judicial.html
Information About Justices http://www.oyez.org/courts/roberts/robt2
LexisOne - Cases http://www.lexisone.com/caselaw/freecaselaw
Library of Congress - Judicial Branch Resources http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/usjudic.html
Oyez - U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia Database http://www.oyez.org/
Search Supreme Court Decisions, 1937 - 1975 Online via GPO Access http://www.gpoaccess.gov/supcrt/index.html
Supreme Court Decisions, 1992 to 2000
Supreme Court of the U.S. http://www.supremecourtus.gov/
U.S. Supreme Court Opinions http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/supreme.html
Villanova Univ. School of Law Federal Court Locator http://www.law.villanova.edu/library/researchandstudyguides
/federalcourtlocator.asp

U.S. Historical Documents

Bill of Rights http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/bill_of_rights.html
A Chronology of US Historical Documents http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/
Constitution of the U.S. - National Archives http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution.html
Constitution Society http://www.constitution.org/
The Constitution of the U. S, Analysis and Interpretation http://www.gpoaccess.gov/constitution/index.html
Constitution of the U.S. - Cornell Univ. School of Law http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/
constitution.overview.html
Constitution of the U.S. - Emory Univ. School of Law http://www.law.emory.edu/FEDERAL/usconst.html
FindLaw - U.S. Constitution http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/constitution/

State Constitutions

FindLaw State Constitutions http://www.findlaw.com/11stategov/indexconst.html
Legal Information Institute - State Constitutions http://www.law.cornell.edu/states/

Legislative Information Resources

GPO Access - Legislative http://www.gpoaccess.gov/legislative.html
House - How Our Laws are Made http://thomas.loc.gov/home/lawsmade.toc.html
Senate - Enactment of a Law http://thomas.loc.gov/home/enactment/
enactlawtoc.html
Thomas Legislative Information - Full-text Legislative Information on the Internet

http://thomas.loc.gov/

Congressional Servers and Directories

U.S. House of Representatives' World Wide Web Service http://www.house.gov
U.S. Senate Web Page http://www.senate.gov

Congressional Directory

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cdirectory/index.html

Congressional E-mail Directory

  http://www.webslingerz.com/jhoffman/
congress-email.html

Congressional Pictorial Directory

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/pictorial/109th/index.html

Congressional Telephone Directory http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/mcapdir.html
Contacting the Congress http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/

U.S. Senate Directory

http://www.senate.gov/senators/index.cfm

Write Your Representative https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml

Congressional Information

Congressional Bills, 103rd Congress forward - Contains all published version of all bills http://www.gpoaccess.gov/bills/search.html
Congressional Committee Prints, 105th Congress forward http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cprints/search.html
Congressional Directory, 104th Congress forward http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cdirectory/search.html
Congressional Documents, Senate, House and Treaty Documents, 104th Congress forward http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/cdocuments/search.html
Congressional Hearings, 105th Congress forward http://www.gpoaccess.gov/chearings/search.html
Congressional Record, 1994 forward http://www.gpoaccess.gov/crecord/search.html
Congressional Record Index, 1983 forward http://www.gpoaccess.gov/crecord/index.html
Congressional Reports, 104th Congress forward http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/creports/search.html
History of Bills, 1983 forward http://www.gpoaccess.gov/hob/search.html
House Journal, 1991-99 http://www.gpoaccess.gov/hjournal/index.html
House, Senate, and Executive Reports, 104th Congress forward http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/creports/index.html
House, Senate, and Treaty Documents, 104th Congress forward http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/cdocuments/search.html
Public Laws, 104th Congress forward http://www.gpoaccess.gov/plaws/search.html
United States Code, 1994 plus supplements http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/search.html

Statutory Information Resources

Table of Popular Names Find U.S. Code Materials by Title and Section

http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/topn/

 

http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/#SECTIONS

  United States Code - Cornell University - Legal Information Institute

http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/#TITLES

United States Code - GPO Access 

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.html

  United States Code - U. S. House of Representatives Law Library

  http://uscode.house.gov/search/criteria.shtml

State Codes

Legal Information Institute at Cornell http://www.law.cornell.edu/states/listing.html
WashLaw Web - State Law Pages http://www.washlaw.edu/uslaw/index.html

Administrative and Regulatory Information

Code of Federal Regulations

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html

 Federal Register Publications System http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/index.html
Federal Regulations - Cornell Law Library http://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/

Administrative Agencies

Bureau of the Census http://www.census.gov
Bureau of the Treasury http://www.ustreas.gov/index.html
Census 2000 Gateway http://www.census.gov/main/www/cen2000.html
Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov
Executive Office of the President Offices and Agencies http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/eop.html
Federal Agencies & Commissions http://www.usa.gov/Agencies/Federal/All_Agencies/index.shtml
General Accounting Office http://www.gao.gov
Internal Revenue Service http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/
National Library of Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
Securities and Exchange Commission http://www.sec.gov
U.S. Department of State http://www.state.gov
White House - Your Government - The President's Cabinet http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/cabinet.html

Presidential Information Resources

Executive Office of the President Offices and Agencies http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/eop.html
Public Papers of the President http://www.gpoaccess.gov/pubpapers/search.html
Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents http://www.gpoaccess.gov/wcomp/index.html
White House http://www.whitehouse.gov/
White House - Daily News http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/

Statistical Information

County and City Data Book http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/
Facts and Figures About Your Community http://www.firstgov.gov/Citizen/Facts.shtml

FedStats – statistics from government agencies

http://www.fedstats.gov/

Lexis-Nexis Statistical  http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.
National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/Default.htm
State and Metropolitan Area Data Book http://www.census.gov/prod/2006pubs/smadb/smadb-06.pdf
Statistical Abstract http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/

University of Michigan's Statistical Documents on the Web

http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html

U.S. Historical Census Data Browser

http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/census

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics http://www.bls.gov/

Miscellaneous Information

Government Documents Displays – A Tutorial and Clearinghouse

http://www.lib.mnsu.edu/lib/govdoc/proj/tutorials/finalfront2.html

Locate Federal Depository Libraries by State or Area Code

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/libraries.html

List of Government Acronyms http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/govpubs/a-z/alpha.htm

National Park Service

http://www.nps.gov/

U.S. Government Commonly Used Abbreviations and Acronyms

U.S. Government Web Sites for Children

Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/subject.html (subject)

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/agency.html (agency)

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/alphabet.html (alphabetical)

Bureau Of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms And Explosives Kids' Page  http://www.atf.gov/kids/index.htm
CIA's Homepage for Kids https://www.cia.gov/kids-page/index.html
FBI Kids and Youth Educational Page
nKindergarten to 5th grade:
FCC Kids' Zone  http://www.fcc.gov/kidszone/

FDA Kids Homepage

http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/kids/default.htm

FEMA For Kids  http://www.fema.gov/kids/
First Gov for Kids http://www.kids.gov/
Government Websites For Kids In Spanish:  http://www.firstgov.gov/Espanol/Temas/Ninos.shtml
Homeland Security Ready Kids  http://www.ready.gov/kids/home.html
Library Of Congress For Kids And Families:  http://www.loc.gov/families/
NASA Kids' Club  http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/kidsclub/flash/index.html
NASA Space Place  http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/
National Highway Traffic Safety - Vince And Larry's Safety City http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/portal/site/nhtsa/menuitem.
9f8c7d6359e0e9bbbf30811060008a0c/
National Park Service Webrangers  http://www.nps.gov/WebRangers/
National Weather Service Owlie Skywarn  http://noaa.kids.us/
Smithsonian Kids  http://www.si.edu/kids/

Treasury's Page for Kids

http://www.ustreas.gov/kids/

USDA/FSA Hay Know

http://www.fsa.usda.gov/fsakids/haynow/flash.html

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Kids Page http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ahrpa/opa/kids
U.S. Census Bureau's Kids' Corner  http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/kids/kids.html
U.S. Department Of State For Youth  http://future.state.gov/
U.S. Mint's Site for Kids http://www.usmint.gov/kids/flashIndex.cfm
USA Freedom Corps For Kids http://www.usafreedomcorpskids.gov/
USGS Earthquakes for Kids http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/kids.php
U.S. House Of Representatives - Kids In The House http://clerkkids.house.gov/
Veterans Affairs Kids http://www.va.gov/kids/
White House For Kids http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/

Texas Legal and Governmental Information Resources 

Texas Government Information

Attorney General of the State of Texas

http://www.oag.state.tx.us/

Governor's Office Web Site 

http://www.governor.state.tx.us/

Secretary of State

http://www.sos.state.tx.us/

State of Texas Government Information Page

http://www.texas.gov/

Texas Depository Libraries http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/statepubs/

Texas Fact Book 2008

 http://www.lbb.state.tx.us/Fact_Book/ Texas_Fact_Book_2008.pdf

Texas Parks and Wildlife http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/

Texas State Publications Index 

http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/statepubs/annualindex/index.html

Texas Regulatory Information

Texas Administrative Code 

http://www.sos.state.tx.us/tac/index.shtml

Texas Register

http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/index.shtml

Texas Register - Back Issue Archive

http://texinfo.library.unt.edu/texasregister/default.htm

 

Texas Legislative Information

Legislative Reference Library

 http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/

Texas Constitution http://www.constitution.legis.state.tx.us/
Texas House of Representatives http://www.house.state.tx.us/

Texas Legislative Budget Board 

http://www.lbb.state.tx.us/

Texas Legislative Information

http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/

Texas Senate

http://www.senate.state.tx.us/

Texas Statutes http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/

Texas Government Websites for Children

911 For Kids http://www.911.state.tx.us/kidshome.html
Fort Worth Environmental Management Captain Crud And The Cruddies http://www.fortworthgov.org/DEM/kidscrud.htm
Texas Department of Transportation Kids Pages http://www.txdot.gov/txdot_library/publications/for_kids.htm
Texas Department Of Health Kids Corner http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/kids/
Texas House Of Representative Kids House http://www.kids.house.state.tx.us/
Texas Parks And Wildlife Kids Page http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/kids/

Texas Senate Kids

http://www.senate.state.tx.us/kids/

 

Return to Resources Index 


GUIDES

I.  GUIDES PRINT RESOURCES

General Reference

Resource Types

School, Special, Public and Small
Academic Libraries

Subject Guides

Internet Guides

General

Balay, Robert, ed. Guide to Reference Books. 11th ed. Chicago: ALA, 1996.

Walford, A.J. Walford's Guide to Reference Materials. 6th ed. London: The Library Association, 1994-1997.

Wynar, B.W. ed. American Reference Books Annual. Littleton, CO: Libraries Unlimited. 

Types of Resources

Kister, Ken, Kister's Best Dictionaries for Adults and Young People. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 1992.

School, Special, Public, and Small Academic Libraries

ALA. Ad Hoc Committee for the 5th ed. of Ref. Sources for Small and Medium-Sized Libraries, RASD. Reference Sources for Small and Medium-Sized Libraries. 5th ed. Chicago: ALA, 1992 
Dority, G. Kim. A Guide to Reference Books for Small and Medium-Sized Libraries, 1970- . Littleton, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1995 
ALA. College and Research Libraries, Fulton, MO: 1966
Nichols, Margaret Irby. Guide to Reference Books for School Media Centers. 4th ed. Littleton, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1992.
Nichols, Margaret Irby. Handbook of Reference Sources and Services for Small and Medium-Sized Libraries. 2nd ed. Austin, TX: Texas State Library, 1994.
The American Library Association Guide to Information Access: A Complete Handbook and Directory – ALA 1994 Sandy Whiteley, editor
Madame Audrey's Guide to Mostly Cheap but Good Reference Books for Small and Rural Libraries, 1998
Reference Sources for Small and Medium-Sized Libraries – ALA, 1999 Scott Kennedy, editor
Guide to Reference Materials for School Library Media Centers, 5th edition, 1998 by Barbara Ripp Safford
Guide to Reference Material for Canadian Libraries – University of Toronto Press
Wynar, B.S. Recommended Reference Books for Small and Medium-Sized Libraries and Media Centers 1996. Littleton, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1996.

Subject

Blazek, Ron and Elizabeth Aversa, The Humanities: A Selective Guide to Information Sources, 4th ed. Littleton, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1994.
Tapping the Government Grapevine – Oryx Press, 1988 – Judith Robinson
Morehead, Joe. Introduction to United States Government Information Sources, 5th ed. Littleton, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1996.
Herron, Nancy L., The Social Sciences: A Cross-Disciplinary Guide to Selected Sources 2d Edition. Littleton, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1996
Jacobstein, J. Myron, Roy M. Mersky, and Donald J. Dunn, Fundamentals of Legal Research, Seventh ed. New York, NY: Foundation Press, 1998.
U.S. Government on the Web: Getting the Information You Need – Libraries Unlimited, 1999 – Peter Hernon, John A. Shuler, and Robert E. Dugan
Rees, Alan, Consumer Health Information Source Book, 5th ed. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 1998.

Internet Guides

Chandler, Yvonne J., Neal Schuman Guide to Legal and Regulatory Information on the Internet. New York, NY:Neal-Schuman, 1998.  

II.  GUIDES ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

General Internet Guides

Reviewing Sources/Collection Development

Internet Guides for Kids

UNT Subject Guides to the Internet

Guides to Education Resources on the Internet

Guides to Literature Resources on the Internet

Guides to LIS Resources on the Internet

Guides to Miscellaneous Resources on the Internet

Directional Tools to Reference Resources

 

   

General Internet Guides

About http://about.com/
Academic Index http://www.academicindex.net

Access My Library

http://www.accessmylibrary.com/

Allestra

http://www.allestra.com 

AllRefer Reference http://reference.allrefer.com/

Awesome Library

Best Online Reference Sites http://www.rcls.org/deskref/

CyberDewey

http://www.anthus.com/CyberDewey/CyberDewey.html

Cyber Stacks

http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/homepage.html

Digital Librarian

http://www.digital-librarian.com

GoGuides http://www.goguides.org/

Internet Archive 

http://www.archive.org/index.php

Internet Public Library

http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/

Internet Scout Report

http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/

Intute http://www.intute.ac.uk/

Librarians' Index to the Internet 

http://www.lii.org/

Librarian's Resource Centre

http://units.sla.org/chapter/ctor/resources/lrc/cover.htm

Michigan Electronic Library - MEL Reference Desk http://mel.org/SPT--BrowseResources.php?ParentId=185

The Mining Company

http://www.miningco.com/

Think Tanks

http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/psthink.html

 Open Directory Project

http://dmoz.org/

Pandia Plus http://www.pandia.com/plus/index.html

Pinakes, A Subject Launchpad

http://www.hw.ac.uk/libWWW/irn/pinakes/pinakes.html

StartSpot.com

http://www.startspot.com/network/

Virtual Learning Resource Center http://www.virtuallrc.com/

Virtual Reference Sites

http://www.virtualfreesites.com/reference.html

Virtual Sites

 http://www.virtualfreesites.com/

WebBrain http://www.webbrain.com/

WWW Virtual Library    

http://www.vlib.org/

Reviewing Sources for Library Collection Development

ARBAonline http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.
Children's Literature Comprehensive Database http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.

Title Source 3

http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.

The ALAN Review http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ALAN/
Book Reviews and Author Interviews http://www.bookreview.com/$spindb.query.bottom.booknew
BookSpot - Book Reviews http://www.bookspot.com/reviews/
BookWire - Book Reviews http://www.bookwire.com/bookwire/
E-Streams http://www.e-streams.com/
Google Directory of Reviews http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/Literature/Reviews_and_Criticism/?tc=1/
Guide to Book Review Sources http://www.itcompany.com/inforetriever/acq_r_bk.htm
NY Times - Sunday Book Review http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/review/index.html
New York Review of Books http://www.nybooks.com/
Publishers' Catalogues http://www.lights.ca/publisher/
Pulitzer Prizes

http://www.pulitzer.org/

Selecting and Using a Core-Reference Collection http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/pubs/corereference/
TeachingBooks.net

http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.

TeenReads http://www.teenreads.com/
Texas Information Resources for Libraries http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/pubs/txresources/index.html
Washington Post - Chapter One http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/books/chapterone.htm

Internet Guides for Kids

ALA Great Web Sites for Kids http://www.ala.org/gwstemplate.cfm?section=
greatwebsites&template=/cfapps/gws/default.cfm
Extreme Kids http://www.extremekids.com/
KidsKonnect http://kidskonnect.com/
KidSites http://www.kidsites.com/

Kid's Space

http://www.kids-space.org

KIDS.us http://www.kids.us/
Kinder Start http://www.kinderstart.com/
Linkasaurus http://www.linkasaurus.com/
Linkopedia http://www.linkopedia.com/kids.html

Yahoo Kids

http://kids.yahoo.com/

Zoom School

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/school/index.shtml

UNT Subject Guides to the Internet

Subject Guides -Alphabetical List

http://www.library.unt.edu/research-tools/subject-guides

Subject Guides - Business

http://www.library.unt.edu/research-tools/guides/business

Subject Guides - Library & Information Sciences

http://www.library.unt.edu/research-tools/guides/library-science

Subject Guides - Sociology

http://www.library.unt.edu/research-tools/guides/sociology

Guides to Education Resources on the Internet

Academic Info - Educational Subject Directory http://www.academicinfo.net/
Education Index http://www.educationindex.com/
Educational Hotlists http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/hotlists/hotlists.html
EduHound - Everything for Education http://eduhound.com/

Guides to Literature Resources on the Internet

BookHive:  Your Guide to Children's Literature & Books http://www.plcmc.org/bookhive/
de Grummond's Children's Literature Web Guide http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/relatedsites/rs-cl-webguide.shtml
Children's Literature UTSA Library Subject Guide (scroll down to Further Research): http://www.lib.utsa.edu/Research/Subject/childrenslitguide.html

Database of Award Winning Children's Literature

http://www.dawcl.com/

Detective/Mystery Series 

http://www.magicdragon.com/UltimateMystery/Mystery-Index.html

IPL Kidspace http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/browse/rzn0000/

LSU Author Guides

http://www.lib.lsu.edu/hum/lit/authors.html

Guides to LIS Resources on the Internet

Google Guide - Library and Information Sciences http://directory.google.com/Top/Reference/Libraries/Library_and_Information_Science/
Information and Library Science Guide http://library.albany.edu/subject/infosci.htm
Resources for Library and Information Science http://www.ornl.gov/info/library/lis.html
Yahoo Guide - Library and Information Sciences http://dir.yahoo.com/Reference/libraries/

Guides to Miscellaneous Resources on the Internet

African American History http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/History/tm/black.html
Institute - Arts and Humanities http://www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/

African Americana  

http://www.lib.lsu.edu/hum/african.html#contents

American Women: A Gateway To Library Of Congress Resources For The Study Of Women's History And Culture In The U.S http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/awhhtml/
Best of History Web Sites http://www.besthistorysites.net/
Business Directory http://www.business.com/directory/index.asp
Digital Universe http://www.digitaluniverse.net/
HealthFinder http://www.healthfinder.gov/
Index to Internet Resources from C&RL News by Topic http://wikis.ala.org/acrl/index.php/Internet_resources_wiki
Insects and Entomology http://www.ent.iastate.edu/List/
Internet Resources in Business & Economics http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/BUSI/subject_guides.html
NativeWeb http://www.nativeweb.org/resources/
Okeanos - Ancient Near Eastern Studies http://faculty.washington.edu/snoegel/okeanos.html

Repositories of Primary Sources

http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html

Research & Reference Gateway

http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/research_guides.shtml

Research Resources in the Social Sciences

http://www.socsciresearch.com/

Scout Report for Life Sciences

http://scout.wisc.edu/Reports/NSDL/archive.php#LifeSci

Scout Report for Math, Engineering & Technology

http://scout.wisc.edu/Reports/NSDL/archive.php#MET

Scout Report for Physical Sciences

http://scout.wisc.edu/Reports/NSDL/archive.php#PhysSci

Scout Report for Research and Education

http://scout.wisc.edu/Reports/NSDL/MET/Current/

Scout Report General Interest http://scout.wisc.edu/Reports/NSDL/MET/2005/met-050617-general.php
Social Sciences WWW Virtual Library http://www.dialogical.net/socialsciences/index.html
UniXL - Education and Career Information Portal http://www.unixl.com/dir/
Voice of the Shuttle http://vos.ucsb.edu/

Directional Tools to Reference Resources

Library Spot - Reference Desk

http://www.libraryspot.com/

Alcove 9 - List of Reference Websites http://www.loc.gov/rr/main/alcove9/
Martindale's The Reference Desk http://www.martindalecenter.com/

My Virtual Reference Desk - Quick Reference/Research 

http://www.refdesk.com/instant.html

Needle in CyberStack the InfoFinder

http://home.mchsi.com/~albeej/

Purdue University Quick Reference http://www.lib.purdue.edu/eresources/readyref/
Reference.com http://reference.com/

Reference - Bartleby.com

http://www.bartleby.com/reference/

Reference and Quick Facts

http://www.library.ualberta.ca/reference/index.cfm

Useful Reference Sites - UT Austin Library http://www.lib.utexas.edu/refsites/index.html
Virtual Reference Desk - Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/virtualref.html
Wall Street Executive Library http://www.executivelibrary.com/

Yahoo - Reference

http://dir.yahoo.com/Reference/

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Handbooks and Manuals

I.  HANDBOOKS AND MANUALS PRINT RESOURCES

General Resources

The American Book of Days

Gregory, R.  Anniversaries and Holidays 

Kane, J.  Famous First Facts 

Guinness Book of World Records

Occupational Outlook Handbook 

Robert, H.  Robert's Rules of Order 

Cliff Notes 

Banner Blue Movie Guide

Illustrated Book of World Rankings

Magill's Survey of Cinema

Roberts' Rules of Order

The Chicago Manual of Style

Emily Post's Etiquette – Physicians’ Desk Reference
Monarch Notes

Masterplots II

Physician's Desk Reference: PDR

Physicians Desk Reference Library (print and CD-ROM)
Merck Manual (all variants)

The New York Public Library Desk Reference 

A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations - Turabian
A Uniform System of Citation - Harvard Bluebook
Dictionary of Occupational Titles
Turabian, Kate L. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations 

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association

The Writers' Marketplace

II.  HANDBOOKS AND MANUALS ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

General or Specific Subject Handbooks and Manuals

Etiquette Handbooks
Calendars/Book of Days Curiosities Parliamentary and Debate Handbooks or Manuals
Style Guides and Citation Manuals Literary

Governmental Information Sites

Scientific Sites and Conversion Tables

Medical

General or Specific Subject Handbooks and Manuals

ARL Annual Survey http://www.arl.org/stats/salary/
CIA World Factbook http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
index.html
eHOW http://www.ehow.com/home/home.jsp

Flags of All Countries

http://www.wave.net/upg/immigration/flags.html

Global Statistics http://www.geohive.com/
Handbook of Texas Online http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/index.html
Internet Movie Database http://www.imdb.com

Morse Code and the Phonetic Alphabets

http://www.soton.ac.uk/~scp93ch/morse/

Presidents of the United States

http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/

Ref Desk http://www.refdesk.com/facts.html
State and Country QuickFacts http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/index.html
STATUSA http://irservices.library.unt.edu/ *
*Link takes you to UNT Electronic Resources page. Once there, do title search for tool listed on the left.
Time and Date.com http://www.timeanddate.com/
Trusty Guides

http://www.trustyguides.com/

wikiHow

http://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page

Etiquette

Emily Post's Etiquette http://www.bartleby.com/95/index.html

The Original Tipping Page 

http://www.tipping.org/index.shtml

Handbooks

Appliance Repair Tips and Help http://www.repairclinic.com/0003.asp

DIY Network

http://www.diynetwork.com/

Do It Yourself Home Improvement http://www.doityourself.com/
How Stuff Works http://www.howstuffworks.com
How To Clean Anything http://www.howtocleananything.com/
SoYouWanna http://www.soyouwanna.com/

Calendar/Book of Days

Any Day in History
BBC On This Day http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/default.stm
Chamber's Book of Days http://www.thebookofdays.com/
Daily Almanac Events (Univ. of Chicago) www.copi.org/craig/events/today.html
InfoPlease-Today in History
InfoPlease-Today in History-Kids
LOC-Today in History
This Day in History
Those Were The Days http://www.440.com/twtd/today.html

Curiosities

Book of Alternative Records http://www.alternativerecords.co.uk/
Guinness World Records http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/
Special Issues http://www.specialissues.com/lol/

Parliamentary and Debate Handbooks or Manuals

Roberts Rules of Order http://www.bartleby.com/176/

Parliamentary Procedure 

http://www.csufresno.edu/
speechcomm/cagle-p3.htm

PARLIPRO Parliamentary Procedure Online http://www.parlipro.org/

Style Guides and Citation Manuals

APA Style Homepage http://www.apastyle.org/
American Psychological Association (APA). How to Cite Information From the Internet and the World Wide Web http://www.apastyle.org/learn/faqs/index.aspx
Citation Styles http://bedfordstmartins.com/online/citex.html
Columbia University Guide to Online Style http://cup.columbia.edu/book/978-0-231-13210-7/the-columbia-guide-to-online-style
Dewey, Russell A. APA Style Resources http://www.psychwww.com/resource/apacrib.htm
Duke University - Guide to Library Research - Citing Sources http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/works_cited.htm
The Elements of Style http://www.bartleby.com/141/
Guide to Citation Style Guides http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/journalism/cite.html
Introduction to Basic Legal Citation (2000-2001 ed.) (based on the Seventeenth Edition of the "Harvard Bluebook" http://www.law.cornell.edu/citation/
Modern Language Association http://www.mla.org/
ONLINE! - Citation Styles http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/index.html

Writers' Workshop

http://www.cws.illinois.edu/workshop/

Literary

SparkNotes - Literature http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/
SparkNotes - Poetry http://www.sparknotes.com/poetry/
SparkNotes - Shakespeare http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/

Governmental Information Sites

The 50 States of the United States, Their Capital Cities, and Information Links

http://www.50states.com/

Consumer Information Catalog

http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/

County/City Data Book 

http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/ccdb07.html

Current Economic Indicators  

http://www.census.gov/econ/www/

Statistical Abstract 

http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/

Monthly Economic Indicators 

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/indicators/index.html

NAICS CODE http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html

Occupational Outlook 
Handbook

http://www.bls.gov/oco/

U. S and World Population Clocks http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) CODE http://www.osha.gov/oshstats/sicser.html

U. S. Government Manual - GPO Access

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/multidb.html

Scientific Sites and Conversion Tables

Currency Converters

  http://www.oanda.com/site/cc_index.shtml

Chemical Elements.com http://www.chemicalelements.com/

Conversion Factor Table

http://www.remote-control.net/convert/

Convert It  

http://www.convertit.com/Go/ConvertIt/

Elemental Data Index http://physics.nist.gov/PhysRefData/Elements/
cover.html

Entisoft Units - Measurement Conversion Calculator (The Internet Version) 

http://www.convertit.com/go/entisoft

Measurements Converter 

http://www.convert-me.com/en/

Metric/Imperial/U.S. Conversion Converter Page  

  http://www.french-property.com/ref/convert.htm

Online Conversion http://www.onlineconversion.com/
Periodic Tables and Related Materials http://oldsite.library.upenn.edu/scitech/chemistry/
periodic.html

Universal Currency Converter  

http://www.xe.net/currency/

Medical

Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body http://www.bartleby.com/107/
Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy (print and in PDR on CD-ROM)

http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual_home/
search.htm

PDRnet - Physicians Desk Reference http://www.pdrhealth.com/drug_info/index.html
Rx List - The Internet Drug Index http://rxlist.com/

Return to Resources Index


INDEXES

I.  INDEXES PRINT RESOURCES

General Indexes

Citation Indexes

Subject and Specialty Indexes

Subject and Specialty Indexes

Newspaper Indexes

 

General Indexes

General Bibliographic Indexes 

Readers Guide to Periodical Literature, 1900 to date - H. W. Wilson, Co. 
 

Dissertation Abstracts International, 1938 to date - University Microfilms  
 

Comprehensive Dissertation Abstracts, 1973 to date -

University Microfilms

Indexes to Literature and Materials in Collections 
 

Short Story Index, 1953 to date - H. W. Wilson Co. 
 

Essay and General Literature Index, 1900 to date - H. W. Wilson Co. 

MLA International Bibliography, 1922 to date - Modern Language 
Association

Topical and Subject Indexes 

Social Science Citation Index, 1973 to date - Institute for Scientific Information 
Science Citation Index, 1961 to date - Institute for Scientific Information  
 

Arts and Humanities Citation Index, 1977 to date - Institute for Scientific Information 
 

Humanities Index, 1974 to date - H. W. Wilson, Co. 
 

PAIS International, 1914 to date - Public Affairs International Service Applied Science and Technology Index, 1958 to date - H. W. Wilson Co. 
 

ERIC, 1966 to date - U. S. Educational Resources Information Center   
(Resources in Education and Current Index to Journals in Education) 
 

Library Literature, 1934 to date - H. W. Wilson Co. 
Index Medicus, 1960 to date - U. S. National Library of Medicine 
 

America History and Life, 1964 to date - American Bibliographical

Center - Clio Press 

OCLC FirstSearch

Newspaper 

New York Times Index, 1851 to date - New York Times 

Citation Indexes 

Social Science Citation Index, 1986 to date - Institute for Scientific Information 

Science Citation Index, 1980 to date - Institute for Scientific Information   
Arts and Humanities Citation Index, 1990 to date - Institute for Scientific 
Information 

Subject and Specialty

MEDLINE, 1984 to date - National Library of Medicine 
Library Literature, 1984 to date - H. W. Wilson Co. 
ERIC, 1966 to date - Educational Resources Information Center 
Lexis
Essay and General Literature
Columbia Granger's Index to Poetry
Library and Information Science Abstracts
PAIS International, 1972 to date - Public Affairs Information Service 

Newspaper

New York Times Index, 1992 to date - New York Times  
National Newspapers, 1982 to date - Information Access Company 
Newspaper Abstracts Database, 1985 to date - University Microfilms  

II.  INDEXES ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

Table of Contents

Government Indexes

Topical and Subject Indexes