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Use Online Reference Collections to search across many online reference titles simultaneously.
Online Reference Collections
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Open Data Portal of India
- Provides access to data collected by the Government of India
Indiastat
- Provides access to government statistics by topic
UNdata
- Provides access to all the data collected by the United Nations, including demographic, environmental and economic information from almost every country around the world
Wayback Machine | Internet Archive
- An online archive of web pages as they were way back when. The Internet Archive saves copies of web pages periodically so that you can go back to a previous version.
ACT Architectural Glossary
- Defines approximately 200 common architectural terms
- Includes a picture in every definition
Merriam-Webster Visual Dictionary Online
- Provides visual definitions alongside the traditional text definitions; for example, the definition of a house frame includes a diagram of the frame with other relevant terms (rafter, ceiling joist, stud, etc.) labeled and defined
Collins Dictionaries
- Includes dictionaries, thesauruses, and an English for Learners section with additional information on how to use words
- Includes bilingual dictionaries for English-Spanish, English-French,
English-German, and English-Italian
Oxford Dictionaries
- Includes the Compact Oxford English Dictionary, the Oxford Concise Dictionary of First Names, and an abbreviated version of the Oxford Companion to Western Art
The Vocabulary.com Dictionary
- Includes basic dictionary definitions as well as help choosing between similar-sounding words such as affect and effect, or faze and phase
Dictionary.com
- Includes definitions from the American Heritage and Webster’s dictionaries
- Covers medical and legal terms
TheFreeDictionary.com
- Includes definitions from the American Heritage and Collins dictionaries
- Features "Starts with" and "Ends with" search options
Free Thesaurus from TheFreeDictionary.com
- Includes entries from The American Heritage Roget’s Thesaurus and the Collins Thesaurus of the English Language
- Features both synonyms and antonyms
Thesaurus.com
- Includes entries from Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus
- Features both synonyms and antonyms
WordReference.com – Online Language Dictionaries
- Bilingual dictionaries including English-Spanish, English-French,
English-German, and many more
Encyclopedia.com
- Includes articles from the Columbia Encyclopedia, the Oxford World’s Encyclopedia, Webster’s New World Dictionary, and other sources
Encyclopedia Smithsonian
- Covers a broad range of subjects
- Includes links to other excellent sites
Reference.com
- Includes articles from the Columbia Encyclopedia, the Encyclopedia Britannica, and other sources
Wikipedia
- Covers a broad range of subjects
- Many articles include links to related resources in the Notes,
References, and External Links sections
Open Access Theses and Dissertations
- Provides access to nearly 2 million graduate theses and dissertations published around the world.
PQDT Open
- ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Open provides the full text of open access dissertations and theses free of charge.
Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
- Features excellent information about writing academic papers
- Covers citations using APA, Chicago and MLA styles
Citing Primary Sources | Library of Congress
- Provides guidelines for citing websites, cartoons, films, maps, photographs, audio files, and other types of digital information, from the Library of Congress
- Features citation examples in APA, Chicago and MLA styles
Research and Documentation Online, 5th Edition / by Diana Hacker and Barbara Fister
- Includes information about citing every type of source, from books to blogs
- Covers MLA, APA and Chicago citation styles
Writin Resources | The Writing Center at Harvard University
- Features quick guides to every stage of the writing process, from selecting a topic and developing a thesis to organizing your paper and preparing the final draft
- Includes information on citing sources
Citation Styles & Tools | University Libraries | University of Washington
- Features quick guides to citing sources in APA, Chicago and MLA styles
- Includes links to other online style guides and to citation-generating tools
BBC Country Profiles
- Features information about countries around the world
CIA World Factbook
- Features information about countries around the world
History World
- Features articles, images and timelines
- Covers world history from prehistoric times to the present
Indian Census Bureau
- Includes demographic and economic information for all areas of the
United States
Bartleby.com
- Includes full-text poetry, fiction, nonfiction, quotations, and reference works
- Features inaugural addresses by United States presidents
- Covers a wide range of writing, from the Bhagavad-Gita to Charles Dickens
Project Gutenberg
- Includes the full text of approximately 10,000 books
- Covers a wide range of writing, from the Bible to modern fiction
- Features almanacs, dictionaries, encyclopedias, poetry, drama, fiction,
and nonfiction
The Oxford Shakespeare on Bartleby.com
- Includes the complete works of William Shakespeare
Encyclopedia Mythica
- Covers mythology, folklore and religion
- Includes an image gallery of deities, heroes and mythical creatures
MedlinePlus (start here!)
- This is THE place to start your search for reliable health information.
- Provides excellent information about the complete range of health, wellness, and medical topics.
- Search the whole site, or browse by topic, by drug or supplement, or by population (children, men, women, or seniors)
- Includes links to reliable information on the websites of other trusted organizations.
Evaluating Health Information | MedlinePlus
- Provides excellent information about how and why to carefully evaluate heatlh information.
Finding and Evaluating Online Resources on Complementary Health Approaches
- Provides excellent information about how and why to carefully evaluate heatlh information, with a particular focus on alternative and complementary medicine.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Provides excellent information about the complete range of health, wellness, and medical topics.
- Includes statistics, research findings, and information about diseases, environmental health, workplace safety, injuries and violence, emergency preparedness and response, and much more.
- Search the whole site, or browse by topic or by population (children, the elderly, travelers, etc.)
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
- Provides excellent information about complementary and alternative medicine.
- Includes links to reliable information on the websites of other trusted organizations.
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- Provides excellent information about mental health, psychology, psychiatry, and neuroscience.
- Search the whole site, or browse by topic, treatment, or population (children, men, women, or seniors)
- Includes links to reliable information on the websites of other trusted organizations.
World Health Organization (WHO)
- Covers the complete range of health, wellness, and medical topics.
- Includes research data and statistics related to a wide range of health topics and countries around the world.
OnlineConversion.com
- Converts measurements from one unit (for example, inches) to another (for example, centimeters)
Science.gov
- Includes information from a variety of governmental departments and research agencies
- Covers all areas of science, including climate change, energy, air
quality, and physical geography