If you want a quick piece of information,
such as looking up the definition of a word in an online dictionary,
then try these "ready reference" websites. In addition to dictionaries,
there are thesauri, almanacs, directories, and style guides. There
are also resources such as The Statistical Abstract of the United States.
Almanacs
Ecclesiastical Calendar Type
in any year after 325 A.D., and this website will give you the dates
of Easter, Lent, and movable Feasts for that year, in addition to a selection
of holidays with fixed dates. Dates are available for both the Western
and
Orthodox churches.
InfoPlease.com This resource is an almanac,
dictionary, biography, and encyclopedia all rolled into one. Information can
be located by a search engine (which can search all of the above resources),
or by the almanac's index (world, sports,
business, etc.).
Old Farmer's
Almanac Published since 1792, the online version of the Old Farmer's Almanac
has weather forecasts, both 5-day and long-range; tidal and astronomical information;
cooking and gardening tips; and, of course, the weekly wisdom and seasonal offerings
that the Almanac is famous for. A site index and navigation
menu are available.
Today's
Calendar and Clock Page If you want to know what the date is according to
the many different calendars of the world--Jewish, Moslem, Chinese, Bahai, Buddhist,
or even Roman--this web page has links to many different calendar
and clock websites.
Biography
Distinguished Women of Past and
Present This site has biographies of women, both famous and not famous, that
have contributed to world culture. Entries can be searched by activity or by
name. The Black History Month page focuses on African
and African-American women.
Biography.com The A&E Biography
site has over 20,000 short, concise biographies.
Biographical
Dictionary This dictionary has over 28,000 notable men and women who have
shaped our world from ancient times to the present day. The dictionary can be
searched by names, birth years, death years, positions held, professions, literary
and artistic works, miscellaneous achievements, and other keywords.
Presidents
of the United States This Internet Public Library site has an entry on each
president that includes his birth and death dates, religion, education, occupations,
political party, election results, cabinet, and notable events
of his term.
Dictionaries and Thesauri
Hypertext Webster Gateway This
hypertext dictionary provides hypertext links for every word in each definition.
Merriam-Webster Online The Merriam-Webster
Language Center has both a dictionary and a thesaurus, as well as features such
as the Word of the Day and other word games.
Thesaurus.com The online version
of the famous thesaurus has an index of terms, an index of the six main classes
of words, and links to online resources.
YourDictionary.com This site is
linked to more than 800 dictionaries and thesauri in 160 different languages,
including artificial ones. The default English dictionary is Merriam-Webster's
Collegiate Dictionary, tenth edition.
Directories
Anywho/AT&T Toll Free (800)
Internet Directory This directory includes an index of
toll-free categories.
Bigfoot is a phone and email directory;
the phone directory allows you to search both
white and yellow pages.
SuperPages.com Search over 11 million
U.S. business listings by category, business name, city, or state. There are
also people and email directories.
Mapquest If you need directions from one
point to another, Mapquest can provide maps and directions. You can get maps
for locations all over the world.
International Telephone Directories
on the Web has links to many phone directories, organized by regions (The
Americas; Europe and Africa; Asia, Middle East, Pacific) and then by country.
There are also links to multiple-country directories
and email address directories.
The Switchboard lets you find a person,
a business, or an email address; search the Web;
and get maps & directions.
ThomasNet ThomasNet
is a directory of industrial manufacturers of supplies and equipment. Over 150,000
companies are
included. Note: member registration is necessary to use the Thomas Register,
but registration is free.
US Postal Service ZIP Code Lookup and Address
Information By entering an address, you can get its zip code; you can also
find out the zip code for any city and vice
versa.
General
Acronym
Server Look up the meaning of an acronym.
Bartlett's
Familiar Quotations The ninth edition of Bartlett's is available online,
with authors organized both chronologically and alphabetically.
Census 2000 Gateway provides
census information for every state in the Union. Housing, income, labor, and
social (demographic) information is provided for each county or city. Clickable
maps make this site easy to use.
How Stuff
Works Have you ever wondered how your car engine works? Or a telephone? If
you have, the answers are here. This site explains how so many of the things
we take for granted work, from VCRs to the Internet. Cool virtual diagrams illustrate
the explanations.
Ingenta Ingenta is a document delivery
service that provides keyword access to article titles and summaries for almost
12 million articles from over 26,000 journals. Searching is free. NOTE: There
is a charge for article delivery, for which
the user is responsible.
PubList.com is a comprehensive directory
of information about more than 150,000 periodicals (journals, magazines, newspapers).
Information for each periodical includes ISSN number, publisher, frequency, language,
a brief description, special
features, and circulation.
Statistical Abstract of the United
States features USA Statistics in Brief, which provides data on the whole
country in areas such as population, education, etc. There are also state rankings,
which include data such as population
projections and infant mortality rates.
Universal Currency
Converter Convert any currency in the world into any other currency to get
the current exchange rate.
World Wide Metric Conversion Calculator Metric conversion calculator for length, weight, pressure, volume, and temperature.
Style Guides
A Guide for Writing Research
Papers based on MLA Documentation This MLA Documentation Guide offers general
information on the formatting of citations based on MLA guidelines.
A Guide for Writing Research
Papers based on Styles Recommended by the American Psychological
Association While this guide is not a substitute for the print version of
the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, it does have
answers to questions about manuscript preparation, references, and parenthetical
citations for APA style.
Turabian Style
Guide The Cook Library at the University of Southern Mississippi provides
this "tip sheet" with examples of common forms of citations based on Turabian's
A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations.
The CSE Scientific Style
and Format Guide This site has information on both systems of documentation
associated with the CSE Style--the citation-sequence system and the name-year
system--as referenced in the Council of Biology Editors' manual Scientific Style
and Format.
APAStyle.org This page on
the APA official website offers guidelines and examples on citing information
from the Internet and the World Wide Web.
MLA Style Electronic Formats This
site offers sample formats and examples of electronic source citation based on
the MLA format.
Student
Supplement for The SBL Handbook of Style “The Student
Supplement to the SBL Handbook of Style” will address problems students
typically encounter when working with the Handbook, biblical texts, and secondary
literature. Such issues include questions related to term papers (margins,
subheadings, etc.), expanded illustrations of commentaries, and other literature
unfamiliar to many students. Sample pages of term papers are included.
Research
and Documentation Online This site provides information on finding both
library and online sources of information for subjects dealing with the humanities,
social
sciences, and general sciences and offers guidelines for citing these sources
in the MLA, APA, CSE, and Chicago/Turabian styles.
Online!
A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources This companion website to
the book Online! A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources, 2003 Edition,
contains detailed
advice on citing and documenting online sources using the MLA, APA, Chicago,
and CSE Styles.
Uncle Sam--Brief
Guide to Citing Government Publications This site, developed at the University
of Memphis, provides examples of government document citations based on the
Chicago/Turabian Style.
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