Electronic Reference
Shelf

AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

• History Universe African American Studies*

ALMANACS

• 50 States and Capitals
• Infoplease

BIOGRAPHIES

• Biographical Dictionary
• Biographical Information (Academic Universe)*
• Biography.com
• Biography Resource Center*

BOOKS AND PUBLISHING

• Book Review*
• Books in Print*

BUSINESS

• Business (Academic Universe)*
• NAICS Association North American Industry Classification System
• Thomas Food Industry Register
• U.S. Small Business Administration

CAREERS

• Occupational Outlook Handbook (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)

COLLEGES and UNIVERSITIES

• American Universities
• College Source Online*
• Peterson's Guide to Colleges and Universities

CONSUMER INFORMATION

• Merck Manual
• U.S. Consumer Gateway

DICTIONARIES

• Acronym and Abbreviation Dictionary
• Funk and Wagnalls
• Merriam-Webster Dictionary
• OneLook Dictionaries
• Oxford English Dictionary*
• Roget's Thesaurus
• Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
• Your Dictionary.Com

DIRECTORIES

• The United States Government Manual

ENCYCLOPEDIAS

• Encyclopedia Britannica Online*
• Grove Encyclopedia of Art (GroveArt)*
• Grove Encyclopedia of Music (GroveMusic)*
• PC Webopedia
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

FOREIGN COUNTRIES

• Country Profiles (Academic Universe)*
• Directory of the World's Embassies & Consulates
• Exchange Rates
• Flags of the World
• The World Factbook

MAPS AND GAZETTEERS

• U.S. Gazetteer (U.S. Census Bureau)

QUOTATIONS

• Bartlett's Quotations
• Quotations (Academic Universe)*

STATISTICS

• FEDSTATS
• Guide to State Statistical Abstracts (U.S. Census Bureau)
• Statistical Abstract of the United States (Requires Adobe Acrobat for complete access.)
• Statistical Agencies (International) (U.S. Census Bureau)
• Statistical Universe*
• U.S. Census Bureau

STYLE MANUALS

• A Guide for Writing Research Papers based on Modern Language Association (MLA) Documentation (Capital Community-Technical College)
• Electronic Reference Formats Recommended by the American Psychological Association (American Psychological Association)
• MLA Style: Documenting Sources from the World Wide Web (Modern Language Association)
• Online's Citation Styles
• Writer's Handbook
  Collection of concise instructional materials for university students on different aspects of college level writing..

Telephone Directories

• 555-1212.com-
• AnyWho Directories
• Bigfoot
• Teldir.com
• Switchboard
• WhoWhere? PeopleFinder

Virtual Reference

• Information Please (infoplease.com)
• Internet Public Library Reference Center
• Kids Web-Reference
• Librarians' Index to the Internet (Lii.org)
• Library Spot
• Reference (refdesk.com)
• Yahoo Reference

ZIP CODES

• ZIP+4
• ZIP Code Lookup and Address Information (United States Postal Service)