Dictionaries, Encyclopedias & More
Factual information: Statistics, maps & almanacs. Encyclopedias & Biographies: Overview of topics, events & people. Dictionaries: Definitions of terms, synonyms, or foreign language phrases. Citation Style Manuals: Used for preparing a bibliography. News & Weather: Domestic & international, newspapers, radio & television. Reference Sites: Large quantities of general information.
Print reference resources are located in the Information Commons.
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| Factual information |
| CIA World Factbook | Current factual information of international scope |
| Financial Times World Desk Reference | |
| Information Please Almanac | Online almanac of short factual information |
| The World Almanac | REF AY 67.N5 W7 |
| Physicians Desk Reference | REF RS75 .P5 |
| National Geographic Xpeditions Maps | Maps are located in the Atlas cases near the Information Services Desk and in the Map cases on the lower level northeast corner. |
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The 20th Century in the Words & Pictures of the Associated Press |
REF D 422 .B76 1996 - Timelines of the 20th century. |
| Statistical Abstract of the United States | REF HA 202.A2 |
| Encyclopedias & Biographies |
| Columbia Encyclopedia | 2006 ed. online with 51,000 articles |
| Encyclopedia Britannica | REF AE5.E363 |
| New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians | REF ML100 .N48 2001 |
| Dictionary of Art | REF N31 .D5 1996 |
| McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology | REF Q121 .M3 2002 |
| Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy | REF B51 .R68 1998 |
| American National Biography | REF CT213 .A68 1999 |
| Dictionaries |
| Oxford English Dictionary (OED) | REF PE 1625.087 |
| Roget's Thesaurus Online | REF PE 1591 .M416 1995 |
| Synonym Dictionary | REF PE 1591 .R64 1978 |
| iLoveLanguages | Includes online dictionaries, free translation sources, and language software sites. |
| Citation Style Manuals |
| Although most style manuals have websites, the print versions are the most complete and authoritative. |
| REF PE 1478.M57 | |
| Publication of the American Psychological Association (APA) | REF BF 76.7.P82 |
| A Manual for Writers of Term Papers,Theses, and Dissertations (Turabian) | REF LB 2369.T8 |
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REF Z 253.U69 |
| For more help with citation and writing questions, contact the IWU Writing Center. |
| Reference Sites |
| Project Bartleby | Quotations, dictionaries, Gray's anatomy, & more. |
| Internet Public Library | Award-winning site includes reference tools, e-books, newspapers, & subject collections. |
| Librarians' Guide to the Internet | Quality internet sites selected by library professionals. |
| The WWW Virtual Library | Internet sites organized by broad subject areas. |
| refdesk.com | Enough information to boggle the mind. |
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