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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 quantites of general information.
  
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    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.

  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

  University of Michigan Statistical
Resources on the Web
 

    Encyclopedias & Biographies
  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.

  MLA Handbook for Writers of
Research Papers

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

  The Chicago Manual of Style

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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