Ready Reference

• Britannica Online-- complete text of the Encyclopedia Britannica
• CredoReference : full-text content from hundreds of reference books covering a broad range of subjects.
• netLibrary Reference Center : over 50 searchable reference books
• Columbia Encyclopedia - 6th Edition
• American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language - 4th Edition
• Merriam-Webster Dictionary
• Dictionary of the History of Ideas
• Online Medical and Science Dictionaries from MedBioWorld (links to many online dictionaries)
• IPL Ready Reference Collection -- A topically arranged annotated list of good, solid links. Try it out!!
• Digital Librarian -- a librarian's choice of the best of the Web
• Statistical Abstract of the United States -- current and earlier editions back to 1995.
• The Statesman's Yearbook Online
• Lookup Directory -- ZIP codes, phone directories, street lookups, etc
• Verizon Superpages.com
• Switchboard -- a free phone directory listing residential and business numbers
• International White and Yellow Pages
• College and University Homepages
• U.S. News and World Report College and Graduate School Rankings
• College and University Rankings
• Citing the Internet and Avoiding Plagiarism:
  • Online! Citation Styles
  • Style Manuals and Writing Guides (University Library, California State Los Angeles)
  • Sources: Their Use and Acknowledgement -- from Dartmouth College
  • Clark University's Academic Integrity Policy
  • Plagiarism -- Purdue University Online Writing Lab
  • Tips on Conducting a Literature Review
• U.S. Patents -- search the entire U.S. Patent database from 1971 to the present (Courtesy of Delphion Research) Free Registration required.
• Oanda.com: The Currency Converter
• Colleges of Worcester Consortium -- includes Master Course List and Shuttle Schedule
• PubList.com -- comprehensive directory of information about more than 150,000 publications and more than 8000 newspapers around the world.
• Scholarly Societies Project -- access to over 1,2000 international academic and scholarly societies.