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REFERENCE SHELF

Virtual Reference

Almanacs, Fact books

Biography

Calculators, Converters

Dictionaries

Encyclopedias

Quotations

Telephone numbers, area codes, zip codes

Style Manuals

Please see important information about usage restrictions and remote access.

Virtual Reference Collections (sites providing many references tools)

Almanacs, Fact books

Almanac of American Politics
CIA World Factbook
Country Studies/Area Handbooks
Farmer's Almanac
Fast Facts
Holidays and Observances
Information Please Almanac, quick info on countries, sports, government, entertainment, people, science, etc.
World Almanac
World Gazetteer, population statistics; country flags
50 States.com

Biography

American National Biography
Biography
Biographical Dictionary
Biography Index (A bibliography of biographies)
Biography and Genealogy Master Index
Contemporary Authors
Distinguished Women of Past and Present
Lives, The Biography Resource
Literature Resource Center
Nobel Prize Internet Archive
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Calculators, Converters

Dictionaries

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 3rd ed.
Cambridge Dictionary of American English
Dictionary.com
Dictionary of Old English Corpus
Dictionnaires d'autrefois, French dictionaries of the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.
Dictionnaire historique et critique, Peter Bayle, 5th Edition, 1740.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary and Thesaurus
Middle English Dictionary
Oxford English Dictionary
Rhyming Dictionary
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, 3rd ed.
A Web of Online Dictionaries, links to numerous specialized and language dictionaries

Encyclopedias

Quotations

Telephone Numbers, Area Codes, Zip Codes

AnyWho Directories
Big Book
InfoSpace
Switchboard
Telephone Numbers on the Web (International Listings)
WorldPages
Zip+4 Codes

Style Manuals & Guides

American Anthropological Association Citation Guide
American Chemical Society (compiled by Lehigh University Library)
American Medical Association (compiled by C.W. Post Library)
American Political Science Association (compiled by University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center)
American Psychological Association (APA Style) (compiled by C.W. Post Library)
American Sociological Association (compiled by SUNY Buffalo Library)
Bedford Martins Online Style Guides
Chicago Manual of Style (compiled by C.W. Post Library)
Citation 9 (bibliographic & research note software)
Citing Electronic Sources in History Papers (courtesy of University of Memphis)
Citing Unconventional Sources (courtesy of Yale)
Council of Biology Editors (compiled by University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center)
Ebsco Database Guides to Citation Style Formatting (scroll down to bottom left)
Endnote Download (software; requires SBU log-in)
Endnote Tutorials
Exporting Citations from Ebsco Databases (like Academic Search Premier)
Government Documents (compiled by University of Memphis Library Government Documents Dept. )
Internet & Electronic Sources (University of Alberta)
KnightCite (automated citation formatting)
Landmark Citation Machine (automated citation formatting)
Legal Citations (compiled by Cornell University Legal Information Institute)
MLA Citation, a Printable Guide (Austin Community College)
Modern Language Association (MLA Style) (compiled by C.W. Post Library)
RefWorks Tutorial
The OWL (Purdue's renowned Online Writing Lab)
Turabian (compiled by C.W. Post Library)
Writing Research Papers in APA Style (Powerpoint tutorial, courtesy of Kent State University))
Yale Writing Center Citation Guides

Stony Brook University Libraries
Frank Melville Jr. Memorial Library, Stony Brook, NY 11794-3300
631.632.7100 (t), 631.632.7116 (fax)

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