REFERENCE SOURCES

• Subject Research Guides
• How to Cite Sources
• Planning Your Search
• How to Do Research
• Online Resourses

(All of these sources are full-text online resources)

Almanacs

Information Please

World Almanac (FirstSearch)*

Biography

Wilson Web Biographies Plus * 

Countries

CIA World Fact Book

Library of Congress Country Studies

Portals to the World

Encyclopedias & Dictionaries

Britannica Online ** (Includes Webster’s Dictionary & Thesaurus)

Merriam Webster Online

Terminology Collection  (Links to Online Dictionaries)

Government documents

FirstGov (U.S. Government information)

Maps & Atlases

Atlapedia Online

National Atlas of the United States

Quotations

Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations

Statistics

Bureau of Labor Statistics

National Center for Education Statistics

Statistical Abstract of the United States
 

Style Manuals

APA Style Guide Online

Citation Styles Online

MLA Style Guide Online 

Virual Reference Desks

Internet Public Library Ready Reference

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