Online Reference Resources

Virtual Reference Shelf

Almanacs Journals Subject Guides
Calculators Newspapers & Media Search Engines
Dictionaries News & Current Events  
Directories Study Skills
Encyclopedias Style & Citation Manuals Government Information:
Quotations Testing (LSAT, GRE, etc.) Resources Federal
Statistics Writing Assistance Indiana State & Local Area
Thesauri & Acronyms International

E-Resources by VU Major, Minor, or Academic Program


Almanacs

Europa World Plus
World Factbook
IPL2: Reference Tools: Almanacs
This Day in History: The History Channel
Today in History: American Memory Project

Calculators

Martindale's Calculators On-Line Center
Measuring Worth Historical economic data

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online
EurekAlert
Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia
IPL2: Reference Tools: Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Merriam-Webster
Merriam-Webster's Visual Dictionary Online
yourDictionary.com (American Heritage Dictionary)
yourDictionary.com (Grammars and Language)
Oxford English Dictionary (OED): library subscription

Directories

Biographies
City Directories of the United States of America
Internet Movie Database
ThomasNet (manufacturers, distributors and service providers)

Meta Site Directories:
Best Information on the Internet
BUBL Link
DeskRef: Quick Reference Links
Google Web Directory
Internet Public Library
Open Directory Project
Refdesk.com
Virtual Reference Shelf

Telephone, Email, and Address Directories:
AnyWho
AnyWho: Reverse Lookup
Area Code Search
BigBook
Switchboard
Telephone Directories on the Web
WhitePages
ZipCode Lookup & Address Information

Primary Resource Archives / Repositories:
Primary Sources On The Web
Repositories of Primary Sources

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Quotations

Bartelby.Com: Familiar Quotations
The Quotations Page

Statistics

Statistics (Federal, State, and International)
Statistical Abstract of the United States
Statistics Every Writer Should Know

Thesauri & Acronyms

Acronyms and Abbreviations
Merriam-Webster
Thesaurus.com (using Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus)

Newspapers & Media 


For indexing, abstracting, and full-text access to various newspapers through library databases, click here.

Direct links to newspaper and media sites

Newslink
National newspapers
Major metro newspapers
U.S. newspapers by state
Campus newspapers

Newspapers: (online subscription required for some of these sites)

Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Boston Globe
Chicago Tribune
Chicago Sun Times
Christian Science Monitor
Denver Post
Detroit Free Press  
Financial Times - US
Houston Chronicle
Indianapolis Star
Los Angeles Times
Miami Herald
New York Times
Omaha World Herald
Post-Tribune (Northwest Indiana)
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
San Francisco Chronicle
Seattle Times
The Times (Northwest Indiana)
USA Today
Village Voice
Wall Street Journal
Washington Post
Washington Times

    News Media:

ABC | CBS | NBC | MSNBC | CNN
AP Broadcast Wire - US
BBC
Bloomberg World News
Reuters
U-Wire College News

News & Current Events

What's New on the Web
The Scout Report
Research Buzz
Digital Librarian

College News Online
Documents in the News
Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR)
Foreign Affairs Online
Freedom Forum Online
News and Newspapers
Newslink
Newsweek (magazine)
NSPA/ACP Student Media Sourcebook
Reporter's Desktop
Society of Professional Journalists

Style & Citation Manuals

Citing Resources
Citation Styles
The Elements of Style
Guide for Citing Electronic Information
Sources: Their Uses and Acknowledgement
Writer's Handbook -- Documentation Styles
A Writer's Reference
Documenting History Sources
Documenting Humanities Sources
Documenting Science Sources
Documenting Social Science Sources

Writing Assistance

VU Writing Center
Purdue's Online Writing Lab (OWL)
Guide to Grammar and Writing
Plagiarism
Research Strategies

Study Skills

Sites to Promote Academic Success
Academic Advancement Center: Tips
Academic Tips

Subject Guides

About.com
Academic Info
How Stuff Works
Internet Public Library
Scout Report
Term Paper Topics

Search Engines

Search Engine Watch
Search Engine Showdown

AltaVista
Bing
Google
HotBot
Scirus (for scientific information only)

Parallel Search Engines:
Dogpile
MetaCrawler
Search.com

The Deep Web:
CompletePlanet

 

Testing (GRE, LSAT, etc.) Resources

Testing & Education Reference Center

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