Facts, figures, definitions, addresses, and information on people and places can be found on many free websites. A selection of these reference sites are listed under these categories:
 Biography
College Guides
Dictionaries/Thesauri
Encyclopedias
General Reference
Grammar/Writing
Guides to Internet Resources
Library Catalogs
Library Homepages
New York
Quotations
Specialized Search Engines
(Healthcare,
Law, Multimedia, Science)
Statistics
Style Manuals
Tax & Taxation
GENERAL
REFERENCE
REFDESK.COM
http://www.refdesk.com
Well-organized and intuitive
guide to useful information; a good starting place.
RESEARCH-IT:
YOUR ONE STOP REFERENCE DESK
http://www.itools.com/research-it
Quick access to general and
specialized dictionaries, biographical and
geographical information, currency
converters, stock quotes and more.
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BIOGRAPHY
BIOGRAPHY.COM
http://www.biography.com
The Arts and Entertainment Network's
biography site of over 20,000 entries of
persons living and dead.
BIOGRAPHICAL
DICTIONARY
http://www.S9.com/biography
Over 22,000 entries with flexible
searching capabilities and links to other sites.
AMERICAN
NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY
http://www.anb.org/articles/index.html
A biographical dictionary with
almost 30,000 entries on Americans who died
prior to 1996, whose lives or
careers directly influenced the course of American
history.
BIOGRAPHY
AND GENEALOGY MASTER INDEX
http://galenet.gale.com
Not the biographies themselves,
but a very comprehensive index to
biographies found in printed
sources.
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COLLEGE
GUIDES
PETERSONS.COM
http://www.petersons.com
Commercial online access to
the Peterson's huge database of educational
institutions and services, with
auxiliary help features.
COLLEGE
AND UNIVERSITY RANKINGS
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/edx/rankings.htm
A comprehensive collection of
links to sites that rank institutions of higher
learning, with caveats about
their validity.
STUDY
ABROAD SEARCH ENGINE
http://www.studyabroaddirectory.com/search.cfm
Pulls together thousands of
overseas study opportunities from higher education
institutions. Up-to-date,
with necessary links.
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ENCYCLOPEDIAS
ENCYCLOPEDIA
BRITANNICA
http://www.britannica.com
FUNK
& WAGNELLS NEW WORLD ENCYCLOPEDIA
http://search.epnet.com/login.asp?custid=2425031&profile=web&defaultdb=funk
THE
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen
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DICTIONARIES/THESAURI
OXFORD
ENGLISH DICTIONARY
http://www.oed.com
Since 1928, the source for etymology,
variant spellings, pronunciations, and
authoritative definitions for
more than half a million English language words.
MERRIAM-WEBSTER
ONLINE
http://www.m-w.com
Online dictionary and thesaurus;
includes usage, pronunications and brief
etymologies.
THESAURUS.COM
http://www.thesaurus.com
Online synonyms and antonyms.
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GRAMMAR/WRITING
GUIDE
TO GRAMMAR AND WRITING
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
Basic grammar and writing help,
comprehensive and accessible.
TOOLS
FOR COLLEGE WRITING
http://www.cabrillo.edu/services/writingcenter/links.html
An academic writing site from
a community college that includes
ELEMENTS
OF STYLE
http://www.bartleby.com/141/index.html
The 1918 classic from William
Strunk, Jr.
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STATISTICS
STATISTICAL
RESOURCES ON THE WEB
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/statsnews.html
Compilation of links to hundreds
of statistical files from federal, foreign and
academic sources, searchable
by broad topic or more narrow subdivision.
NATIONAL
CENTER FOR EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS
http://nces.ed.gov
NCES is the primary federal entity
for collecting and analyzing data that are
related to education in the United States and other nations.
NATIONAL
CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs CHILDSTATS.GOV
http://childstats.gov
Access to federal and state
statistics and reports on children and their families.
KIDSCOUNT
http://www.aecf.org/kidscount
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QUOTATIONS
BARTLETT'S
FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS
http://www.bartleby.com/100/
The tenth edition of this class,
published in 1919.
QUOTATIONS
PAGE
http://www.quotationspage.com
QUOTELAND.COM
http://www.quoteland.com
Two commercial quotation finders,
both with word and author searching.
Quoteland also features a subject
arrangement.
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GUIDES TO INTERNET RESOURCES
ARGUS
CLEARINGHOUSE
http://www.clearinghouse.net
BEST
INFORMATION ON THE NET
http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo
BUBL
LINK
http://bubl.ac.uk/
Academic subjects directory.
INFOMINE
http://infomine.ucr.edu
LIBRARIAN'S
INDEX TO THE INTERNET
http://lii.org
SCOUT
REPORT SIGNPOST
http://scout.wisc.edu/Archives/index.php
VOICE
OF THE SHUTTLE
http://vos.ucsb.edu
Humanities search engine/index.
INTERNET
PUBLIC LIBRARY
http://www.ipl.org/ref
ACADEMIC
INFO
http://www.academicinfo.net
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SPECIALIZED
SEARCH ENGINES
 All-purpose search engines & directories:
Specialized engines & directories:
* indicates a directory that reviews all of its sites
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STYLE
MANUALS
MLA Documentation Style
(pdf)
Sample pages of a Research Paper in MLA Style
APA Citation and Bibliography Form (pdf)
Chicago Manual of Style Documentation (pdf)
American Sociological Association Documentation Style
AMA-APHA Citation Style Guide
CitationMachine.net
An interactive Web tool designed to assist teachers in modeling the proper use of information property. Students are welcome to use this as well.
Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals
From the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors.
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LIBRARY CATALOGS
Brooklyn
Public Library
CATNYP
(New York Public Library - Research Libraries)
CLIO
(Columbia University)
LEO
(New York Public Library - Branch Libraries)
New
York Academy of Medicine
BobCat
(New York University)
METRO
(Metropolitan New York Library Council)
Mt.
Sinai School of Medicine
Long
Island University
Queens
Borough Public Library
Milbank
Library (Teacher's College - Columbia University)
Tri-Cat
(Cornell, Sloan Kettering, Rockefeller)
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LIBRARY HOMEPAGES
Brooklyn
Public Library
Columbia
University
New
York Academy of Medicine
New
York Public Library
New
York University
Queensborough
Public Library
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NEW YORK
New
York City Web Page
http://www.nyc.gov
New
York City - Office of Management & Budget
http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/omb/html/budpubs.html
New
York State Senate
http://www.senate.state.ny.us/
New
York State Law Information
http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sl=0
New
York State Web Page
http://www.state.ny.us/
Official
MTA Home Page
http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/
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TAX
& TAXATION
IRS
(Internal Revenue Service)
http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/prod/forms_pubs/forms.html
New
York State Tax Forms
http://www.tax.state.ny.us/forms/default.htm
Tax
& Accounting Sites Directory
http://www.taxsites.com/
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