READY REFERENCE

Almanacs | Atlases| Bibliography Styles | Biographies | Book Reviews | Calendars | Dictionaries | Encyclopedias | Fact Checkers | Government Statisitics | Library Catalogs | Maps | Newspapers | Quick Facts | Quotations | Taxes | Weather | Web Directories | Writing Guides | Zip Codes

ALMANACS, CALENDARS, AND WEATHER FORECASTS

• The Calendar Zone
• The Farmer’s Almanac
• The Weather Channel

BIBLIOGRAPHY STYLES

• KnightCite
• Research and Documentation Online
• Writing Center’s Guide to the MLA style
• Writing Center’s Guide to the APA style

BIOGRAPHIES & GENEALOGY

• Biographical Dictionary
• Biography.com
• Heritage Quest (log in with library card required)

BOOK REVIEWS

• Book Browse
• Book Index with Reviews (log in from off-campus here)
• New York Book Review
• Reviews of Books
• Story Code

DICTIONARIES AND TRANSLATORS

• American Heritage Dictionary

• Babelfish Translator

• Dictionary.com
• Merriam Webster Online
• YourDictionary

ENCYCLOPEDIAS

• Bartleby
• Columbia Encyclopedia
• Encyclopedia Britannica
• Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia

FACT CHECKERS

• Factcheck.org
• Opensecrets.org
• PolitiFact
• The Washington Post's Fact Checker

GOVERNMENT STATISTICS

• American Fact Finder
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Census Bureau
• CIA World Fact Book
• FedStats
• General Statistics and Data
• Geospatial Data

LIBRARY CATALOGS

• Coastline
• Summit Academic Union Catalog
• WorldCat

MAPS, ATLASES, AND GAZETTEERS

• Google Maps
• MapQuest
• Topozone
• US Gazetter

NEWSPAPERS

• New York Times
• Oregonian and Newsbank
• OregonLive
• Register-Guard
• Seattle Times
• Washington Post
• The World

QUICK FACTS

• About.com
• Bartleby
• InfoPlease
• Free Dictionary: More than just a dictionary
• Refdesk
• Reference.com

QUOTATIONS

• Bartlett’s
• Quoteland
• The Quotations Page

TAXES--FEDERAL AND STATE

• Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
• Oregon Department of Revenue

WEB DIRECTORIES AND GUIDES

• Internet Public Library
• Librarians’ Guide to the Internet
• Library Spot

WRITING GUIDES

• OWL (online writing lab) at Purdue
• Teenspace Guide to Research and Writing
• Term Paper Guide
• Writing Center

ZIP CODES

• United States Postal Service
• Zip Code Look-Up

This page was created and is maintained by Smita Avasthi.