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Reference Collection

Virtual Reference Collections  | Almanacs, Yearbooks and Annual Reports  |  Atlases | Biography | Conversion | Dictionaries  | Digital Collections  | Directories  | Encyclopaedias   | Government Information   Internet Searching Legislation News   | Statistics

Best Bets for Online Reference

  • Oxford Reference Online Premium - Over 170 online reference books from Oxford University Press.  (UFV has a license for this product.) 

  • Gale Virtual Reference Library - Subject specialized encyclopedias from prestigious academic publishers including Greenwood, Elsevier, MacMillan and Gale.  (UFV has a license for this product.)

  • World Book Online - Suite of products including 22 vol. World Book Encyclopedia, dictionaries, atlases, full text e-books, French encyclopedia, Spanish encyclopedia and more.  (UFV has a license for this product.)

Virtual Reference Collections

  • Answers.com - wide subject coverage, with material drawn from recognized reference sources
  • Bartleby.com - respected reference sources, including dictionaries, encyclopedias, and much more
  • Virtual Reference Shelf - general and subject specific reference sources, compiled by Library of Congress

Almanacs, Yearbooks, Annual Reports  ( Provide good Statistical information )

Atlases

Biography

Conversion

Dictionaries / Thesauri

Digital Collections


Directories

Associations and Organizations

College and Universities

Companies

LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS

Postal/Phone

Publishing

  • Books in Print (Global)  - Database of over 11 million books, audio books and video titles. Provides publishing and price information.  (UFV has a license for this product.) 
  • Ulrich's Periodicals Directory   - comprehensive directory of information for serials (journals, magazines, etc.) published worldwide. (UFV has a license for this product.)

Social Service Agencies

Encyclopaedias

Government Information

Internet Searching 

Concept Clustering


Subject Directories

Law and Legislation



News

Statistics

 

Revised Dec. 01, 2009 mam