Research Help - eReference
Book, Publisher, Video, and CD Marketplace | Citation Guides | Copyright, Fair Use, & Plagiarism | Dictionaries and Thesauri | Encyclopedias and Ready Reference, Including Biography | Finding People and Organizations | Higher Education | Law | Maryland | Miscellany | Quotations | Statistics | Tax Forms | Weather
Internet Search Tools -- links to search engines and their use
Virtual Reference Shelf -- "selected Web resources compiled by the Library of Congress"
Book, Publisher, Video, and CD Marketplace
- Abbey Road Book Search -- locate rare and out-of-print books
- AddALL Book Search -- search and compare 20,000 sellers
- Advanced Book Exchange -- source of out of print books
- Alibris -- used, rare, and hard-to-find books
- Amazon.com -- online bookseller
- Appraisers -- provided by Johns Hopkins University, The Sheridan Libraries
- Barnes and Noble Online -- online bookseller
- Bibliofind -- used, antiquarian, rare books, etc.
- BookBrowser: the guide for avid readers -- Janet Lawson and Cindy Orr, librarians
- Books in Print from Bowker SMCM only
- BooksPrice -- multiple book price comparison
- CD Connection -- online CD-seller, searchable by catalog number
- CD Now -- online CD-seller
- Contentville -- a wide ranging assortment of print, reprint, and electronic book resources
- DocuSeek -- "independent documentary, social issue, and educational videos"
- Facets -- online video seller
- FetchBook -- new and used books / price comparisons
- Powells -- online bookseller, new and used
- PubList.com -- information on over 150,000 magazines, journals, newsletters, and other periodicals
- Web Sites for Book Lovers -- Morton Grove Public Library
Citation Style Guides - (click here for new web page)
Copyright, Fair Use & Plagiarism
- Copyright & Fair Use -- Stanford University Libraries
- Copyright Management Center -- Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis
- Fair Use of Copyrighted Materials -- University of Texas
- Fair Use of Copyrighted Works -- CETUS (Consortium for Educational Technology for University Systems)
- Plagiarism -- Sharon Stoerger
- AGI GIS Dictionary -- Association for Geographic Information and U. of Edinburgh Department of Geography
- Bartleby.com -- "Great Books Online", including dictionaries, Roget's thesaurus, quotations, etc.
- Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1894 Edition) -- enter your search at the main Bibliomania screen
- Cambridge Dictionaries Online -- abridged works intended for individuals learning English
- Dictionary of Canadian Biography -- persons who died or were active between 1000 and 1920
- French-English, English-French Dictionary -- from ARTFL Project
- Grove Music Online -- Includes the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition; The New Grove Dictionary of Opera; and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, second edition. SMCM only
- Handspeak -- "A Practical Sign Language Online Dictionary"
- medical dictionary -- from medterms.com
- ODLIS -- Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science
- Online etymology dictionary -- from Douglas Harper
- Oxford English Dictionary / (MDL) SMCM only
- Roget's Thesaurus
- WWWebster(TM) Dictionary -- Based on Merriam-Webster's Collegiate(R) Dictionary, Tenth Edition
Encyclopedias and Ready Reference, Including Biography
- Acronym Server Access Science / (MDL) -- Online version of the McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology plus
- Background Notes -- U.S. State Department, facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of independent states, some dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty.
- Bartleby.com -- "Great Books Online", including dictionaries, Roget's thesaurus, quotations, etc.
- The Biographical Dictionary (formerly "Notable Citizens of Planet Earth")
- Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology -- 1800 entries of clear, concise, expert definitions and explanations of key concepts written by leading scholars in the field. SMCM only
- Bloggapedia -- blog directory that is a "one-stop shop for all things blog"
- Canadian Encyclopedia -- includes the Encyclopedia of Music in Canada, the Youth Encyclopedia, selected fulltext of Maclean's magazine from 1995 to present, and Feature Articles on historic topics.
- Career Guide to Industries -- Bureau of Labor Statistics
- The Catholic Encyclopedia -- from the New Advent Catholic Website
- CIA World Factbook - CIA
- CIA World Factbook including present and earlier editions via U. Minnesota
- Concise Encyclopedia of Economics -- lengthy signed articles
- Dictionary of Canadian Biography -- persons who died or were active between 1000 and 1920
- EH.Net Encyclopedia -- economic and business history
- Encyclopedia Britannica (current online edition) SMCM only
- Encyclopedia Britannica -- (a work in progress) 1911 Edition - a different view of the world
- Encyclopedia Mythica -- Mythology, folklore, legend -- M. F. Lindemans
- Encyclopedia of Psychology Fast Facts -- Almanacs/Factbooks/Statistical Reports & Related Reference Tools, Gary Price MLIS
- Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia / (EbscoHost) SMCM only
- Gale Biography and Genealogy Master Index SMCM only
- Grove Music Online -- comprises the full text of the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition (London 2001), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera (London 1992), and the New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, second edition (London 2002). SMCM only
- Historic Documents Online Database (CQ) -- documents range from presidential speeches, international agreements, and Supreme Court decisions to U.S. governmental reports, scientific findings, and cultural discussions. SMCM only
- the Internet Public Library Ready Reference Collection -- a selective annotated group of resources
- International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences -- Abstracts only, see Reference H41 .I58 2001 for print version with articles. SMCM only
- Lives, the Biography Resource -- Links to thousands of biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, diaries, letters, narratives, oral histories and more
- Merck Manual (17th ed.) -- a manual of medical diagnosis and treatment
- Merck Manual (Home Edition)
- Occupational Outlook Handbook Presidents of the United States State & County QuickFacts -- U. S. Census Bureau
- TechEncyclopedia -- definitions for more than 20,000 information technology terms
- The UC Atlas of Global Inequality -- examines globalizations's impact on inequality
- United States Government Manual: 2001/2002 -- National Archives and Records Administration
- Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia -- written collaboratively by people from around the world
- World Factbook -- publication of the CIA
- WWW Virtual Library
Finding People and Organizations (Directories)
- People
- FamilySearch -- Genealogical information from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon church) Four11 White Page Directory -- e-mail, phone, and street address for individuals Usenet Addresses Service (MIT) -- e-mail addresses for individuals
- Zip Codes --
U.S. Postal Service
- InfoSpace -- choose between Yellow Pages and White Pages. Includes white-pages reverse lookup by phone, fax, or residential street address Switchboard -- individuals or businesses, addresses and phone numbers WhoWhere -- e-mail, phone and street address for individuals; web page or domain, phone, and street address for businesses WhoWhere Links to International Phone Directories -- the offerings vary by country. Some have individual listings, some have business listings, some have both.
- Telephone Directories on the Web -- another international listing
- Businesses/Organizations
- AT&T Toll-Free Internet Directory -- businesses with toll-free numbers
- College and University Home Pages from ScholarStuff, organized by state
- CollegeSource Online -- over 9900+ college catalogs from the Career Guidance Foundation
- Ecola College Locator -- browse by state or search by name
- Scholarly Societies Project -- Univ. of Waterloo electronic library
- Thomas Register of American Manufacturers -- free registration required
- College and University Rankings -- Illinois Library Gateway
- Education Section -- from U.S. News Online - undergraduate and graduate schools, financial aid information, etc.
- hbcu-central.com -- includes financial aid information
- Maryland Higher Education Commisison / MHEC -- "The Historically Black College and University Megasite"
- Open Archives Initiative (OAI) -- Electronic Thesis/Dissertation Union Catalog at Virginia Tech
- Peterson's -- undergraduate and graduate schools, study abroad, etc.
- SMCM Entry: Maryland Manual Online
- COMAR Online -- Code of Maryland Regulations FindLaw -- legal resources on the Internet
- Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator U.S. Code -- from Cornell University
- The UT System Crash Course in Copyright -- University of Texas, Georgia Harper
- WashLaw Virtual Law Library -- from Washburn University School of Law
- The Charter of Maryland: 1632 -- the Avalon Project at the Yale Law School
- COMAR Online -- Code of Maryland Regulations
- Find your State and Congressional Representatives
- Genealogy -- Genealogy research and resources, with an emphasis on materials related to Maryland and St. Mary's County. Prepared by Terry Leonard, reference librarian, SMCM.
- Historic St. Mary's City Commission Maryland Manual Online -- "A Guide to Maryland Goverment"
- Maryland Electronic Capital
- BBC News: country profiles -- concise information on countries, territories and selected International organizations.
- CataList, the official list of Listserv® Lists -- from L-Soft
- Cemetery Records Online CEOExpress -- Bunches of links - business, news, entertainment, etc.
- Convert-me.com -- Interactive units of measure conversion
- The Currency Site -- "Historical Tables, Current Rates and Forecasts for World Currencies" - from OANDA
- FamilySearch -- Genealogical information from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon church).
- Flags of the World Froogle -- "Find products for sale from across the Web"
- Genealogy -- Genealogy research and resources, with an emphasis on materials related to Maryland and St. Mary's County. Prepared by Terry Leonard, reference librarian, SMCM.
- Genealogy Resources at the Enoch Pratt Free Library / State Library Resource Center Guide to Grammar and Writing -- from Capital Community-Technical College, Hartford, CT
- How to Write a Resume -- Maryland State Library Resource Center.
- The Inflation Calculator -- "from 1800-1999"
- Internet Lost and Found Kelly Blue Book -- car buying information
- Library and Archival Exhibitions on the Web -- "A Project of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries"
- The LibraryCard -- various web sites, multiple interest -- an Auto-Graphics Company
- MapQuest -- Maps, driving directions, etc.
- Memory of the World -- "Preserving Documentary Heritage" / UNESCO
- Meta-subject Index to Government Information -- various suppliers
- National Film Registry -- Library of Congress
- Nobel e-Museum -- Nobel Prize Winners
- Online Conversion . com -- "Over 8100 Conversions and Calculators"
- The Roper Center for Public Opionion Research -- links to survey research
- Today's calendar and clock page -- world calendars, calendar converters, etc.
- United Nations Scholars' Workstation -- for study of the UN, from Yale University
- The Universal Currency Converter
- The Worldwide Holiday & Festival Site
- Bartleby.com -- "Great Books Online", including dictionaries, Roget's thesaurus, quotations, etc.
- Quotations -- thousands of quotations from a wide range of sources
- AmeriStat -- Population Reference Bureau
- CensusScope -- Social Science Data Analysis Network at the University of Michigan
- CIA Handbook of International Economic Statistics, 1998 Documents Center -- guide to government documents from the University of Michigan
- Economic Statistics Briefing Room -- from the White House
- FedStats -- a subject guide to web sites of government agencies that produce statistics
- GeoAnalyser -- country data
- The National Center for Education Statistics National Center for Health Statistics Social Statistics Briefing Room -- from the White House
- OFFSTATS: Official Statistics on the Web - University of Auckland Library
- Statistical Abstract of the United States -- selections from Statistical Abstract
- Statistical Resources on the Web -- U. Mich. Documents Center
- Statistical Sources and Data -- Terry Leonard, SMCM
- Historical Weather Data -- from WeatherPost at the Washington Post
- The Weather Channel - U.S. City Forecasts
- WeatherPost Home Page
