Reference Desks
Like the reference desk at your library, these sites have selected useful reference sources.
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Reference Desks |
Starting Points |
Full-Text Reference Sources
Reference Desks
See also
- Fact Sources
- Web Subject Guides (for sites that list in-depth resources by subject)
- Reference Sources for Libraries (including Fugitive Fact Files)
- Ask-A: Question and Answer Sources
- IPL2: Internet Public Library
- iTools - Uses forms to let you search dozens of reference sources from one page (formerly Research-It!)
- Library of Congress:
- Virtual Reference Shelf - Excellent links in many subjects
- Library of Congress' Alcove 9 - Annotated list of reference sites in the humanities and social sciences
- RefDesk.com (Bob Drudge)
- Reference Works (EServer)
- Best Information on the Net (formerly Where the Wild Things Are: A Librarian's Guide)
- Digital Librarian: Reference
- E-Reference Links (University of North Carolina)
- Electronic Reference Sources (Rutgers)
- Gulf Coast Community College Library's Suggested Internet Links
- LibrarySpot
- Mansfield University Library Subject Guides
- Martindale's The Reference Desk
- Quick Reference (Purdue)
- ReferenceDesk.org
- Reference Tool Surveys - Diane Kovacs' surveys of librarians about their favorite reference sources
- Stony Brook University Libraries: Research Websites
- UC San Diego Libraries Reference Shelf
- University of Colorado, Boulder, Libraries Research and Subject Guides
- Useful Reference Sites (University of Texas Libraries)
- Virtual Reference Collection (MIT Libraries)
- Yahoo Reference - Dictionary, encyclopedia, thesaurus, quotations, etc.
- Reference in the Yahoo Directory - Links to more reference sites
- Research Strategy (Michael Engle, librarian, Cornell University)
Starting Points:
See also
- Personal Home Pages to customize your own starting point
- CyberTimes Navigator - The page New York Times journalists use as a starting point
- Power Reporting - More recommended sites for journalists
- StartSpot Network - Sites such as BookSpot and LibrarySpot
- Web Library - Librarian Nick Tomaiuolo explains how Web resources can make a great personal library
Full-Text Reference Sources:
See also
- Bartleby.com Reference
- Bloomsbury Research Centre - Fulltext reference sources: quotations, thesaurus, art, myth, philosophy, English literature
- Credo Reference - Search across many standard reference works (subscription). (Formerly xrefer)