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Reference Shelf
 All
sites
are free unless marked with
WSC
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these marked sites
are available only to Worcester State College users.
Associations
Associations on the Net
- arranged by
broad subject categories, Internet Public Library
Info Please
- general interest U.S.
Scholarly Societies Project
- over 4,000 societies worldwide
Colleges & Universities
CollegeNet - helps
you quickly find the ideal college; also financial aid and scholarship
information
College Locator
- from the Princeton Review
Campus Tours - online tours
and campus maps for over 800 colleges & universities in the U.S., links
to institution's official Web site
FinAid - student's guide to financial
aid
Peterson’s guides
College Scholarships -
College locator, and financial aid in addition to free scholarships
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Dictionaries
Oxford English Dictionary
WSC
Merriam-Webster
-
11th edition of the
Collegiate Dictionary; also includes a
thesaurus
American Heritage Dictionary - 4th
edition, 2000
Visual Dictionary -
site offers annotated images that identify each
part of a given item. Search the site by using the embedded
search engine or look over a list of topics.
Created by
lexicographers at Merriam-Webster.
 Specialized dictionaries:
Acronym Finder
- currently contains over 475,000 entries covering all
fields of interest
Brewer's Dictionary
of Phrase and Fable
- hosted by Info Please. The 1894 edition, the last
one Brewer worked on himself; a classic reference book.
Oxford Reference Online -
WSC - many foreign language
dictionaries [listed under Bilingual Dictionaries]
and special subject resources
American Sign
Language Dictionary
Multi-lingual
dictionaries
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Encyclopedias
Encarta
- interactive quizzes, homework help, 3D maps, links to Web sites, etc.
Funk & Wagnalls New World
Encyclopedia -
WSC
- available through EBSCO Host
Encyclopedia Americana
-
WSC
-
our
subscription site
Encyclopedia Britannica -
WSC
- our
subscription site
Grolier Multimedia -
WSC
- our
subscription site
Columbia Encyclopedia
-
6th edition, the largest one-volume general encyclopedia available
Specialized
encyclopedias:
Encyclopedia of
Science & Technology
-
WSC
Canadian Encyclopedia -
now available free online
Symbols
- 1,600 articles about 2,500 Western signs, arranged
into 54 groups according to their graphic characteristics
- For more subject-specific
encyclopedias written by experts look at our
Subject Guides
Fast
Facts
Anthems,
Lyrics and Flags -
MIDI format recordings
of anthems
Currency Converter -
interactive
foreign exchange rate calculations
Flags of the World -
also includes
special flags, rules for flying flags; 32,000 flag images
Facts.com -
WSC -
from Facts
on File news sources worldwide; includes full text
World Almanac
Guinness Book of
World Records -
a really fun site
How Stuff Works -
searchable
database includes diagrams and animated schematics
Information Please Almanac -
World Almanac
-
WSC -
available from our subscription to Facts.com
World
Fact Book -
searchable directory of flags of the world reference
maps, country profiles, and much more
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Internet
Reference
Desk Ref
– organized by categories
with links to free online resources
Internet Public Library -
reference
center; new section with pathfinders - subject guides to get started in
research online
Worcester Public Library
- broad
categories on the front page, including one just for Worcester info
Ref Desk
- links to a wide array of ready reference sources
Library Spot -
hundreds of
reference and research sources indexed all in one site.
Research it
- drop down boxes for biography, quotes, maps, etc.
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Law
Duhaime's Legal
Dictionary -
Findlaw -
directory of free legal and governmental resources at state, federal and
international level
Nolo's Legal Dictionary -
also one-stop site for legal info geared toward consumer & layperson
Massachusetts Government - includes links to the
Mass.gov portal and the Mass General Laws. Also try our
Research Guides to Government and
Criminal Justice for
additional
related legal resources.
Maps/
Geographical Information
Census Atlas of the United States -
with more than 700 full-color maps,
this is the first general population and
housing statistical atlas published by the Census Bureau since 1925!
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names - Over 1 million geographic
names; includes vernacular & historical names. Short, descriptive
passages give brief histories of places
Geographic Names - US Geological
Survey; information about 2 million physical and cultural geographic
features in the United States.
Geography Network -
maps,
satellite images, demographic data and other geographic content
Lonely Planet Online -
Australian
publisher of travel guides aimed at adventurous travelers;
user-friendly mini-versions of print guides, complete with interactive maps
Map Quest -
detailed road maps
and maps of foreign and domestic cities
National Atlas
- of the U.S. Make your own maps, printable maps, interactive maps,
articles on the geography of America; large volume of knowledge at your
fingertips
Perry-Castañeda
Library Map Collection -(Univ. Texas/ Austin) Easy to use, extensive
collection of all kinds of maps covering every area of the world
Rand McNally - Includes maps, directions, online atlas, and a
mileage calculator.
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Quotations
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations -
11,000 quotations from the 10th (1919) edition; WSC
Library owns several
later editions in print.
Oxford Dictionary of Quotations-
WSC
Concise, Complete, Modern and Scientific
quotations
Quotations Page -
One of the oldest quotes pages on the Web; now fully
searchable.
Dictionary of Scientific
Quotations -
in order by name of person to whom the quote is attributed
Resumes
and Cover Letters
Career Magazine -
resumes, interview
tips, career planning resources
Massachusetts
Jobs -
contains complete job searching resources
Riley Guide -
Cover
letters, resumes, preparing your resume for the Internet
Best College
Cover Letters -
and other job resources
Jobstar
- sponsored by local public libraries; resumes and
cover letters; job links
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Telephone Directories
AT&T's AnyWho - also
features a reverse directory
Big Book - for U.S. businesses;
links to Canadian businesses. Address, phone number, street map for
location, driving directions. Verizon maintains.
Switchboard - business, people,
maps & driving directions, area and zip code directories
Telephone
Directories on the Web - Web's original and most complete index;
worldwide coverage
Massachusetts Web
Directory -
comprehensive database of public information;
Find more than 50,000 local Web sites among
their 300,000 business and community listings
throughout every city & town in the state
Zip Codes & Area Codes
Zip Code Lookup -
from the US Postal Service
National Address
Server - Provides zip+4 codes for any U.S. address provided.
Includes street maps
Canada
Postal Codes - from Canadian Post
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