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Reference Sites on the Internet
000s - Computer Science, General Encyclopedias, Knowledge, Libraries |
100s - Philosophy and Psychology |
200s - Religion in General, Bible, Christianity and Other Religions |
300 - 319s - Social Sciences (Groups, Cultures, Institutions, Comminities) |
320 - 389s - Political Science, Economics, Law, Military, Edu- cation, Commerce/Transport. |
390s - Customs, Etiquette, Folklore |
400s - Language (English and Foreign) |
500s - Mathematics and Sciences (Astronomy, Physics, Chemistry, Earth and Life Sciences) |
600s - Technology (Medicine, Engineering, Agriculture, Home & Family and Business Management) |
700s - Arts (Architecture, Sculpture, Drawing, Painting, Graphic Arts, Photography) |
780 -792s - Music, Performing Arts |
793 -799s - Games, Sports |
800s Literature (General) - German, Spanish, Latin, Greek, and Others |
810-819s - American Literature |
820-829s - British Literature |
900 - 919s - History and Geography |
920-929s - Biography, Genealogy |
930 - 939s - Ancient History, including all parts of the world |
940 - 949s - European History |
950 - 959s - Asian History |
960-969s - African History |
970 - 979s - North American History |
980 - 989s - South American History |
990-999s - History of All Other Areas |
000's - Computer science, General Encyclopedias, Knowledge, Libraries
Data Processing, Computer Science, and Programming (004-006)
Computer User High Tech Dictionary for Chat
Chat terms used in computer communications.
FOLDOC - Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing; this site comes from the United Kingdom; if busy or slow, try a U. S. mirror site: http://nightflight.com/foldoc/
Glossary of Internet Terms
Produced by Matisse Enzer.
NetLingo: The Internet Dictionary -
Contains extensive Chat Room definitions.
Pictures and Sounds Lycos Multimedia Search
Search Engine Watch. (Darien Conn: INT Media Group, 1996- )
Presents an online information resource on WWW search engines. Includes an overview of the major search engines, status reports, and search engine tutorials and reviews. Danny Sullivan, Ed.
General Encyclopedias, Almanacs (030+)
Acronym Finder
Have initials and need a name? Have a name and need the initials? Need to know what initials stand for? This is your source.
Columbia Encyclopedia.
6th ed, c2000; [available through Bartleby.com]
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online
Available at Bryn Mawr or at home for BMS community with passwords
Encyclopaedia Britannica.com
The 'free' version offers many fine features--a dictionary, a thesaurus, an atlas, historic timelines and more.
Fast Facts: Almanacs/Factbooks/Statistical Reports & Related Reference Tools: an Acquisition Tool, comp. by Gary Price, Librarian, GWU
Finding Data on the Internet: a Journalist's Guide , by Robert Niles
Guinness World Records
No registration necessary to use site
InfoPlease
General information on a variety of topics. Statistics, Entertainment, Almanac, Encyclopedia, etc.)
Video Almanac
Video clips for major stories since 1980.
General Knowledge and Bibliographies
150 Best English Language Novels of the 20th Century
Portals to the World
Library of Congress suggested websites for countries and areas of the world.
Reader's Robot
Presents a collection of text databases of reviews of books of interest to middle school students. Includes listings for science fiction, mystery, fantasy, romance, historical, travel, humor, young adult, and popular science. Allows many kinds of searchers. Produced by the Thompson Nicola Regional District Library System.
Sources of U. S. Naval History in the United States . New ed. Wash. Navy Yard, D. C.: Naval Hist. Cntr, 2002.
A bibliography of collections of private papers, naval contractors' papers, plus official records of the U.S. Navy. The scope of the listed material covers naval history from Colonial times to the 1990s.
Symbols.com Stockholm, Sweden: HME Media, 1997-
A guide to over 2,500 Western signs, arranged into 54 groups according to their graphic characteristics. In 1,600 articles their histories, uses and meanings are discussed. Signs rage from ideograms carved in mammoth teeth by Cro-Magnon men to hobo signs and subway grafitti.
Libraries, Copyright, etc.
Awesome Library
A directory of 22,000 websites for k-12 learning
Blue Web'n
A library of blue ribbon learning sites on the Web for teachers and students
Fair Use of Copyrighted Materials
Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM)
U. S. Dept. of Education
Infomine
Over 14,000 thousand scholarly sites sorted by discipline; lesson plans searchable by subject matter and class range. Geographers: don't miss the Maps and GIS section.
RefDesk.com
One of the better Reference sources on the Web with links to excellent resources.
Sailor: Maryland's Online Public Information Network
Produced by the Maryland State Dept. of Education, Div. of Library Development and Services, 1994-
It is a state-wide telecommunications network focusing on Maryland resources in all fields: arts, entertainment, government, libraries and education, medicine and health, science and technology, etc.
050: Serial Publications:
Internet Public Library: Magazines
JSTOR
Scholarly journals online; available at home for BMS community with passwords.
Project Muse
Scholarly journals online; available at BMS; may be searched from home, but only for compiling a bibliography.
ProQuest Direct
Available at Bryn Mawr or at home for BMS community with passwords
ProQuest Historic Newspapers: The New York Times Online
Available at Bryn Mawr or at home for BMS community with passwords
Scholarly Journals Distributed Via the World Wide Web
This directory provides links to established Web-based scholarly journals that offer access to English language article files without requiring user registration or fees; maintained by the Univ. of Houston.
070: News Media, Journalism, Publishing:
AJR (American Journalism Review)
Formerly linked with NewsLink; now articles and features from American Journalism Review plus links to American newspapers, magazines, television networks and affiliates, radio, news/wire services and media companies; it includes also journalism awards, reporter's tools, writing aids, etc. Produced at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland.
E & P Media Links
Online media directory - search by geographical location and media type
Finding Data on the Internet: a Journalist's Guide , by Robert Niles
Internet Public Library: News
A link library to the newspapers of the world.
NewsLink
A directory to links to newspapers, TV, radio and other outlets world-wide; includes access type (business, alternative, specialty, campus). This is an academic and professional website specializing in electronic and visual journalism, headed by Eric K. Meyer.
100s-Philosophy and Psychology
Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
200s-Religion in general, Bible, Christianity and Other Religions
Adherents.com
Statistics about church membership and religious adherents of different faith groups. This site will be able to answer questions such as "What are the major religions of Taiwan?", "How many Hindus are in South Africa?" or "What percentage of Bolivians are Protestant?"
Bible. English. King James Version
Available through Bartleby.com
Catholic Encyclopedia
A major reference on the web; input from the last printed edition entirely by volunteers. An excellent history source also.
Internet Sacred Text Archive
A collection of Sacred Texts of ancient and current religions. Includes Myths and Mysteries and a plethora of folk texts.
The Koran
In English; translation of The Holy Qur'an, translated by M.H. Shakir, 1983.
Pluralism Project
Massive award winning website that documents the diversity of religions in the U.S. and offers a directory of institutions state-by-state. Attempts to see the implications of religious diversity for the society.
The Tanakh
Hebrew Scriptures.
300-319s-Social Sciences (Statistics, Public Administration, Military, Social Problems)
301-309: Anthropology, Sociology, Social Interaction, Processes, Behavior, Groups, Culture, Communities:
Homework Center: Social Issues
Developed by librarians at Multnomah Pub. Library in Portland, this site is an excellent beginning place for research on the net.
A Kinship Glossary: Symbols, Terms, and Concepts
Compiled by Michael Dean Murphy.
New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy
Edited by E. D. Hirsch, Joseph F. Kett, James Trefil. 3rd ed., completely revised, c2003.
Sociology Timeline
Created by Ed Stephan.
310-319: Statistics
U.S. Gazetteer (a dictionary of place names). The Gazetteer entry will permit you to see and modify a map of your requested area. See also the Historical United States Census Browser to compare detailed census data from each decennial census from 1790 to 1970.
Center for Charitable Statistics
Fast Facts: Almanacs/Factbooks/Statistical Reports & Related Reference Tools: an Acquisition Tool, comp. by Gary Price, Librarian, GWU
InfoNation Allows comparisons between countries for all common demographic and geographic statistics
Statistical Resources on the Web . [ Ann Arbor, Mich.] Regents of the University of Michigan, 1995-
Statistics on agriculture, business and industry, consumers, demographics, foreign trade, government finances, health, housing, labor, education, energy consumption and production, environment, finance andcurrency, military, politics, science, sociology, transportation, weather. Access to wide ranging sources and tools for collecting, compiling and understanding social, pliitical and economic statistics from U.S. and the world.
Statistics Every Writer Should Know, by Robert Niles
320-389s Political Science, Economics, Law, Education, Commerce/Transportation
320s - Political Science
Polling Report.Com
Important trends in public opinion
POTUS: Presidents of the United States.
Produced by the Internet Public Library. Provides information on Presidents and candidates, cabinet members, election results, administration highlights, and presidential trivia. Links provides to historical documents, inaugural addresses, biographies, and other presidential sites.
Roper Center for Public Opinion
State and County Quick Facts (Washington D.C., Bureau of the Census, 2001- )
Provides population, business, and geographic information for national, state and county levels. (2000 census data).
State and Local Government on the Net . Minneapolis: Piper Resources, 1998-
A comprehensive gateway to sites controlled by state and local governments, organized by state; also provides a wide selection of links to the federal government, regional compacts, and professional organizations related to public administration. Includes a search engine.
State of the Cities Data Systems . Wash. D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development.
Useful site where all sorts of data on employment, housing, crime, business growth, and finances can be mined and compared with other communities throughout the U.S.
Stateline.org: Your Source for News on the States. Richmond, VA., Pew Center on the States, 1998-
Links to current state government news and information for all 50 states.
330s - Economics, Labor, Economic Movements, Consumers, Production
Edmunds Reports on New Car Prices
ELDIS Country Profiles
Information on the lesser developed regions of the world; primarily development data including lots of report literature. A European production.
Inflation Calculator, 1800-1999
340s - Law
Introduction to Basic Legal Citation
By Peter W. Martin, Cornell Law School
Nolo Press Legal Encyclopedia Legal Research
Find answers to your legal questions: research cases, statutes, and ordinances. Extremely user friendly.
350s - 360s - Public Administration, Military Science; Social Problems and Services
Criminal Victimization Statistics
Bureau of Justice Statistics, DOJ
370s - Education
McRE : Compendium of Content Standards for K-12 Curriculum
380s - Commerce, Communication, Transportation
Zip Code Lookup U.S. Postal Service
390s-Customs, Ettiquette, Folklore
Encyclopedia Mythica
Mythology, folklore, and legend
400s--Language (English and Foreign)
American Heritage Book of English Usage: a Practical and Authoritative Guide to Contemporary English
Available through Bartleby.com, c2000; [ Boston: Houghton Mifflin, c1996]
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
Available through Bartleby.com, c2000; [4th ed., Boston: Houghton Mifflin, c2000]
A Basic Dictionary of ASL Terms
Cambridge Dictionaries
Impressively useful; users can seek word definitions from all current dictionaries, i.e. idioms, pronouncing, foreign, American English, etc.
Diccionario de regionalismos de la lengua espanola
A Spanish-Spanish dictionary, with all the regionalism explained.
Enciclopedia Universal en Espagnol
Available at Bryn Mawr or at home for BMS community with passwords
Ethnologue Country Index
A listing of all the languages in the world; includes a map and nos. of native speakers.
Le grand dictionnaire terminologique
Canadian source that translates from French to several languages and vice versa.
Medieval Glossary & Information
OneLook Dictionary Search
Look up words in English and many other foreign languages including Chinese in one step.
Online Etymology Dictionary
Not a match for the OED, but free to everyone and containing standard etymological sources; a reliable if not comprehensive Website.
Oxford English Dictionary Online
Available at Bryn Mawr or at home for BMS community with passwords
Roget's II: the New Thesaurus
Available through Bartleby.com, c2000; [ Boston: Houghton Mifflin, c1995]
500s-Mathematics and Sciences (Astronomy, Physics, Chemistry, Earth and Life Sciences)
AccessScience, an Online Encyclopedia of Science and Technology , plus Science in the News, a current awareness tool. Published by McGraw-Hill, this site supercedes the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, even though the hard copy version continues to be published. Available at Bryn Mawr or at home for BMS community with passwords
Benchmarks [for Science Literacy] Online
Biotech's Life Science Dictionary
Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
3rd ed., Academic Press--for advanced high school or college students, this is the web version of a standard reference.
Extrasolar Planets Encyclopedia Scholarly scientific site from Jean Schneider, CNRS Observatoire, Paris, France.
Forestry Images (Univ. Georgia and USDA Forest Service)
Hundreds of images for educational use of plants, insects, pests, invasive organisms, trees, people, places and things.
The Laws List Extremely useful site
Rules, principles, effects, paradoxes, limits, constants, experiments, and thought-experiments arranged alphabetically.
Major Biomes of the World
Regional ecological groups of plants, soils, animals, climates--covers the globe
A Mathematical Atlas: a Gateway to Modern Mathematics
A marvelous reference source to the entire field by Dave Rusin. Includes careful definitions, examples, history, and bibliography.
A Maths Dictionary for Kids
Compiled by Jenny Eather; for elementary through high school students; includes illustrations and animation of concepts. Useful Middle School site.
Principles and Standards for School Mathematics (new NCTM publication)
Science Netlinks
Sponsored by MCI and and the AAAS; a one-stop shop with ideas for teachers and students k-12; lessons, tools, resources and benchmarks are coordinated and available by grade level. An outstanding site.
Smithsonian Physical Tables
9th edition of a classic containing over 900 tables of interest to scientists and engineers; made available by Knovel.
UN Atlas of the Oceans Rome, Italy: UN Project, 2002-|
An Internet portal providing information relevant to the sustainable development of the oceans, designed for policy makers who need to become familiar with ocean issues and for scientists, students, and resource managers who need access to underlying databases and approaches to sustainability. Includes four main entry points: (1) about the oceans--history, biology, maps, statistics, research, climatology, and ecology, (2) uses of the ocean--fishing, shipping, mining, tourism, dumping, marine biotechnology; (3) Issued -- food security, climate change, governance, human health; (4) Geography -- Information categorized by geographic area.
600s-Technology (Medicine, Engineering, Agriculture, Home & Family and Business Management)
Encyclopedia Astronautica
Compiled by Mark Wade. A great resource for all the space flights, both manned and unmanned, and all the rockets and machinery of recent space history. Includes biographical data and lots of illustrations.
IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology
Compiled by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. PDF required.
Medieval Technology Pages
"Accurate, referenced information on technological innovations and related subjects in Western Europe during the Middle Ages..."
Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy (17th, Centennial ed.) c1999-2003.
Merck Manual of Medical Information (Home Edition)
Smithsonian Physical Tables
9th edition of a classic containing over 900 tables of interest to scientists and engineers; made available by Knovel.
700s-Arts (Architecture, Sculpture, Drawing, Painting, Graphic Arts, Photography)
Art Museum Network.com
Worldwide coverage of over 30,000 museums of all kinds; a commercial site that permits membership (by choice); provides basic information for user (name, location, hours, contact points, including websites, if available)
ArtLex: Art Dictionary
Author: Michael Delahunt; definitions, illustrations, quotations, links, and pronunciation notes.
Great Buildings Collection
A relational database for architecture, this "gateway to architecture around the world and across history documents a thousand buildings and hundreds of leading architects, with 3D models, photographic images and architectural drawings, commentaries, bibliographies, web links, and more, for famous designers and structures of all kinds."
Illustrated Architecture Dictionary
National Register of Historic Places (National Park Service)
780-790s-Music, Performing Arts
A Glossary of Technical Theatre Terms
Inter-Play - an Index to Plays in Collections
800s Literature (General)-German, Spanish, Latin, Greek and Others
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (1919)
Columbia Book of Quotations
Available through Bartleby.com, c2001; [ New York: Columbia University Press, 1996]
A Glossary of Literary Terms - Robert Harris
A Glossary of Literary Terms and A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices
Simpson's Contemporary Quotations
Available through Bartleby.com, c2000; [ Boston: Houghton Mifflin, c1988]
Strunk's Elements of Style
Available through Bartleby.com, 1996; [ New York: W. P. Humphrey, 1918] Classic for writers and still relevant.
Cambridge History of English and American Literature . ( New York : Putnam, 1907-1921; New York : Bartleby.com, 2000. (18 volumes) Hypertext; searchable by chapter. Excellent source for early 20th century views, and for non-twentieth century literature
Perspectives in American Literature: a Research and Reference Guide
Paul P. Reuben
Cambridge History of English and American Literature . ( New York : Putnam, 1907-1921; New York : Bartleby.com, 2000. (18 volumes) Hypertext; searchable by chapter. Excellent source for early 20th century views, and for non-twentieth century literature.
The Web Concordances New
Concordances to many of the works of Shelley, Keats, Blake, Wordsworth, and Gerard Manley Hopkins, plus software to create concordances.
900-919s--History and Geography
CIA World Factbook
Columbia Gazeteer of North America
Edited by Saul B.Cohen. Columbia University Press, 2001; available through Bartleby.com. An encyclopedia dictionary of place names, with information about population, exact location, main industries, and some history.
Create a Map
Create a map for a specific area, i.e. Towson or enter two addresses (starting and ending) for detailed driving directions.
Encyclopedia of World History
Edited by Peter N. Stearns. 6th ed., c2001; available through Bartleby.com
920-929s- Biography, Genealogy
American National Biography
The authoritative source for biography of deceased Americans from the beginning of our history till the present. Available at Bryn Mawr or at home for BMS community with passwords.
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: 1774-Present
Famous Austrians, Germans, and Swiss
930-939s- Ancient History, including all parts of the world
Abzu: Guide to Resources for the Study of the Ancient Near East.
The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites
Edited by Richard Stillwell, Richard. MacDonald, William L. McAlister, Marian Holland. Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press. 1976; included in the Perseus Digital Library in 2001. This site provides articles and photographs of Greco-Roman sites, cities, and colonies. Scholarly and hyperlinked heavily.
Encyclopaedia of British History, 1700-1950 . Spartacus Educational, 1998-
A free encyclopedia developed for use in all British schools (avoid the ads). Gives thorough coverage for the history of Britain through the eyes of people from all levels of society. Each section indluces narrative, illustrations, primary sources and bibliography.
AfricaFocus: Sights and Sounds of a Continent
Produced at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Library, this site is a source of multimedia slides, photographs, and sound files on African life. Accessible by collection, subject, or country or through an interactive atlas, or keywords or Boolean searches.
Africa South of the Sahara: selected Internet Resources
Produced by Karen Fung of the Information and Communication Technology Group of the African Studies Association, this directory is an extensive listing of links to resources about Africa, including news, history, social studies, sports, literature, business, music. Organized by subject and region, and annotated.
970-979s- North American History
Enormous collection of primary sources starting with pre-colonial history, and including related resources in philosophy, religion and many other fields.
American National Biography
The authoritative source for biography of deceased Americans from the beginning of our history till the present. Available at Bryn Mawr or at home for BMS community with passwords.
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: 1774-Present
U.S. Gazetteer (a dictionary of place names). The Gazetteer entry will permit you to see and modify a map of your requested area. See also the Historical United States Census Browser to compare detailed census data from each decennial census from 1790 to 1970.
980-989s-South American History
Internet Public Library: South American History
Latin & South American History
990-999s-History of all other areas
Last updated: April, 2009
