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Electronic Reference Shelf

Reference Databases Available from on campus (or remotely through the VPN):

  • Online Reference Books Collection : Complete index
    • Short list of online reference books:
    Britannica Online: full text of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, and more
    Oxford Reference Online: a collection of over 100 online encyclopedias and dictionaries
    Access Science: online Encyclopedia of Science & Technology
    International Who's Who Online : outlines the lives and achievements of nearly 22,300 of the world's most distinguished women and men

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  • Business & Finance
  • Computers & Technology
  • Health & Life Sciences
  • Higher Education & Financial Aid
  • Jobs & Careers
  • Journal Abbreviations
  • Language & Literature

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  • Libraries
  • Online Newspapers & Magazines
  • Politics, History & Law
  • Reference Sites
  • Science Data
  • Telephone Directories & Internet Addresses
  • Travel, Geographic Information & Zip Codes
  • Writer's Resources
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    Business & Finance

     
    Daily Stocks (Some historical)
    eMarketing Papers
    Edmunds Automobile Information
    Inve$tBrite
    Kelly Blue Book of Used Car Prices
    North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
    Standard Industrial Classifications (SIC) Index
    Thomas Register of American Manufacturers
    Zycon worldwide directory of manufactures and suppliers
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    • Computers & Technology

    Find White Papers Technology research for business professionals
    Tech Encyclopedia (Desktop Computer Encyclopedia Online)
    FOLDOC Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
    World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
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    • Health & Life Sciences

    Agricultural Network Information Center
    AMA Physician Select
    American Hospital Directory
    BioTech's Biotechnology Dictionary
    Healthopedia.com
    MayoClinic.com
    Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
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    • Higher Education & Financial Aid

    U.S. Universities
    The Chronicle of Higher Education through LexisNexis
    College and University Rankings from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Collegenet
     
    Educational Testing Service (Information on SAT, GRE, and other standardized tests)
    Application for Federal Student Financial Aid (FAFSA)
    Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
    Peterson's Education Center
    Title IV Code Search     (School Codes for FAFSA Form)
    U-101 Directory of Colleges, Universities, and Online Education in North America
    Universities Outside the U.S.
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    • Jobs & Careers

    CareerBuilder.com
    Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT)
    U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Outlook Handbook
    UConn's Department of Career Services
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    • Journal Abbreviations

    JAKE - Jointly Administered Knowledge Environment
    JAS: Journal Abbreviation Sources     (through Abbreviations.com)
    Medline/PubMed Journal Abbreviations
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    • Language & Literature

    Bartlett's Quotations
    Complete works of William Shakespeare (from MIT)
    Systran Translation Service
    Merriam Webster Online
    literarymarketplace.com Online Directory of the Book Publishing Industry
    On-line Roget's Thesaurus (ARTFL Project)
    Project Gutenberg (Full-text books)
    Pulitzer Prizes

    Libraries

    Direct Links to Other Library Catalogs

    On-line Newspapers & Magazines

    ABYZ News Links
    Links to Lists of Electronic Journals
    Newspapers.com
    UConn Advance
    Worldwide News Online
    Worldpress.org

    Politics, History & Law

    American Memory from the Library of Congress
    The Avalon Project from Yale: documents in Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy & Government
    Congressional Directory
    Connecticut Judicial Branch Law Libraries: self help and research guides on small claims, divorce, labor, and landlord/tenet law in Connecticut
    Core Documents of U.S. Democracy from GPO Access
    Martindale-Hubbell provides a definitive guide to the legal profession, including 900,000 lawyer and law firm listings.
    U.S. State Constitutions from Yahoo

    Reference Sites

    Internet Library for Librarians
    Internet Public Library (IPL) Ready Reference Collection
    Refdesk.com
    Reference Sources from Yahoo

    Science Data

    Periodic Table of Elements
    Scientific and Technical Acronyms, Symbols, and Abbreviations

    Telephone Directories & Internet Addresses

    AnyWho ATT's white/yellow/toll free/e-mail directories
    Bigfoot Global E-Mail Directory
    Freeality Internet Search
    Google
    Internet Address Finder
    SMARTpages.com
    SuperPages.com
    Switchboard.com
    UConn E-mail and Telephone Directories
    WorldPages.com

    Travel, Geographic Information & Zip Codes

    Amtrak
    CIA World Factbook
    Country Studies Online from the Library of Congress
    Expedia.com
    Fodors.com
    Maine.Info
    MapQuest
    National Geographic's Map Machine
    OANDA.com FXConverter Foreign Currency Calculator
    Portals to the World from the Library of Congress
    Travelocity
    U.S.Gazeteer--Geographic Name Server (U.S. Census Bureau)
    USPS Zip Codes Directory
    Weather Channel 
    Weather Underground
     
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    • Writer's Resources

    Acronym and Abbreviation WWW Server
    APA Style for Electronic Sources (from Trinity University Library)
     Assembling a List of Works Cited in Your Paper (from Duke Libraries)
    Writer's Resource Center
    Modern Language Association (MLA) MLA Style Guidelines
    Online! Electronic Citation: APA, MLA, Chicago Manual of Style
    Purdue University On-line Writing Lab (OWL)
     RefWorks
    Writing Resources (from Univ. of Missouri-Columbia)
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