| Online Reference Sources |
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Note: Titles in BOLD will require a login when accessed from off-campus. |
| Dictionaries |
Encyclopedias, Almanacs |
| American Heritage Dictionary |
Encyclopedia of Canada |
| Oxford English Dictionary |
Encyclopedia of Chicago |
| Roget's II - New Thesaurus |
Funk & Wagnalls Encylopedia |
| Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations |
World Almanac |
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World Factbook
Basic information about each country in the world compiled annually by the CIA. |
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| Style & Writing Guides |
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| Norton Field Guide to Writing |
Geographical Sources |
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National Atlas of the U.S
Allows overlays of various types of information, such as demographics, climate, natural resources, etc. |
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U.S. Gazetteer
Census maps -searchable |
| Directories |
World Atlas |
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Business Search
(Yellow Pages)
People Search
(White Pages)
College/University Web sites
ZIP Codes
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Search place names, gets maps and extensive information about each place.
Google Maps
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| Web site directories |
Government Info, Law |
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Infomine
...a virtual library of Internet resources relevant to faculty, students, and research staff at the university level.
Intute (Resource Discovery Network)
Subject specialists select and evaluate the websites in this database and write high quality descriptions of the resources.
Internet Public Library
A guide to the best Web sites on a wide range of topics. |
Findlaw
Search for legal information, court cases, state and Federal law. |
FirstGov
Portal to Federal Gov't information on the the Web. |
| GovEngine |
U.S. Gov’t Manual
The structure of Federal Government offices, including contact names, numbers, email addresses. |
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Local Information |
Statistics - conversions |
| Rockford Weather |
Statistical Abstract of the U.S. |
Business/Demographic Info
Web site of the Rockford Economic Development Council. |
Illinois Vital Statistics |
| Census QuickFacts |
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City of Rockford |
National Center for Health Statistics |
Rockford Register Star
Rockford's daily newspaper |
Gallop Opinion Poll |
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Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
Annual report on crime from the FBI. |
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Conversions of all sorts
(For example, feet to meters, C to F, etc.) |
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