Online
Reference Sources
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.
Style & Writing Guides
Citation
MachineA ssists
in formatting APA and MLA citation. Geographical
Sources
Reseach & Documentation
Online MapQuest
Citation
stylesA nother good citation
style help site National
Atlas of the U.S Allows overlays of various types of information, such as demographics,
climate, natural resources, etc.
Elements
of Style (Strunk and White) - the classic
guide to grammar and good writing style. Searchable.
U.S.
Gazetteer Census maps -searchable
Directories World
Atlas
Google
Maps Enter a place name or address
and get a map or satellite view.
Business
Search (Yellow Pages)
People
Search (White Pages)
College/University
Web sites
ZIP
Codes
Web site directories Government
Info, Law
Librarians'
Index to the Internet "Web sites you
can trust" - suggestions for many topic areas,
chosen by librarians.
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
GPO
U.S.
Gov’t Manual
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
City
of Rockford
National
Center for Health Statistics
Rockford
Register Star Rockford's daily newspaper Gallop
Opinion Poll
Sourcebook
of Criminal Justice Statistics Annual report on crime from
the FBI.
Conversions
of all sorts
