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SELECTED REFERENCE TITLES
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| DICTIONARIES |
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American Heritage
Dictionary of the English Language (Houghton
Mifflin) (4ed 2000)(Barbleby) |
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (2000) (Britannica) |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (based on 1913ed) (1913 ed) (UChicago) |
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Wordsmith: The
Educational Dictionary & Thesurus (2000)
(Wordsmith) |
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Dictionary of Phrase
& Fable: Derivation, Source, Origin of Common Phrases, Allusions (1898) (Bartleby) |
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French-English / English-French Dictionary (75,000 words) (n.d. ) (UChicago) |
| LANGUAGE |
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French-English / English French Dictionary (FreeDict) |
| DICTIONARIES |
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German-English
/ English-German Dictionary (175,000 words)
(1995-) (Travlangs) |
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Italian-English /
English-Italian Dictionary (n.d.) (R-O-matic) |
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Italian-English / English Italian Dictionary (FreeDict) |
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Japanese-English
/ English-Japanese Dictionary (1994-) (FreeDict) |
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Polish-English
/ English-Polish Dictionary (n.d.) |
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Spanish-English
/ English Spanish Dictionary (54,000 words)
(Travelangs) [too many advts] |
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Spanish-English / English Spanish Dictionary (FreeDict) |
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Danish-English / English-Danish Dictionary (FreeDict) |
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Dutch-English / English-Dutch Dictionary (FreeDict) |
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Finnish-English / English-Finnish Dictionary (FreeDict) |
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Hungarian-English / English-Hungarian Dictionary (FreeDict) |
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Russian-English / English-Russian Dictionary (FreeDict) |
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Swedish-English / English-Swedish Dictionary (FreeDict) |
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Norwegian-English / English-Norwegian Dictionary (FreeDict) |
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Latin-English / English-Latin Dictionary (FreeDict) |
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Indonesian-English / English-Indonesian Dictionary (FreeDict) |
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Portuguese-English / English-Portuguese Dicationary (FreeDict) |
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Swahili-English / English-Swahili Dictionary (FreeDict) |
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Afrikaans-English / English-Afrikaans Dictionary (FreeDict) |
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| LITERATURE |
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Cambridge
History of English & American Literature:
(18v) (1907-21) (Bartleby) Van Doren, Carl |
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Simond's
History of American Literature (BiblioMania)
William Edward Simonds |
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Main Currents In American Thought:
[v1] The
Colonial Mind 1620-
(1927; UVa) VL
Parrington
Main Currents In American Thought: [v2]
Romantic Revolution in America V. L.
Parrington
Main Currents In American Thought: [v3]
The Beginnigs of Critical Realism V. L.
Parrington |
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A History of American Literature (1879) (Dinsmore Docs) Moses Coit Tyler |
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A Guide to the Best Historical Novels and Tales (19??) (Gutenberg) Jonathan Nield |
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The
Heath Anthology of American Literature (5ed.) (Houghton Mifflin;
partial text) |
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| QUOTATIONS |
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Bartlett's Familiar
Quotations (10ed 1919) (Bartleby) |
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Bartlett's Familiar
Quotations (1901 9ed) (Bartleby) |
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Columbia World of
Quotations (1996) (Bartleby) |
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Simpson's
Contemporary Quotations: Notable Quotes,
1950-1988 (1988) (Bartleby) |
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| THESAURI |
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Roget's II: The New
Thesaurus (3rd 1995) (Barbleby) |
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Roget's Thesaurus of
English Words & Phrases [with
hyperlinks] (1922) (Barbleby) |
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus (2000) (Britannica) |
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| ENGLISH |
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American Heritage
Book of English Usage (Houghton Mifflin)
(1996) (Barbleby) |
| USAGE |
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Chicago Manual of Style
New Questions & Answers (UChicagoPr; 15ed ) Fun Reading; Free |
| USAGE |
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Chicago Manual of Style (UChicagoPr; 15ed ) Subscription |
| & STYLE |
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Columbia Guide to
Standard American English (1993 ) (Bartleby) |
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On the Art of
Reading (1920) (Bartleby) Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch |
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On the Art of
Writing (1916) (Bartleby) Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch |
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The Elements of
Style (1918) (Bartleby) William Strunk, Jr. |
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The King's English (2ed 1908 ) (Bartleby) H.W. Fowler |
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Bibliography Style Handbook (AmPsyAssn
& ModLangAssn) (1997-) (Writers' Workshop) |
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Writing
Handbook (Ohio) |
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Writer's
Handbook (2001) (Univ
Wisconsin-Madison) |
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Grammar Handbook (2001)
(Univ Ill-Urbana-Champaign) (Writer'sWorkshop) |
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Banished:
28th annual ‘extreme’ List of Words Banished from the Queen's English
for Mis-Use, Over-Use
& General Uselessness (2003) (Lake Superior State Univ.) |
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Bashished:
(Same as above for 1976-2003) (Lake Superior
State Univ.) |
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For Authors: Index Preparation
(PDF) Penn. State University |
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Publishing with the Press: Preparing Your Index
Univ. Nebraska Press |
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| BIOGRAPHICAL |
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Biographical
Dictionary [18,000+ people] |
| DICTIONARIES |
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Biographical
Dictionary of English Literature (BiblioMania) |
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Famous
Americans: Virtual American Biographies. Book I: To 1899 (30,000+
Americans) |
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| ENCYCLOPEDIA |
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Canadian Encyclopedia On-Line
(enter "index"; select "subjects") (current) (HistoriaFdnCan) |
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Columbia Encyclopedia (Columbia Univ Pr; with hyperlinks) (6ed 2001) (Barbleby) |
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Concise Columbia
Electronic Encyclopedia (current) (Infonautics) |
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Encyclopedia
Britannica (1911 edition) (1911-)
(1911encylopedia)
The classic edition: Still useful for pre-20th century subjects;
poorly proofread. |
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Encyclopedia Britannica On-Line [$9.95/mo subs; 72-hr free trial] (2001) (Britannica) |
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Encyclopedia
Smithsonian (Smithsonian) |
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Encyclopedia of World
History: Ancient, Medieval, & Modern
(2001, 6ed) Bartleby |
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The Cambridge Modern History (Renaissance > 18th c; 1903-11; U Mannheim; vols
1-6, 13) |
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The
Cambridge Medieval History (J B
Bury, et. al.) 1911-36 (8vols) PDF vol
1 vol
2 vol
3 vol
4
Note: Very large files that are slow to load - high
speed modem required. |
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Reader's Companion to American History (1991; Houghton) eds: Eric Foner & John A. Garraty |
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Reader's Companion to Military History (1996; Houghton) eds: Robert Cowley & Geoffrey
Parker |
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Reader's Companion to U.S. Women's
History (1998,
Houghton) ed: Wilma Mankiller, et. al. |
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Encyclopedia of North American
Indians (1996; Houghton) ed:
Frederick E. Hoxie |
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Ships of the World: An Historical
Encyclopedia (1997; Houghton)
ed.: Lincoln P. Paine |
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Civil War Battlefield Guide (2ed.,
1998, Houghton) ed.: Frances H. Kennedy |
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The Great American History Fact-Finder (199-?, Houghton) |
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Wikipedia,
The Free Encyclopedia (2001–) "A
multilingual project to create an...open content encyclopedia" [English,
French, Dutch, Polish, Spanish, Italian, German] |
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| PHILOSOPHY |
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Internet
Encyclopedia of Philosophy (UTennMartin) |
| RELIGION |
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Stanford Encyclopedia
of Philosophy (StanfordU) |
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The Catholic
Encyclopedia (1917) |
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Easton's
Bible Dictionary [Searchable & browsable
religion] (1897 3ed) (CCEL) |
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
[Searchable & browsable religion] (Crosswalk ) |
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The Schaff-Herzog
Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge (189?) Philip Schaff (189?) Philip Schaff |
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The Jewish Encyclopedia (12 vols., 1901-1906; illus.; searchable & browaeble) |
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| MEDICAL |
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Adam Medical Encyclopedia [illus.]
(2002-) (NatInstHealth) |
| REFERENCE |
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Columbia
Univ College of Physicians & Surgeons Complete Home Medical Guide (1995) |
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Yale
University School of Medicine Heart Book (YaleU-Med) |
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The Merck Manual of Medical Information: Home Edition (1995-2002) |
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The Handbook of Parenteral Drug Administration (Generic & Trade Names (Australian); administration
& diagnosis; adverse effects; incompatibilities, etc) |
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Chemical
Safety Information Glossary (OxfordU) |
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Chemical and Other
Safety Information (OxfordU) |
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Poisonous
Plants [Dict/Ency] (Common & botantical
names; toxic agents; species) (CornellU) |
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Exposure
Factors Handbook (EPA) |
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Gray's Anatomy of
the Human Body [illus.] (20ed 1918)
(Bartleby) |
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| RULES |
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Robert's
Rules of Order, Revised (1915)
(Constitution) |
| PROCEDURES |
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Robert's Rules of
Order, Revised for Deliberative Assemblies
(1915) (Bartleby) |
| LAWS |
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Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (CornellU) |
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Federal Rules of Evidence (1997) (CornellU) |
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U.S. Code (CornellU) |
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Constitutions,
Statutes, and Legislative Information - By State (CornellU) |
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State, Local, Tribal and U.S. Territory Resources: State
Government Home Pages (FirstGov) |
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A-Z Index of Federal Departments and Agencies (FirstGov) |
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| GEOGRAPHY |
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The Columbia
Gazatteer of North America (2000) (Bartleby) |
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CIA World Factbook 2006 [w/maps]
(2006) (CIA ) |
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The Oxford Book of
English Verse 1250-1900 (1919) (Bartleby) |
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| CONSUMER |
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Air Traveler's Handbook |
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Consumer
Handbook to Credit Protection Laws (Federal Reserve Board) |
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The
Consumer Action Handbook Online Edition (GenServAdmin) |
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| EMERGENCY |
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The Disaster Handbook
- 1998 National Edition (Univ Fla Extension) |
| & DISASTER |
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Disaster
Handbook (floods, fire, drought, tornadoes, storms,
community/family) (UWisc) |
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Earthquake
Preparedness Handbook (Los Angeles Fire Dept ) |
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Drought
Planner's Handbook (2002) (National Drought Mitigation Center) |
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| ASSOCIATIONS |
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Associations
on the Net (Internet Public Library) Accounting, Business
& Economics, Computers & Internet, Education, Entertainment,
Health & Medical Sciences, Arts & Humanities, Law,
Government & Politics, Science Social Sciences, etc. |
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| OTHER |
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Library Spot |
| VALUABLE |
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Book Spot |
| RESOURCES |
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Museum Spot |
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Homework Spot |
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Librarians Index to the Internet |
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Digital
Librarian: A Librarian's Choice of the best of the Web (Margaret Vail Anderson) |
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DeskRef: Sources for
Quick Answers (Ramapo Catskill
Lib Sys) |
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Index to
Museums (U.S.) [1700+ U.S. Museums & Web
Sites] Botanical gardens, zoos, planetariums, aquariums and other
fcultural institutions; by State & Name |
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