The Electronic Reference Shelf

General References

• Almanacs
  • CIA World Factbook
  • Statistical Abstract of the United States
    • most recent years
    • full range of available years
• Atlases
  • CIA World Factbook -reference maps section
  • Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection (University of Texas Libraries)
• Biographical Information
  • Biography on A&E
• Dictionaries
  • English:
    • American Heritage Dictionary (4th edition) - Source: The Free Dictionary
    • ARTFL Project: 1913 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
    • Oxford English Dictionary
  • English - Medical - Stedman's Medical Dictionary is available through the EBSCO
    database: Health Source / Nursing edition. Look for "Medical Dictionary" among the
    buttons in the green toolbar at the top.
  • French:
    • ARTFL Project: French Dictionaries (searches multiple dictionaries)
    • ARTFL Project: French-English Dictionary Form
  • Spanish
    • FreeDict.com (includes links for several other language pairs)
    • SpanishDict.com
• Directories
  • AnyWho.com (national telephone/address directory)
  • ICD-9-CM Volume 1 Diagnosis Codes (2007
• Encyclopedias
  • Encyclopaedia Judaica
  • Facts Encyclopedia (refdesk.com)
• Financial and Business Data
  • ABI / Inform
  • Banking Information Source
  • Business Source Premier
  • Hoover's Company Capsules & Profiles
  • Mergent Online
  • Morningstar
  • Regional Business News
  • ValueLine
  • Wall Street Journal browse / search
• Laws and Legal Research
  • CQ (Congressional Quarterly) Researcher
  • CQ Weekly Reports & Almanac
  • LexisNexis: Legal Research
  • Westlaw
• Style Manuals
• WorldCat database

[additional reference resources will be added in the coming weeks]

Web Resources Pages

• Academic Program Web Resources
• Distance Education Library Resources
• General Reference Gateways
• Government Documents
• Statistics
• Style Manuals

  — these databases provided by the New Jersey Knowledge Initiative

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