Reference Sources

NOTE: Sources derived from print publications and cdrom databases are given first in most sections. Web-only sources are listed afterwards.

CAUTION: Evaluate the information found on the Internet carefully. The Internet does not have a quality control program. Anyone can post information on the Web. I do not guarantee that the information given at the sites is accurate, complete or useful.

Bibliographies and Indexes

Print/CDROM Derivations

Books in Print:

	Books in Print [FirstSearch] -- available only to UCF students, staff and faculty.
	Books in Print/Out of Print [LUIS/WebLUIS] -- available only to UCF students, staff and faculty.
	Publishers, Distributors, Wholesalers [WebLUIS] -- companion database to Books in Print; available only to UCF students, staff and faculty.

Handbook of Latin American Studies

PubMed -- "NLM's search service to access the 9 million citations in MEDLINE and Pre-MEDLINE."

SPIN Bibliographic Database -- "indexing and abstracting of major American and Russian physics and astronomy journals."

UCF students, staff, and faculty: see also the subscriptions listed under UCF Resources Available on the Internet. Many of these subscriptions are for indexing, abstracting and full text services in a wide selection of subject areas.

Business

See the Business page.

Buyers' Guides

See the Buyers' Guides section of the Business page.

Census and Population

Print/CDROM Derivations

Census Bureau: PDF Publications

Census of Agriculture

County Business Patterns

Current Population Reports:

	P20 -- Population -- Special Subjects
	P23 -- Special Studies
	P25 -- Population Estimates and Projections
	P60 -- Consumer Income
	P70 -- Household Economic Studies

Current Population Survey Main Page

Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Thesauri and Quotations

Print/CDROM Derivations

Bartlett, John. 1901. Familiar Quotations [Project Bartleby]

Britannica -- available only to UCF students, staff and faculty.

	Britannica Online: A-Z Lists: Dictionary
	WWWebster Dictionary

Langenscheidt's New College English Dictionary -- look up German or Spanish translations of English words, or English translations of German or Spanish words. The German translation memory feature shows the use of the word in idiomatic expressions.

Middle English Dictionary [University of Michigan]

ROGET'S Thesaurus Search Form [ARTFL Project]

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 Edition [ARTFL Project]

Web-Only Sources

	Animated American Sign Language Dictionary
	ArtLex - dictionary of visual art
	A Basic Guide to ASL [American Sign Language]
	FOLDOC: Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
	Encyclopedia Mythica: Home
	Epicurious Food Dictionary -- Includes a wine dictionary.
	Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
	List of Dictionaries -- Links to foreign language and specialty dictionaries.
	ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science
	OneLook Dictionaries [various subjects] -- search many dictionaries at once, or choose one from a list.
	travlang's Translating Dictionaries
	BigHub - Reference - Dictionaries
	Web of On-line Dictionaries
	The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
	The Standard Corpus of Everyday English Language Usage -- lists words by word length; no definitions.
	The Quotations Page
	Yahoo! Science:Dictionaries

Government

See the Government page.

Language, Writing and Literature

Print/CDROM Derivations

	[APA] How to Cite Information From the World Wide Web
	Elements of Style. Strunk, William. 1918. [Project Bartleby]
	Ethnologue, 13th edition, 1996
	King's English. Fowler, H. W. 1908. [Project Bartleby]
	MLA Style -- authorized guidelines from the Modern Language Association of America
	MLA Style Guide [University of Southern Mississippi Library]
	A Guide for Writing Research Papers based on Modern Language Association (MLA) Documentation [Capital Community-Technical College]

Web-Only Sources

	BUBL LINK: 010 Bibliography
	Concordances of Great Books: Fully Searchable Word Indexes
	How do you cite URL's in a bibliography?
	IPL Citing Electronic Resources
	The Pulitzer Prizes

Education and Careers

Print/CDROM Derivations

	Business Week Online's Business Schools
	Compensation and Working Conditions Online
	DOT Dictionary of Occupational Titles Index
	Monthly Labor Review Online
	National Center for Education Statistics -- Includes the Digest of Education Statistics for several years.
	Occupational Outlook Handbook [1998-99 ]
	Peterson's Education & Career Center

Science, Technology and Medicine

Print/CDROM Derivations

	IBM Patent Server Home Page
	Merck Manual
	PubMed -- "NLM's search service to access the 9 million citations in MEDLINE and Pre-MEDLINE."
	National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
	SPIN Bibliographic Database -- "indexing and abstracting of major American and Russian physics and astronomy journals."

Web-Only Sources

AMA Physician Select: On-Line Doctor Finder

Miscellaneous Reference Sources

Print/CDROM Derivations

Old Farmer's Almanac

Web-Only Sources

	2-Character Alphabetical Country Codes - Digraphs of All Countries
	Biography.com
	Calendar Zone
	Literary Calendar

Lists of Reference Sources

Web-Only Sources

	Quick Reference Service: Subject Guide to the Internet -- from Marcus Kilman at UCF Libraries
	A2Z : News & Information : Reference Information
	Education: Reference [Excite]
	English Server -- Reference
	IPL Ready Reference Collection
	LookSmart - exploring World - Reference & Education - Reference Desk [HotBot]
	Reference [from Galaxy]
	Reference and Interdisciplinary Information [from Galaxy]
	Reference (General) [from BioSites at NLM]
	Reference Resources [Princeton University]
	Reference Resources [Swem Library]
	Search Reference [iSleuth]
	Virtual Reference Collection [UCI Libraries]
	Yahoo - Reference
	WebCrawler Reference

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