Quick Links

Quick Reference

These web links provide access to quick facts and ready reference information on a wide variety of topics. When your research requires more in-depth information you may want to search periodical databases, come into the library to use reference books or other titles in the collection, or talk with a reference librarian. You may also want to check Subject Guides at the library web site and Credo Reference.

 

College and Universities

College Academic Course Catalogs

College and University Home Pages

College and University Rankings

Study Abroad

 

Dictionaries

Acronym Server

Bable Fish Translation - from Altavista

Bartleby.com
Quotations, thesauri, gazetteer, dictionaries, variety of full text reference books - Bible, Shakespeare, mythology, English usage, etc.

French-English Dictionary

Language Dictionaries and Translators

Merriam-Webster English Dictionary

Phrase Finder

Roget's II: The New Thesaurus

 

Encyclopedias/Almanacs/Maps

HyperHistory - searchable timelines of history

Information Please Almanac

MSN Encarta World Atlas

Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection

 

Phone Books, and Phone and Postal Codes

Airline Toll-Free Numbers and Websites

AmeriCom: Area Code Decoder

AnyWho

SuperPages.com (Verizon)

Switchboard

ZIP Code Lookup

 

Reference (multiple links)

Internet Archive
Access to historical collections that exist in digital format - audio, moving images, and texts.

Librarian's Index to the Internet ("Websites you can trust")

Library Spot

Virtual Reference Desk (Library of Congress)

WWW Virtual Library
one of the oldest web catalogues

 
Updated 16-Jul-2008 SWH