Online Reference Resources

Virtual Reference Shelf

Almanacs	Journals	Subject Guides
Calculators	Newspapers & Media	Search Engines
Dictionaries	News & Current Events	Map Resources
Directories	Style & Citation Manuals
Encyclopedias	Writing Assistance	Government Information:
Quotations	Study Skills	Federal
Statistics	Internet & Computer Skills	Indiana State & Local Area
Thesauri & Acronyms		International

E-Resources by VU Major, Minor, or Academic Program

E-Resources by Discipline-Area Subject Listings

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Almanacs

Europa World Plus
World Factbook 2006
InfoPlease.com
Librarians' Index to the Internet: Reference Tools: Almanacs
This Day in History: The History Channel
Today in History: American Memory Project

Calculators

Martindale's Calculators On-Line Center
Measure for Measure
How Much Is That? Historical economics data
SISA: Simple Interactive Statistical Analysis
Astronomical Applications Data Services (sunrise, sunset, moonrise as well as a lunar eclipse calculator)

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
Encyberpedia: Encyclopedia of Online Resources
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online
EurekAlert
Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia
Librarians' Index to the Internet: Reference Tools: Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
Merriam-Webster's Online: The Language Center
Merriam-Webster's Visual Dictionary Online
yourDictionary.com (American Heritage Dictionary)
yourDictionary.com (Grammars and Language)
Oxford English Dictionary (OED): library subscription

Directories

Biographies
City Directories of the United States of America
Internet Movie Database
PubList.com
ThomasNet

Meta Site Directories:
Best Information on the Internet
BUBL Link
DeskRef: Quick Reference Links
Google Web Directory
Internet Public Library
Librarian's Index to the Internet
Open Directory Project
Refdesk.com
University of Kentucky's World Wide Web Resources
Virtual Reference Shelf

Telephone, Email, and Address Directories:
AnyWho
AnyWho: Reverse Lookup
Area Code Search
BigBook
Librarians' Index to the Internet: Reference Tools: Phone Books
Switchboard
Telephone Directories on the Web
WorldPages
ZipCode Lookup & Address Information

Primary Resource Archives / Repositories:
Primary Sources On The Web
Repositories of Primary Sources

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Quotations

Bartelby.Com: Familiar Quotations
The Quotations Page

Statistics

Statistics (Federal, State, and International)
Statistical Abstract of the United States
Statistics Every Writer Should Know

Thesauri & Acronyms

Acronyms and Abbreviations
Merriam-Webster Online
Thesaurus.com (using Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus)
WordNet

Newspapers & Media

For indexing, abstracting, and full-text access to various newspapers through library databases, click here.

Direct links to newspaper and media sites

Newslink
National newspapers
Major metro newspapers
U.S. newspapers by state
Campus newspapers
NewsDirectory.com

Newspapers: (online subscription required for some of these sites)

Atlanta Journal-Constitution Boston Globe Chicago Tribune Chicago Sun Times Christian Science Monitor Denver Post Detroit Free Press   Financial Times - US Houston Chronicle Indianapolis Star Los Angeles Times Miami Herald

New York Times Omaha World Herald Post-Tribune (Northwest Indiana) St. Louis Post-Dispatch San Francisco Chronicle Seattle Times The Times (Northwest Indiana) USA Today Village Voice Wall Street Journal Washington Post Washington Times

    News Media:

ABC | CBS | NBC | MSNBC | CNN
AP Broadcast Wire - US
BBC
Bloomberg World News
Reuters
U-Wire College News

News & Current Events

What's New on the Web

The Scout Report
Neat New Stuff I Found on the Web this Week
Research Buzz
Digital Librarian
New Jour
lii: New This Week

College News Online
Documents in the News
FACSNET
Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR)
Foreign Affairs Online
Freedom Forum Online
News and Newspapers
Newslink
Newsweek (magazine)
NSPA/ACP Student Media Sourcebook
Reporter's Desktop
Society of Professional Journalists
Television News Archive

Style & Citation Manuals

Citing Resources
Citation Styles
The Elements of Style
Guide for Citing Electronic Information
Sources: Their Uses and Acknowledgement
Writer's Handbook -- Documentation Styles
A Writer's Reference
Documenting History Sources
Documenting Humanities Sources
Documenting Science Sources
Documenting Social Science Sources

Writing Assistance

VU Writing Center
Purdue's Online Writing Lab (OWL)
Guide to Grammar and Writing
Plagiarism
Research Strategies

Study Skills

Sites to Promote Academic Success
Academic Advancement Center: Tips
Academic Tips

Internet & Computer Skills

Internet Skills
The HelpWeb
Spider's Apprentice - Search Engine Tips, Information, Strategies
YAHOO! Beginner's Guides Directory

Computer Skills
Computer Basics
Basic Computer Skills for Teachers

Subject Guides

About.com
Academic Info
How Stuff Works
Infomine:Scholarly Internet Resource Collections
Internet Public Library
Scout Report
Term Paper Topics
YAHOO

Search Engines

Search Engine Watch
Spider's Apprentice - Search Engine Tips, Information, Strategies
Search Engine Showdown

AltaVista
Google
HotBot
Scirus (for scientific information only)
Search Adobe PDF Online

Parallel Search Engines:
Dogpile
MetaCrawler
Search.com

The Deep Web:
CompletePlanet

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