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General Resources for All Subjects
Useful Sources for Information in a Search Strategy Format
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Books and Journal Titles
Quick Facts |
People and Organizations |
Opinions |
Further Research
Background Information
(General and Subject Encyclopedias)
Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition [WWW]
Contains nearly 51,000 full text articles on a wide range of topics, including 15,000 biographies, maps, speeches, and more than 80,000 hypertext cross-references to link relevant information.
Encyclopedia Britannica Online [OhioLINK users only]
Access over 75,000 quality full text articles, as well as 200,000 selected Web sites and 2,000 videos on virtually every topic. Also includes special sections and resources on presidential campaigns, atlases, year in review, timelines, and highlighted research topics.
Provides information on a wide variety of topics with extensive coverage of science and technology and a strong emphasis on American history.
Contains a digest of important news stories, providing concise profiles of state, national, and international events and including a detailed name and subject index.
Words
(Dictionaries, Thesauri, Quotations)
American Heritage Dictionary, 4th Edition [WWW]
Describes current American use of English language.
Bartlett's Quotations [WWW]
Browse an index of authors or search for particular words in the online version of this well-known reference work.
List of Dictionaries [WWW]
Links to a variety of Internet dictionaries, primarily for English and other languages.
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (10th Edition) [OSU users only]
Provides searchable dictionary of over 100,000 items.
One Look Dictionaries [WWW]
Provides one-page forum to search a variety of general and subject dictionaries, including science, medical, technological, business, sports, religion, acronyms, and miscellaneous
Reference Dictionaries [WWW]
Online dictionaries for Chinese, French, Greek, Latin, music, law, medical, technical, slang, and links to other dictionary sites on the Internet.
Web of On-line Dictionaries [WWW]
Over 800 searchable on-line dictionaries from Afrikaans to Yiddish, as well as multi-lingual dictionaries, thesauri, language identifiers, on-line grammars, and more.
WordNet 1.5 on the Web [WWW]
WordNet is an on-line lexical reference system developed by the Cognitive Science Lab at Princeton University. Enter a search word and retrieve synonyms, antonyms, other related terms.
Current Information
(Indexes to Identify Magazine, Journal, Newspaper Articles)
1stHeadlines is a search engine and index for current full text news which makes it easyy to search the headlines and access news stories. The headlines from local, regional, national and international online news sources are updated 24 hours a day.
Academic Search Premier [OhioLINK users only]
Full text articles from over 3,400 publications, as well as indexing to identify articles found in 900 other academic publication, for information on a wide range of topics in art, computer science, education, engineering, ethnic studies, humanities, language, literature, medical sciences, social sciences, and more.
ARL Directory of Electronic Journals, Newsletters, and Academic Discussion Lists [WWW]
Association of Research Libraries' description and links to over 1700 electronic serials.
Applied Science and Technology Abstracts [OhioLINK users only]
Indexes and abstracts over 300 periodicals in a wide variety of subjects ranging from aeronautics, chemistry, and computers to physics, plastics, and transportation.
ArticleFirst [OSU users only]
Provides table of contents pages from the latest issues of 11,500 journals in science, technology, medicine, social science, business, humanities, popular culture.
Business Source Premier [OhioLINK users only]
Full text articles from over 2,200 business journals, as well as indexing to identify articles found in over 535 other publications, for information on a wide range of topics in accounting, economics, finance, international business, management, marketing, and more.
Electronic Journal Center (OhioLINK) [OhioLINK users only]
Access to thousands on online, full-text journals on a wide variety of topics and searchable by title or subject.
CIC Electronic Journal Collection [WWW]
The Committee on Institutional Cooperation provides this list of and access to full text re-journals available through the member research institutes in the Midwest, including The Ohio State University.
Essay and General Literature Index [OSU users only]
Indexes essays and chapters from collections focusing mainly in the social sciences and humanities.
Full Text Journals by Title [WWW-some access restricted]
Alphabetical listing and access to hundreds of electronic journals available to Ohio State-affiliated students, staff, and faculty. Most journals are in the fields of science (mathematics, chemistry, physics, biochemistry, molecular biology), but some arts and humanities journals are also available.
Humanities Abstracts [OhioLINK users only]
Indexes and abstracts catalogs from over 460 English language periodicals in archaeology, classics, communication, folklore, history, journalism, language, literature, music, performing arts, philosophy, photography, political criticism, religion, and more.
Indexes, Abstracts, Bibliographies, and Tables of Contents Services [WWW]
Provides access to journal, magazine, and newspaper articles; research papers; preprints; proceedings; book chapters; and similar materials in arts and humanities, science and technology, and social sciences.
Inside Info Plus [OhioLINK users only]
Indexes over 6 million articles on a wide range of topics from 21,000 of the most frequently requested journals from the British Library Document Supply Center, searchable by author, title, journal, and keyword
Internet Press [WWW]
Links to thousands of full-text newspapers, television, radio and other media resources internationally.
LexisNexis Academic [OSU users only]
Online services providing access to full text files including newspapers, business information, legislation, legal resources, medical information patents, and more.
Library Literature [OSU users only]
Indexes English and foreign journals, monographs, proceedings, pamphlets, and library school themes.
News Trawler [WWW]
Search hundreds or full text, international news resources by country, category, and alphabetic list of titles from this meta site with one search query.
Newspaper Source [OhioLINK users only]
Full text articles from over 200 regional and international newspapers, news wires, The Christian Science Monitor, The Los Angeles Times, and USA Today, along with abstracts to identify articles from the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal - Eastern Edition.
OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center [OhioLINK users only]
Links to electronic journals by subject or title from Elseuvier available to OhioLINK users
PapersFirst [OSU users only]
Contains papers on a vast number of subjects from every congress, conference, exposition, workshop, symposium and meeting publications received at The British Library.
ProceedingsFirst [OSU users only]
Contains 19,000 citations of publications on worldwide meetings, conferences, expositions, workshops, congresses, and symposia received at The British Library.
PubList.com [WWW]
Comprehensive directory of information for 150,000 publications and 8,000 newspapers around the world, using Ulrich's International Periodical Directory and other resources.
Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature
Excellent index for articles covering current events, issues, and information on people found in popular periodicals and some scholarly journals .
SciNet [WWW]
Specialized searchable directory of full-text online resources in science and nature topics such as agriculture, astronomy, biology, chemistry, environment, medicine, mathematics, physics, social science, technology, and more.
Time.Com [WWW]
Accesses daily and archival fill text articles from Time Daily service, including Time Magazine, Money, People, Fortune, Life, CNN, Entertainment Weekly, SIOnline and more.
Wall Street Journal via Proquest Direct [OSU users only]
Contains the full-text Wall Street Journal newspaper, including extensive coverage of stock markets, finance, investments and business-oriented news, business and financial news and analysis, company news, and in-depth features
Books and Journal Titles
OSCAR [WWW]
Locate books, journals (after you have used an index to identify specific articles), and other materials in the OSU Libraries.
OhioLINK [WWW]
Locate books, journals, and other materials in major Libraries throughout the state of Ohio.
Other library catalogs [WWW]
Access to catalogs for the Big Ten Libraries' (CIC), Center for Research Libraries (CRL), Columbus Metropolitan Library, Ohio Public Libraries (OPLIN), Library of Congress Catalog, WorldCat, and others.
Quick Facts
(Almanacs, Atlases, Statistics Sources)
ABC Interactive World Fact Book [WWW]
Contains CIA facts on all countries and regions recognized by the U.S. State Department, including info on each area's flag, geography, people, government, economy, transportation, communications and defense.
Absolute Trivia [WWW]
Over 5,000 facts updated daily and searchable by keyword or subject on topics of animals, entertainment, environment, food/drink, geography, history, holidays, inventions, laws, people, space, sports, statistics, technology, words/numbers, and much more.
Indexes and abstracts (summaries) for 800 periodicals and 10,000 reports, studies, etc. containing statistical data from every source issued by the U.S. government.
Atlapedia Online [WWW]
Contains full color physical and political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world, including geography, climate, people, religion, language, history, economy, and more.
CIA Publications and Handbook [WWW]
Contains current (1995) data about the size, population, climate, terrain, economy, crime rate, life expectancy, languages, religions, migration, currency, politics, and much more for each of the nearly 300 countries listed.
FEDSTATS [WWW]
Searchable indexes of statistics from 70 U.S. federal government agencies including the Bureaus of Justice, Labor, Transportation, Census, Energy, Agriculture; the Internal Revenue, National Science Foundation, Agencies for Children and Family; Aging' Toxic Substances; Animal and Plant Health' Army Corps of Engineers and many more.
Finding data in the Internet: a journalist's guide [WWW]
Links to useful data on basic reference, agriculture, aviation, crime, pollution, education, energy, health, immigration, law, military, politics, weather and more.
Global Statistics [WWW]
Statistical data and ready reference answers on information ranging from country profiles, city information, population, geographic areas, state capitals, and more.
Infoplease.com [WWW]
Vast resource of full-text information, statistics, and articles from almanacs, dictionaries, and encyclopedias on the world, sports, entertainment, U.S., people, business, living, society, science, and technology.
Info Service [WWW]
The world's largest reference source with extensive numbers of links for health, fitness, sports, news, business, reference, history, art, weather, etc.
Library Spot - Statistics [WWW]
Provides links to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, FedStats, Environmental Stats from the EPA, and other subject statistical sites on population, criminal justice, health, and more.
Martindale's "The Reference Desk" [WWW]
Covers areas from astrology and housing, immigration and dinosaurs, chromosome maps and postal information, mortgage calculators, college course information, and the periodic table.
A Matter of Fact [OhioLINK users only]
In-depth statistics, charts, essays, tables and abstracts from newspapers, periodicals and the Congressional Record on current news and issues.
Measure 4 Measure [WWW]
A collection of interactive web sites that estimate, calculate, evaluate, translate, etc. in areas including science and math, health, finance, and many other miscellaneous converters.
My Virtual Reference Desk [WWW]
Hundreds of links to data from dictionaries, almanacs, calendars, directories, encyclopedias, grammar, languages, news, sports, stocks, statistics, travel, weather, weights and measures and more.
Perry-Castenada Library Map Collection [WWW]
Approximately 1,500 non-copyrighted electronic political and topographic maps for all countries and areas of the world are available at this site. Current and historical collections are available as well as a list of other map sites on the Internet.
Ready Reference List [WWW]
Government documents, info technology, dictionaries, thesauri, phone books, maps, currency exchange, science data, and other reference sources around the world.
Ready Reference Using the Internet [WWW]
Full-text sources and data for hundreds of topics including abortion, acid rain, animal rights, automobiles, calculators, cloning, colleges, crime, drug abuse, employment, income tax, Nobel Prizes, patents, population and almost everything else.
The Reference Desk [WWW]
Features science tables and databases, world maps, language dictionaries, travel, entertainment, journals, current world reports (time, weather, currency exchange, transportation schedules), "what's new" in 249 countries, Web tutorials, computer info, etc.
Social Sciences Data Center [WWW]
University of Virginia has made current versions of the County and City Data Book and other important business and social statistical data sources available online.
Annual almanac provides statistics and other factual information for the countries of the world including the United States.
Statistical Abstract of the United States
Provides a broad range of useful statistics for political, social, and economic subjects in the United States.
Statistical Abstract of the United States (selected information) [WWW]
Selected frequently-requested information from Statistical Abstract of the United States, available online, including tables, state rankings, state profiles, and a guide to State Statistical Abstracts, as well as links to other statistical reference sites.
Indexes and abstracts state and local government materials and publications of non-profit organizations, business associations, universities, and private publishers.
University of Michigan Document Center [WWW]
Links to hundreds of statistical sites arranged by subject including agriculture, business and industry, cost of living, demographics, education, energy, environment, finance and currency, foreign governments, government finances, health, labor, military, politics, science, sociology, transportation, weather, and multi-topic statistical sites.
Statistical Sites - (Bureau of Labor) [WWW]
Links to principal federal and international statistical agencies.
Statistical Sites on the World Wide Web - U.S. Federal Government [WWW]
Links to statistics and information from more than 70 U.S. Federal government and many international statistical agencies.
Helps to locate sources for statistics on over 12,000 topical areas.
LexisNexis Statistical [OhioLINK users only]
Corresponds to the print publications: American Statistical Index (1983-present), Statistical Reference Index (1983-present), and Index to International Statistics (1980-present). Accesses state and national governmental statistics, private and international statistics.
United Nations Statistical Yearbook
Summary of international statistics compiled yearly by the United Nations.Topics include agriculture, education, finance, manufacturing, social statistics, and trade.
U.S. Census Bureau [WWW]
Census Bureau page offers access to population, housing, economic data, including portions of the U.S. Statistical Abstract and the County and City Data Book
U.S. Government Information Statistics [WWW]
Links to statistics in areas such as agriculture, business, crime, education, energy, foreign trade, health, income, labor, population, social security, and transportation, as well as other useful sites for statistics.
USPS City/State/ZIP Code Lookup [WWW]
Searchable database to identify ZIP codes associated with a city and state, or the city and state if you enter the ZIP code.
World Almanac and Book of Facts [OhioLINK users only]
Comprehensive and readable statistics on social, religious, political, educational, and many other areas.
People and Organizations
(Biographical Sources, Directories)
Associations Unlimited [OhioLINK users only]
Contains descriptions and information for over 80,000 associations worldwide, including national, international, regional, state and local associations.
Biographical Information in OhioLINK Databases [OhioLINK users only]
Links to general and subject-specific online OhioLINK databases and help on how to search these resources for biographical information.
Biographical Dictionary [WWW]
Presents a searchable database to obtain biographical information of people from ancient times to the present.
Biography and Genealogy Master Index [OSU users only]
Indexes dictionaries and directories for basic data such as birth dates, education. and addresses of over 5.5 million people, as well as some sources for extensive essays
Biography.com [WWW]
Read first chapters and reviews of current best-selling biographies, search an online database of 15,000 short biographical entries drawn from the Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia, access the A&E and Biography Channel television program guides.
Biography Index [OSU users only]
Online index to a variety of biographical materials including periodicals and selected books, essays, biographies and autobiographies, diaries, memoirs, and obituaries.
Biography Resources -- Librarian's Index to the Internet [WWW]
Directories, databases, and specific resources can identify about any information needed about people including locations of famous graves, African-American Women writers, biographies of US Congress, people featured on postage stamps, famous birthdays, inventors, Popes, and celebrity obituaries.
Biography Index [OSU users only]
Indexes biographical materials in more than 3,000 periodicals, 2,000 books, autobiographies, memories, journals, diaries, letters, interviews, bibliographies, obituaries, biographical novels, drama, pictorial works, poetry, and juvenile literature.
Essay-length biographical sketches of prominent people for each year, as well as birth and death dates, portraits, and sources for further reference.
Dictionary of American Biography
Essays covering over 17,000 people who contributed to American life. Excludes currently living people.
Dictionary of National Biography
Contains essays on 32,000 British or Irish men and women, early settlers in America, and other foreigners who gained prominence in the United Kingdom. Excludes currently living people.
Library Spot - Biographical Info [WWW]
Links to biographical information on women, inventors, authors, presidents, Nobel Prize winners, celebrities and over 20,000 other notable people.
Lives: The Biography Resource [WWW]
Links to thousands of biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, diaries, letters, narratives, and oral histories all searchable by individual, profession, historical era, and geography. Also includes links to general collections, biographical criticism, and special collections.
New York Times Obituaries Index, 1858-1968 and 1969-1978
Covers over 353,000 names from 1858-1968 and 36,000 names from 1969-1978.
Scholarly Societies Project [WWW]
Provides links via 40 subject areas to 1,000 scholarly societies' Internet sites.
SuperPages.com: Connecting Buyers and Sellers [WWW]
Search for addresses and phone numbers of businesses and organizations all over the United States.
U.S. Postal Service: Your Post Office [WWW]
Look up zip codes and postal rate information.
WhoWhere? People Finder [WWW]
Search engine to locate individual e-mail addresses, phone numbers, personal home pages, Companies on the Internet, toll free numbers, and more.
Contains basic biographical data on 75,000 men and women of prominence in America.
Brief directory information on people from America and other countries who influenced American life from Jamestown to the recent past.
World Biographical Index [WWW]
Contains about 2.4 million short biographical entries for eminent individuals who lived in North and South America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania, including the person's name, variations of the name, pseudonyms, years of birth and death, occupation, and bibliographic information about the sources used.
Opinions
(Reviews, Editorials)
Book Review Digest [OSU users only]
Online index to reviews for fiction and non-fiction published in the United States. Includes excerpts from reviews.
Contains reprints of editorials on important national and international news topics selected from a variety of U.S. newspapers.
New York Times Books on the Web [WWW]
Searchable archive of over 50,000 book reviews, author interviews, and book news articles from the newspaper and the New York Times Book Review since 1980.
Opinion-Pages [WWW]
Full Text editorial, opinion, and comment pages from English newspapers around the world, searchable by keyword, geographic region, or subject including political and general, business and finance, technology, sports, health, and arts and leisure.
Further Research
(Bibliographies, Research Guides, Other WWW Resources)
Academic Info [WWW]
Extensive list of research web sites searchable by keyword of subject, from African-American history, American literature, and anthropology to law, mathematics, philosophy, reference, women's studies, and world history.
Academic Info: Reference Desk [WWW]
Subject directory of Internet resources for academic research and general information, including academic subject guide, encyclopedias and almanacs, search engines, research tools, academic directories, language, US and World information, health and medicine, current events, people, popular culture, weather, money, and more.
ARBA Guide to Subject Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
Contains excerpts from reviews for over 2500 subject areas encyclopedias and dictionaries taken from the American Reference Books Annual (ARBA).
The Best Information on the Net [WWW]
Reference and research site with hundreds of librarian-selected Web resources on sites by academic major, reference information, full-text books, journals, poetry, news, jobs, disability resources, resources for librarians, and other subject indexes to the Web.
BUBL LINK: Libraries of Networked Knowledge [WWW]
BUBL (Bulletin Board for Libraries) is a subject dictionary maintained to serve the interests of the academic and research community. BUBL is organized by subject, alphabetically, and by Dewey Decimal Classification, and the site may be either browsed or searched for a European slant on quality Internet sites.
Canadian Information By Subject [WWW]
Provides hundreds of subject areas with a large number of links to Internet resources on all aspects of Canada.
The Clearinghouse [WWW]
Provides access to thousands of value-added topical guides to Internet resources.
Cumulative Book Index [OSU users only]
International bibliography of books and other materials published in English.
Digital Librarian: A Librarian's Choice of the Best of the Web [WWW]
Thousands of professionally reviews sites on over 90 subjects including activism, business, chemistry, classics, directories, health, languages, movies, parenting, reference, statistics, Web page design, women's resources, and more.
Dissertation Abstracts [OSU users only]
Indexes doctoral dissertations and some masters theses from universities in the U.S., Canada, and some foreign countries. Abstracts available from mid-1980 on.
Frequently Used Sites Related to U.S. Federal Government Information [WWW]
Huge list of valuable links to government agencies, resources, people, articles, and statistics on current events, business, census, Congress, consumer information, copyright, patents, crime, education, health, laws, natural resources, Executive Branch, scientific/technical reports, Supreme Court, tax forms, travel and voting/elections.
Galaxy [WWW]
Extensive number of links for professionals organized by subject and subtopic (such as reference --> history) and further divided into categories such as academic organizations, collections, directories, non-profit, periodicals, etc.
Global Books in Print Online [OSU users only]
Includes books currently available or soon to be available for purchase. Key words, authors, title words, publishers and other information may be searched.
Hot Sheet [OSU users only]
Hundreds of links to the best web sites and search engines, all arranged by topics, including business, computers, culture, directories, music, news, reference, show business, sports, travel, and more.
INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource Connections [WWW]
Nearly 10,000 scholarly Internet resources are arranged in ten broad topical sections, e.g., "Biological, Agricultural & Medical Sciences," "Social Sciences and Humanities," and "Visual and Performing Arts," searchable by subject, keyword, or title.
IntIndex: An Internet Index [WWW]
Exhaustive list of resources for over 80 subject area including abbreviations, almanacs, biology, careers, copyright, disasters, Internet, movies, patents, religion, transportation, weights, and much more.
Librarians' Index to the Internet [WWW]
Searchable, annotated subject directory of more than 4,000 Internet resources selected by librarians for usefulness to public library users, in areas including arts, automobiles, business, computers, cultures, disabilities, jobs, organizations, recreation, science, sports, women, and much more.
Michigan Electronic Library [WWW]
Links to hundreds of electronic resources, news, organizations, and reference materials for business, children, education, government, politics, law, health, humanities, computers, Internet, library science, news, media, science, social issues, and more.
OPLIN-Ohio Public Library Network [WWW]
Provides access to Ohio public library resources as well as federal, state and regional information materials, Ohio history and information, kids resources and other electronic information such as full text journals, reference materials, newspapers and more.
Pinakes: A Subject Launchpad [WWW]
A collection of meta sites for subjects at art, architecture, aerospace, business, economics, library science, chemistry, education, computer science, engineering, history, language, law, botany, mathematics, biomedicine, philosophy, social sciences, and more.
Reference Shelf - (University of California, San Diego) [WWW]
Wide variety of resources including quotations, dictionaries, biographies, currency exchange rates, tax forms, maps, population as well as links to other notable Internet reference collections.
Reference Sources [WWW]
Hundreds of useful Web research sites on subjects including general reference, general science, biology, chemistry, health, statistics, current events, Internet info, quotations, and other resources by subject.
Search Beat ... The One-Stop Directory [WWW]
Hundreds of subject areas and related interest sites, including categories of newspapers, automobiles, accounting, careers, e-mail look-up, family, history time-lines, music, science, travel, universities, and hundreds of other useful sites.
StudyWeb [WWW]
Searchable list of 47,000 links to research sites on over 40 broad subject categories with hundreds of sub-topic categories.
Virtual Facts on File [WWW]
Huge list of very useful sites for quick facts and general instruction for categories such as dictionaries, maps, biography, encyclopedias, U.S. government, history, Internet, lcw, libraries, population, weights and measures, world religions, and much more.
Virtual Reference Sites [WWW]
Contains thousands of the most popular information reference locations and tools on the Web, including dictionaries, maps, white and yellow pages, health information, and more.
Wall Street Executive Library [WWW]
Director of over 1,400 of the most relevant and useful business Web sites including links to national and international newspapers; online magazines and journals in news, business, and computers/technology; search engines; directories; public records; download sites; privacy resources; quick reference; encyclopedias and almanacs; business tools; city guides and maps; fast facts; dictionaries; grammar; reference, and much more.
WebGEMS [WWW]
Links by subject to hundreds of informational sites including short articles, larger texts, statistical data, dictionaries, databases, maps, image archives, subject guides, and instructional resources.
WWW Virtual Library [WWW]
Sites are maintained by subject specialists at academic institutions throughout the world for topics such as agriculture, computer science, communications and media, education, engineering, humanities, international affairs, law, business, recreation, science, and more.
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