Reference Resources   Tags: reference  

The world's largest and most comprehensive directory and search engine for acronyms, abbreviations and initialisms on the Internet.

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Links to some major population data sites.

Gives information and examples for writing papers and citing research.

English language dictionaries as well as specialized dictionaries.

A collection of academic discussion lists and resources of interests to the academic community.

From the Internet Public Library.

Links to some of the best Web quotation sites.

From the Librarians' Index to the Internet.

Links to University of Alaska system libraries.

Explores more than 800 hot topics in business, politics, government, education, and popular culture.

Includes news back to 1940 including editorial cartoons, obituaries listings back to 1980, and more, as well as an almanac and encyclopedia, special features, issues & controversies, and today’s science.

The Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia database indexes over 25,000 records. Full text for each record may be easily accessed by double clicking on the topic from the display. This database is updated annually.

A guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. It traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources.

Contains over 100 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press. It is a fully-indexed, cross-searchable database of these books, giving subscribers unprecedented access to a comprehensive information resource.

Offers a fundamental reference source for students, library patrons, library reference staff, and scholars alike. Includes biographies, encyclopedia entries, facts, statistics. Dates covered 1998 to present. Updated annually.

Encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.

Credo General Reference covers every major subject, offering 541 hundred highly-regarded titles from over 70 publishers.

Repair information back to 1954.

In-print, out-of-print, and forthcoming books, with optional reviews.

Catalog of art museum images online.

ChoiceReviews.online provides Web access to the entire database of CHOICE reviews published since September 1988.

Index of Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities.

Directory information on companies publicly traded on U.S. exchanges.

Bridges the gap between the science that students learn in the classroom and the discoveries pushing the boundaries of science today.

Find citations with links to online & print holdings at UAA/APU Consortium Library.

Census records, family histories, and other genealogy resources.

Access from 1987 to present to news digest articles from around the world.

Provides full-text documents from over 6,000 news, business, legal, and reference publications.

Materials on libraries and information science.

Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts.

Searches the indexes of all volumes of Buros Mental Measurements Yearbooks.

In-depth business and financial information.

Contains hundreds of full-text local and regional U.S. newspapers.

Now available inside WorldCat!

Magazines, Newspapers & More: Full-Text Articles for Alaskans.

Contains the full set of small engine repair manuals from Clymer.

The authoritative reference work on Southeast Asian history.

Over 150 online videos for safety and compliance training.

Test preparation materials and practice exams. Find college, graduate, and career/vocational programs.

Current events database.

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