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REFERENCE SOURCE GUIDE

Dictionary Sources
Multi-type Sources
Credo Reference (Online Reference Collection)
Gale Virtual Reference Library (Online Reference Collection)
Oxford Digital Reference (Online Reference Collection)
Unabridged Dictionaries
Websters Third New International Dictionary of the English Language
The Random House Dictionary of the English Language
Encarta
Funk & Wagnall's New Standard Dictionary of the English Language
Abridged Dictionaries
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary (Print or http://www.m-w.com/)
The American Heritage Dictionary (Print or via Credo)
Historical Dictionaries
Dictionary of American English on Historical Principles
Oxford English Dictionary (Print or via Online Reference Collection)
Specialized Dictionaries
Acronyms, Initialisms, and Abbreviations Dictionary (Print or via Online Reference
Collection)
Reverse Acronyms, Initialisms, and Abbreviations Dictionary (Print or via Online Reference
Collection)
Dictionary of Contemporary Slang (Online Reference Collection)
Dictionary of Modern English Usage
Rogets New Thesaurus (Print or via Credo)
Merriam-Webster's Online Thesaurus (Print or http://www.m-w.com/)
Blacks Law Dictionary
Urban Dictionary
Penguin Rhyming Dictionary (print or via Credo)
Biographical Sources

Biography and Genealogy Master Index (Print or via Online Reference Collection)
Biography in Context (formerly Biography Resource Center) (Online Reference Collection)
Current Biography Yearbook (Print of via Online Reference Collection)
Dictionary of American Biography
American National Biography (Print or via Online Reference Collection)
Contemporary Authors (Print or via Literature Resource Center in Online Reference
Collection)
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Pseudonyms and Nicknames Dictionary

Websters New Biographical Dictionary
Notable American Women (Online via Credo)
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Print or via Online Reference Collection)
Whos Who & Who was Who
Whos Who in America (Print or via Online Reference Collection)
Who's Who Online(Online Reference Collection)
Dictionary of Literary Biography (Print or via Literature Resource Center in Online
Reference Collection)
American Men and Women of Science (Print or via Online Reference Collection)
Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Something about the Author
World Authors

Encyclopedia Sources
Multi-type Sources
Credo Reference (Online Reference Collection)
Gale Virtual Reference Library (Online Reference Collection)
Oxford Digital Reference (Online Reference Collection)
Online Reference Collection - Encyclopedias
http://www.library.illinois.edu/eref/formats/encyclopedias.html
General Encyclopedias
Academic American
Colliers
Encyclopedia Americana
Encyclopedia Britannica (Print or ORC)
Britannica Concise (Credo)
World Book Encyclopedia
Columbia Encyclopedia (Online Reference Collection or Credo)
One Volume Encyclopedias
The Concise Columbia
The Random House
The Cambridge
Subject Encyclopedias
The New Grove Dictionary of Music (Print or via Oxford Music in ORC)
The Dictionary of Art (Print or via Oxford Art in ORC)
Benets Readers Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia of Religion

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McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology (Print or Online Reference

Collection)
The American Medical Association Encyclopedia of Medicine
Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine (print or ORC)
Encyclopedia of World Art
Gale Encyclopedia of Science (Print or ORC)

Almanacs, Handbooks & Manual Sources

UIUC Online Reference Collection - Almanacs

http://www.library.illinois.edu/eref/formats/almanacs.html
UIUC Online Reference Collection - Countries, States, Cities
http://www.library.illinois.edu/eref/formats/countries.html
UIUC Online Reference Collection - Health
Information http://www.library.illinois.edu/eref/formats/health.html
Time Almanac (Print or online as Infoplease.com)
World Almanac and Book of Facts (Print or via Online Reference Collection)
Whitakers Almanack
Europa World Year Book (Print or via Online Reference Collection)
Statesmans Year Book (Print or via Online Reference Collection)
InfoPlease Almanac (Print or http://www.infoplease.com/)
CIA World Factbook (Print or https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/)
Occupational Outlook Handbook (Print or http://www.bls.gov/oco/home.htm)
US Government Manual (Print or http://www.gpoaccess.gov/gmanual/index.html)
Merck Manual (Print or via Online Reference Collection)
Physicians' Desk Reference (PDR)

Directory Sources

UIUC Online Reference Collection - Addresses & Phone Numbers

http://www.library.illinois.edu/eref/formats/addresses.html
UIUC Online Reference Collection - Colleges & Universities
http://www.library.illinois.edu/eref/formats/colleges.html
The American Library Directory
Encyclopedia of Associations (Print or via Associations Unlimited in Online Reference
Collection)
College Blue Book (Print or Online Reference Collection)
Scholarships, Fellowships, and Loans (Print or Online Reference Collection)
Peterson's Guide to Four-Year Colleges
National Five Digit Zip Code Directory (Print or https://usps.com/)
World of Learning (Print or Online Reference Collection)
Thomas Register of American Manufacturers (Print or http://www.thomasnet.com/)

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Geographical Sources

Times Atlas of the World

Times Atlas of World History
Historical Atlas of the United States
National Atlas of the United States of America
Rand McNally Commercial Atlas and Marketing Guide
Merriam Websters Geographical Dictionary
Columbia Gazetteer of the World (Print or via Online Reference Collection)
Rand McNally Road Atlas
CultureGrams
Google Maps (http://maps.google.com)
Google Earth (http://earth.google.com/)
Country Studies http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
CIA World Factbook https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

Bibliographic Sources
UIUC Online Reference Collection - Books in Print, Serials &
Publishers http://www.library.illinois.edu/eref/formats/books.html
WorldCat (Online Reference Collection)
Literary Market Place
Guide to Reference Books
National Union Catalog
Books in Print (Print or via Online Reference Collection)
American Reference Books Annual (Print or via Online Reference Collection)
Childrens Catalog
Fiction Catalog
Public Library Catalog
Readers Adviser
Gale Directory of Publications
Ulrichs International Periodicals Directory (Print or via Online Reference Collection)
Union List of Serials
Novelist (Online Reference Collection)
Index & Abstract Sources

UIUC's Online Journals & Newspaper

http://openurl.library.uiuc.edu/sfxlcl3/az
UIUC Online Reference Collection - Article Indexes by Subject
http://www.library.illinois.edu/catalog/vufind/dbsubject.html
UIUC Online Reference Collection - Dissertations & Theses
http://www.library.illinois.edu/eref/formats/dissertations.html
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UIUC Online Reference Collection - Literary Criticism

http://www.library.illinois.edu/eref/formats/literarycriticism.html
Readers Guide to Periodical Literature (1900-)
Readers Guide Retrospective (Online Research Resources)
Short Story Index (via Ebsco)
Columbia Grangers Index to Poetry (online via Online Journals & Databases)
Play Index (via Ebsco)
ABI/INFORM (Abstracted Business Information) (Print or via Online Reference Collection)
Dissertation Abstracts (Print or via Online Reference Collection)
ERIC (Online Research Resources)
Library Literature (Print or via Online Reference Collection)
PAIS (Online Reference Collection)
Psychological Abstracts (Print or via Online Reference Collection)
Web of Science (Online Reference Collection) (Includes Science Citation Index, Arts &
Humanities Citation Index, & Social Sciences Citation Index)
New York Times Index http://www.nytimes.com/

Government Information Sources

United States Government Manual print

or http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=GOVMAN
CQ Almanac
Washington Information Directory (via Online Journals & Databases)
US Census http://www.census.gov/
US Code print or http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text
Code of Federal Regulations print or http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html
Congressional Staff Directory
Statistical Abstract of the United States print or http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/
CIS/Index to Publications of the United States Congress
Digest of Education Statistics (Print or http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/)
Historical Statistics of the United States: From Colonial Times to 1970
Crime in the United States/Uniform Crime Report print or http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm
County and City Data Book http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/ccdb/
Thomas http://thomas.loc.gov/
USA.gov http://www.usa.gov/
FD Sys (Formerly GPO Access) http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/
CIA World Factbook https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
Occupational Outlook Handbook print or http://www.bls.gov/oco/home.htm