THE ONLINE RESEARCH DIVISION

REFERENCE AND RESEARCH TOOLS

• Britannica Online -- added-value subscription
• Britannica Online -- Free version
• Research It! -- your one-stop Reference Desk Online!
• Bartelby.com -- Featuring dictionaries, Roget's Thesaurus, encyclopedias and great books online!
• Encyclopedia.com -- Links from the Concise Columbia Encyclopedia
• Constitutions of the United States, national and State
• Infoplease.com -- Information Please Almanacs Online
• Old Farmer's Almanac
• Roget's Thesaurus
• NoodleTools -- Smart tools for smart research
• ArtLex -- Online Art Dictionary
• Literary Resources on the Net
• Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & Criticism
• Online Literary Criticism
• Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
• WebElements -- The Online Periodic Table
• World Fact Book 2007
• Daily Almanac
• Reference Calendars
• Statistical Resources on the Web -- from the University of Michigan

STYLE MANUALS

• Purdue University Manual for the Preparation of Graduate Theses
• Elements of Style
• Online! Citation Styles-- Including MLA, APA, Chicago and CBE
• APA Style Manual -- A guide for writing research papers
• Style Sheet for Citing Internet Resources-- MLA
• Guide to Citation Style Guides
• Sources: Their Use and Acknowledgement -- from Dartmouth College

MAPS

• Maps of the United States and the World
• Atlas of the World
• MapQuest -- Interactive world atlas and trip planning
• Maps On Us -- Need door-to-door directions?

DICTIONARIES

• Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
• Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 ed. -- ARTFL Project
• Travlang's Translating Dictionaries -- from English to German to Italian to Esperanto
• BioTech Life Science Dictionary
• OneLook Dictionaries -- search more than 490 sources at once!
• yourDictionary.com
• Dictionaries -- Searchable dictionaries of all sorts
• French-English Dictionary -- ARTFL Project
• German-English Dictionary
• Indonesian-English Dictionary

PATENT AND PRODUCT INFORMATION

• The Patent Server -- by IBM
• United States Patent Office
• NAICS -- North American Industry Classification System

LOOKING FOR SOMEONE?

• InfoSpace
• Telephone Directories on the Web -- from all over the world!
• Internet Address Finder
• AnyWho -- Toll-free listings from AT&T
• American Directory Assistance -- from infoUSA
• SuperPages -- GTE Yellow Pages
• Who? Where? -- People and organizations on the Internet
• Switchboard -- Nationwide residential and business directory
• American University Web Sites

THE BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL SECTION

• Hoover's Online -- The ultimate source for company information
• 411Stocks -- All the stock information on one page!
• NETworth -- Calculate your net worth
• Wall Street Journal Home Page
• TheStreet.com
• CNN Financial News
• CEO Express
• USA Today Money
• The Motley Fool -- Finance and Folly