Reference Shelf
ALMANACS
BIOGRAPHICAL
- Biographical Information (Academic Universe) UM only Click on Academic Search Forms -- Reference.
- Biography and Genealogy Master Index UM only
- Biography Index UM only
- Literature Resource Center UM only Biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses.
BOOKS/JOURNALS AND PUBLISHING
- Books in Print with Reviews UM only
- Publist A database of magazines, journals, newsletters, & other periodicals. Information on familiar and hard-to-find publications from around the world, representing thousands of topics.
BUSINESS
- Big Charts An investment charting and research Web site that provides access to stock quotes, industry analysis, market news, and commentary.
- CI: Corporate Information Web site offers both company profiles and more extensive research reports on selected international companies.
- NAICS Association North American Industry Classification System
- Thomas Register of American Manufacturers (registration required)
- U.S. Small Business Administration
CAREERS
- America’s CareerInfoNet This is U.S. Department of Labor site features career education information through federal, state, and private links to wage and employment trends, occupational requirements, and career contacts.
- Occupational Outlook Handbook (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
COLLEGES and UNIVERSITIES
- American Universities Directory of home pages of U.S. colleges and universities.
- College and University Rankings Maintained by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign this online bibliography provides links to a variety of Web sites featuring all kinds of ratings, from well-known annual lists such as the U.S. News and World Report to less well-known lists like The Templeton Guide: Colleges That Encourage Character Development and Mother Jones's top 10 activist schools.
- College Source UM only 24,849 college catalogs in full, original page format.
- Graduate School Essays Tips on writing an application essay for graduate school--how to start, what to include, and what kind of personal information to give.
- Gradschools.com More than 50,000 graduate programs browsable by subject and school, and by online distance learning, certificate, McNair, and minority program offices throughout the United States. Includes articles.
- Peterson's Guide to Colleges and Universities
CONSUMER INFORMATION
- Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(U.S. General Services Administration)
Information on federal programs and services providing assistance or benefits to the American public. - Consumer Health UM Libraries' guide to consumer health information resources.
- U.S. Consumer Gateway Federal government consumer information.
DICTIONARIES
- American Heritage Dictionary
- The Grove Art Online UM only
- Grove Music Online UM only
- Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism UM only
- Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
- OneLook Dictionaries
- Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science
- Oxford English Dictionary UM only
- Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
- Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged UM only
DIRECTORIES
- BiologyBrowser Produced by BIOSIS, BiologyBrowser, is a free web site offering resources for the life sciences information community. Includes such things as Nomenclature Glossary for Zoology and the Zoological Record Thesaurus.
- Guidestar--The National Database of Nonprofit Organizations.
- Health professionals, services, facilities (MedlinePlus)
- Publist A database of magazines, journals, newsletters, & other periodicals. Information on familiar and hard-to-find publications from around the world, representing thousands of topics.
- Scientific Journal Lists and Abbreviations A UM Libraries' guide.
- Ulrichs Directory of Periodicals UM only Select "Search Ulrichs."
- The United States Government Manual The official handbook of the Federal Government, the Manual provides comprehensive information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches as well as information on quasi-official agencies, international organizations, boards, commissions, and committees.
ENCYCLOPEDIAS
- Access Science UM only
- A.D.A.M. Health Illustrated Encyclopedia Over 4,000 articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries. It also contains an extensive library of medical photographs and illustrations.
- Britannica Online UM only
- Columbia Encyclopedia
- Encyclopedia Mythica
- Encyclopedia of Earth From the Environmental Information Coalition of the National Council for Science and the Environment, this site focuses on traditional environmental disciplines and their relations to society.
- Encyclopedia of Vibration UM only
- The Grove Art Online UM only
- Grove Music Online UM only
- MadSci Network MadSci Network represents a "collective cranium" of scientists providing answers to science questions.
- Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History UM only
- Webopaedia
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
FOREIGN COUNTRIES
- C.I.A. World Factbook
- Country Studies Library of Congress' resource for the historical, social, economic, political, and national security systems of countries throughout the world.
- Directory of the World's Embassies & Consulates
- Foreign Information by Country University of Colorado at Boulder Government Publications Library site providing links to information about countries worldwide.
- U.S. Department of State Information about countries worldwide.
- Universal Currency Converter
GENERAL
- AcademicInfo Academic Info is an online subject directory of over 25,000 hand-picked educational resources for high school and college students as well as a directory of online degree programs and admissions test preparation resources (SAT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT, GMAT, USMLE, TOEFL). We also offer timely news and analysis of critical events including the Iraq War, Afghanistan Reconstruction, Hurricane Katrina recovery, the genocide in the Sudan, and the War on Terrorism.
- The Internet Public Library A public library of and for the Internet community.
- Librarians' Index to the Internet Web site and weekly newsletter featuring links to high-quality websites selected, described, and organized by a team of librarians.
- Library of Congress Virtual Reference Shelf Web resources compiled by the LC.
HEALTH INFORMATION
- A.D.A.M. Health Illustrated Encyclopedia Over 4,000 articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries. It also contains an extensive library of medical photographs and illustrations.
- Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body
- Healthfinder Includes a health library, special health topics organized by age from kids to seniors, by race & ethnicity, information about doctors, dentists and health providers, and a selection of web sites from government agencies, clearinghouses, nonprofits, and universities.
- Health/Medical Statistics on the Internet A locally created user guide to statistical resources on the Internet.
- Maryland Health->Go Local Connections to local health care services.
- MEDLINEplus
- MEDLINEplus medical dictionary
- Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
- Merck Manual of Geriatrics
- Merck Manual of Medical Information-Home edition
- National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
LIBRARIES
MAPS, ATLASES, AND GAZETTEERS
- Electronic Government Information: Maps and Atlases (University of Maryland Libraries)
- Ground Water Atlas of the United States
- National Atlas of the United States
- National Wetlands Inventory Wetlands interactive mapper.
- Topozone Online map service providing topographical maps of the United States.
- U.S. Gazetteer (U.S. Census Bureau)
MARYLAND (State of)
- State of Maryland portal Maryland Portal is a gateway to aid users in accessing State, Local and Federal government goods and services. This website may contain hypertext links or pointers to information created and maintained by both public and private organizations. .
- Maryland Manual On-Line: A Guide to Maryland Government
- Maryland State Data Center Mostly demographic information.
- MDBusiness Maryland Business web page of the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development. Includes considerable demographic information.
- Who are your elected officials in Maryland? (Congresspersons and Maryland General Assembly)
NEWS
- News Sources on the Web (University of Maryland Libraries)
- World-Newspapers.com
POLLS (Public Opinion)
- The Gallup Organization Wealth of information for researchers on opinion polls and trends.
- Monitoring the Future Ongoing study of the behaviors, attitudes, and values of American secondary school students, college students, and young adults financed in part by grants from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
- PollingReport.com Presents highlights of recent national opinion polls.
- Public Agenda Online: The Inside Source for Public Opinion and Policy Analysis Nonprofit, nonpartisan, public opinion research and citizen education organization.
- Public Opinion Analysis By the Public Opinion Analysis sector of the European Union.
QUOTATIONS
- Bartlett's Quotations
- Medicine in Quotations Online
- Quotations (Academic Universe) UM only Click on Reference link on the lefthand bar.
- Simpson's Contemporary Quotations
RESEARCH ORGANIZING/CITING TOOLS
- RefWorks online tool for managing citations, producing bibliographies, and organizing references.
- Citation Systems and Style Manuals (Overview)
- Brief Guide to Citing Government Documents
- MLA Style: Documenting Sources from the World Wide Web (Modern Language Association)
- APA Style Tips (American Psychological Association)
- Online's Citation Styles
- "Vancouver Style" International Committee of Medical Journal Editors Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals.
STATISTICS
- FEDSTATS Links to federal agencies that produce statistical information.
- Guide to State Statistical Abstracts (U.S. Census Bureau)
- Health/Medical Statistics on the Internet A locally created user guide to statistical resources on the Internet.
- NationMaster A central location that allows its users to compare countries on numerous statistics and to express the comparisons graphically.
- National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
- StateMaster A central location that allows its users to compare U.S. states on numerous statistics and to express the comparisons graphically.
- Statistical Abstract of the United States Authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.
- State and County Quick Facts (U.S. Census Bureau) Authoritative data answering frequently asked questions on People, Business, and Geography.
- Statistical Agencies (International) (U.S. Census Bureau)
- Statistical Resources on the Web (University of Michigan)
- U.S. Census Bureau
TAX FORMS
- Tax Form page Link to the tax form page maintained by the Government Documents & Maps department of the UM Libraries.
TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES
TRANSLATION SERVICES
VOTER INFORMATION
- District of Columbia
Board of Elections & Ethics
Information for DC voters including a mailable voter registration form. - Maryland
voters
Information on registering to vote in Maryland, plus a downloadable (PDF) voter registration form. - Virginia voters
Information on registering to vote in Virginia.
WRITING TOOLS
- American Heritage Book of English Usage
- Elements of Style
- Writer's Handbook Collection of concise instructional materials for university students on different aspects of college level writing.
ZIP CODES
- ZIP Code Lookup and Address Information (United States Postal Service)
