Reference Shelf

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Online References will take you to sites outside of the Wilkes website.

Abbreviations & Acronyms

• Acronym Finder
• All That JAS: Journal Abbreviation Sources
• Government Manual Online – Commonly Used Federal Acronyms
• BABEL: A Glossary of Computer Related Abbreviations and Acronyms
• Stands4.com: The Source for Acronyms and Abbreviations
• World Wide Web Acronym and Abbreviation Server
• The Opaui Guide to Lists of Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Initialisms on the World Wide Web

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Almanacs

• Information Please Almanac
• Farmers Almanac
• The Old Farmer's Almanac
• CIA World Factbook

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Arts & Entertainment

• GardenNet
• The Cook's Thesaurus
• PBS: Julia Child: Lessons with Master Chefs
• The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book: Fannie Farmer (1918)
• Martindale's Travel & Shipping Center
• Internet Public Library: Books
• The Internet Movie Database
• Chicago Sun-Times: Roger Ebert Reviews
• Movie Review Query Engine
• All-Music Guide
• Internet Broadway Database
• ESPN.com
• Information Please Sports Almanac
• Baseball-Reference.com
• Librarians' Index to the Internet: Recreation Topics
• TV Guide Online
• The Classic TV Database
• Ticketmaster.com

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Biography, Awards, & Prizes
Biography

• Biography.com
• Biographical Dictionary
• World Biographical Index
• Lexis-Nexis Academic: Biographical Information (Wilkes users only)
• American Presidents: Life Portraits
• The Presidents of the United States
• Congressional Biographical Directory
• Who Named It?: Biographical Dictionary of Medical Eponyms
• The Union List of Artist Names
• Librarians' Index to the Internet: Biography
• Internet Public Library: Biographies

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Awards & Prizes

• Academy Awards (Oscars)
• Emmys
• Tony Awards
• Grammy Awards
• Golden Globe Awards
• Nobel Foundation
• Pulitzer Prize
  

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Business
Company Information

• Hoover's Online
• Thomas Register
• Corporate Information
• FreeEDGAR
• EDGAR Database of Corporate Information
• Small Business Administration

Annual Reports

• Annual Reports Service
• Annual Reports Gallery
• CAROL Company Annual Reports Online

Investments

• Big Charts
• Bankrate
• NASDAQ Stock Market
• New York Stock Exchange
• American Stock Exchange
• CNN Money: Markets & Stocks
• Morningstar: Stocks, Mutual Funds, Investing and Personal Finance

Statistics & Industry Information

• North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
• Roper Center for Public Opinion research
• Gallup Polls
• Follow the Money: The Institute on Money and State Politics
• Economagic: Economic Time Series
• County Business Patterns
• Economic Indicators

Currency

• U.S. National Debt Clock
• Inflation Calculator
• College Cost Projector
• FX Converter: 164 Curency Converter
• Universal Currency Converter
• What is a Dollar Worth?
• Bloomberg's Currency Calculator

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Consumer Info
General

• Better Business Bureau
• Consumer World
• Consumer Search
• FirstGov for Consumers
• Consumer Action Handbook
• Consumer Reports

Politics

• FactCheck.org - Annenberg Political Fact Check

Legal

• Consumer Law
• ABA LawInfo.org
  
  

Health

• Quackwatch: Your Guide to Health Fraud, Quackery, and Intelligent Decisions
• Healthfinder
• National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
• National Institute of Mental Health
• National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine
• U.S. Food & Drug Administration: Information for Consumers

Internet

• econsumer.gov: International Internet Consumer Fraud Complaints
• Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG)
• Hoaxbusters

Automobiles

• Kelley Blue Book New & Used Car Price Reports
• Edmunds Automobile Buyer's Guide

Gasoline

• GasBuddy.com

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Copyright, Patents, & Trademarks

• United States Copyright Office
• Copyright Clearance Center
• Media copyright
• Internet Resources for Copyright
• Searchable Intellectual Property Databases
• World Intellectual Property Organization
• United States Patent & Trademark Office
• Europe's Network of Patent Databases

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Dates, Times, & Holidays                    

• Official U.S. Time
• Timeanddate.com
• Calendars through the Ages
• The 10,000 Year Calculator
• Calendar Zone
• World Holiday and Festival Homepage

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Dictionaries, Thesauri, & Quotations
General Dictionaries

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• Merriam-Webster Dictionary
• yourDictionary.com
• OneLook Reverse Dictionary
• Urban Dictionary 

Specialized Dictionaries

• iLoveLanguages: Dictionaries
• French Italian and spanish dictionary
• Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
• A Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names
• TechDictionary.com: The Online Computer Dictionary
• ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science
• BioTech's Life Science Dictionary
• How Many?: A Dictionary of Units of Measurement
• The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy
• Dorlands Medical Dictionary
• MedTerms

Thesauri

• Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition

General Quotations

• Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
• The Quotations Archive

Specialized Quotations

• Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
• The Art & Architecture Thesaurus

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Directories
Associations, Organizations, & Societies

• Associations on the Net: Internet Public Library
• Union of International Associations
• Scholarly Societies Project
• Idealist: Action Without Borders
• Guide Star: The National Database of Nonprofit Organizations

Telephone, Address, E-Mail, & Zip Codes

• Infospace
• Switchboard
• Reverse Phone Directories
• SuperPages
• Airline Toll-Free 1-800 Numbers
• EmbassyWorld.com: Zip Codes & Postal Codes of the World
• Infobel World Telephone Directories
• Martindale Lawyer Locator
• AMA Online Doctor Finder
• Thomas Register
• United States Postal Service Zip Code Lookup
• National Address and ZIP+4 Browser

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Education & Careers
Colleges & Universities

• College Nicknames
• College & University Home Pages
• American Universities
• Community College Web
• Braintrack University Index
• Distance Learning
• International Education at StudyAbroad.com
• Medical Schools

College Rankings

• usnews.com: America's Best Colleges 2004
• College and University Rankings

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Financial Aid

• FinAid
• FAFSA
• Wilkes University Financial Aid
• Scholarship Search: College Board Online
• Foundation Center
• NSF Funding
• Community of Science
• National Endowment for the Humanities
• U.S. Dept. of Education: Grants & Contracts

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Educational Testing

• Peterson's Test Preparation
• Educational Testing Service
• Princeton Review
• Practice Tests

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Jobs & Careers

• BestJobsUSA
• CareerBuilder
• Monster.com
• America's Career InfoNet
• College Grad Job Hunter
• FedWorld.gov Job Search
• Careers-in-Business
• Chronicle of Higher Education: Job Openings
• Academic360.com
• Wilkes University Career Services
• Wilkes University Co-op Ed & Internships

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Salary & Occupation

• The Riley Guide
• Salary.com: What Are You Worth?
• Chronicle Facts & Figures: Faculty Salaries
• The Salary Calculator
• Occupational Outlook Handbook

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Encyclopedias
General Encyclopedias

• Bartleby, Great books online
• Encyclopedia Smithsonian
• Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (Wilkes only)
• HowStuffWorks
• Facts Encyclopedia
• Scholarpedia 

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Specialized Encyclopedias

• Symbols.com
• How Things Work: Explaining the Physics of Everyday Life
• MathWorld Encyclopedia of Mathematics
• The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences
• Nolo Legal Encyclopedia
• Encyclopedia of Law and Economics
• Medical Encyclopedia
• Encyclopedia of Psychology
• Encyclopedia Mythica
• Catholic Encyclopedia
• Judaism 101
• The Encyclopedia of World History
• The Encyclopaedia Britannica Guide to Black History
• The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes
• CHICO Instrument Encyclopedia

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