Reference Desks

Like the reference desk at your library, these sites have selected useful reference sources.

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Reference Desks | Starting Points | Full-Text Reference Sources

Reference Desks

IPL2: Internet Public Library (No longer updated)

Reference

iTools - Uses forms to let you search dozens of reference sources from one page (formerly Research-It!)
Library of Congress:

Virtual Reference Shelf - Excellent links in many subjects
Library of Congress' Alcove 9 - Annotated list of reference sites in the humanities and social sciences

RefDesk.com (Bob Drudge)
Reference Works (EServer)
E-Reference Links (University of North Carolina)
Electronic Reference Sources (Rutgers)
LibrarySpot
Mansfield University Library Subject Guides
Martindale's The Reference Desk

Martindale's Calculators On-Line Center

Quick Reference (Purdue)
ReferenceDesk.org
Reference Tool Surveys - Diane Kovacs' surveys of librarians about their favorite reference sources
References.net
Stony Brook University Libraries: Research Websites
UC San Diego Libraries Reference Shelf
University of Colorado, Boulder, Libraries Research and Subject Guides
Useful Reference Sites (University of Texas Libraries)
Virtual Reference Collection (MIT Libraries)
Research Strategy (Michael Engle, librarian, Cornell University)

Starting Points:

See also

Personal Home Pages to customize your own starting point

CyberTimes Navigator - The page New York Times journalists use as a starting point
Power Reporting - More recommended sites for journalists
StartSpot Network - Sites such as BookSpot and LibrarySpot
Web Library - Librarian Nick Tomaiuolo explains how Web resources can make a great personal library

Full-Text Reference Sources:

See also

Search Engines for Fact Sources

Bartleby.com Reference
Bloomsbury Research Centre - Fulltext reference sources: quotations, thesaurus, art, myth, philosophy, English literature
Credo Reference - Search across many standard reference works (subscription). (Formerly xrefer)

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