Reference Resources

Buffalo Free-Net Library's electronic reference collection will link you to a variety of Internet resources that may help answer common (and uncommon!) questions.

 

REFERENCE-GATEWAYS TO THE BEST RESOURCES ON THE WEB  

• Internet Public Library
• Librarians' Index to the Internet
• Michigan Electronic Library
• Purdue University's Virtual Reference Desk
• Refdesk.com
• Yahoo Reference
• WWW Virtual Library
• Virtual Reference Collection: MIT Libraries
• Virtual Library of Virtual Libraries

WEBLIOGRAPHIES AND SPECIALIZED RESOURCES

LOCAL RESOURCES

• WNYLibraries.org - Virtual Union Catalog of Major Libraries in Western New York Area
• University at Buffalo Map Resources
• Buffalo & Erie County Public Library
• Buffalo & Erie County Public Library Teen Space
• Medaille College

 

GENERAL RESOURCES

Almanacs and Gazeteers

• Columbia Gazeteer of North America
• How Stuff Works
• Information Please Almanac
• Old Farmer's Almanac
• World Almanac for Kids
• World Fact Book

 

Biography

 

• A & E's Biography

 

Business

 

• Hoover's Online
• EDGAR Database of Corporate Information
• Business
• Public Companies Sites
• Motley Fool

 

Citing Sources

 

• APA
• MLA
• Citing Sources Reference Page (Duke University Libraries)

 

Concordances

 

• Concordance of Great Books
• Web Concordances
• Strong's Concordance with Hebrew and Greek Lexicon
• The Linked Word Project

 

Consumer Information & Shopping

 

• Consumer Search
• my Simon
• Book Finder
• Price Grabber
• PriceSCAN
• E Coupons
• Coupon Surfer
• Biz Rate

 

Dictionaries

 

• Merriam Webster Online

• Specialty Dictionaries

 

Directories

 

• Telephone Directories on the Web
• ANYWHO.com
• Zip Code Directory - Untied States Post Office

 

Encyclopedias

 

• Encarta

 

Entertainment

 

• Bookmarks to Entertainment
• The Internet Movie Database (IMDb).
• Based on the Book - MCPL

 

Finance

 

• MSN Money
• Bloomberg
• Morningstar
• Bonds Online

 

Foreign Language Resources

 

• Project Runeberg
• Electronic Text Collections in Western European Literature
• Five Decades of the Mexican Short Story
• ClicNet

 

Genealogy

 

• Cyndis List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
• The Library of Congress American Memory Project

 

Homework Help

 

General

• Kids Click
• K-8 Education Place
• Big Chalk Homework Central
• BJ Pinchbeck's Homework Helper
• Academic Info - Educational Subject Directory
• LibrarySpot.com: Encyclopedias, maps, online libraries, quotations, dictionaries & more.

 

Free Full-Text Articles

 

• Find Articles
• MagPortal
• Electronic Journal - Penn Library
• Eric Full Text Internet Library
• Science Archives
• Government Periodicals

 

Individual Subjects

 

            Humanities

·        The English Server

·        Voice of the Shuttle

·        Online Literary Criticism

·        A+ research and Writing for High School and College Students

·        On-Line Books Page

 

Social Sciences

·        Social Science Information Gateway

·        Hyper History Online

·        National Geographic Online

·        ArchNet

·        American Psychological Association

·        Ask Dr. Dig

·        Outline Maps

 

Science

·        Eureka Alert!

·        Science Fair Central

·        Frank Potter's Science Gems

·        NASA Space Link

·        Discovery Kids

 

Math

·        Math.com

·        Ask Dr. Bob

·        Fliegler's Mathman

·        Ask Dr. Math

·        Calculators Online Quick Math

·        Webmath from Discovery.com

 

Job Hunting

 

• America's Job Bank
• Monster
• NYS Department of Labor
• VetJobs.com, Inc.
• Western New York Jobs - Buffalo and Rochester Employment listings

 

Just for Kids

 

• PBS Kids
• Nick, Jr.
• Sesame Workshop
• Scholastic
• Fun School
• Kids' Castle
• Headbone
• MaMaMedia

 

Just for Teens

 

• IPL Teenspace
• Java Game Play
• Bolt
• Zap2It

 

Law

 

• Internet Law Library
• Legal Documents Online
• Cornell Law School - Legal Information Institute

 

News

 

• CNN
• The Associated Press Wire

• News Hub
• Cyber Paper Boy

 

Quotations

 

• Bartlett's Familiar Quotations

 

Social Services

 

• Central Referral Services

 

Statistics

 

• Census 2000 - U.S. Census Bureau
• Erie County Quick Facts (U.S. Census Bureau)
• Statistical Resources on the Web (University of Michigan)
• 2001 Statistical Abstract of the United States (U.S. Census Bureau)
• U.S. Department of Labor - Buffalo Statistics

 

Weather

 

• Weather

 

 

CONSUMER HEALTH RESOURCES

• MEDLINEplus
• KidsHealth
• Merck Manual of Medical Information - Home Edition Online
• NOAH (New York Online Access to Health)
• Healthfinder
• Healthfinder Kids
• InteliHealth
• Mayo Clinic
• American Medical Association
• Rx List
• Health Web
• Internet Mental Health
• Medscape
• Cancer Literature
• Herb Med

                                                      

META-SEARCH SITES

• Ixquick
• ProFusion.com
• Query Server
• Vivisimo
• Metor Search
• qbSearch
• SurfWax
• InfoGrid
• Karnak Library
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DEEP WEB SEARCH ENGINES

 

• Invisible Web
• Invisible Web Directory
• Complete Planet

 

FREE FULL-TEXT RESOURCES

• Project Gutenberg
• Humanities Text Initiative
• UT Library Online
• Bibliomania
• Oxford Text Archive
• Blackmask Online
• Luminarium
• National Academy Press
• Country Studies
• University of California Press E-Editions
• Library of Southern Literature
• Internet Classics Archive
• Victorian Women Writers Project
• Short Stories at East of the Web
• Complete Works of William Shakespeare
• John Milton Reading Room
• Lewis Carroll Home Page
• Nathaniel Hawthorne Home Page
• Cervantes Project
• Sonnet Central
• American Verse Project
• Poetry Archives
• Making of America
• Yale Law School Avalon Project
• Western European Historical Documents
• Internet History Sourcebooks
• United States Historical Documents
• World War II Primary Source Document Collection
• Liberty Library of Constitutional Classics
• Religion Online
• Christian Classics
• Psychology Classics
• BookSpot.com: Book reviews, book awards, poetry, literary criticism, authors & more.
• The Online Books Page

 

 

 

 

 

Updated 3/12/2003

© 2002 WNYLRC BFN Library Committee