Electronic Reference Resources

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General Reference Sources

• ABOUT Geography
• Associations on the Net
  Professional association Web sites
• Directory of Open Access Journals- Provides access to free, full text, scientific and scholarly journals
• Douglass
  Archives of American Public Address
• Edmund's Automobile Buyer's Guides
• Finding It Online: Web Search Strategies
  An interactive tutorial on searching the Web.
• Forecastcenter.com - A source that provides brief forecasts beyond the current year in areas such as business/economy/finance, demographics, energy/environment, health, lifestyles, millennium forecasts, politics, and technology. Registration is necessary to access the forecasts.
• Gale Literature Index
  An index to the Gale literature criticism services
• KnowPlay? - Provides access to a dictionary, thesaurus, rhyming dictionary, encyclopedia, quotations, world atlas, CIA World Factbook, Fine Artists, and Acronyms all on one page.
• LLRX Research Guide
  Produced by the Law Library Resource Exchange
• Gifts of Speech
  Women's Speeches - site created by Sweet Briar College
• HigherEdJobs.com
• Information Please
  A fact finder using almanacs, an encyclopedia and dictionary
• The Internet Public Library
  Various WWW reference resources searchable by subject or title, including the Online Literary Criticism Collection
• Kelley Blue Book
  Used car bluebook values and new car pricing
• Library of Congress
• My Virtual Reference Desk
  Various WWW reference resources compiled by Bob Drudge
• Policy Issues
  Current information on governmental policy issues from think tanks, government agencies and officials, politicians, associations and trade groups, and advocacy organizations
• Population index on the Web - A browsable and searchable archive of 46,000 abstracts appearing in Population Index,1986 - 2000.
• SIC (Standard Industrial Classification) Manual
• VIVA - Virtual Library of Virginia
  A consortium of academic libraries offering access to electronic collections, library catalogs, and Internet search tools
• World eText Library Book Collection
  Access to full texts of books over the Internet and also a master index to libraries of the world

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

• Britannica Online(Encyclopaedia Britannica)
• Encyclopedia Virginia
• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition
  Available through VIVA and the Electronic Text Center at the University of Virginia Library
• Merriam-Webster Online
  Includes a dictionary and a thesaurus
• WorldWideWeb Acronym and Abbreviation Server

Biographical Resources

• Biographical Resources on the WWW from the Internet Public Library Site
• Biographyfrom A & E Television Network
• Nobel Prize Internet Archive
• Pulitzer Prize Winners

News Sources

• Cable News Network Interactive
• Christian Science Monitor
• Chronicle of Higher Education - Academe Today
  Most of the information in this site is available only by subscription
• Historical New York Times Full text New York Times articles from 1851 - 2001
• Jerusalem Post
• Los Angeles Times - Archives & Professional Research
  The index covers 1990 to the present. There is a charge for the text.
• Lynchburg News & Advance
• NewspaperLinks.com
• Newspapers On-line
  A directory of newsprint sources on the Web
• Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Newsline on the Web
  A compilation of daily news concerning Russia, Transcaucasia, Central Asia, and Europe. Lynchburg College students, faculty, and staff have been granted blanket permission by the publisher to print articles as long as the original source and copyright are preserved.
• Television News Archive
  Abstracts of 30,000+ network evening news broadcasts from 1968 to the present and more than 9,000 hours of special news-related programming
• USA Today
• Washington Post
• Washington Times

Periodical Indexes/Resources

• Directory of Open Access Journals - Provides access to free, full text, scientific and scholarly journals
• Find Journals Available Online
  Lists of full-text periodicals available through various subscription databases for Lynchburg College students, faculty, and staff.
• Ingenta
  An index which contains records describing journals and their contents
• University of California Scholarship Repository Open-access scholarly publishing center.
• Virginia Business Index
  An index to Virginia Business magazine - developed by several members of the Reference Department at James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University

Directories

• Electronic Journal Directories
  Links to sites for full-text journals on the WWW
• GTE SuperPages (Yellow Pages)
• Thomas Register of American Manufacturers
• U.S. Postal Zip Code Directory
• World Pages (Business, People, Government)

Citing Electronic Sources

• A. L. Wilmer Writing Center Online Guide
• Citing Sources, Guide to Library Research
• Online! A reference guide to using Internet sources

Government/Legislation Sources - United States

• GPO Access
  Access to the Budget of the U.S., Congressional Record, Economic Report of the President, Federal Register and other U.S. Government Resources
• Federal Agency Internet Sites
• Internal Revenue Service
  Tax information and reproducible copies of federal tax forms and instructions
• Library of Congress
• Public Laws - Current Congressand Previous Congresses (back to 1973)
• State and Local Government Information
• Statutes at Large - see Public Laws
• Supreme Court Cases - see United States Supreme Court Decisions
• Thomas
  Information about federal legislation, including the full text of bills and the Congressional Record
• United States Code
• United States Supreme Court Decisions from 1937 - 1975 and selected historic cases
• Univ. of Michigan Documents Center

Government Resources - International

• Background Notes
  Information provided by the U.S. State Department on countries and international organizations; updated periodically
• CIA World Factbook
  General handbook-type information on different countries
• Official Documents: the Stationary Office (United Kingdom)
• United Nations

City/State/Geographic/Weather Resources

• City Guide by Lycos
  A guide to web sites for cities throughout the world
• Click City
  City and state information
• USA Citylink
  City and state information
• 50 States & Capitals
  A wide variety of information about states including a map, official motto, song, bird, etc.
• Lynchburg, VA Web Site
• National Park Service
  Information about National Parks in the United States
• MapQuest
  This site includes a world atlas and trip planning and routing information
• U.S. Gazetteer
  Census and geographical information about U.S. cities and towns
• National Weather Service
  Weather forecasts
• The Weather Channel

College and Financial Aid Information

• College Net
  Information about colleges and universities
• FinAid: The Financial Aid Information Page
• Peterson's Education Center
  Search for undergraduate, graduate and vocational-technical schools
• Southern Regional Education Board Fact Book on Higher Education

Grants and Funding Sources

• Federally Funded Research in the U.S.
• Foundation Center

Statistical Resources

• Capital Punishment Statistics from the U.S. Bureau of Justice
• Census Information - United States
• Correctional Populations in the United States
• FASTATS A to Z from the National Center for Health Statistics, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention
• FedStats
  Statistics from more than 70 agencies of the U.S. Federal Government
• International Data Base
  Demographic and socioeconomic information for all countries of the world, dating as far back as 1950, with projections up to 2050.
• Pew Research Center for the People and the Press - provides information on attitudes toward the press, politics, and public policy issues, as well as survey reports that give a summary of findings, details of the methodology used, and a copy of the questionnaire
• Virginia State Agencies, Boards, Commissions, and Councils on the Internet
• Virginia Center for Health Statistics
• Youth Indicators
  Statistics from the National Center for Education
• Statistical Abstract of the United States - Statistics on the political, social, and economic organization of the United States. Click on Adobe Acrobat PDF Files or one of the Selected Features.

Virginia Resources

• Code of Virginia
• Commonwealth of Virginia Home Page
• Department of Education
• Virginia Center for Health Statistics
• Virginia General Assembly
• Virginia Tax Forms Online
• Virginia's PEN (Public Education Network), including the Technology Page and the Electronic Academical Village
• VIVA - Virtual Library of Virginia
  A consortium of academic libraries offering access to electronic collections, library catalogs and Internet search tools

Business Resources

Comprehensive Site

• FinancialWeb

Business News

• CNN FN (financial news)

Census and Economic Data

• U.S. Bureau of the Census
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Companies

• Companiesonline-Company Web sites
• Hoover's Online
• Thomas Register
• Wall Street Research - U.S. and Canadian Companies
• Kompass-Foreign

Company Reports and SEC Reports

• Annual Reports
• Edgar Database of Corporate Information
• PRARS - Public Register's Annual Report Service

Finance and Investment

• Stockmaster
• Zack's Investment Research

Foreign Business

• Country Commercial Guides
  Information provided by U.S. governmental agencies dealing with the commercial environments of many countries

Industries

• Hoover's Industry Snapshots
• Industry Research Desk-industry web pages
• North American Industry Classification System
  Successor to Standard Industrial Classification
• U.S. Census of Manufactures

Security Exchanges

• NASDAQ
• New York Stock Exchange

State (Virginia) Business

• Central Virginia Business Directory
  Business listings for Lynchburg and the four surrounding counties with links to company web sites
• Virginia Business (periodical)