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Some of the internet resources below require
a Tufts I.D. number for off-campus access (authorized
users statement).
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Almanacs
Archives
- ArchivesUSA
Information about primary source materials from U.S. manuscript
repositories, with detailed indexes of manuscript and other
special collections.
- Commonwealth
of Massachusetts: Massachusetts Archives Links to publications and agencies
concerned with Massachusetts history and preservation.
- NYPL Digital Gallery NYPL
Digital Gallery provides access to over 275,000 images digitized from primary
sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library,
including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters,
rare prints and photographs, illustrated books, printed ephemera, and more.
- U.S. National
Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
- Repositories
of Primary Sources Listing of over 4000 websites describing
holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs,and
other primary sources for the research scholar.
Associations
Biographical Resources
- American
Men and Women of Science
Biographical sketch of over 123,000 active scientists.
- American
National Biography Online
The American National Biography Online has biographical information
on over 17,000 notable Americans from colonial times to the
present.
- Biography
and Genealogy Master Index
Biography and Genealogy Master Index is a comprehensive index
to nearly 12 million biographical sketches in more than 2700
volumes and editions of current and retrospective reference
books, covering both contemporary and historical figures throughout
the world.
- Biography
Resource Center + The Complete Marquis Who's Who
This database combines biographies from Gale Group sources and
also includes full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals.
Search for people based on one or more personal facts such as
birth and death year, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or
gender, or combine criteria to create a highly-targeted custom
search. With the Complete Marquis Who's Who(R), find quick reference
information on an additional 900,000 people.
- CREDO Reference: Biography
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
An illustrated collection of more than 50,000 specially written biographies of the men and women from around the world who shaped all aspects of Britain's past.
- World
Who's Who
The electronic version of a standard reference source in international biography.
- Who's Who 2006 and Who Was Who 1897-2005
Books and Publishing Resources
Calendars/Date/Time
Careers and Employment
- America's Career InfoNet A comprehensive career site developed
by the Department of Labor. It provides access to job banks, employment service providers,
and career education. Each career field has a general outlook section, wages and trends,
what it takes (education, certification, etc.), a career video and state profiles and
employment information.
- Careers and Employment
- Tufts Career Services
The Career Planning Center Library includes career information,
directories, job guides, resume guides, and regional guides.
The library maintains some company reports, alumni contacts,
notebooks of internships, and job listings from on-campus recruiters.
Colleges and Universities
Consumer Information
Conversion Tables
Dictionaries/ Encyclopedias/
Thesauri
- American Heritage Dictionary
of the English Language
- Britannica
Online and Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
- Columbia Encyclopedia
- CREDO Reference
162 online reference resources from numerous publishers. This reference resource can be
searched by individual title, broad subject headings, cross-references, audio and images.
Use its "research mapper" to search for terms and topics that are interconnected and
displayed in visual form. Examples of titles are: Bloomsbury Guide to Art, Bridgeman
Art Library Archive, Columbia Encyclopedia, Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary,
Harvard Dictionary of Music, and the Concise Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology
and Behavioral Science. The complete list of titles is available on the CREDO Reference site.
- Online Dictionaries
- Oxford
English Dictionary Online. 1972-
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Oxford Languages Dictionaries Online
This is a fully searchable, comprehensive bilingual dictionaries online resource.
In addition to dictionaries, OLDO includes unique study materials on topics such
as life & culture, grammar & vocabulary, and writing & word games.
There is also a Dictionary Skills Resource Packs, a teaching & learning resource for each
language that includes lesson plans and worksheets.
- Oxford
Reference Online
Provides web access to 100 major Oxford University Press dictionaries,
encyclopedias, and other reference works in the humanities, social
sciences, foreign languages, science, technology and medicine,
the performing arts, and religion. Works can be searched separately
or across the entire databases. Includes over 1.5 million entries.
- Reference
Suite at Facts.com
The full-text collection of four Facts on File publications: Facts on File World News Digest
(1940-present), Issues and Controversies on File (1996-present), Today's Science ( 1992-present),
World Almanac Reference Database (since 1999) and the World Almanac Encyclopedia
- Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
- Symbols.com
- World
Almanac Encyclopedia 1999-
Based on the Funk & Wagnall's New Encyclopedia. Updates and new
articles provided monthly. Search by full text, title, alphabetical
browsing, and table of contents.
Entertainment (see
also News and Current Events):
- Movies
- All-Movie Guide
- Brattle Theatre
Cambridge theatre that shows classic, foreign, and independent
films.
- International Movie Database
Searchable database of over 200,000 + movie and television
titles, plus detailed information on actors, actresses,
directors , crews, costs, reviews, etc.
- Moviefone See
what movies are playing in your town and buy tickets online!
- newenglandfilm.com
Online resource for local film and video professionals.
- Music
- Theater
- Television
- Radio
- BBC
World Service BBC broadcast schedules, program descriptions,
and numerous audio clips are just some of the highlights
of this site.
- Boston
Online: Radio
- National Public Radio
(NPR)
- Radio locator
Searchable links to over 10,000 radio station webpages
and 2500 web streams.
- The RealGuide
Collects and organizes dozens of Web audio and video sites,
including real-time broadcasts from international radio
stations television news, music, concerts, sports, etc.
Financial Aid/ Grants/
Scholarships
Footnotes and Bibliographic Citations
General Periodical Indexes
- ABI Inform Includes the full text of articles in over 500 business and management journals, both trade and scholarly.
- Academic OneFile Academic OneFile has over 8,000 peer-reviewed journals, the majority in full-text,
from the world's leading journals and reference sources. Extensive coverage of the
physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology,
literature and other subjects. Full text articles are available in both PDF
and HTML. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. Updated daily.
- Alt-Press Watch
Contains full text articles from magazines and journals of
the alternative and independent press. Coverage includes a
broad range of critical issues confronting contemporary society,
including ecology and the environment, grassroots organizing,
labor, indigenous peoples, public policy, genetics, and much
more.
- Facts
on File World News Digest 1940-
Provides full-text access to top news stories, live Reuters News feed
with two weeks archived, country profiles, maps and much more. Search
by full text, title, date ranges, databases, top stories, or special features.
Custom searching also available.
- General
Reference Center (Magazine Index)
- Issues
and Controversies on File 1996-
Full-text, in-depth essays giving multiple perspectives to issues facing today's society. Search full text,
subject index, title, date. Custom searching also available. It also provides access to selected primary source
documents, interviews, newspaper editorials and bibliographies.
- LexisNexis
Includes articles from major American newspapers and regional
papers, statistics, company financial information, country
and state profiles, and medical information. Major source
for federal case law and statutes, the U.S. Code, law reviews,
and state legal research.
- Reference
Suite at Facts.com
The full-text collection of four Facts on File publications: Facts on File World News Digest
(1940-present), Issues and Controversies on File (1996-present), Today's Science ( 1992-present),
World Almanac Reference Database (since 1999) and the World Almanac Encyclopedia
- Today's
Science 1992-
Full-text science news with biographies, overview articles, news
flashes, hot topics, images, and links to NSTA standards. Search by full
text, title field, date or within a particular index. Custom searching also
available.
Maps and Atlases
- Google Maps
- Map
Collections: 1500-2003 (Library of Congress)
- Maps.com
- Maps
on File (Facts on File) Over 500 reproducible country
maps that include major cities, borders labeled with neighboring
countries, major rivers and roads, scale of miles and kilometers,
and (a) North indicator. Also includes recent global demographic,
economic, political, and environmental statistics.
- MAPQUEST
- Mass.gov - Find Maps Various type of maps, ortho-photos, and Mass GIS links for Massachusetts.
- National Atlas of the United
States This is the website for the official National Atlas of the
United States. An interactive map maker, printed and printable maps,
multimedia maps and a map layers data warehouse are available.
- National
Geographic's Map Machine
- Odden's
Bookmarks University of Utrecht in The Netherlands web
site that indexes over 20,000 links to maps, map collections,
gazetteers and vendors.
- United States Geological
Survey (USGS): Geography
- University of Texas Perry-Castaneda
Library: Maps Scanned images of paper maps, with a focus on the Central
Intelligence Agency's (CIA) reference maps. A good place
to search for small-scale reference maps.
Massachusetts and
Local Information
News and Current Events
- Academic OneFile Academic OneFile has over 8,000 peer-reviewed journals, the majority in full-text,
from the world's leading journals and reference sources. Extensive coverage of the
physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology,
literature and other subjects. Full text articles are available in both PDF
and HTML. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. Updated daily.
- Boston Globe Online
- Boston Herald Online
- The Phoenix.com
- Boston: townonline.com
Boston's online community newspaper
- Expanded
Academic ASAP
Articles from more than 1,500 scholarly, trade, and general-interest
publications, including national news and commentary. Coverage
is from 1980 to current and is updated daily. Some full text
is available.
- Facts
on File World News Digest 1940-
Provides full-text access to top news stories, live Reuters News feed
with two weeks archived, country profiles, maps and much more. Search
by full text, title, date ranges, databases, top stories, or special features.
Custom searching also available.
- General
Reference Center (Magazine Index)
- Issues
and Controversies on File 1996-
Full-text, in-depth essays giving multiple perspectives to issues facing today's society. Search full text,
subject index, title, date. Custom searching also available. It also provides access to selected primary source
documents, interviews, newspaper editorials and bibliographies.
- LexisNexis
Major full-text resource. Includes articles from the major American
newspapers in addition to many regional papers. Also includes
company financial information, country and state profiles, company
news, medical and health topics, and biographical information.
Major source for federal case law, the U.S. Code, law reviews,
and state legal research.
- New
York Times Historical Archive, 1851-three years before current
date
Includes full-text and full-image articles dating back to the
first issue of the NYT in 1851; the collection includes digital
reproductions of every page from every issue--cover to cover--in
downloadable PDF(r) files.
- Newsbank InfoWeb to Massachusetts Newsstand
Full-text coverage of major Massachusetts newspapers including the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Quincy Patriot Ledger and the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, plus selected coverage of other regional sources. Starting dates of access vary.
- Reference
Suite at Facts.com
The full-text collection of four Facts on File publications: Facts on File World News Digest
(1940-present), Issues and Controversies on File (1996-present), Today's Science ( 1992-present),
World Almanac Reference Database (since 1999) and the World Almanac Encyclopedia
- Times
Digital Archive
Researchers can search through the complete digital edition
of The Times (London), to retrieve full facsimile images of
either a specific article or a complete page. The entire newspaper
is captured, with all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos
divided into categories to facilitate searching. Data will be
added monthly until the entire period of 1785-1985 is available
in late 2003.
- Today's
Science 1992-
Full-text science news with biographies, overview articles, news
flashes, hot topics, images, and links to NSTA standards. Search by full
text, title field, date or within a particular index. Custom searching also
available.
- USA Today
- CNN Interactive
- WBUR Boston's National
Public Radio affiliate.
- WGBH: Public
Broadcasting from Boston Boston public television and radio.
- World
Almanac Reference Database 1999-
Complete content of the World Almanac and Book of Facts. Updated throughout the year, with yearly
accumulations. It also includes the "This Day in History" feature.
Open Directory Project
Quotations
Sports
Statistics
Tax Information
Telephone Directories/ Yellow
Pages/ E-mail
Travel
Virtual Reference Shelf
Voter Information
Weather
Zip Codes/Postal Codes
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