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Acronyms and Abbreviations
Almanacs
Archives
Associations
Biographical Resources
Books and Publishing Resources
Calendars/ Date/ Time
Careers and Employment
Colleges and Universities
Consumer Information
Conversion Tables
Dictionaries/ Encyclopedias / Thesauri
Entertainment
Financial Aid/ Grants /Scholarships
Footnotes and Bibliographic Citations: Print and Electronic Formats
General Periodical Indexes
Maps and Atlases
Massachusetts and Local Information
News and Current Events
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

 

Acronyms and Abbreviations

Almanacs

Archives

  • ArchivesUSA How To Use
    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

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-
  • 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):

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) How To Use
  • 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 How To Use
    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

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 How To Use
    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) How To Use
  • 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 How To Use
    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 How To Use
    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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