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Reference

Almanacs

• World Almanac (FS)
  Full text of the book.

Dictionaries

• Grove Dictionary of Art
  Full-text of dictionary entries on all aspects of art. Includes images.
• Oxford English Dictionary
  Full text of the OED.
• Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection
  Online access to Oxford Companions, Dictionaries, and other reference sources.
• XReferPlus
  Set of reference e-books. Online access to 150+ reference books.

Directories

• CollegeSource
  Full-text college and university catalogs searchable by location, major, tuition, keyword, and more.
• Gale's Ready Reference Shelf
  Integrates information drawn from several Gale directories including the Encyclopedia of Associations, Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media, and Directories in Print.

Encyclopedias

• Encyclopaedia Britannica
  Full text of the Encyclopedia Britannica.
• Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  Full-text of the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

Library Catalogs

• CONSULS (CSU Library Catalog)
• Netlibrary
  E-books in all subject areas.
• Other Library Catalogs
• OnlineReQuest (an online catalog of many public and academic libraries in Connecticut)
• Union Lists (FS)
  OCLC Union Lists of Periodicals.
• WorldCat (FS)
  Catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide.
• Yale webpac: ORBIS

Miscellaneous

• General Reference Center Gold (Gale/iCONN)
  Multi-source general interest reference tool.
• GPO Monthly Catalog (FS)
  Indexes U.S. government publications.
• ReferenceUSA
  Contains detailed information on more than 12 million U.S. businesses and 120 million U.S. households compiled from telephone directories, annual reports, 10-Ks and other SEC information, government data, magazines, directories and other sources.
• Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory (Bowker)
  Addresses, phone numbers, contact names, e-mail, URLs, ad rates and more for over 200,000 serials around the world.
• What Do I Read Next? (Gale/iCONN)
  Readers advisory tool for all age groups.

Statistics

• CenStats
  Full text of U.S. census data.
• FactSearch (FS)
  Facts and statistics on topics of current interest.
• Lexis-Nexis Statistical Universe
• STAT-USA
  Full text of the National Trade Data Bank.

Also see the Open Access Resource Guide, Reference Resources on the Internet, the Library of Congress Research Centers, Refdesk.com, and the Librarians' Index to the Internet.