LibGuides: Quick Reference Resources: General Online Reference

Reference Types

Abbreviations.com
Abbreviations.com holds hundreds of thousands of entries organized by a large variety of categories from computing and the Web to governmental, medicine and business and it is expanding daily. Anyone can add abbreviations, this site may not be as reliable.
Acronym Finder
The Acronym Finder is a searchable database of abbreviations and acronyms about computers, technology, telecommunications, and the military. It includes a reverse lookup to search for a word or concept.
GovSpeak
This guide by UC San Diego seeks to list commonly used acronyms and abbreviations by the United States federal government.

CIA World Fact Book
GeoHive
A site with geopolitical data, statistics on the human population, Earth and more. The main kind of data you can find here is population statistics of regions, countries, provinces and cities. Maintained as a hobby, difficult to determine authority
Infoplease Almanac
Online version of the popular almanac which you can browse by topic or search. Also includes the Random House Webster's College Dictionary and the Columbia Encyclopedia.
The Old Farmer's Almanac
Covers astronomical events, weather conditions and forecasts, recipes, and gardening tips.

Artnet
Provides access to over 340,000 biographies of artists.
Biographical Dictionary
Biographical Dictionary is a Wikipedia type system and everyone can edit biographies or even create their own.
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
A biographical directory of all members of the U.S. Congress since 1774.
Biographies Polysearch Engine
Access biographical information, sketches, and full biographies of famous and infamous historical figures, politicians, scientists, authors, artists & athletes. Maintained by a Hawaiian university, but difficult to determine authority of those maintaining the site.
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Searches:
A&E Biography
All Music Guide
Chambers Biographies (1997)
ArtistDirect (Music)
Biographical Dictionary
Britannica Black History
Information Please Suite
Internet Movie Database
IOC Olympic Athletes
Nobel Laureates
Pulitzer Winners/Nominees
Science World Biographies
White House
Who2
Women Hall of Fame
Biography.com
Chiefs of States and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
International biographies of other world leaders
Classical Net
This site offers biographical information about individual composers. It is difficult to determine the authority of this source
Getty Union List of Artist Names
Provides biolgraphical information for over 220,000 artists.
National Women's Hall of Fame
This is the home page of the National Women's Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, New York. Provides biographical information on distinguished American women. Seems very promotional
POTUS- Presidents of the United States

Amazon Book Review
Association of American Publishers
This is a dedicated list of American Publishers
DOAB: Directory of Open Access Books
Google Books
HathiTrust Digital Library
Digitized books within the public domain
JSTOR - Open Access Books
More than 5,800 Open Access ebooks from 75+ publishers, including Brill, Cornell University Press, De Gruyter, and University of California Press, are now available at no cost to libraries or users.
NPR Book Reviews
Worldcat
Catalog of books, journals, recordings, and any type of material held by member libraries of Online Computing Library Center (OCLC).

Bloom's Literature This link opens in a new window
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Set up your own account. See the librarian!

Encyclopaedia Britannica
Encyclopedia.com
Wikipedia
Make sure you check the rating for any article (only use if a B or better)--use for references and links outside of Wikipedia.

Britannica School This link opens in a new window

Foreign Language Online Dictionaries and Free Translation Links
Your Dictionary
I Love Language Dictionaries

Statista This link opens in a new window
Statista.com consolidates statistical data on over 80,000 topics from more than 22,500 sources and makes it available on four platforms: German, English, French and Spanish.

Statistics & Probability Online Couse
Khan Academy
Statistics: Corporate & Accounting, Financial Analysis
Investopedia. Understanding financial statistics

The Official US time
Time Zone Converter Tools
Use for locations worldwide
USNO Master Time Clock
U.S. Navy Time Clock
World Time Server
Contains current times around the world