Virtual Reference Collection – C.W Post – B. Davis Schwartz

Art – Digital Collections

• • American Memory
• • Art Images for College Teaching
• • CAMIO – Catalog of Art Museum Images Online
• • Google Images
• • Library and Archival Exhibitions on the Web
• • National Gallery of Art
• • New York Public Library Digital Gallery
• • New York Public Library Picture Collection
• • Web Gallery of Art

Biographies

• • Biography & Genealogy Master Index
• • Dictionary of Literary Biography Index
• • National Academy of Science Biographical Memoirs
• • Union List of Artists

Birds

• • All About Birds, Cornell University

Careers

• • CareerOneStop – fantastic website from US Dept of Labor
• • indeed.com – job openings
• • O*NET
• • Occupational Outlook Handbook
• • Riley Guide
• • simplyhired.com – salary finder

Children

• • Kids Count – National Data Book

City/County Information

• • ePodunk – profiles of US cities and counties
• • Oakland County Databook

Company Information

• • AnnualReports.com
• • EDGAR – SEC database
• • Fortune 500
• • Mergent
• • Ward’s Business Directory via BCRC
• • Morningstar
• • Thomas Register

Country Information

• • Ambassadors, US
• • Background Notes
• • BBC Country Profiles
• • CIA World Factbook
• • Constitution Finder – Univ of Richmond
• • Country Studies – Library of Congress
• • International Monetary Fund
• • Library of Congress Portals to the World
• • OECD – Country Pages
• • Population Reference Bureau
• • Yahoo: Country Information

Days & Observances

• • History Channel – This Day in History
• • On-This-Day.com

Dictionaries

• • Dictionary.com
• • Merriam-Webster Dictionary
• • Oxford English Dictionary
• • Visual Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Directories

• • Allpages.com
• • Associations on the Net – Internet Public Library
• • USA.gov – federal government information
• • Zip Code lookup- USPS

Education

• • Chronicle of Higher Education
• • Michigan Test for Teacher Certification
  • o MTTC Study Guides
  • • MME – Michigan Merit Examination
  • • National Center for Education Statistics
  • o International stats
  • o IPEDS – data on schools/colleges
  • • Peterson’s – Colleges & Universities
  • • SchoolMatters

Encyclopedias, General

• • • Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia
  • • Encyclopedia Britannica – concise
  • • Wikipedia – use with caution

Encyclopedias, Subject

• • • Business
  • o Encyclopedia of Business in Today’s World
  • • General
  • o Credo Reference
  • o Encyclopedia of American Studies
  • • History
  • o Britain and the Americas: Culture, Politics and History
  • o France and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History
  • o Slavery in the United States: a Social, Political, and Historical Encyclopedia
  • o World Fascism: a Historical Encyclopedia
  • • Literature
  • o Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism
  • • Philosophy
  • o Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  • • Religion
  • o Catholic Encyclopedia
  • o Encyclopaedia Judaica – 2nd ed.
  • o Encyclopedia of American Jewish History
  • o Oxford Islamic Studies Online
  • • Rhetoric
  • o Oxford Encyclopedia of Rhetoric
  • • Science
  • o McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 10th ed
  • • Social Science
  • o Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology
  • o Encyclopedia of Communication Theory
  • o Encyclopedia of Counseling
  • o Encyclopedia of Gender and Society
  • o Encyclopedia of Witchcraft: the Western Tradition
  • o Int’l Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 2nd ed.
  • o Material Culture in America: Understanding Everyday Life

Film & Movies

• • • Internet Movie Database

Financial Aid – OU

• • • OU Financial Aid Website
  • • OU Financial Tools Tutorial Website
  • • OU Payment Plan Website
  • • FAFSA – Free Application for Federal Student Aid

Fun stuff: Internet Archive plus

• • • Internet Archive
  • • Internet Public Library
  • • Library Spot
  • • Martindale’s Reference Desk

Genealogy

• • • Biography and Genealogy Master Index
  • • FamilySearch
  • • HeritageQuest

Legal Information

• • • Govtrack.us – track legislation
  • • Legal Information Institute
  • • Thomas – US legislative information from the Library of Congress
  • • World Legal Information Institute

Magazines & Journals

• • • Oakland Journal
  • • Open Access Journals
  • • Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory

Medical Information

• • • FamilyDoctor.com – American Academy of Family Physicians
  • • PDRHealth – Physicians’ Desk Reference
  • • WedMD

Michigan Government

• • • Department of Human Services – statistics
  • • Economic Profiler
  • • State of Michigan website

Money

• • • Value of the Dollar, historical GDP, etc
  • • XE.com – The Universal Currency Converter ®

Newspapers, Local

• • • Detroit Free Press
  • • Detroit News
  • • Oakland Post
  • • Oakland Press

Newspapers, National

• • • Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
  • • New York Times
  • • US Newspaper List & links
  • • USA Today
  • • Washington Post

Quotations

• • • Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations
  • • Respectfully Quoted

Reference information

• • • Credo Reference

Search Engines

• • • Google
  • o Scholar
  • • Yahoo
  • • Ask.com

Statistics

• • • American FactFinder
  • • Census of the United States
  • • FedStats
  • • Statistical Abstract of the United States

Taxes

• • • Internal Revenue Code

Telephone Directories

• • • AnyWho Directory Services
  • • Google’s Phone Book Directory
  • • International Telephone Directories (includes USA)
  • • Super Pages
  • • Switchboard
  • • Yellow Pages

Tests & Measurements

• • • ETS Test Collection Database
  • • Finding Information about Psychological Tests
  • • Mental Measurements Yearbook

US Government

• • • American Presidency Project
  • • Government Information Online – Ask a Librarian
  • • Oakland University Government Documents Center
  • • Search Engines for government sources
  • • U.S. Census Bureau
  • • U.S. House of Representatives
  • • U.S. Senate

Weather

• • • National Weather Service
  • • Weather Channel
  • • Weather Underground