Virtual Reference Collection

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Virtual Reference Collection 
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