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General Reference

MetaGlossary - explanations for words, acronyms and phrases in topical context
Abbreviations.com
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
Biographical Dictionary
Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
CFLC Reference Desk - More reference links
dMarie Time Capsule Daily events from 1900-1999
How Stuff Works Illustrated articles explaining the workings of things from computers to social systems
Humbul Humanities Hub A catalog of online resources in the humanities - from the University of Oxford.
Infomine Scholarly Internet Resource Collections
Ingenta Online search service with the option to pay for downloading articles. Includes material previously in CARL UnCover
Lexical FreeNet Online thesaurus
  Major Microfilm Collections Microfilm, Microfiche/Ultrafiche, and Microcard collections available at Olin
THE MERCK MANUAL--Home Edition
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
PubList.com
quoteland.com
Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus
Scholarly Societies Project
Statistical Abstract of the United States From the U.S. Census Bureau
The Straight Dope Newspaper trivia column with searchable archives
SYMBOLS.com -- encyclopedia of Western signs and ideograms
THOMAS -- U.S. Congress on the Internet
The Ultimates Guides to addresses (mail and e-mail) for individuals and businesses
The WWW Virtual Library The oldest catalog of the Web, with many high-quality links to useful resources arranged by subject.
Wordsmyth A flexible dictionary/thesaurus
yourDictionary.com Over 1500 dictionaries, many specialized in particular subjects, and in more than 230 languages
Zip Codes for U.S. Cities

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Copyright & Plagiarism

Plagiarism:  How to Recognize It  A tutorial from Indiana University
Plagiarism: a Flash tutorial and quiz from San Jose State University Library
Copyright & Fair Use Overview from Stanford University Libraries
Copyright Clearance Center Request copyright permissions online
Copyright and Intellectual Property Current Information and Resources from ARL
The Copyright Website Practical information on obtaining copyrights and using copyrighted materials
Crash Course in Copyright From the University of Texas System
Sources Detailed discussion of when and how to cite - from Dartmouth College.
U.S. Copyright Office 

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Citing Sources

Olin Library Guides:
    How to Prepare MLA Citations
    How to Prepare APA Citations
           APA Style Guide to Electronic References (pdf)
RefWorks Citation management tool  Click here for a RefWorks tutorial.                  

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Web Search Tools

AltaVista Search Engine
Google Search Engine
Infomine Scholarly Internet Resource Collections
Librarians' Index to the Internet Searchable directory of critically evaluated web sites
MetaCrawler Meta-Search Engine
Search Engines Worldwide Over 1,100 search engines sorted by country & region
Yahoo! Searchable Directory 
Google Groups Usenet Discussion Service (previously DejaNews/Deja.com)
WEB evaluation
Hoaxbusters CIAC site about Internet hoaxes, urban legends, etc.
Urban Legends Reference Pages (Snopes) Urban legend information
The Internet Scout Project Newly discovered resources of interest to researchers & educators
Writing & Grammar
Rollins College Writing Center

Libraries & Librarianship

LISTA (Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts).
Web LUIS (Library Catalog for UCF and other Florida state schools)
UCF Library Home Page
Winter Park Public Library
Orange County Library System 
Central Florida Library Cooperative
Dewey Decimal Classification System
Florida Library Association
Impact WebPAC: Florida Periodicals Holdings
The Internet Public Library
Library of Congress Classification System
Library of Congress Home Page
Steven Bell's Keeping Up Web Page - New developments in libraries and academia
Cites & Insights: Crawford at Large - Library-related technology issues
National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC)

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