Reference Materials
Listed below are links to Web sites commonly used for reference material. These lists are not exhaustive. If you find a new and interesting site, please inform the reference librarian.
Dictionaries
- American Heritage - Fourth edition has 90,000+ entries.
- Cambridge Dictionaries - Includes phrases and idioms.
- Dictionary.com - Definitions from Webster's and more.
- Merriam-Webster - Familiar, fast and easy dictionary.
Encyclopedias
- Britannica.com - Nearly boundless research tool.
- Columbia Encyclopedia - Full text at Bartleby.com.
- Encarta Online - Abridged version of software.
- Encyclopedia.com - Simple and free encyclopedia.
- How Stuff Works - Find out how just about anything works.
- Information Please - Encyclopedia and dictionary in one.
- Symbols.com - Encyclopedia of graphic symbols.
- xrefer - Encyclopedia, thesaurus and quotations in one
Health
- MedicineNet MedTerms - Search by keyword or browse A to Z
- Medline Plus - National Library of Medicine.
- Merck Manual - Search the popular medical reference.
- M-W Medical Dictionary Merriam-Webster dictionary,uses keyword searching
- Safemedication.com - Pharmacist's guide to your medication
- WebMD - Look up info by condition or disease
Local Colleges
- Albright College
- Arcadia University Formerly Beaver College
- Bryn Athyn College of the New Church
- Bryn Mawr College
- Bucks County Community College
- Cabrini College
- Chestnut Hill College
- Cheyney University
- Delaware County Community College
- Delaware Valley College
- Drexel University
- Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary
- Eastern University
- Gwynedd-Mercy College
- Haverford College
- Immaculata University
- Kutztown University
- Lehigh University
- La Salle University
- Lincoln University
- MCP Hahnemann University
- Montgomery County Community College
- Moore College of Art & Design
- Moravian College
- Neumann College
- Philadelphia Biblical University
- Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Philadelphia University Formerly the Philadelphia College of Textiles & Science.
- Princeton University
- Rider University
- Rosemont College
- St. Joseph's University
- Swarthmore College
- Temple University
- The College of New Jersey
- Thomas Jefferson University
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Phoenix, Philadelphia Campus
- University of the Arts
- University of the Sciences in Philadelphia Formerly the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science.
- Ursinus College
- Valley Forge Military Academy and College
- Villanova University
- West Chester University
- Westminster Theological Seminary
- Widener University
Local College Libraries
- Center for Electronic Text & Image The University of Pennsylvania's collection of electronic images and text.
- Drexel Library Online resource for the library of St. Joseph's University
- Drexel University W.W. Hagerty Library
- La Salle University Connelly Library
- Philadelphia University Gutman Library
- MPC Hahnemann University Library
- Bryn Mawr College Library
- Delaware County Community College Library
- Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
- Haverford College Libraries
- Princeton University Library
- Rider University Library
- Rosemont College Library
- Rowan University Library
- Rutgers University Library
- Swarthmore College Library
- Temple University Libraries
- Tripod Library system established and maintained by Bryn Mawr, Haverford and Swarthmore Colleges
- University of Pennsylvania Library
- University of the Arts Library
- Villanova University - Falvey Memorial Library
- West Chester University - Frances Harvey Green Library
Local Schools
- Abington School District
- Bensalem township School District
- Centennial School District
- Central Bucks School District
- Council Rock School District
- Hatboro-Horsham School District
- Holy Ghost Prep School
- Lower Moreland School District
- Philadelphia School District
- Upper Dublin School District
Public Records
- Free Public Records Nearly 400 sources of government public records.
- PublicRecordFinder.com Links to free sources by category.
- Search Systems Links to thousands of free record databases.
Search Engines
Statistics
- Bureau of Transportation Statistics
- Bureau of Justice Statistics
- Bureau of Economic Analysis
- Department of Defense
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Energy Information Administration
- National Agricultural Statistics Service
- Department of Interior
- HUD USER
- National Center for Education Statistics
- National Center for Health Statistics
U. S Agencies
- Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (formerly Immigration and Naturalization (INS)
- Census Bureau
- Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
- Consumer Information Center (Pueblo, CO)
- Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
- Customs Service (U.S.)
- Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- Department of Commerce (DOC)
- Department of Defense (DOD)
- Department of Education
- Department of Energy (DOE)
- Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
- Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
- Department of Justice (DOJ)
- Department of Labor (DOL)
- Department of State
- Department of the Interior
- Department of the Treasury
- Department of Transportation (DOT)
- Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
- Economic Development Administration (EDA)
- Education Department
- Energy Department
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
- Fish & Wildlife Service
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- Library of Congress
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- National Agricultural Library
- National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
- National Weather Service (NWS)
- OSHA - Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
- Small Business Administration (SBA)
- Smithsonian Institution (SI)
- Social Security Administration (SSA)
White Pages
- 555-1212.com Quick residential listing search.
- Anywho Telephone number search.
- Area Decoder Find area code or city tied to an area code.
- InfoSpace Search for people in the U.S., U.K. and Canada.
- PeopleSearch Scans 20 directories simultaneously.
- Reverse Lookup Look up folks by phone or address.
- SuperPages.comSearch for friends and get a map to their home.
- Switchboard Fast e-mail, address and phone finder.
- Ultimate White Pages Search 6 white pages from the same site.
- WhitePages.com Look up by name or phone number.
- WorldPages.com Search for a business or person in the U.S.
- WhoWhere Find phone number, e-mail addresses.
- Yahoo! People Search Search for phone numbers and addresses.
Yellow Pages
- Anywho.com AT&T's yellow and white pages.
- AnyWho Toll-Free AT&T's toll-free directory.
- Infospace Look up by name and category.
- Reverse Lookup Look up a business by phone or address.
- SmartPages.com SBC Interactive's online yellow pages.
- Superpages.com Verizon's online yellow pages.
- Switchboard.com A fast business finder. Address, phone.
- TheUltimates.com Search multiple yellow pages.
- Yahoo! Yellow Pages Keyword search or use directory.
Zip Codes
- The Address Server Print out address and bar code with zip+4.
- Zip Code Associations Find codes associated with a city and state.
- Zip Code Lookup Have an address, need the zip code?