UVM Libraries

Quick Reference Shelf

Abbreviations & Acronyms

• Abbreviations & Acronyms
• Journal Abbreviation Sources

Almanacs

• Almanac (Information Please)
• Almanacs (50 States)
• Old Farmer's Almanac

Awards

• Booker Prizes
• Caldecott Medals
• Emmy Awards
• Grammy Awards
• Newbery Medals
• Nobel Prizes
• Pulitzer Prize Winners

Biographies

• Biographical Dictionary
• Biography.com

Book Trade & Publishing

• Books in Print
• Publishers and Vendors
• Ulrich's Periodicals Directory

Business

• American Fact Finder
• CACI Zip Code Data
• County Business Patterns
• Economic Report of the President
• Edgar Database (Securities and Exchange Commission)
• FISonline [UVM Only]
• Hoover's Online
• North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
• Zip Code Business Patterns

Calendars & Dates

• Holidays Worldwide
• World Time Zones

Calculators & Converters

• Currency Converter
• Distance Calculator
• Inflation Calculator
• Relocation Calculator

Colleges & Universities

• Colleges and University Web Sites
• College Source Online

Consumer Information

• Better Business Bureau
• Consumer Information Center
• ConsumerSearch.com
• Kelley Bluebook
• N.A.D.A  Appraisal Guides

Country Information

• Country Studies and Area Handbooks
• World Factbook

Dictionaries, Thesauri,  & Glossaries

• Merriam-Webster Dictionary
• Oxford English Dictionary (UVM Only)
• Roget's II: The New Thesaurus (3rd edition, 1995)
  
  
• Art Terms: A Multilingual Glossary
• Business Terms Glossary (Washington Post)
• Cartographic Terms, Glossary
• Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
• Literary Terms, Glossary (Gale)
• Symbols Dictionary
• yourDictionary.com (collection of dictionaries)

Encyclopedias

General Encyclopedias

• Columbia Encyclopedia
• Encyclopaedia Britannica Online (Full-text)

Libraries

• Libweb--Library WWW Servers

Postal and Zip Codes

• Zip Code Directory (USPS)
• Canadian Postal Code Lookup

Quotations

• Bartlett's Familiar Quotation (1901 edition)
• Simpson's Contemporary Quotations

Scholarships & Grants

• Community of Science Funded Research
• Foundation Center
• Fulbright Program
• InfoEd SPIN
• National Endowment for the Humanities
• National Science Foundation
• Scholarships.com

Style Manuals & Writing Guides

• Chicago Style
• Electronic Reference Formats Recommended by the APA
• Elements of Style (William Strunk, Jr.)
• Formatting in Sociology (Purdue University Online Writing Lab)
• Introduction to Basic Legal Citation
• Online Writing Lab (Purdue University)
• Uncle Sam Brief Guide to Citing Government Publications
• Using American Psychological Association (APA) Format
• Using Modern Language Association (MLA) Format

Telephone & E-mail Directories

• InfoSpace
• Telephone Directories on the Web
• UVM People

Travel Guides

• Fodor's
• Lonely Planet Online
• Rough Guides

University of Vermont

• Campus Map
• Cat's Tale (Student Handbook)
• Registrar's Office
• UVM Homepage
• UVM Sourcebook

Weather

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