Rich Patterson's Reference Desk

Find People, Places, Businesses, Information and Things on the Net


Reference and Homework Helpers

Ask ERIC -- Educational Resources Information Center database of information on math, science, etc.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations -- Lets you search for quotes containing a specific word or phrase
Company Slueth -- This free service (for which you must register) tells you quite a few things about the companies that interest you, including new patents, SEC filings, earnings estimates, discussion group postings, insider trades, job postings, press releases, and related news
Educom's Web Site -- A library of publications that address technology, legal, policy issues, teaching, learning etc.
The Electronic Library -- A search engine for reference materials from newspapers, wire-services, magazines and journals
Encyclopedia.Com -- Over 17,000 cross-linked articles from the third edition of the Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia. This is one of the best free online encyclopedias around
FedStats -- More than 70 agencies in the United States Federal Government produce statistics of interest to the public. The Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy maintains this site to provide easy access to the full range of statistics and information produced by these agencies for public use
Guide to Writing Research Papers (APA) -- American Psychological Association
Guide to Grammar and Writing -- Everything from punctuation to the principles behind the traditional essay
Guide to Writing Research Papers (MLA) -- Modern Language Association
Healthgate MEDLINE -- Free MEDLINE Search
Human Anatomy On-Line -- Clickable body parts which gives names and information on the part
Info Please -- Get answers to your questions from their encyclopedia, almanacs & dictionary.
Learn2.com -- This site is designed to teach everyone everything. It includes topics on how to tie a tie to how to jump start your car
LegalDocs -- Provides legal documents such as wills, contracts etc and helps you fill out the forms
The Library of Congress -- All the books in print
Librarians' Indes to the Internet -- Organzed into 43 different category headings and numerous subdirectories and catalogs nearly 3,400 links -- find a link on most any topic
My Reference Desk -- Provides a host of information on a variety of topics
The Old Farmer's Almanac -- Good advice and accurate weather and astronomical predictions
OneLook Dictionaries -- Will look up the definition or spelling of a word in over 60 different dictionaries
Online English Grammar -- If you don't know "your" from "you're" or "its" from "it's" you better check out this site
Research-It - Look up definitions and synonyms
Roget's Thesaurus -- You guessed it -- Roget's Thesaurus
Style Guides and Writing Guides -- Style Guides and Writing Manuals in WKU Library and on the Internet
Xplore - Sort of an online almanac with many sites to search for information


General References

Adone -- Classifieds for people who need things: jobs, houses, cars etc. etc.
FashionMall -- Learn how to tie ties and scarves. Has clear illustrations and crisp descriptions
InfoSpace.Com -- InfoSpace.com gathers up as much reference material as it can and then presents it in a portal-like interface that guides you to yellow and white pages, classifieds, maps and directions, shopping, financial information, TV listings, and a whole lot more.
Learn2.com -- Find out how to do many things such as tie a necktie, fix a leaky faucet, carve a turkey and other life lessons
My Virtual Reference Desk -- A vast and varied collection of reference resources on facts and trivia that make this site the perfect fix for informaiton junkies

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Date last Modified: July 17, 1999
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