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Citation Style for Research Papers
Your teacher tells you to cite your sources. Here’s a guide to the different styles (AMA, APA, Chicago, MLA and Turabian) with colorful, easy to follow examples.
Dead or Alive?
Tracks whether famous people are alive or have died, with a listing on the main page of people who have died within the last six months.
Edmunds
New and used car pricing, reviews, and inventory, new vehicle spotlight, price quotes, car comparisons, and more.
Everyrule.com
Website provides users easy access to one of the largest online databases of rules from around the world in subjects such as sports, etiquette and games.
Fact Monster
Search a dictionary, encyclopedia, atlas and almanac at the same time. Good site when you just need a small amount of information on a topic.
Food and Nutrition Information Center - (USDA)
Browse subjects on dietary guidance, lifecycle nutrition, diet and disease, food composition, weight and obesity, food labeling and safety, dietary supplements, and more. Search the website and related government databases. View resource lists.
Fuel Economy Guide
EPA/DOE website features fuel economy data for new and used passenger vehicles back to 1985. Find vehicle-specific air pollutions emissions information and safety ratings as well as information on hybrid and alternative fuel vehicles, the new fuel economy ratings, a fuel cost calculator, and more.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7. Because each library creates its own eBook collection, the content you see may vary if you use the database at different libraries (your school, your public library, or your office).
General Reference Center (1980 to present)
General interest database with an easy-to-use interface. Articles from magazines, reference books, and newspapers, many with full-text and images. Current events, popular culture, arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more.
General OneFile (1980 to current)
Source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. More than 25 million full-text articles many with images. Updated daily.
Good Housekeeping Institute
This source from Good Housekeeping Magazine lists test results and evaluations for a wide range of products as well as information on cleaning, food and nutrition, gardening, and parenting.
Good Stuff? A Behind the Scenes Guide to the Things We ...
A guide to the environmental and social aspects of common consumer products. Concerned consumers can find information on what goes into the production, use, and disposal of many common consumer goods.
Guide to House and Senate Members
(111th U. S. Congress) -- Single-point access to data concerning House and Senate Members from various U.S. government publications including the Congressional Pictorial Directory, Congressional Biographical Directory. Search for individual congressional members by name, district, hometown. Search for groups of congressional members by state, party affiliation, or number of terms.
Guinness World Records
Website from the publishers of the popular Guinness Book of World Records provides users with a searchable and comprehensive database of global records.
Information Please
Comprehensive and engaging online almanac, from the publishers of the famous Information Please book almanac, provides users with reliable information in a wide range of categories.
InfoTrac Junior Edition
For middle school students. Full-text articles from 130+ magazines. Access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
InfoTrac Kids Infobits
For K-5 students and their teachers/parents. This database covers geography, current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
Internet Public Library
Groundbreaking and experimental website provides library services to internet users and cited by www.ipl.org as “the first public library of and for the Internet community.”
Kelley Blue Book
New and used car pricing, reviews and ratings, financing and insurance, certified pre-owned car information, Blue Book videos, and more.