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Online Reference
Shelf--Handbooks and Manuals
(Ready Reference)
Almanacs and Lists | Handbooks and Manuals | Miscellaneous Ready Reference | Online Reference Libraries
Information Please
http://www.infoplease.com/almanacs.html
Almanacs of all sorts of information. Infoplease.com also leads to general reference sources such as a dictionary and encyclopedia
Fast Facts http://www.freepint.com/gary/handbook.htm
Courtesy of librarian Gary Price, this web site links to many statistical reports, almanacs and other fact books from various government agencies
Afro American Almanac http://www.toptags.com/aama/
Guiness World Records http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/home.asp
Handbooks and ManualsPrice's List of Lists http://www.specialissues.com/lol/
Gary Price, librarian, has managed to create this excellent metasite to find rankings and lists of all sorts, especially in the area of business but also in other fields. Scroll down until you reach a desired category, click on the category and then click on the particular list you are seeking
Periodic Table of the Elements
http://www.chemicalelements.com/
Kelley Blue Book http://www.kbb.com/
Symbols.com - An encyclopedia of Western signs and ideograms
http://www.symbols.com/
Indexes more than 2,500 Western symbols. Articles discuss their histories, meanings and uses. Search either in their graphic index or their word index
Miscellaneous Ready ReferenceUnited States Government Manual http://www.gpoaccess.gov/gmanual/browse-gm-03.html
Computer Manuals http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/onlineref/computerref.html
Occupational Outlook Handbook
http://www.bls.gov/oco/
How Stuff Works http://www.howstuffworks.com/
For mechanical, electrical and other functionality-type questions such as automobile engines, microwave ovens, toilets, and more
Michigan Electronic Library: Home Maintenance and Repair http://web.mel.org/viewtopic.jsp?id=361&pathid=1155
Online Reference LibrariesLibrary of Congress Classification System http://geography.miningco.com/science/geography/library/congress/bllc.htm
Ready Reference File http://www.santacruzpl.org/cgi-bin/readyref.pl
Santa Cruz Public Libraries' collection of tough reference questions they had and how they answered them
Fugitive Fact File http://www.hennepin.lib.mn.us/pub/search/fff_public.html
Info File Database
http://sjcpl.lib.in.us/databases/infofile/
From St. Joseph County Public Library, a database of tough reference questions they have had throughout many years, searchable in a database
Stumpers Archive http://listserv.dom.edu/cgi-bin/wa.exe?S1=stumpers-l
Search the archive to the STUMPERS listserv, a forum where librarians ask other librarians for assistance to tough reference questions. If you are still stumped, ask one of us librarians and if we do not know we can post your question for you (Librarians only, click here to post a question and be sure to ask anyone who answers to reply to you, not just to the list)
Lib-Web Cats--Directory of Libraries and Online Catalogs on the World Wide Web http://staffweb.library.vanderbilt.edu/Breeding/libwebcats.html
LibWeb: Library Servers on the WWW
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Libweb/
Federal School Codes Search http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/fotw0405/fslookup.htm
Public Records Database http://www.pac-info.com/
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
http://www.CyndisList.com/
Reference Collections | Online Reference Assistance | Online Reference Libraries (General)
Reference Collections
Bartleby.com's Reference Collection http://www.bartleby.com/reference/
Chabot College Library Email Reference
chabotref@clpccd.cc.ca.us
Right now, Chabot College Library's online response is via Email, of which is usually checked around once a day. If you need help sooner than a 24 hour time period (72 hour time period during the summer or break), please call the Library at 510-723-6764 or use one of the other online reference options, listed below. When Emailing us, be sure to state in detail your question and any problems you had with any databases and/or login access.
Alameda County Library's Virtual Reference Service (through Ask Now)
http://www.asknow.org/portal.cfm?lib=ALAMEDA
Provided by Alameda County Library, get live reference via the Web with a librarian at real time! Librarians who respond are either from California or from across the United States. Sometimes, librarians will NOT have access to the same databases as ours (but may have access to similar ones)
Internet Public Library's Ask A Question http://www.ipl.org/ref/QUE/
Like Email reference at Chabot, prepare to wait around 24 hours for a response.
Online Reference Shelf Home Page
This web site was last updated on May 12, 2004.
If you have any questions or want to suggest any additions, please contact
Norman Buchwald, Information Literacy and Technology Librarian.
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