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Quick Reference Resources
…selected by Cook Memorial Librarians
Databases | Web sites
Databases
The following online encyclopedias, dictionaries and almanacs are paid for by Cook Library and available for home use for Cook patrons only. After selecting the database, you will be asked for your Cook Library card number (don't put spaces between the numbers).
Britannica Online
The complete Encyclopedia Britannica, Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, the Britannica Book of the Year and selected web sites. Recommended for high school age and above.
Britannica Online for Kids Encyclopedia, dictionary and magazine articles for students in Kindergarten through 5th Grade.
Encyclopedia Americana
Provides access to 45,000 full text articles with hypertext links to guide users to research-oriented web sites. Recommended for Grade 8 and up.
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
Based on the Academic American Encyclopedia and updated monthly. Strengths include biographical information and coverage of American cities. Recommended for Grades 5 through 8.
Lands and Peoples
Encyclopedia of countries, cultures and current events for students.
New Book of Knowledge
This online encyclopedia for children in grades 3-5 includes pictures, facts, Internet links, magazine articles, projects, and experiments.
New Book of Popular Science
Focuses on science topics. The easy-to-read articles include photographs, maps, illustrations, and tables.
La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre
A complete encyclopedia in Spanish.
Oxford English Dictionary
The most comprehensive dictionary of the English language.
Reference USA
Reference USA, a searchable database of information on over 100 million U.S. residents as well as 12 millions businesses, is a good source for phone numbers.
World Almanac
This fundamental reference resource provides brief facts and statistics.
World Book
Encyclopedia of articles, selected web links, animations, and interactive maps. Recommended for Grades 4 and above.
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Web sites
The following web sites are recommended by Cook Memorial librarians for the quality of their content.
Places to Start | Reaching People | Research Help | Miscellaneous
Web Portals - Places to start
Internet Public Library Links to a wide variety of sites, especially strong in homework help.
Librarian's Index to the Internet Access to reliable, trustworthy, librarian-selected Internet content.
RefDesk Indexes and reviews sites and provides help navigating the Web.
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Reaching People
Anywho Online Directory Reverse lookup, toll free.
GetHuman 500 Database Tips on shortcuts to reach a human being by phone at 500 major companies.
Go Toll Free Internet 800 Directory.
InfoSpace White and yellow pages, email addresses.
Postal Information Resources Includes international zip codes.
The Switchboard U.S. white and yellow pages, toll-free directory.
Telephone Directories on the Web Comprehensive list of world directories.
Telephone Prefix Locator Find out where a phone number is located.
U.S.Postal Service Look up zip codes and more.
World Pages Has everything: residential and business, toll-free, reverse directories, plus links to directories from other countries.
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Research Help
Citation Machine Fill in a form with your bibliographic information and it will be formatted into a citation.
Citing Sources How to cite sources in research papers: APA, MLA, Turabian.
LEO Get help with your research paper. Learn how to cite sources, use quotations, avoid plagiarism, organize your thoughts, revise your paper, and improve the sound of your writing.
What is Plagiarism?
What makes a web site good?
Miscellaneous
Acronym Finder Over 475,000 acronyms and abbreviations from business, technology, military, government, pop culture and science.
Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations
E-how Instructions on how to do just about anything.
Fedstats Access to statistics produced by over 100 U.S. government agencies.
How Products Are Made Useful information for all age levels regarding how things are made.
Lottery USA Latest winning numbers from all the states.
Old Farmer’s Almanac Sun and moon rise and set.
Population Reference Bureau Topical demographic data..
Time Zone Converter
Who's Alive and Who's Dead
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