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Recommended Links: Reference and Quick Facts
Need Research Databases for Articles and Book Sections to Print Out?
Our research databases may have just the thing you're looking for.
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Ask an Expert
Searchable list of over 300 subject experts to answer your questions by e-mail.
http://www.askanexpert.com
Internet Public Library Ready Reference Collection
Very large collection of links to Internet reference tools organized by subject and annotated.
http://www.ipl.org/ref/RR/
Virtual Gumshoe
Investigative resources on the Web. Emphasis is on resources for finding missing persons, fugitives, birthparents and old friends.
http://www.virtualgumshoe.com
Quick Facts
Bartleby
An all-in-one reference site including full text of fiction and non-fiction public domain texts, poetry, and reference works including the Columbia Encyclopedia and Columbia Gazetteer, There are also books covering quotations, English usage, Religion & Mythology, literary history, and even the Fannie Farmer Cookbook!
http://www.bartleby.com/
Biography Resource Center
Full-text articles about well-known people. Often there are photographs and supporting magazine articles, reviews, and websites.
Go to Biography Resource Center »
Biography.com
http://www.biography.com/
Dead People Server
Searchable by name, but scroll half-way down the page to find the results of your search.
http://www.dpsinfo.com/dps/index.html
DeskRef
Quick Reference Links
http://ansernet.rcls.org/deskref/
InfoPlease
This online almanac provides information on a wide array of subjects including current events, history, business, government, a homework center, plus the regular reference sources: atlas, encyclopedia, thesaurus, dictionary, etc.
http://www.infoplease.com/
Measure 4 Measure
http://www.wolinskyweb.net/measure.htm
Merriam Webster
http://www.m-w.com/
OneLook
A one-stop dictionary source. Enter a word and the site will search for definitions from 931 different dictionaries including religious, medicinal, slang, and traditional ones such as Merriam-Webster.
http://www.onelook.com/
Virtual Reference Desk
http://www.refdesk.com/
And for Fun
Des Moines Public Library Fun Facts File
For over the past 60 years the Reference Department of the Des Moines Public Library has kept a card file of answers that were difficult to find and likely to be requested again. Because you never know when you'll need to know which Iowa town published the first advertising calendar! Oh, and we'll be adding new stuff too - check back often.
Go to the Fun Facts File »
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