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Reference Guide
Use this page to find a variety of uncommon or overlooked electronic reference resources. New and gently used print materials will also be occassionally spotlighted.
General Reference Resources
Acronyms
Calendar
Images
Maps & Directions
Music
Quotations
Dictionary
Statistics
Tenants/Landlord
Thesaurus
Translation Tools
Miscellaneous
Graduate Schools
GRE
LSAT
MCAT
Study Abroad
General Reference Sources
There are many all-around reference sites. Several of the best are listed below.
AllRefer.com: An all purpose reference guide of information. Searchable by subject and keyword. Also includes an encyclopedia
and gazetteer.
Bartleby Reference: From encyclopedias to dictionaries, thesauri to gazeteers, and history to Shakespeare, this
unbelievably free resource has it, and more.
Digital Librarian: Created and maintained by a librarian offering a
wide variety of quality reference web resources
organized alphabetically.
Refdesk: A commercial site that offers dictionaries, almanacs, news,
a converter, and hundreds of other useful links
covering nearly every subject.
Acronyms
Search and find out what those mysterious acronyms and abbreviations stand for.
Acronym Finder
Calendar
Keep track of the days with a handy online calendar.
Calendar
Images
The following resources offer a wide array of images. Google Images offers the
largest collection. The New York Public Library Digital Gallery allows you to
s search, view, print or download over 275,000 images in a variety of subjects
from the Middle Ages to the twentiet century. The Smithsonian's Galaxy of Images
provides access to thousands of digitally reproduced images from the museum's
collection.
Google Images
NYPL Digital Gallery
Smithsonian Galaxy of Images
Maps and Directions
Get directions and see detailed maps of the United States.
Google Earth
Google Maps
MapQuest
National Atlas
Music
Pandora Radio
Radio-Locator
Quotations
Search online collections including Bartlett's 10th Edition of Familiar Quotations for famous sayings.
Bartleby Quotations
Reverse Dictionary
Searching for a certain word to use for a paper but don't know what it is? Describe what you're looking for and get
back a list of possible word choices.
Onelook Reverse Dictionary
Statistics
Find statistical information about countries and states.
Comparative International Statistics (U.S. Census)
Eurostat
InflationData.com
NationMaster
OFFSTATS
United Nations Statistics Division
World Bank Development Data and Statistics
Tenant/Landlord Resources
Morris Rental Housing Commission
Thesaurus
Search for synonyms and antonyms online using the searchable version of Roget's Thesaurus at Thesaurus.com.
Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus
Translation Tools
Translate small sections of text or entire Web sites.
Babel Fish Translation
Google Translate
Miscellaneous
E-how
How Products Are Made
Metacritic
Graduate Schools
Information on applying to and finding the graduate school that's right for you.
GradSchools.com
Peterson's Planner
Financial aid and scholarship information for graduate schools.
FastWeb
Peterson's Graduate Scholarship Search
Council of Graduate Schools (Fellowships and Financial Aid)
GRE
Resources To Help Prepare For the GRE (Graduate Record Examinations)
How To Prepare For the GRE LB 2367.4.G747 2005
Free GRE General Test Prep Materials
LSAT
Resources to help prepare for the LSAT (Law School Admission Test)
Best Test Preperation For the LSAT Law School Admission Test KF285.Z9 B44 2001
LSAT 2002 KF285.Z9 M365 2001
LSAT Prep Materials (LSAC)
MCAT
Resources to help prepare for the MCAT (Medical College Admission Test)
Best Test Preperation For the MCAT R838.5.B47 2001
How To Prepare For the MCAT R838.5.H67 2001
MCAT Success R838.5.P484 2002
MCAT Free Online Practice Test (AAMC)
Study Abroad
Includes program information concerning study abroad opportunities available at UMM as well as campus and national scholarships.
Center for International Programs/Study Abroad at UMM
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