Online Reference Resources are ready reference tools to help
you find an answer to a question quickly. The coverage of information
offered
in these reference tools is wide and varied and the answers
are often brief and to the point.
Reference tools help you to define and clarify your research
questions, and are a good place to start any assignment.
Reference Tools include
Language and
Subject Dictionaries, Thesauri, Encyclopaedias, Yearbooks, Maps,
etc.
Reference material is not confined to electronic formats. Don’t
overlook that the library also has an extensive Reference Collection
of books to assist you with your research. It is advisable that you familiarise
yourself with this collection in the library.
The Library staff will be happy to assist you to locate or use these
resources.
Almanacs
Almanacs are a reference tool containing facts and information
in the form of lists and tables. Included are also brief articles relating
to a particular field or many general fields. If you what to find out
what happened on what day in history, a countries profile, a household
tip, or a fishing calendar, and much more, this is the place to search.
Fast Facts
Almanacs, Fact Books, Statistics, and related reference tools.
Compiled by Gary Price, MLIS.
http://www.freepint.com/gary/handbook.htm
CIA World Fact Book
Information about countries of the world including the geography,
people, government, economy, communications, transportation,
military, maps, and lots more.
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Google Almanacs
A comprehensive index to online almanacs.
http://directory.google.com/Top/Reference/Almanacs/
Yahoo Directory : Almanacs
A comprehensive index to online almanacs.
http://dir.yahoo.com/Reference/Almanacs/
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Biographical Dictionaries
Australian
Biography
From Trinity College. Includes Australian aboriginal people, explorers,
convicts, politicians, authors, sports men & women, great achievers,
inventors, musicians etc.
http://library.trinity.wa.edu.au/cross/austbiog.htm
Biography Resource Centre: Infotrac
Access available through Eastern Regional Libraries. The password
to access this online encyclopaedia is your Eastern Regional Libraries
membership number. If you are not a member of you can join for
free. The closest branches are Belgrave and Ferntree Gully. Alternatively,
you can ask your school library staff for the Upwey High’s school
membership number.
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/eastern_regional?db=BioRC-3 |
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Conversion Tools
Convert just about anything to
anything else. Dates and times, weights and measures, area,
cooking conversions, etc.
http://www.onlineconversion.com/ |
Dictionaries
English
A Web of Online Dictionaries
Includes links to dictionaries of the English Language (4th ed.),
translators, and over 300 English, multilanguage, and specialized
dictionaries and thesauri.
http://www.yourdictionary.com
Dictionary Link
A “guide to free online dictionary and translation services. With
definitions in most languages, thesaurus, word of the day & encyclopedia
links.”
http://www.dictionarylink.com/
World Wide Words
This site is about “ English words and phrases – what they
mean, where they came from, how they have evolved, and the ways
in which people sometimes misuse them.”
http://www.quinion.com/words/
Foreign Language
Language Dictionaries and Translators
Dictionaries of English and other languages, online translators,
and language resources.
Originally compiled by Rivendell International
Communications .
http://www.word2word.com/dictionary.html
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Encyclopaedias
Encyclopedia
Britannica
School Edition
http://school.eb.com.au/
The password
to access this online encyclopedia is your Eastern Regional Libraries
membership number. If you are not a member of you can join for free.
The closest branches are Belgrave and Ferntree Gully. Alternatively,
you can ask your school library staff for the Upwey High’s school
membership number.
http://www.erl.vic.gov.au/info/britannica.php
Columbia Encyclopedia
http://www.bartleby.com/65/
Encyclopedia.com
Contains entries from the The Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia,
3rd ed.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/
Grove Art
The most comprehensive online reference resource for all aspects
of the visual arts. Covers prehistory to the present day.
Access available through Eastern Regional Libraries.
The password
to access this online encyclopaedia is your Eastern Regional Libraries
membership number. If you are not a member of you can join for free.
The closest branches are Belgrave and Ferntree Gully. Alternatively,
you can ask your school library staff for the Upwey High’s school
membership number.
http://www.groveart.com/
Grove Music
The most comprehensive online reference resource for all aspects
of music. Covers prehistory to the present day. Access available
through Eastern Regional Libraries. (see details for Grove Art)
http://www.grovemusic.com/
SYBWorld
“SYBWorld
is a dynamic new online service offering up-to-date, authoritative,
and reliable information on global affairs, with comprehensive
coverage of government and politics, geography, history, economics,
social policy
and culture for all 192 countries.”
The most comprehensive online reference resource for all aspects
of the visual arts. Covers prehistory to the present day.
Access available through Eastern Regional Libraries.
The password
to access this online encyclopedia is your Eastern Regional Libraries
membership number. If you are not a member of you can join for
free. The closest branches are Belgrave and Ferntree Gully. Alternatively,
you can ask your school library staff for the Upwey High’s school
membership number.
http://www.sybworld.com/VALIDATE |
General Reference
Fast Facts
Almanacs, Fact Books, Statistics, and related reference tools.
Compiled by Gary Price, MLIS.
http://www.freepint.com/gary/handbook.htm
Victoria’s Virtual
Library
Maintained by the State Library of Victoria. Includes a subject
guide to the Internet, research guides, library resources and
links.
 http://www.libraries.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/reference_bookshelf.cgi
The Virtual Reference Library
Maintained by the Ontario Library. Includes a subject guide to
the Internet, research guides, library resources and links.
http://vrl.tpl.toronto.on.ca/
e-encyclopedia
e-encyclopedia is both a book and an online encyclopedia. You
can use the website without the book, but if you would like to use
the book together with the website you can find the book in the
Reference Section of the library at REF 030 EEN
http://www.dke-encyc.com/
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