- REFERENCE COLLECTIONS
- Credo Reference Remote Access
Access restricted to St. Mary's computers and computing accounts. - Credo Reference Remote Access
- Hundreds of full-text reference works from the best reference publishers, covering all disciplines.
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
Remote Access
Access restricted to St. Mary's computers and computing accounts. - Search multiple encyclopedias and other reference works with a single search
- Library of Texas
- Search across multiple Texas library catalogs and databases with a single search
- Virtual Reference Shelf
- From the Library of Congress, a collection of fact-based references
- ABBREVIATIONS
- AbbreviationZ
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- Acronym Finder
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- All that JAS: Journal Abbreviation Resources
- Search for the correct title of a journal when you have the abbreviation or vice versa.
- Internet Acronym Server
- Search for acronyms to find their meaning or for words in the meaning itself.
- ALMANACS
- Fact Monster: Information Please Kids Almanac
- Searchable and organized by categories such as people, sports, fun facts, science, life, world, u.s., and homework center.
- Farmers Almanac
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- Information Please
- Searchable database of information from the almanac, dictionary, and encyclopedia published by Information Please.
- Old Farmers Almanac
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- World Factbook
- The US Central Intelligence Agency supplies this annual series of country information reference books. Data is available for over 250 countries. For each country, map and flag, geographic, population, government, economic, communication, transportation, military, and transnational issue information is provided for the latest year available.
- AUTOMOBILES
- Edmunds' Automobile Buyer's Guide
- Information on new and used cars and trucks and advice for buyers.
- Kelly Blue Book
- Search for prices for new and used cars
- MSN Carpoint
- Databases of used car prices, new car prices and features, insurance and finance advice.
- AWARDS AND PRIZES
- Academy Awards
- Oscar winners
- Nobel Prize Internet Archive
- Locate information on Nobel Prize winners and the prizes themselves.
- Pulitzer Prizes
- Eighty searchable years of Pulitzer Prize history
- BIOGRAPHY
- Biographical Dictionary
- Short biographical information on 22,000 notable men and women from ancient times to the present day. The dictionary can be searched by names, birth years, death years, positions held, professions, literary and artistic works, miscellaneous achievements, and other keywords.
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: 1774-present
- Searchable biographies of members of Congress. Some have portraits and bibliographies.
- Biography.com
- Searchable short biographical information on over 25,000 people
- Distinguished Women of Past and Present
- Search for biographical information on women
- Eric's World of Scientific Biography
- Biographies of famous scientists with links to explanations of their discoveries.
- BOOKS, JOURNALS, AND PUBLISHERS
- AcqWeb
- Directory of publishers and vendors listed alphabetically, geographically, and by subject; title verification tools and resources; library science journals, newsletters, and listserv archives; reference sources; and other library science resources. For more information on library acquisitions, visit the Acquisitions Page.
- Amazon.com
- Online bookstore with a searchable database of over 2.5 million books in and out of print. You can also browse for popular books by subject.
- Bartleby.com
- Reference books and other great books online
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Literary MarketPlace (LMP)
- Information on publisher addresses (free registration required)
- Publications Reference File (Government Printing Office)
- Searchable catalog of publications currently for sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office.
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WorldCat
Remote Access
Access restricted to St. Mary's and other TexShare institutions' computers and computing accounts. - Locate books in the world's largest database of bibliographic information, from the shared records of libraries from all over the world. Over 43 million records, in over 400 languages, with holdings information
- CONSUMER INFORMATION
- U.S. Consumer Gateway
- Authoritative consumer information from over 40 federal agencies ranging from health to product safety
- DICTIONARIES AND THESAURI
- ASL Dictionary Online: A Practical Sign Language Dictionary
- Organized alphabetically and by subject categories
- Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (Brewer's)
- Taken from the 1894 expanded edition.
- Dictionary.com
- A single search for multiple online dictionaries including Webster's New Millennium Dictionary of English, Preview Edition, The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, and many more.
- Lexicool.com
- A directory of bilingual and multilingual dictionaries including automated translators
- OneLook Dictionaries: The Faster Finder
- Search more than 100 online dictionaries simultaneously or choose from a subject category for searching.
- Roget's Thesaurus
- Search for synonyms and antonyms
- Semantic Rhyming Dictionary
- Search for words that rhyme or almost rhyme
- Symbols.com
- Online encyclopedia of graphic symbols ranging from ideograms carved by Cro-Magnon man to subway graffiti; use the word index or the graphic index to find the symbol
- Textile Dictionary
- Detailed definitions for hundreds of textile terms, arranged by type of fiber and then alphabetically.
- Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913 edition)
- Searchable text from the ARTFL project at the University of Chicago
- WordNet: A Lexical Database for English
- Words are defined and grouped into various related sets of synonyms with definitions. Valuable to the casual user as a powerful thesaurus and dictionary, but also to the researcher as a freely available lexical database.
- WWWebster Dictionary
- Searchable online dictionary from Merriam Webster.
- WWWebster Thesaurus
- Searchable online thesaurus from Merriam Webster
- ENCYCLOPEDIAS
- Encyclopedia.com
- 'Based on The Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia.com provides current information available in all major fields of knowledge -- from politics, law, art, and history to sports, literature, geography, science, and medicine. More than 17,000 articles...' The basic articles are free though Electric Library provides links to other information that is not free.
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
Remote Access
Access restricted to St. Mary's computers and computing accounts. - Search multiple encyclopedias and other reference works with a single search
- GENEALOGY
- HeritageQuest Remote Access
Access restricted to St. Mary's and other TexShare institutions' computers and computing accounts. - HeritageQuest Remote Access
- Includes U.S. census records, family histories, genealogical series, local histories, and full image primary sources
- Social Security Death Index
- A searchable database of the Death Master File(DMF) from the U.S. Social Security Administration. The database can contain name, social security number, date of birth, date of death, and last residence/lump sum payment information when available.
- JOBS AND CAREER INFORMATION
- Occupational Outlook Handbook
- Search the full text for information on most occupations.
- LIBRARIANS, INFORMATION FOR
- Archives USA
- Access to holdings and contact information for more than 5,400 repositories and indexes to over 117,000 special collections.
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Documents in Information Science
- Full text articles and conference proceedings
- Index Morganagus
- A full text database of library-related electronic serials
- Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts (LISTA) (Ebsco)
- Searchable indexing and abstracting from over 20 of the most popular library trade journals
- MOVIES AND TELEVISION
- All Movie Guide
- Search by movie titles, person's names, keywords, plotlines, and browse genres, time, mood, countries. Gives plot synopsis, cast, crew, awards, and quality rating.
- EPGuides
- Episode guides for hundreds of television shows: titles, air dates, guest stars and plot summaries.
- Internet Archive: Movie Collection
- Collection of hundreds of online movies relating to life in 20th century America
- Internet Movie Database
- Search by title, cast name, character name, or other keyword.
Gives cast and other credit, plot summary, dates, locations, technical info, and trivia about the movies.
- Motion Picture Database (TV Guide)
- From The Motion Picture Guide, Cinebooks' 23-volume reference work, and Ephraim Katz's comprehensive Film Encyclopedia, this database includes the cast, credits and reviews for more than 30,000 movies plus filmographies and biographical information on thousands of actors, directors and other filmmakers.
- Movie Review Query Engine at Telerama
- Search for movie reviews on the web.
- Movie-STAR
- A searchable database of the Academy Awards since 1927 containing 6214 Oscar nominations and 1253 Oscar awards in major categories for approximately 2400 motion pictures and 3900 individuals.
- MovieFlix.com
- Over 1200 obscure and classic movies freely available over the Internet. Viewing requires RealPlayer, available for download from the site.
- QUOTATIONS
- Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
- Searchable by keyword and author.
- Famous Quotes and Authors
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- Simpsons Contemporary Quotations
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- TRANSLATIONS
- Babelfish
- Free automatic translation service powered by technology originally developed for the Air Force. Translation passages of up to 40 sentences in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese languages.
- LOGOS Multilingual Translation Portal
- Translation dictionary of over 7 million entries in many languages
- TRAVEL
- Expedia
- Find the lowest air fares, hotel fares, and other travel information.
- LowestFare
- Find the lowest air fares, hotel fares, and other travel information.
- Southwest Airlines
- Southwest Airlines fares, reservations, frequent flyer information
- Travelocity
- Find the lowest air fares, hotel fares, and other travel information.
- WEATHER
- Farmer's Almanac
- Weather predictions, tides, phases of the moon, sunrise & sunset times, moonrise & moonset times, etc.
- National Weather Service, Austin/San Antonio
- Weather forecasts and climate information
- Weather Channel
- Weather maps, forecasts, storm watches, etc.
- Weatherpost: Historical Weather Data
- Input the city of your choice and historical weather data is available: average temperature, record highs and lows, average rainfall, snowfall, and so forth
- WRITER'S HANDBOOKS
- Writer's Handbook
- Guides to Writing about Literature, Research Papers, Writing Reviews, and Science Writing. Major styles(APA, APSA, CBE, Chicago/Turabian, MLA, and Numbered References) are explained and examples given. A guide to citing electronic resources is also included.
- ZIP CODES
- Zip+4 Lookup
- Find the appropriate zip code for an address
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