Reference
Resources
Library Catalogs
Databases
- Biography and Genealogy Master
Index (Carnegie
Mellon users only)
This database is an index for learning where to look for
biographical material on people from all time periods, geographical locations
and fields of endeavor. It indexes current, readily available reference
sources, as well as the most important retrospective works that cover
individuals, both living and deceased, from every field of activity and from
all areas of the world.
- Community of
Science (Carnegie Mellon users only)
Community of Science is a global
registry designed to provide accurate, timely, easy-to-access information
about what new funding opportunities exist, and who is working on what
subject, and where. "Science" in this context is defined along the lines of
the Latin word "scientia," meaning "knowledge."
- FACTS.com (Carnegie
Mellon users only)
FACTS.com presents the full-text of the Facts on
File World News Digest since 1940, plus a live newsfeed from ReutersŪ and
thousands of in-depth features, images, charts, and primary documents.
FACTS.com is a permanent record of the essential facts of the news as reported
in the major newspapers and news magazines of the U.S., Canada, Britain,
Australia, and elsewhere in the world.
- Leadership Directories,
Inc. (Carnegie Mellon users only)
This database provides access to
names, titles and addresses for people working in public and private sectors,
as well as business, government and non-profit organizations' information.
Federal, regional, state and municipal agencies and representatives,
associations, non-profits, law firms, corporations and financial institutions,
judicial and foreign representatives, and news media are included. Useful not
only for contact information (names, phone numbers, email) but also for job
searching, understanding corporate structure, identifying individuals' board
memberships, and much more.
- LexisNexis Academic (Carnegie
Mellon users only)
The Reference section includes biographical information,
country profiles, polls & survey results (Roper Center), quotations, state
profiles, and the World Almanac.
- Oxford Reference
Online (Carnegie Mellon users only)
The ORO brings together 100
language and subject dictionaries and reference works - containing well over
60,000 pages - into a single cross-searchable resource. Includes general
reference, language, science and medicine, humanities and social sciences, and
business and professional sources.
- Virtual Reference
Shelf
This page provides links to numerous reference sources. These
include tax forms & publications, dictionaries, encyclopedias, educational
funding sources, local information, maps, news & current events, telephone
numbers, zip codes, etc.
- Credo Reference
(Carnegie Mellon users only)
Credo Reference is an online collection of
encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and books of quotations, with a range of
subject-specific titles covering everything from art to accountancy, medicine,
literature and law.
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Style Guides and Citation Formats
-
Style Guides
- Publication Manual of the American Psychological
Association (2001)
Hunt Reference Desk BF76.7 .P83
2001
- Chicago Manual of Style (2003)
Hunt Reference
Desk PE1408 .C5 15TH 2003
- Merriam-Webster's Manual for Writers & Editors
(1998)
REF-1 PN147 .M49 1998
- APA-Style Helper 5.1 (Price:
$35-$40)
The APA-Style Helper is a software program designed for writers
in the behavioral and social sciences who need to produce manuscripts and
documents written according to APA style. The program helps with formating
references, citations, headings, and more. APA-Style Helper 5.1 conforms to
the fifth (2001) edition of the Publication Manual of the American
Psychological Association.
- Citation Formats
- Print
- A Manual
for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations (2007)
AKA:
Turabian or Chicago Style
Hunt Reference Desk LB2369 .T8
2007
- MLA
Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing (1998)
Hunt
Reference Desk PN147 .G444 1998
- Publication Manual of the American Psychological
Association (2001)
Hunt Reference Desk BF76.7 .P83 2001
- Electronic