Research and Reference Sites

*=Indicates In-Library Use or Park Ridge cardholders only Articles *bigChalk eLibrary Plus [In Library ]    [Remote ] CQ Researcher [In Library Use Only] Directory of Open Access Journals *Historical Chicago Tribune (1849 - 1985) [In Library]   [Remote] *Historical New York Times (1851 - 2003) [In Library]   [Remote] *InfoTrac Searchbank Now including Biography Resource Center, Literature Resource Center and more! Newslink has links to over 3000 newspapers and magazines. Old Magazine Articles Periodical Abstracts* [In Library]   [Remote] Citations and Documentation EasyBib Research and Documentation Online Dictionaries and Thesauri Abbreviations.com Acronym Finder Ask Oxford.com Merriam-Webster Online Ninjawords: Really Fast Online Dictionary! Roget's Internet Thesaurus Spelljax: Free Online Spell Check Visual Thesaurus A Web of On-Line Dictionaries Word Reference Encyclopedias Assorted Encyclopedias on the Web Encyclopedia.com from The Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Third Edition. *Encyclopaedia Britannica Wikipedia *World Book Online How To About.com eHow.com FindHow.com Knowledge Hound Online Reference Sources American Rhetoric: Searchable Speeches Awesome Library Bartlett's Familiar Quotations Constitution Finder: National and International Did You Know? Digital Librarian's Best Links Facts.com* [In Library]   [Remote ] How Products Are Made iTools: Research Tools Librarians' Index to the Internet My Virtual Reference Desk - FastFacts RefDesk.com Reporter's Desktop *SIRS Researcher [In Library]   [Remote ] Skyscraper Page Statesman's Yearbook--[In Library Use] Statistics Federal Statistics Sites NationMaster: Where Stats Come Alive Official Statistics on the Web: Countries, Regions and Topics Statesman's Yearbook--[In Library Use] U.S. Gazetteer World Statistical Agencies Translation Babelfish Translation Free Translation Services Gate2Home: Type in Any Language Miscellaneous Biography.Com FirstFind.info Flags of the World How Stuff Works MythWeb Public Agenda Online Time and Date.com