Quick Reference Tools
These resources are available via the Internet. Many similar resources are also available in print in the UMKC Libraries.
Almanacs & Facts
- Area Code (decoder.americom.com/ )
- Associations on the Net (www.ipl.org/div/aon/)
- CIA World Factbook (https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html)
- Cities (www.usacitylink.com/)
- Consumer Price Index (stats.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.toc.htm)
- Farmer's Almanac (www.almanac.com/)
- FedStats (www.fedstats.gov/)
- Info Please Almanac (www.infoplease.com/)
- Library of Congress (www.loc.gov/index.html)
- List of Lists (www.specialissues.com/lol/)
- Occupational Outlook (www.bls.gov/oco/)
- Refdesk's Daily Almanac (www.refdesk.com/quote.html)
- Vital Records (www.vitalrec.com/)
Books, Publishers
- Abebooks.com (www.abebooks.com)
- AcqWeb: Directory of Publishers (www.acqweb.org/pubr.html)
- AddALL: Used and Out of Print Book Search (used.addall.com)
- Alibris (www.alibris.com)
- Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America(www.abaa.org/books/abaa/abaapages/index.html)
- Association of American University Presses (AAUP) (aaupnet.org)
- Barnes & Noble.com (www.barnesandnoble.com)
- Biblio (www.biblio.com)
- Book Wire Index: Libraries (www.bookwire.com/bookwire/libraries/US-Libraries.html)
- Book Wire Index (www.bookwire.com/bookwire/bookwire.html)
- Editor & Publisher (www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/index.jsp)
- PubList.com (www.publist.com)
- Publishers Weekly (http://www.publishersweekly.com/)
- UMKC Bookstore (/www.umkcbookstore.com/)
- UMKC Library Guide to Finding Book Reviews
Calculators & Conversion
- Calculator (www.calculator.com/)
- Currency Converter (www.oanda.com/converter/classic)
- Unit Converter (www.digitaldutch.com/unitconverter/)
Calendars
- Calendars from the Sky (webexhibits.org/calendars/index.html)
- Earth Calendar (holidays and celebrations) (www.earthcalendar.net/index.php)
- Perpetual Calendar (www.wiskit.com/calendar.html)
- Timeanddate.com (www.timeanddate.com/)
Census & Demographics
- American Factfinder (factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html)
- Census Bureau (www.census.gov/)
- Modern Language Association Language Map (www.mla.org/census_main)
- Worldwide Census Info (www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbnew.html)
- OFFSTATS (www.library.auckland.ac.nz/subjects/stats/offstats)
- PopNet (www.eldis.org/static/DOC8850.htm)
Citation Style
- American Institute of Physics (AIP) Style Manual (www.aip.org/pubservs/style/4thed/toc.html)
- APA Style.org (www.apastyle.org/styletips.html)
- CBE
Style (www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/cite8.html)
- Chicago Manual of Style (www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/cite7.html)
- Citation Guide for Harvard Business School Students (www.library.hbs.edu/guides/citationguide.pdf)
- Citation Machine (www.landmark-project.com/citation_machine/index.html)
- Citing Census Information
- Citing Government Information Sources Using MLA Style (www.library.unr.edu/depts/bgic/guides/government/cite.html)
- Georgia Southern University's APA crib sheet (www.wooster.edu/psychology/apa-crib.html)
- Karla's guide to citation styles (bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/journalism/cite.html)
- Legal Citation (http://www.law.cornell.edu/citation/)
- MLA Style (Click on "MLA Style") (www.mla.org/homepage)
- UMKC Library Guide to Citing Information Sources: American Psychological Association (APA Style)
- UMKC Library Guide to Citing Information Sources: Modern Language Association (MLA Style)
- Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals (www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/uniform_requirements.html)
Colleges & Universities
- Academic Info (www.academicinfo.net/)
- College and University Web Pages (www.mit.edu:8001/people/cdemello/univ.html)
- College Source Online (www.collegesource.org/home.asp)
- Educause Directory of Higher Education (www.educause.edu/)
- Peterson.com, the Education Supersite (www.petersons.com)
- Peterson's Explore Colleges and Universities (www.petersons.com/ugchannel/code/searches/srchCrit1.asp)
- Princeton Review Online: Go To College (http://www.princetonreview.com/college/default.asp)
- US News Rankings (http://www.usnews.com/usnews/rankguide/rghome.htm
- Yahoo's College Page (dir.yahoo.com/Education/Higher_Education/Colleges_and_Universities/)
Copyright
- Copyright and Distance Education (www.copyright.gov/disted/)
- Copyright and Electronic Reserves Materials (www.mville.edu/TermsofUse.aspx)
- Copyright and Fair Use (http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_Fair_Use_Overview/index.html)
- Copyright and Higher Education Issues (www.arl.org/pp/ppcopyright/)
- Copyright and Multimedia Law for Webbuilders and Multimedia Authors (bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/journalism/mediaLaw/copyright_main.html)
- Copyright Management Center (www.copyright.iupui.edu/index.htm)
- Digital Millennium Copyright Act (www.copyright.gov/legislation/hr2281.pdf)
- Library of Congress Copyright site (http://www.copyright.gov/)
- University of Missouri Rules and Resources for Online Intellectual Property (www.umsystem.edu/ums/departments/is/ip/)
- US Code on Copyright (www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode17/usc_sup_01_17.html)
- US Code on Copyright (www.copyright.gov/title17/)
- Visual Resources Association (www.vraweb.org/)
- Works in the Public Domain (www.unc.edu/~unclng/public-d.htm)
Dictionary & Thesaurus
- Babel Fish Text Translator (babel.altavista.com/)
- Bartleby.com (www.bartleby.com/)
- Cambridge Dictionaries Online (www.dictionary.cambridge.org)
- Dictionary.net (www.dictionary.net)
- Merriam-Webster Online (www.m-w.com/)
- Onelook Dictionary (www.onelook.com/)
- Thesaurus.com (thesaurus.reference.com/)
- Visual Thesaurus: Online Edition (http://www.visualthesaurus.com/index.html)
- World Wide Web Acronym and Abbreviation (http://silmaril.ie/cgi-bin/uncgi/acronyms)
- Your Dictionary.com (www.yourdictionary.com/)
Directories
- Congressional Email Directory (www.webslingerz.com/jhoffman/congress-email.html)
- Dir of Scholarly & Professional E-Conferences (www.kovacs.com/)
- Foundation Center(foundationcenter.org/)
- Hoover's Online Corporate Directory (www.hoovers.com/free/)
- International Chamber of Commerce (clickcity.com/index2.htm)
- Legal Directories
- Martindale attorney directory (http://www.martindale.com/)
- Media Directory (http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/index.jsp)
- Thomas Register of American Manufacturers (http://www.thomasnet.com/index.html)
Encyclopedias
- Encyclopaedia
Britannica Online Current edition.
Save to del.icio.us
Full text.(Available to UMKC users only) - Encyclopedia.com (www.encyclopedia.com/)
- Encyclopedia Mythica (www.pantheon.org/)
- glbtq: An Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Culture (www.glbtq.com/)
- TechWeb (www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/)
- Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org)
Genealogy
- Castle Garden (castlegarden.org)
- Cyndi's Genealogy Sites (www.cyndislist.com/)
- Ellis Island Records (www.ellisislandrecords.org/default.asp)
- Family Search (www.familysearch.org/)
Government Information
Local Government
- Kansas City, Missouri (www.kcmo.org/kcmo.nsf/web/home?opendocument)
- State of Kansas Website (www.accesskansas.org/)
- State of Missouri Website (http://www.mo.gov/)
- State & Local Government on the Net (www.statelocalgov.net/index.cfm)
US Government
- Background Notes (www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn)
- Ben's Guide to the United States Government for Kids (bensguide.gpo.gov)
- Congress (thomas.loc.gov/)
- Contacting Congress (www.visi.com/juan/congress/)
- Federal Citizen Information Center (www.pueblo.gsa.gov)
- The Supreme Court (www.supremecourtus.gov/)
- The White House (www.whitehouse.gov/)
- Write Your Representative (www.house.gov/writerep/)
Voting and Voter Registration
- Kansas City (Missouri) Board of Elections (www.kceb.org)
- Missouri elections and voting information (www.sos.mo.gov/firstvote/voting.asp)
- Kansas elections and legislative FAQ (www.kssos.org/resources/resources_faq_elections.html)
- Project Vote Smart (www.vote-smart.org/)
- Rock the Vote (www.rockthevote.com/rtv_register.php)
- Register to Vote @ your library (www.yourvotematters.org/ala/)
- U.S. Federal Election Commission (www.fec.gov/)
- Frequently Asked Questions (http://www.fec.gov/ans/answers.shtml)
Kansas City
Maps
- Maps.com (www.maps.com)
- Mapquest.com (www.mapquest.com/)
- Maps: USA & World (www.m-w.com/maps/moremapsnyt.html)
- Maps: World and regions (go.hrw.com/atlas/norm_htm/world.htm)
- National Geographic (www.nationalgeographic.com/)
- Perry-Castaneda Maps (www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/Map_collection.html)
People Finder
- AnyWho (www.anywho.com/)
- InfoSpace White Pages (www.infospace.com/_1_2KO7TSN0PGFYHJ__mage/wp/index.htm)
- Internet Address Finder (www.iaf.net/)
- Switchboard (www.switchboard.com)
- Who Where (www.whowhere.com/)
- World Telephone Directories (www.infobel.com/teldir/)
- Yahoo! People Search (people.yahoo.com/)
Podcasts
- iPodder (iPodder.com)
- Podcast.net (www.podcast.net)
- Podcast Directory (www.podcastdirectory.com)
- Podfeed.net (www.podfeed.net)
Quotations
- Bartlett's Familiar Quotations 1919 (www.bartleby.com/100/)
Reference Sites
- Academic Info (www.academicinfo.net/)
- Answers.com (www.answers.com)
- Best Search Tools Page (www.infopeople.org/search/tools.html)
- Digital Librarian (www.digital-librarian.com/)
- INFOMINE (http://infomine.ucr.edu/)
- Internet Public Library (www.ipl.org/)
- Librarians’ Index to the Internet (www.lii.org)
- LibrarySpot.com (www.libraryspot.com)
- Refdesk.com (www.refdesk.com)
- WWW Virtual Library (www.vlib.org)
Tax Forms
- Internal Revenue Service (www.irs.ustreas.gov/)
- Internal Revenue Service Forms and Publications (www.irs.gov/formspubs/index.html)
- Federation of Tax Administrators State Tax Forms (www.taxadmin.org/fta/link/forms.html)
- Kansas Department of Revenue (www.ksrevenue.org/formsii.htm)
- Kansas Department of Revenue Forms and Publications (www.ksrevenue.org/forms-perstax.htm)
- Missouri Department of Revenue (www.dor.mo.gov/tax/forms/ )
- Missouri Department of Revenue 2005 Individual Forms (www.dor.mo.gov/tax/personal/individual/forms/2005/)
- Kansas City, Missouri City Earnings Tax Form (www.kcmo.org/finance.nsf/web/forms?opendocument)
- Tax Information: Resources from Kansas City Public Library (www.kclibrary.org/guides/tax/index.cfm?article=read&articleID=92)
Television and Radio
- Television stations around the world (archive.museophile.org/broadcast)
- Local television stations (www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/Links/Kansas_City_Area/News_and_Media/Television_Stations/index.html)
- Local radio stations (http://kansascity.about.com/webapps/whereabout/kansascity.about.com/cs/radiostations/a/radio.htm)
Tutorials
- Technology Learning Lab (http://education.umkc.edu/TLL/tutorials.aspx)
Voting
Weather
- National Weather Service (www.nws.noaa.gov/)
- Kansas City (www.crh.noaa.gov/eax/)
- Weather (www.weather.com)
- Kansas City (www.weather.com/weather/local/64110?)
Writing
- 101 Best Websites for Writers (www.writersdigest.com/101sites/categorysearch.asp?year_101=2002)
- Guide to Grammar and Writing (http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/)
- Nuts and Bolts of College Writing (www.nutsandboltsguide.com/)
- Online Writing Lab (owl.english.purdue.edu/)
- Plagiarism (www.ilstu.edu/~ddhesse/wpa/positions/WPAplagiarism.pdf)
- Starting Point (www.mw-land.com/sightsee.shtml)
Zip Code Look-Up
- US Postal Service (www.usps.com/zip4/)
