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General Reference

General Reference is the central information point for the library

  • is staffed by librarians with the help of student assistants
  • provides research assistance for all library visitors  

If you have a project or paper to finish and don't know where to start, this is the place to go.

Almanacs
Almanac of American Politics | Information Please | World Almanac | 50 States and Capitols

Biography
Biography | Nobel Prize Winners | Rulers

Dictionaries
Hypertext Webster | Reference @ Bartleby's | Rogets Thesaurus | Webster's Dictionary | YourDictionary.com | WordReference

Directories
Associations on the Net | ATT 800 Directory | International Directories | Internet Address Finder | Qwestdex Directory| Worldwide Web Yellow Pages | Zip Codes | 555-1212.com

Educational Resources
American University Homepages | Peterson's Education Center | Scholarly Societies | US News & World Report College Ranking| US News & World Report Graduate Ranking

Encyclopedias
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

General, Print and Electronic Sources Reference Universe

Geography Sources
Color Landform Atlas of the United States | Country Studies prepared by the Library of Congress | State home pages| U.S. Gazetteer | Virtual Atlas | World Factbook

Measurements
Currency Converter | Measurement converter | Times around the World | Weather

Miscellaneous
Journal Abbreviation Sources | Those Dark Hiding Places | How Stuff Works

News
CNN | Deseret News | New York Times| OnlineNewspapers.com| Salt Lake City Tribune |USA Today | US News & World Report | Washington Post

Quotations
Bartletts Quotations | Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States

Style Manuals
Bibliographic Formats for Citing Electronic Information (The Owl)| Electronic Reference Style Manuals | Grammar Guide | Harvard Style (from Leeds Metro Univ.) | King's English| Turabian Style(Ohio)

 

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General Reference
office: 801-581-6273

Mon -Thurs: 8am - 10pm
Fri: 8am - 6pm
Sat: 9am - 5pm
Sun: noon - 10pm