Online Reference Sources

Acronyms/Abbreviations

• Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations
• Acronym Finder
• All That JAS: Journal Abbreviation Sources

Almanacs

• Information Please
• Old Farmer's Almanac

Calendars/Time

• timeanddate.com - clocks, calendars, calculate time between dates
• Calendar Zone
• Java Perpetual Calendar
• Official U.S. Time
• Time Zone Converter

Citations

• A Writer's Reference by Diana Hacker
• APA Style Tips
• MLA Style Frequently Asked Questions
• Citing Electronic Articles and Web Pages

Colleges/Universities

• CollegeSource Online Over 6,000 college catalogs
• College and University Home Pages
• U.S. News Online: America's Best Graduate Schools

Dictionaries/Thesauri

• Oxford English Dictionary (OED)
• Oxford Dictionary of English
• Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
• Oxford Reference Online (includes dictionaries on a variety of subjects)
• Bilingual Dictionaries
• yourDictionary.com (many languages)
  • Dutch (to and from English)
  • French (to and from English)
  • German (to and from English)
  • Japanese (to and from English)
  • Spanish (to and from English and French)
• Thesauri
  • Oxford American Thesaurus of Current English
  • Roget's Thesauri
  • Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus

Encyclopedias

• Encyclopædia Britannica Online
• World Encyclopedia
• Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th edition

Law

• Courts
  • Federal Court Locator
  • State Court Locator
• FindLaw
• LexisNexis: Legal Research
  (limited to Hope College students, faculty, and staff)
• Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet (Library of Congress)
• United States Government

Libraries

• Western Theological Seminary (Holland, MI)
• LibDex (library homepages, web-based OPACs, Friends of the Library pages, and more)
• LibWeb (links to library web pages around the world)
• Library Catalogs
  • Herrick District Library (Holland public library)
  • HopeCAT - Hope College Libraries online catalog
  • MeLCAT - statewide library catalog
  • WorldCat - materials held by libraries worldwide
  • Other Catalogs
  • Calvin College
  • Detroit Public Library
  • Grand Valley State University
  • Harvard University
  • Herrick District Library (Holland public library)
  • Indiana University
  • Karlsruhe Virtual Catalog (KVK)
  • Library of Congress
  • Michigan State University
  • University of Chicago
  • University of Michigan
  • Western Michigan University
  • Yale University

Maps

• World Maps
• Google Maps
• MapQuest
• MSN Maps and Directions
• Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection (UT Austin)
• Tiger Map Service (U.S. Department of Census)

Measurements and Units

• calculator.com
• OnlineConversion.com
• Universal Currency Converter

News

• Newspapers
• Radio
  • WHTC (1450) (Holland)
  • NPR
• Television/Cable
  • ABC
  • CBS
  • CNN
  • FOX News
  • MSNBC
  • PBS Online NewsHour
  • WZZM (ABC: Grand Rapids)
  • WOOD (NBC: Grand Rapids)
  • WWMT (CBS: Kalamazoo)
  • WXMI (FOX: Grand Rapids)

Quotations

• Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, 6th ed.
• Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.
• Creative Quotations

Telephone Numbers and Addresses

• AnyWho [AT&T] (includes white pages, yellow pages, reverse lookup, and toll-free)
• Switchboard (residential and businesses)
• Infobel Telephone Directories (international)

Test Prep

• LearnATest

Weather

• National Weather Service
• The Weather Channel
  • Weather for Holland
    • National Weather Service
    • The Weather Channel
    • WOOD TV