Information Desk Bookmarks
The following is a selection of the general "Ready Reference" links that we use most often at the Information Desk of the Harriet Irving Library. Other reference tools, including internet search tools, are listed in the Brief Guide to Internet Sites, while subject-specific sites are in our subject guides. Selected subscription-based reference tools are listed as "UNB/STU only" - others can be found via the library's e-Resources page.
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- Miscellaneous | Encyclopedias & Dictionaries | Phone & E-mail Directories | Library Catalogues | Online Bookstores | Periodicals (Journals) | Current News | Universities & Scholarships | Employment & Careers | Governments | Citation Styles | Other Reference Collections
Miscellaneous Reference Tools
- Acronym and Abbreviation Lookup
- CARDmedia.com Advertising rates for Canadian media
- CIAWorld FactBook
- Canada Health Portal "Authoritative and trusted" health info from fed. and prov. gov'ts.
- Canadian Information by Subject
- Canadian Health Network
- Environment Canada Weather Office
- The Internet Archive Preserving the contents of the internet - Find old sites!
- Library of Congress Classification Outline
- MapQuest Driving directions and distances within Canada and the U.S.
- MayoClinic.com Consumer health information from the Mayo Clinic
- MEDLINEplus Consumer health information from the U.S. National Library of Medicine
- Merck Manual of Medical Information - Home Edition
- National Atlas of Canada
- OnlineConversion.com
- Project Gutenberg Free classic e-texts
- Thomas Register of American Manufacturers
- UNB Course Timetable (Graduate and Undergraduate)
- Universal Currency Converter
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
- ARTFL Project's French-English Dictionary
- Bartleby.com: Reference Includes Columbia Encyclopedia, Roget's II, and Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
- Britannica Online + Merriam-Webster Dictionary (UNB/STU only)
- Britannica.com Britannica's free, but much abbreviated, public site
- Cambridge International Dictionaries Online Designed for ESL students
- The Canadian Encyclopedia Online
- Dictionary of Newfoundland English Online
- Maliseet-Passamaquoddy Dictionary
- ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science
- OneLook Dictionaries
- Oxford Reference Online (UNB/STU only)
- yourDictionary.com
- Whatis.com"IT-Specific encyclopedia"
- Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
Phone & E-mail Directories
- Aliant Directory
- Canada 411
- The World E-mail Directory + Business, phone, & fax directories
- Yellow Pages
Library Catalogues
- Check Quest, WorldCat (UNB/STU only), & other catalogues
- UNB's Film & Video Collection
- Vision: New Brunswick Public Libraries Catalogue
- New Brunswick Provincial Archives
- AMICUS: National Library of Canada Catalogue
- Library of Congress Online Catalog
- LibDex: The Library Index Worldwide directory
- HYTELNET Telnet-accessible library catalogues
- Canadian Genealogy Centre
Online Bookstores
- AddALL New, used, and rare book search and price comparison
- Alibris Out-of-print and rare books
- amazon.com (also amazon.ca) "Earth's Biggest Selection"
- chapters.indigo.ca Online counterpart of Canadian chains
- Book Finder Out-of-print and rare books
Periodicals
- UNB Libraries' own master list of e-Journals (UNB/STU only)
- BioMed Central Provides "free access to peer-reviewed biomedical research."
- Directory of Open Access Journals Over 700 "free, full text, quality controlled" journals in a wide variety of disciplines.
- PubList.com From Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory
- Ingenta Article delivery service with access to summaries
- DSEJ Online Directory of scholarly e-journals and discussion lists (UNB/STU only)
- Electronic Journals Resource Directory From U. of Sask.
- ERIC Free versions of the ERIC database
- PubMed Free version of the MEDLINE database
Current News
- Check our News and Current Events guide, and Newscan and CBCA (UNB/STU only).
- Iraq 2003 A list of both alternative and mainstream online news sources compiled by librarians at the University of Windsor's Leddy Library
- CBC
- CNN
- BBC
- CanadaEast.com Current headlines from NB newspapers
- The Globe and Mail
- FPInfomart Search the fulltext of the Daily Gleaner and many other papers
- National Post
- KidonMedia-Link: News Sources from Canada Also index of international sources
- NewsLink U.S. and international newspaper index
- Alternative Press Center's Online Directory
- Canada NewsWire A Canadian fulltext news release service
- Reuters UK-based international news agency
- UNB News:
News@UNB From Student Recruitment and Integrated Marketing
UNB Perspectives Newsletter on UNB people and events
UNB Sightings Research newsletter
The Brunswickan Student newspaper
Universities & Scholarships
- Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
- Braintrack University Index
- Canadian Universities + U.S. & world universities
- ScholarshipsCanada.com
- StudentAwards.com
- DistanceEdCanada "Distance education opportunities at Canadian universities."
Employment & Careers
- Job Futures HRDC's outlook on the Canadian labour market
- CACEE's Work Web "Canada's Online CampusCareer Centre"
- UNB's Employment Resources for Current Students
- Centre for Career Development From Memorial University of Newfoundland
Governments
- Check UNB Libraries' Government Documents site
- City of Fredericton
- Province of New Brunswick
- Government of Canada
- United Nations
Citation Styles
- APA (American Psychological Association) UNB Libraries' APA Citation Style Examples Sheet
- MLA (Modern Language Association) UNB Libraries' MLA Citation Style Examples Sheet
- CBE (Council of Biology Editors) From the U. of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center
- Chicago UNB Libraries' Chicago Citation Style Examples Sheet
- ASA Quick Style Guide for Students
- CSE (Council of Science Editors) UNB Libraries' CSE Citation Style Examples Sheet (pdf)