Shortgrass Library System Reference Resources

Reference Resources
Sites with links to many reference tools

Canadian Social Research

DeskRef -- Quick Reference links

Internet Public Library's Ready Reference Center

Librarian's Index to the Internet

Library Spot

Reference Desk

Dictionaries and Thesauri

Bartlett's Familiar Quotation's

Biographical Dictionary

Merriam-Webster OnLine the language centre on the web!

The DICT Development Group (developing a compendium of many dictionaries)

Foreign language dictionaries (over 600 dictionaries to 150 different languages)

LookWayUP - online dictionary and translator

Webopedia - Online dictionary of computer terms

Your Dictionary - portal to over 1800 dictionaries and 250 languages

Some online ENCYCLOPEDIAS
You may need to register to use, some sites may charge after a free period

Encyclopedia Britannica

The Canadian Encyclopedia

Encarta

Columbia Encyclopedia

Wikipedia - Online free encyclopedia

Other interesting reference tools

Canadian Distance Guide from United Van Lines

Virtual reference desk

eNature.com

Mapquest - Maps, Directions, Yellow Pages

Online conversion tools

PHONE DIRECTORIES

Telus website with links to online phone listings and lots of other information Alberta wide

British Columbia Yellow Pages

411.ca - Search for people, businesses, get maps or directions in Canada

CanadaTollFree.ca - Search for any Canadian TollFree Phone Number

Canada 411 listings for all Canada

Canada Yellow Pages

Manitoba MTS Internet Yellow Pages

Quebec listings -- QuebecTel

Saskatchewan Telephone's search site

In the United States

BIGFOOT lists phone number and e-mail addresses derived from the CD produced by Acxiom/Pro CD

Bell Atlantic's yellow pages for the U.S.

Switchboard

Phone directories Around the world

TELDIR -- Telephone directories on the web -- Internet's original and most complete index of online phone books with over 400 links

Shortgrass Library System
2375 10th Avenue S.W.
Medicine Hat, Alberta,
Canada T1A 8G2
Phone: (403) 529-0550
Fax: (403) 528-2473

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