Shortgrass Library System Reference Resources

Reference Resources
Sites with links to many reference tools

Canadian Social Research

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

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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