Quick Reference

Information at your fingertips! Here you will find authoritative online sources for information, data, primary literature, and research and writing aids. Select from these online reference resources, or ask a librarian for assistance. For in-depth, scholarly research articles, please visit Articles & Databases.

Quick Word Look-up

Quick Reference Search:
WORLD BOOK* with World Book Dictionary	American Heritage Dictionary

Quick Reference Contents

Select from these Resources:
Dictionaries, Thesauri, & Acronyms	Research, Writing, & Test Prep
Encyclopedias & Almanacs	Government, Law, & Elections
Etexts - Literature	Maps, Atlases, & Travel
Etexts - Theology	News
Quotations & Speeches	Statistics & Demographics
Internet Search Tools	USPS, Time, Telephone, Traffic & Weather

Additional Reference Portals

ipl2	BUBL Information Service
Library Spot - Reference Desk	Catholic Times Guide to WWW (Sept. 28, 2008, pp.12-14)
Martindale's Reference Desk	Electronic Reference Collection
Refdesk.com	University of Texas Libraries Useful Reference Sites
UNC Library E-Reference Links

*Library databases restricted to ODU community

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