Quick Reference

Quick Word Look-up | Quick Reference Contents | Additional Reference Portals

Select from the online reference resources available below, or ask a librarian for assistance.
For in-depth, scholarly research articles, please visit Articles & Databases.

Quick Word Look-up

WORLD BOOK* with World Book Dictionary

OXFORD REFERENCE ONLINE* with Oxford English Dictionaries

Quick Reference Contents

Dictionaries, Thesauri, & Acronyms	Research & Writing
Encyclopedias & Almanacs	Government, Law, & Elections
Etexts - Literature	Maps, Atlases, & Travel
Etexts - Theology	News
Quotations & Speeches	Statistics & Demographics
Day-to-Day: Telephone, Mail, Time, Weather & Roads

Not sure where to look? Choose one of these options:
Consult one of the ODU Library's Subject Guides
Ask a librarian to assist you

Additional Reference Portals

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
The Internet Public Library's Reference	UNC Library E-Reference Links
Librarians' Index to the Internet - Ready Reference	University of Texas Libraries Useful Reference Sites

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Page last updated: 14 September 2009
Author: Christina L. Bonner, Head, Reference & Instruction Services