In order to bring you the best possible user experience, this site uses Javascript. If you are seeing this message, it is likely that the Javascript option in your browser is disabled. For optimal viewing of this site, please ensure that Javascript is enabled for your browser.
UCSD Logo

Libraries Logo

Section Navigation

Libraries Home

Web Reference Shelves

Reference Shelf Categories:
Awards and Prizes
Biography
Calculators, Converters, Measures
Cities, States and Countries
Consumer Information
Dates, Times, Holidays
Dictionaries and Thesauri
Directories
Educational Information
Encyclopedias and Almanacs
Entertainment and Recreation
Financial Aid, Scholarships, Fellowships, Grants
Handbooks, Codes, Technical Guides
Job Opportunities
Libraries:
Maps, Atlases and Gazetteers
News
Publishers and Booksellers
Quotations
Statistical Sources
Style Manuals
Telephone and E-mail Directories
Web Reference Shelves
1. Best Free Reference Web Sites: 2006
Reference sites selected annually and annotated by the Reference and User Services Association/American Library Association. This is the eighth annual list.[Full Description]
URL too long to display
Archive of previous Best Site, 1999-present
2. Infoplease Search Page
Search or browse almanacs, atlas, encyclopedia, dictionary by entering your search terms in the box or use the A -Z alphabetical index. [Full Description]
http://www.infoplease.com/
3. Library Spot
Browse the Reference Desk on the left side of the page.[Full Description]
http://www.libraryspot.com/
4. Oxford Reference Online [UCSD Only]
Search over 100 dictionaries and reference titles covering the complete subject spectrum: from General Reference and Language to Science and Medicine, and from Humanities and Social Sciences to Business and Professional.[Full Description]
URL too long to display
Help on searching
List of all reference books included
5. Ready Reference and Quick Facts
From the Librarians Index to the Internet[Full Description]
http://search.lii.org/index.jsp?more=SubTopic10
6. Refdesk.com
Goes to a "facts subject index".[Full Description]
http://www.refdesk.com/facts.html
7. Reference
From Galaxy Directories[Full Description]
http://www.galaxy.com/galaxy/Reference.html
8. Reference
From Yahoo[Full Description]
http://dir.yahoo.com/Reference/
9. Reference Resources
From the Internet Public Library[Full Description]
http://www.ipl.org/
10. Reference Shelf
From the University of Pennsylvania[Full Description]
http://www.library.upenn.edu/cgi-bin/res/sr.cgi
11. Useful Reference Sites
From the University of Texas at Austin[Full Description]
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/refsites/index.html
12. Virtual reference desk
From Purdue University[Full Description]
http://thorplus.lib.purdue.edu/eresources/readyref/
13. Virtual Reference Shelf: from the Library of Congress
A range of general and subject-specific reference sources maintained by the staff of the United States Library of Congress[Full Description]
http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/virtualref.html

Terms and Conditions of Use