General
Best Free Reference Web Sites
This index provides a long list of different websites and databases covering information on a wide variety of subjects. This index was issued by the American Library Association
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Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
Free full text journals, mostly in the sciences.
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EBSCO Host
This index provides a list of different databases covering a wide variety of topics.
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EBSCO Open Dissertations
This database allows you to search through dissertations from thousands of universities.
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Encyclopedia.com
This online encyclopedia provides information from over 100 trusted sources. It covers a wide variety of topics and also includes facts, definitions, biographies, word origins, and more.
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Encyclopedia Britannica Online
This online encyclopedia moved from print to digital publishing to keep up with today's information. It covers a wide variety of topics and provides quizzes and articles as well.
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Google Scholar
A database that provides access to scholarly articles from across the web, covering a wide variety of subjects.
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How Stuff Works
Free articles, guides, and videos covering a wide variety of topics.
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Ingenta Connect
Includes citations and abstracts from over 20,000 journals. This covers a wide variety of subjects.
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JSTOR
This digital library provides acess to more than 12 million academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in 75 different subject areas.
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Library of Congress
The Library of Congress website provides free access to digital collections, bibliographies, directories, and videos relating to many different subjects.
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Libraries Linking Idaho (Lili)
This website provides Idaho residents free access to online tools, resources, and services from libraries across the state. The goal is to create one networked library with databases to articles and text that can assist with students' education.
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Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD)
This database allows you to search through thousands of dissertation and theses abstracts from universities across the world.
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News Library
This digital archives includes hundreds of local, regional, state, and national newspapers .
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Open Textbook Library
The University of Minnesota has created an open access catalog of textbooks that allows students to access free digital versions of textbooks that are released under Creative Commons licensing.
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Project Muse
This online database provides access to scholarly articles affiliated with over 200 university presses. It mostly covers Humanities, Social Sciences, and Arts.
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Springer Link
This online index provides access to millions of scholarly articles and allows you to search by discipline. Not every article is available for free access.
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Wolfram Alpha
This free website provides an encyclopedia covering different math and scientific topics.
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WorldCat
This online catalog provides information of over 100 million books from different libraries across America and other countries.
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World News Guide
This online guide provided by The Guardian, displays a country-by-country directory of news and government websites