Miscellaneous Reference Sources
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| Book Collection: Nonfiction
-- Abstracts and provides full-text of popular non-fiction books. Includes images of maps and flags and photos of people, places, history and natural science.
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| Dissertations & Theses-- Indexes all doctoral dissertations completed at U. S. accredited institutions since 1861. Provides abstracts of doctoral dissertations since 1981. Includes some master's theses and foreign language dissertations. Provides 24-page previews of recent dissertations.
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| Electronic Journals A-to-Z-- Lists journals that are electronically available in full-text format.
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| EndNote Web-- A web-based tool for managing and citing references in papers and creating bibliographies.
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| Funk & Wagnalls New World Encylopedia
-- Indexes and provides full-text records, covering an array of topics. The database includes images and brief biographies.
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| History Reference Center
-- Provides full-text of reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books, history magazines, historical documents,biographies of historical figures, historical photos, maps, and historical video.
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| Lexi-PALS Drug Guide
-- Contains frequently updated consumer drug information sheets for medications and immunizations. Lists brand and alternative drug names, pronunciation guides, side effects, and contraindications.
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| LOUISiana Digital Library
-- Provides collections of images from Louisiana libraries, archives, museums and cultural institutions.
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| Oxford English Dictionary
-- Provides thousands of word entries and about two and a half million quotations, arranged chronologically. Includes words in current usage as well as old words and describes the history of each word in detail.
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| PapersFirst-- Indexes papers included in every congress, conference, exposition, workshop, symposium, and meeting received at The British Library.
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| Proceedings First-- Indexes papers from each conference, symposium, and workshop received at the British Library.
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| Sanborn Maps-Louisiana
--Provides historical information on the growth and development of cities, towns, and neighborhoods.
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| Serials Directory
--Provides bibliographic, subscription, and access information for popular and scholarly U.S. and international serial publications, including newspapers.
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| WorldCat -- Indexes and provides information on library locations of materials at libraries worldwide.
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| Biography Resource Center
-- Provides full-text biographical information on people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.
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Linus A. Sims Memorial Library
1211 SGA Drive · SLU Box 10896 · Hammond, LA 70402
985-549-3860; after 4:30, weekends 985-549-2027
