Reference Subject Guides -
General Reference Resources
| Almanacs |
| Buyer's Guides |
| Directories |
| Quotations |
| Ready Reference Collections on the Internet |
Almanacs
Louisiana Almanac
--Ready Reference-- AY 186 .L6
The New York Times Almanac
--Ready Reference-- AY 67 .N4
The World Almanac and Book of Facts
--Ready Reference-- AY 67 .N5l; also available online
Time Almanac
--Ready Reference-- AY 64 .I552
Fast Facts -- Provides links to 100's of sites for factual and statistical information.
InfoPlease Almanac -- A keyword searchable version of the current Information Please Almanac.
Old Farmer's Almanac -- Contains useful information from tide tables to weather predictions.
Buyer's Guides
Consumer Reports' Buying Guide
--Ready Reference-- TX 335 .A1 C62
Edmund's Auto Buyer's Guide -- Includes auto prices and reviews.
Kelly's Blue Book -- Includes pricing reports on new/used automobiles and links to other Blue Book sites.
Directories
Cole Directory: Baton Rouge and Vicinity
--Ready Reference-- F 379 .B33 C65
Directory of Associations In Louisiana
--Ready Reference-- AS 28 .L8 O94
Business Phone Book USA
--Ready Reference-- E 154.5 .N37 25th (2 vol.)
Louisiana Business Directory
--Ready Reference-- HF 5065 .L8 A4
Thomas Register of American Manufacturers
--Reference Stacks-- T 12 .T6
AnyWho -- Includes AT&T's searchable index of White and Yellow pages as well as a reverse lookup feature.
DirLine: Directory of Health Organizations Online -- The National Library of Medicine's database containing over 17,000 records on organizations, research resources, projects, and databases concerned with health and biomedicine. Although focused primarily on health care, it also provides information on numerous political and social service organizations.
Search Systems Free Public Records Directory -- Provides links to more than 20,000 free public record databases on the Internet.
Infobel.com -- Provides links to directories from 184 countries.
ThomasNet (Thomas Register) -- -- An online directory of companies and products manufactured in the United States.
U.S.P.S. ZIP Code Lookup -- The U.S. Postal Service's searchable index of U.S. ZIP Codes.
YellowPages.com - Provides a keyword searchable version of the White and Yellow pages as well as maps and directions.
Quotations
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
--Ready Reference-- PN 6081 .B27
Chambers Dictionary of Quotations
--Ready Reference-- PN 6081 .C43 1997
Random House Webster's Quotationary
--Ready Reference-- PN 6081 .R29 1999
The Quotable Woman: The First 5,000 Years
--Ready Reference-- PN 6081.5 .Q65 2001
Bartleby.com Quotations -- This reference book site includes a searchable collection of published quotation books, including Barlett's Quotations (1919 edition), The Columbia World of Quotations (1996), Simpson's Contemporary Quotations (1988) and Respectfully Quoted (1989).
Ready Reference Collections on the Internet
Infomine -- Includes links of academic librarian-recommended sites, suitable for academic use.
Internet Public Library Ready Reference Collection -- Includes sites selected by librarians at the Internet Public Library, a service of the University of Michigan School of Information.
The Librarian's Index to the Internet -- Includes links to sites recommended by librarians (primarily in California and Washington)
