Shelton State Community College

QUICK INFORMATION -- THE VIRTUAL REFERENCE DESK

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Careers	Quotations
Dictionaries	Statistics
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Government	Weather
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Almanacs/Factbooks

Information Please Almanac

State and County QuickFacts

World Factbook

Biographies

Find a Poet

Internet Movie Database

Go to Biography Reference Bank for a large reference source of biographical information. If off-campus, login to the Advanced Search (Encore Catalog) with your name and barcode number. Biography Reference Bank is automatically searched once you enter your search term (i.e., the name of the person of interest). Click on "Articles & More" in the right column to go to these resources.

Careers

Career Information (CareerInfoNet.com)

Occupational Outlook Handbook

For more information on careers, go to the college's Career Services Center page.

Dictionaries

One-Look Dictionaries

Thesaurus.com

WWWebster's Dictionary

yourDictionary.com

Encyclopedias

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Ed.

Encyclopedia Britannica (through the AVL)

Wikipedia (free, online encyclopedia "that anyone can edit")
NOTE: Be aware that the Wikdipedia is not a definitive source of information; it is a 'community' effort and contributors may not
be authorities on the subjects.

Government

Alabama Government

Contacting Congress

Official Federal Government Web Sites

Indexes to General Reference

FirstGov

Internet Public Library

Librarians' Index to the Internet

VirtualSalt

Maps

Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection

U.S. Gazetteer