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Monday, August 10, 2009

General Encyclopedias

Columbia Encyclopedia
http://www.bartleby.com/65/

Information Please: On-Line Dictionary and Internet encyclopedia
http://www.infoplease.com/

Wikipedia:The free Encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page


Subject Encyclopedias
Art Cyclopedia
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/

Encyclopedia of British History, 1500-1950
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Britain.html

Encyclopedia of Psychology
http://www.psychology.org/

Encyclopedia of the Orient
http://looklex.com/e.o/

Encyclopedia Mythica
http://www.pantheon.org/

Encyclopedia Smithsonian
http://encyclopedia.langenberg.com/

Guide to Philosophy on the Internet
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/philinks.htm

Internet Encyclopedia of philosophy
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/

Medical Encyclopedia
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/encyclopedia.html

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
http://plato.stanford.edu/

Symbols.com:encyclopedia of
http://www.symbols.com/

Western Signs and Ideograms
WebMD
http://www.webmd.com/404?aspxerrorpath=//

Webopedia
http://www.webopedia.com/


Dictionaries & Thesauri
Acronym Server
AskOxford
http://www.askoxford.com/?view=uk

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

Cambridge Dictionary of American English
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/default.asp?dict=A

Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/default.asp?dict=I

Cambridge International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/default.asp?dict=P

Dictionary.com
http://dictionary.reference.com/

Dictionary of Acronym
Encarta Dictionary
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/dictionaryhome.aspx

English to Punjabi Dictionary
http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.gurbani?Action=Dictionary

Longman Dictionaries
http://www.pearsonlongman.com/dictionaries/

Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
http://www.merriam-webster.com/

One Look Dictionary Search
http://www.onelook.com/browse.shtml

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
http://www.oup.com/elt/select?url=%2Feltnew%2Fcatalogue%2Fteachersites%2Foald7%2F%
3Foup_jspFileName%3DteacherSite.jsp

Virtual Library:general reference dictionaries
http://home.istar.ca/~obyrne/dict.html

Yours Dictionary of English Language
http://www.yoursdictionary.com/



Subject Dictionaries
CABI Thesaurus
Dictionary of cell & Molecular Biology
http://www.mblab.gla.ac.uk/~julian/Dict.html

Dictionary of the social sciences
http://socialsciencedictionary.nelson.com/

Library Automation/Technology Glossary
M-W Thesaurus
http://www.merriam-webster.com/mw/thesaurus.htm

MedBioWorld:Online scientific and medical dictionaries
http://www.sciencekomm.at/advice/dict.html

Medical dictionary
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mplusdictionary.html

Online Dictionary of Library & Information Science
http://www.wcsu.edu/library/odlis.html

Online Dictionary of the Social Sciences
http://bitbucket.icaap.org/

Roget�s II: The New Thesaurus
http://www.bartleby.com/62/

Roget�s Int.Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases
http://www.bartleby.com/110/

Roget's Thesaurus
http://thesaurus.reference.com/

Sports Glossaries
Thesaurus
http://www.bartleby.com/110/

Virtual Librarian: Glossary & Index
http://www.lib.monash.edu.au/vl/glossind.htm#v1

Visual Thesaurus
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/



Sources of Educational Information
All India Council For Technical Education(AICTE)
http://www.aicte.ernet.in/aicte/home.htm

Association of Indian Universities(AIU)
http://www.aiuweb.org/

Association of Commonwealth Universities(AICU)
http://www.acu.ac.uk/

Colleges & Universities Worldwide
http://directory.google.com/Top/Reference/Education/Colleges_and_Universities/

Education and Research Network (ERNET)
http://www.ernet.in/

Educational Resources Information Centre (ERIC)
http://www.eric.ed.gov/

GOI directory for Education
http://goidirectory.nic.in/education.htm

Google Directory for Indian Education
http://directory.google.com/Top/Regional/Asia/India/Education/

International Associationsof Universities(IAU)
http://www.unesco.org/iau/index.html

National Council For Teacher Education (NCTE)
http://www.ncte-in.org/

Study Abroad
http://www.studyabroad.com/default-ielts.html

UNESCO
http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=29008&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

University Grants Commission (UGC)
http://www.ugc.ac.in/

Sources of Current Information
CNN.com
http://www.cnn.com/

CountryReports.org
http://www.countryreports.org/

Doordarshan India
http://www.ddindia.gov.in/

Google World News
http://news.google.com/

Online Indian Magazines
http://www.thokalath.com/news/magazines.php

Online Newspapers of the World
http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/

World Newspapers
http://www.world-newspapers.com/

Indexing and Abstracting Sources

Basic Medical Sources: Print and Internet ResourcesGuide
http://www.uwec.edu/library/guides/medsorc.html#medical

ChemWeb.com Abstracts Search
http://www.chemweb.com/abstracts

CiteSeer: Scientific Literature Digital Library
http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/

Dissertation Abstracts International
http://www.proquest.com/en-US/site/pqdd_unavailable.shtml

Find Articles
http://findarticles.com/

HighBeam Library Research
http://www.highbeam.com/

ISIHighlycited.com
http://hcr3.isiknowledge.com/home.cgi

Index Translationum
http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=7810&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC
&URL_SECTION=201.html

Indian Medlars Centre
http://www.indmed.nic.in/

INGENTA
http://www.ingenta.com/

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/meshhome.html

PUBMED
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed

PubMed Central (PMC)
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/


Standards and Patents


Bureau of Indian Standards(BIS)
http://www.bis.org.in/

Current Awareness Services: Patents and Standards
http://www.library.bham.ac.uk/

European Patent Office(EPO)
http://ep.espacenet.com/

Google Directory of Patents
http://directory.google.com/Top/Society/Law/Legal_Information/Intellectual_Property/Patents/

Google Directory of Standards
Indian Patents Database
http://pk2id.delhi.nic.in/

Patents & Standards
http://www.lib.polyu.edu.hk/internet/patents.html

PhysicsWeb-Resources- Patents and Standards
http://physicsworld.com/cws/home

United States Patents(USPTO)
http://www.uspto.gov/

Finding Patents & Standards
http://www.library.yale.edu/science/help/patent.html


Indian Reference Sources

Air India
http://home.airindia.in/SBCMS/AIHome.aspx

Asia Trade Hub
http://www.asiatradehub.com/

Ayurveda Portal
http://www.allayurveda.com/

Behind the name: sources of first name
http://www.behindthename.com/

Bureau of Indian Standards
http://www.bis.org.in/

Census India
http://www.censusindia.net/

Cookery
http://food.sify.com/

Department of Ayurveda, Yoga ...
http://indianmedicine.nic.in/

Digital Library of India
http://www.dli.ernet.in/

Five Year Plans
http://planningcommission.nic.in/plans/planrel/fiveyr/welcome.html

GISTNIC (GISTNIC)
http://disha.ap.nic.in/

Gateway to Government of India Info over the web
http://www.indiaimage.nic.in/

IASLIC
http://www.iaslic.org/documentation.htm

Income Tax India
http://www.incometaxindia.gov.in/

Incredible India
http://www.tourismofindia.com/index.html

Indian Exporters Manufacturers Suppliers Directory
http://www.indiamart.com/

Indian Academy of Science (IAS)
http://www.ias.ac.in/

Indian National Science Academy
http://www.insa.ac.in/html/home.asp

Indian Railway Reservation Enquiry
http://www.indianrail.gov.in/

Indian Railways
http://irfca.org/faq/faq-source.html

India Tax Laws
http://www.laws4india.com/taxlaws.asp

India Yellow Pages,Directory & Guide
http://www.laws4india.com/taxlaws.asp

Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts(IGNCA)
http://ignca.nic.in/

Internet Indian History Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/india/indiasbook.html

Kranti 1857: The First struggle of India's Independence (1857)
http://www.kranti1857.org/home.php

Life Insurence Corporation of India
http://www.licindia.com/

National Archives of India
http://nationalarchives.nic.in/

National Institute of Science Communication & Information Resources (NISCAIR)

Online Railways Reservation
http://www.irctc.co.in/

Press Information Bureau (PIB)
http://pib.nic.in/others/sisters_link.asp

Recipes
http://www.dabur.com/EN/Group/Foods/Hommade/hommade.asp

Right to Information Act 2005
http://www.persmin.nic.in/RTI/WelcomeRTI.htm

Timeline of India
http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/timeline/timeline.htm


India-Specific Search Engines

123 INDIA
http://www.123india.com/

123 Khoj
http://www.123khoj.com/

Altavista India
http://in.altavista.com/

GOI web Search
http://search.nic.in/advanced.html

Google India
http://www.google.co.in/

Khoj
http://library.puchd.ac.in/ise.html


Important Reference Sites

AllRefer.com
http://www.allrefer.com/

Asian Resources for Librarians
http://www.aardvarknet.info/user/aardvarkwelcome/

BUBL Information Service
http://bubl.ac.uk/

Chandigarh City Guide
http://www.chandigarhcity.com/index.htm

E-Sampark: Chandigarh
http://sampark.chd.nic.in/pls/esampark_web/home

Google Directory for Reference
http://directory.google.com/Top/Reference/

How Stuff Works
http://www.howstuffworks.com/

Internet Archive
http://www.archive.org/index.php

Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/

LibDex: The Library Index
http://www.libdex.com/

LibrarySpot

Refdesk
http://www.refdesk.com/
Refdesk
http://www.refdesk.com/

South Asia Resource Access on the Internet
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/southasia/cuvl/

WWW Virtual Library
http://vlib.org/


Some Useful Softwares

1. Adobe Reader (for reading pdf documents)
http://get.adobe.com/reader/

2. Apple iTunes(Jukebox)

3. AVG Antivirus (Antivirus Software)
http://free.avg.com/download-avg-anti-virus-free-edition

4. Google Software Downloads
http://pack.google.com/intl/en/pack_installer.html

5. Internet Exporer 6.0 (Web Browser)
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/ie/getitnow.mspx

6. MSN Encarta Right-Click Dictionary
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/quick_Dictionary_Download.aspx

7. Mozilla Products Download (Web Browser)
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/

8. Nvu (N-view) (Web Designing Software)
http://www.nvu.com/

9. OpenBiblio (Library Software)
http://obiblio.sourceforge.net/

10. OpenOffice (Office Productivity Software)
http://www.openoffice.org/

11. Picasa (Digital Photo Organizing & Sharing Software)
http://picasa.google.com/picasa/

12. Windows Media Player 10.0
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/10/default.aspx

13. WordWeb (Free thesaurus and dictionary for Windows )
http://wordweb.info/free/

Acrobat eBook Reader
http://www.adobe.com/products/digitaleditions/

Book Reader
http://www.rudenko.com/ebook.html

Microsoft Reader
http://www.microsoft.com/library/errorpages/smarterror.aspx?404;http://www.microsoft.com/reader/default.mspx


�Book p:/www.gowerpoint.com/

1. Ready Reference & Quick Facts



The most up-to-date encyclopedia available contains over 50,000 articles, 40,000 bibliographic citations and 80,000 cross-references.
Columbia Encyclopedia http://www.bartleby.com/65/
6th ed. 2001


Renowned historian Peter N. Stearns’s comprehensive chronology of more than 20,000 entries that span the millenia from prehistoric times to the year 2000.
The Encyclopedia of World History

6th ed. 2001.

http://www.bartleby.com/67/


The 6,900 entries in this major new reference work form the touchstone of what it means to be not only just a literate American but an active citizen in our multicultural democracy.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy,

3rd ed. 2002.

http://www.bartleby.com/59/

With 50,000 entries, this most comprehensive encyclopedia of geographical places and features will prove invaluable to anyone for whom places hold fascination and who require accurate data about them.


The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000.

http://www.bartleby.com/69/

Containing 35,000 synonyms in an easy-to-use format, this thesaurus features succinct word definitions.
Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, 3rd ed. 1995.

http://www.bartleby.com/62/

Mawson’s modernization of Roget’s classic structure with over 85,000 hyperlinked cross-references and 2,900 quotations.
Roget’s International Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases. 1922

http://www.bartleby.com/110/



The 2,100 entries in this eminently researched collection form the constellation of collected wisdom in American political debat
Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.

http://www.bartleby.com/73/

The 65,000 essential quotations by 5,000 authors that constitute this authoritative collection represent the research of 154 experts and are divided into 6,500 subjects.
The Columbia World of Quotations.

1996

http://www.bartleby.com/66/




The most notable quotations since 1950 contains over 9,000 quotations from 4,000 sources and is organized into 25 categories and 60 sections.
Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations.

1988

http://www.bartleby.com/63/


Including over 11,000 quotations, the first new edition of John Bartlett’s corpus to be published after his death in 1905 keeps most of his original work intact.
Bartlett, John. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

http://www.bartleby.com/100/

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