THE REFERENCE DESK

Contact:
Richard L. King
Reference Librarian
Shake Library
Vincennes (IN) University
(812) 888-5411
 rking at indian.vinu.edu

http://rking.vinu.edu (Personal Pages)
http://rking.vinu.edu/j.htm (James Jones Literary Society)
http://rking.vinu.edu/folklore.htm (Knox County Folklore Pages)
http://www.vinu.edu/AcademicResources/ShakeLibrary/index.aspx(Vincennes University Library Home Page)

ENGLISH COMP I LIBRARY UNIT

English Comp I Library Unit (11/06)

BICYCLING

Internet Cycling Hub

Bike Nashbar - Gear

Calculate Frame Size and Seat Height

BOOKSTORES

BOOK RESOURCES

Unsure of Title or Author? First Check Library of Congress

Trout Mystery Selector

MX Bookfinder: Search the Top Bookstore Sites

Bibliobot (Online Book Appraisal)

Baker and Taylor

USED BOOKSTORES ONLINE

Antiquarian Booksellers Association of American

Advanced Book Exchange

Grave Matters Books

NEW BOOKS ONLINE

Amazon (new and used books and many other items)

Hamilton Books: Very Large Remainder House (also some books in print, plus music CDs and a few videos)

Dover - Keeps out of print books alive.

EBOOKS

Netlibrary (buy new books and read free public domain books line)

CENSUS DATA FOR COMMUNITY PROFILE ASSIGNMENTS

U.S. Census Bureau

Indiana Business Research Center

Bureau of Labor Statistics -- good for historical unemployment rates, etc.

U. of Virginia Geostat (County Business Paterns, City County Data Book, Historical Census Browser, FBI Uniform Crime Reports

State Job Projections

DIRECTORIES

USPS Zip Code Lookup

ENCYCLOPEDIAS & DICTIONARIES

Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: 1898

Internet Movie Database

Philosophy: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Symbolism of Flowers

GEOGRAPHICAL, TRAVEL, COUNTRIES

Countries Studies - Area Handbooks

Geographic Nameserver (quick latitude/longitude/elevation in mostly U.S.)

U.S. Travel Advisories

Virtual Tourist

INDEXES

Code of Federal Regulations Server

Directory of Open Access Web Journals

ERIC (Education Index)

Indiana Magazine of History Index

Michigan Electronic Library - Index to Periodicals and Media

Newsbank Home Page

U.S. Patents Full-Text Since 1976

Vincennes Newspapers (Indiana Gazette and Western Sun)

INDIANA WEB SITES

Indiana State Dept. of Education - Electronic Library (includes 1998 Indiana School Directory)

IUPUI Indiana History Links

Wabash Valley Voices and Visions

INSTRUCTION

Information Pathways for LRC

LAW

LOISLAW SITE for legal full-text resources (password required)

NOLO Publishing Law Center

Internet Fraud Complaint Center

Supreme Court Cases

LIBRARIES

Indiana State Library

Indiana University Reference Department Home Page

The Internet Public Library

Knox County Public Library Catalog

Library of Congress WWW Home Page

Live Help-Vincennes University

WEBCAT at Vincennes University

Michigan Electronic Library

LITERARY/HUMANITIES SITES

Authorama - Etexts

BartlebyVerse - American and British full text poetry.

Cambridge History of English and American Literature (Full Text, originally published 1907-21)

Crime Time - Crime Fiction Magazine Online (Reviews, etc.)

A Guide to Classic Mystery and Detection

Gale Literary Index Online

Horrormasters - Etexts

Harvard Classics BookShelf - Bartleby

Literary Gothic - Etexts

Sonnet Central: Text and Criticism

Troutworks Mystery Book Finder

Historic American Sheet Music at Duke University

Project Gutenberg

Quotations - Michigan Electronic Library

University of Virginia -Etexts

Vintage Paperbacks

William S. Burroughs - Beat Writer

MISCELLANEOUS REFERENCE TOOLS

Edmunds Auto Prices

Historical Documents Menu - Michigan Electronic Library

Historic Weather Info (NCDC-National Climatic Data Center) - Vincennes

Historic Stock Quotes

The Infography Professors, librarians, and other scholars recommend the best sources of information about their subjects of expertise.

Insurance Company Ratings

International Dialects of English Archive (Sound Files of Dialects by Country/Region)

Internet Scout Project

Kelley Blue Book Used Car Price Guide

Measurements Converter

Occupational Outlook Handbook

Nobel Prize Archives

Pulitzer Prizes

Search All-In-One Metasearch

U. of Virginia Geostat (County Business Paterns, City County Data Book, Historical Census Browser, FBI Uniform Crime Reports

Sunrise/Sunset/Twilight and Moonrise/Moonset/Phase

Stumpers-L Archive - Searchable database of reference questions and answers by librarians on an Internet listserv.

Thomas Register

Winona, Minnesota Old Full-Text Newspapers (Searchable)

Yesterday's Tractors - Parts and Manuals

MUSIC

Accordion Photos

Allan's Irish Fiddler - Music, Sounds

Andrew's Music Resources

Bass Layout on Irish Accordions

Beyond the Commons - Irish Music Links

Bloomington, Indiana, Traditional Irish Slow Session

Celtic Radio on the Internet

Clonmel Fleadh Live

East Clare Musicians (Ireland)

806 Main (Band)

Gan Ainm - Irish Session Cartoon

Greg Dahms's Irish Music Links/Tunes

Indy Music - Discover Free Independent Music

Irish Music Review

Little Pot Stove Records - Vinyl from England

Loffet Accordions

My Old Kentucky Blog

Old Post Bluegrass - Annual Bluegrass Jam in Vincennes, Indiana

O'Neill's Music of Ireland

Paul de Grae's Index of Irish Tune Books

RTE Radio 1 - Ireland

Search Accordion Home Page

St. Louis Irish Arts

Virtual Gramophone - Historic Canadian Music

Zouki's ABC Tune Collection

STATISTICAL

Crime. Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics, 1995

Crime. Uniform Crime Reports

Statistical Abstract of the U.S.

WEB DESIGN

VU Content Management System

Newest Content Management System

Free Library Clipart/Images

WORTH A LOOK

Archaeological and Historical Journals of Ireland

The Avengers Forever

Dime Novel Site at Stanford

Biography Project - Underground Culture

Casebook: Jack the Ripper

Cloak and Dagger site devoted to Jack the Ripper scholarship and study.

African American Sheet Music, 1850-1920

American Sheet Music - 1870-1885 - Library of Congress

Elena Filatova - WWII Archaeology, Chernoble Travel, overall very unique site

Historic American Sheet Music - 1850-1920

Megalith Map - Find any Stone Circle or Row in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales

National Institute for Discovery Science - A Reputable UFO Organization?

New York Hack (Girl Cab Driver, Great Writer, Great Blog)

Old-Time Radio Network - List to Classic Broadcasts

Randomness At Its Best (Blog)

Research Society for American Periodicals - Full Text American Periodicals

Route 66 University

Secret Fun Spot - Retro Culture Galleries

Southern Mosaic: John and Ruby Lomax 1930 Southern States Recording Trip

Third Reich in Ruins

WRITING RESOURCES

Acronym and Abbreviation List

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (1901) and many other full text works

French-English Dictionary -- Artfl

Nuts and Bolts of College Writing

Roget's Thesaurus

Strunk's Elements of Style

Synonym Dictionary

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 Edition

Will Durant Online

World War II Pictures in Color

WWWebster's Dictionary