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Style Manuals
for writing academic papersAPA Style
From the University of Arizona.
Requires Acrobat Reader.
Chicago Manual of Style
From Ohio State University.
MLA Style Manual
From the University of Arizona.
Turabian
University of South Carolina - Thomas Cooper Library.
This is a PDF version of the "blue sheet" we hand out at the Reference Desk (this version is white, however). Requires Acrobat Reader.
Footnotes and Endnotes
From the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Various
From Duke University Libraries.
From Bedford/St. Martin’s (academic publishers).
A simple and comprehensive guide from Hamilton College
Calculators and Converters
Dictionaries and Thesauri
Colloquial terms arranged by country.
From TV5.
Off-campus access with I.D. number. More info.
English Dictionaries and Thesauri.
Off-campus access with I.D. number. More info.
Off-campus access with I.D. number. More info.
Dictionary with audio pronunciations
Online French, Italian and Spanish Dictionary
Links to Dictionaries in English and 279 foreign languages.
Encyclopedias
Concise information about countries (and other political divisions) of the world. Updated frequently.
The full-text online version of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Off-campus access with I.D. number. More info.
Off-campus access with I.D. number. More info.
A database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research in Art, Science, and the Social Sciences. A growing e-book collection, each entry is able to be translated into 6 languages.
Off-campus access with I.D. number. More info.
Off-campus access with I.D. number. More info.
A comprehensive online reference resource for all aspects of the visual arts worldwide from prehistory to the present day.
Off-campus access with I.D. number. More info.
Off-campus access with I.D. number. More info.
Full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz.
Off-campus access with I.D. number. More info.
Off-campus access with I.D. number. More info.
Libraries
Central and Western Massachusetts Libraries.
The big Kahuna.
Also includes the other four Five Colleges: Amherst, Hampshire, Smith and Mt. Holyoke.
Local Interest
Berkshire County's daily newspaper. Click here to access the Berkshire Eagle's archives, 2005-present
A weekly advertising publication with lots of classified ads.
Statistics
From the U.S. Census Bureau.
From the Geospatial and Statistical Data Center of the University of Virginia Library.
A computerized data bank containing statistical tables of demographic, and socio-economic data for 227 countries and areas of the world. From the U.S. Census Bureau.
From the U.S. Census Bureau.
Time
A neat java display that lets you choose your time zone and shows you where the sun is shining.
A bare-bones display.
Information about extremely accurate clocks, GPS, leap seconds, and all sorts of other timely matters. Home of the Master Clock.