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Library of Congress Reference Shelf
Library of Congress Alcove 9: An Annotated List of Reference Websites
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Wikipedia’s Reference Desk
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reference : something (as a sign or indication) that refers a reader or consulter to another source of information (as a book or passage) — Webster See also OneLook, Free Dictionary, Wiktionary
Thesaurus
Roget’s II (Thesaurus.com), Merriam-Webster Thesaurus, Visuwords
Encyclopedia
Reference work A reference work is a compendium of information, usually of a specific type, compiled in a book for ease of reference.Reference work. — Wikipedia
Ready reference are reference materials used in answering reference questions that can be answered by a reference librarian in one or two minutes by providing a fact or piece of information found in a single source shelved for convenience in a separate location near the reference desk rather than in the reference stacks Reference work. — Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science
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WorldCat, Library of Congress, UPenn Online Books, Open Library
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OER Commons: Open Educational Resources
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Reference Librarian (US Occupational Outlook Handbook)
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General Reference Works (David Nordloh, American Literary Scholarship)
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Library of Congress Research and Reference Services
Library of Congress Reference Shelf
Library of Congress Alcove 9: An Annotated List of Reference Websites
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