BUSINESS
- Ceoexpress Business portal with links to current and important sources
- Economagic List of freely available economic data, particularly for economic forcasting
DICTIONARIES
- American Heritage Dictionary
- Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism UM only
- Oxford English Dictionary UM only
- Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
DIRECTORIES
- BiologyBrowser Produced by BIOSIS, BiologyBrowser, is a free web site offering resources for the life sciences information community.
- Guidestar--The National Database of Nonprofit Organizations.
- Health professionals, services, facilities (MedlinePlus)
- Ulrichs Directory of Periodicals UM only Select "Search Ulrichs."
- The United States Government Manual The official handbook of the Federal Government, the Manual provides comprehensive information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches as well as information on quasi-official agencies, international organizations, boards, commissions, and committees.
ENCYCLOPEDIAS
- A.D.A.M. Health Illustrated Encyclopedia Over 4,000 articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries.
- Britannica Online UM only
- Encyclopedia of Vibration UM only
- Oxford Art Online UMD only
- Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History UM only
- Oxford Music Online UMD only
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
FOREIGN COUNTRIES
- C.I.A. World Factbook
- Country Studies Library of Congress' resource for the historical, social, economic, political, and national security systems of countries throughout the world.
- Guide to International Statistics Links to organizations that produce international statistical information.
- U.S. Department of State Information about countries worldwide.
HEALTH INFORMATION
- Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body
- Healthfinder Information provided by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
- MEDLINEplus A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health
- National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
MAPS, ATLASES, AND GAZETTEERS
- American Memory Maps historical maps from the Library of Congress
- National Map from the U.S. Geological Survey
- UMD Map Collections
- U.S. Board on Geographic Names Gazetteer
MARYLAND (State of)
- State of Maryland portal Maryland Portal is a gateway to aid users in accessing State, Local and Federal government goods and services.
- Maryland State Data Center Mostly demographic information.
- Who are your elected officials in Maryland? (Congresspersons and Maryland General Assembly)
QUOTATIONS
- Bartlett's Quotations
- Quotations (Academic Universe) UM only Click on Reference link on the lefthand bar.
STYLE MANUALS (APA, MLA, etc)
- Citation Systems and Style Manuals (Overview)
- MLA
- APA
- Chicago/Turabian Notes
- Chicago/Turabian Author-Date
STATISTICS
- FEDSTATS Links to federal agencies that produce statistical information.
- Guide to International Statistics Links to organizations that produce international statistical information.
- NationMaster A central location that allows its users to compare countries on numerous statistics and to express the comparisons graphically.
- StateMaster A central location that allows its users to compare U.S. states on numerous statistics and to express the comparisons graphically.
- Statistical Abstract of the United States Authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.
WRITING TOOLS
- Elements of Style
- Writer's Handbook Collection of concise instructional materials on different aspects of college level writing.