REFERENCE: TOOLS: HANDBOOKS: A Selective and Brief Guide to Handbooks on the Internet
David P. Dillard
REFERENCE: TOOLS: HANDBOOKS:
A Selective and Brief Guide to Handbooks on the Internet
A Selective and Brief Guide to Handbooks on the Internet
Handbooks
General Internet and Print Resources
General Internet & Print Resources
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REFERENCE: TOOLS: HANDBOOKS:
Handbooks
General Internet and Print Resources
General Internet & Print Resources
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This is a brief and selective guide to some of the handbooks
that are available for use on the internet from a wide range of
subject fields and disciplines. Some of the listed sources are
not handbooks in the strictest sense but they collect and organize
information in such a way as to be able to serve the function of
a handbook.
What is a Handbook?
<http://www.wordreference.com/definition/handbook>
Handbook
A noun
A concise reference book providing specific information
about a subject or location
Handbooks and Manuals
<http://www.lib.lsu.edu/instruction/reftools/reftools-print.html>
Handbooks and manuals are two different things but often
the two words are often used interchangeably.
HANDBOOKS are summary overviews of an extremely
broad subject. They are often similar to textbooks.
The definition of handbook used here is leaning more toward a source
for quick and concise information on topics within the subject of the
handbook. The term handbook is used here liberally to mean sources
on the internet, whether digitized book or web resource that is
organized to provide extensive but factual information on the
topic of the site. The websites also are organized to facilitate the
information needed from that site through contents lists, sitemaps,
site search tool or an index to the site. Current reference tool
listings often ignore this format of tool in the lists by type of tool.
Nevertheless, the handbook is a
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A Selection of Valuable Handbooks
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Country Studies - Federal Research Division, Library of Congress
<http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html>
The Country Studies Series presents a description and analysis of the
historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national
security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world.
Country Studies
<http://countrystudies.us/>
The World Factbook
<https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html>
Appendixes
Reference Maps
Notes and Definitions
Guide to Country Profiles
Guide to Rank Order Pages
History of The World Factbook
Contributors and Copyright Information
Purchasing Information
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Flags of the World
Gallery of Covers
Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
World Leaders
<https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/world-leaders-1/index.html>
The CIA publishes and updates the online directory of Chiefs of State and
Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments regularly. The directory is
intended to be used primarily as a reference aid and includes as many
governments of the world as is considered practical, some of them not
officially recognized by the United States.
Governments are listed in alphabetical order according to the most
commonly used version of each country's name. The spelling of the personal
names in this directory follows transliteration systems generally agreed
upon by US Government agencies, except in the cases in which officials
have stated a preference for alternate spellings of their names.
CIA Maps and Publications
<https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/cia-maps-publications/index.html>
The Central Intelligence Agency's Maps and Publications Released to the
Public is a listing of all unclassified maps and publications available to
the public for purchase from GPO and/or NTIS.
Guinness Book of Records
<http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/>
Rulers
[World Rulers]
<http://rulers.org/>
This site contains lists of heads of state and heads of government (and,
in certain cases, de facto leaders not occupying either of those formal
positions) of all countries and territories, going back to about 1700 in
most cases. Also included are the subdivisions of various countries (the
links are at the bottom of the respective country entries), as well as a
selection of international organizations. Recent foreign ministers of all
countries are listed separately.
In cases where not even the exact year of the beginning or end of a
ruler's term is known, the asterisk (*) is used to indicate dates at which
the person is known to have been in office, e.g., *1924 - 1925* means the
term began in 1924 or earlier and ended in 1925 or later. All dates are
New Style (Gregorian). (f) indicates female rulers. Birth and death years
are also provided (b. = born, d. = died, s.a. = see above), but note that
the given birth years may be questionable, as different sources often give
contradictory information. In cases where it is particularly unclear, the
birth year is followed by a question mark (e.g., 1923?) but that does not
mean that the year is guaranteed to be correct when there is no question
mark. Also, when no death year is given, it should not be taken for
granted that the person is indeed still alive.
Electronic Statistics Textbook (Electronic Textbook StatSoft)
<http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/stathome.html>
"This Electronic Statistics Textbook offers training in the
understanding and application of statistics.
The material was developed at the StatSoft R&D department
based on many years of teaching undergraduate and graduate
statistics courses and covers a wide variety of applications,
including laboratory research (biomedical, agricultural, etc.),
business statistics and forecasting, social science statistics and
survey research, data mining, engineering and quality control
applications, and many others.
The Electronic Textbook begins with an overview of the relevant
elementary (pivotal) concepts and continues with a more in depth
exploration of specific areas of statistics, organized by "modules,"
accessible by buttons, representing classes of analytic techniques.
A glossary of statistical terms and a list of references for further
study are included."
Guide to Grammar and Style
By Jack Lynch
<http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/%7Ejlynch/Writing/>
The Encyclopedia of World History
Ancient, Medieval, and Modern
Sixth Edition
<http://www.bartleby.com/67/>
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy
E. D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, James Trefil
Third Edition: Completely Revised and Updated
<http://www.bartleby.com/59/>
The American Heritage Book of English Usage
A Practical and Authoritative Guide to Contemporary English
<http://www.bartleby.com/64/>
The King's English
H.W. Fowler
<http://www.bartleby.com/116/>
The American Language
An Inquiry into the Development of English in the United States
H.L. Mencken
<http://www.bartleby.com/185/>
The Elements of Style
William Strunk, Jr.
<http://www.bartleby.com/141/>
The Cambridge History of English and American Literature
An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes
<http://www.bartleby.com/cambridge/>
Anatomy of the Human Body
Henry Gray
The Bartleby.com edition of Gray's Anatomy of the
Human Body features 1,247 vibrant engravings-
many in color-from the classic 1918 publication,
as well as a subject index with 13,000 entries
ranging from the Antrum of Highmore to the
Zonule of Zinn.
<http://www.bartleby.com/107/>
Robert's Rules of Order
Revised for Deliberative Assemblies
General Henry M. Robert, U.S. Army
<http://www.bartleby.com/176/>
Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States
George Washington to George W. Bush
<http://www.bartleby.com/124/>
Fast Facts:
Almanacs/Factbooks/Statistical Reports
& Related Reference Tools
An Acquisition Resource
By Gary Price
<http://www.freepint.com/gary/handbook.htm>
<http://www.resourceshelf.com/category/source-file/resources/fast-facts/>
Citizendium
This Resource is Highly Recommended by Gary Price of ResourceShelf
While an Encyclopedia, This Tool is a handy tool for finding information
on a broad range of subjects and also fits in as a starting place to learn
about a topic and hence is useful in a handbook collection.
<http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Main_Page>
ResourceShelf
<http://www.resourceshelf.com/>
This tool is not thought of as a handbook, but as an extensive collection
of sources and information tools on a broad range of topics, this tool is
essentially an information science handbook.
Plagiarism: a guide for law lecturers
Alison Bone, University of Brighton
<http://www.ukcle.ac.uk/resources/plagiarism/index.html>
LLRX.com: Legislative Research Guide
<http://www.llrx.com/resources7.htm>
Zimmerman's Research Guide
<http://www.lexisnexis.com/infopro/zimmerman/disp.aspx?z=1571>
Law Library of Congress
<http://www.loc.gov/law/public/law.html>
WashLaw Web
Washburn School of Law: WashLaw: Legal Research on the Web
<http://www.washlaw.edu/>
FindLaw
<http://www.findlaw.com/>
Locating the Law: A Handbook for Non-Law Librarians
<http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/scall/locating.htm>
ThomasNet
"The most comprehensive resource for industrial information"
< http://www.thomasnet.com/index.html>
Statistical Abstract of the United States
<http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/>
State and Metropolitan Area Data Book
5th Edition
<http://www.census.gov/prod/3/98pubs/smadb-97.pdf>
<http://www.census.gov/statab/www/smadb.html>
USA Counties 1998
<http://censtats.census.gov/usa/usa.shtml>
County and City Data Book
<http://www.census.gov/prod/www/ccdb.html>
<http://www.census.gov/statab/www/ccdb.html>
State and County Quick Facts
<http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/>
MapStats: United States
<http://www.fedstats.gov/qf/>
The First Amendment Handbook
<http://www.rcfp.org/handbook/>
The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
<http://www.merck.com/mmpe/index.html>
The Merck Manual Of Geriatrics, 3rd Edition
<http://www.merck.com/mkgr/mmg/home.jsp>
The Merck Veterinary Manual
<http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp>
United States Government Manual
<http://www.gpoaccess.gov/gmanual/>
Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2004-05 Edition
<http://www.bls.gov/oco/>
U.S. Immigration Handbook
<http://www.americanlaw.com/info.html>
TERENA's Guide to Network Resource Tools
<http://gnrt.terena.org/>
International Addresses and Salutations
<http://www.bspage.com/address.html>
The Handbook of Latin American Studies
<http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/>
United Nations System Pathfinder
<http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/pathfind/frame/start.htm>
EDRC Society Today: What is Social Science
<http://www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk/ESRCInfoCentre/what_is_soc_sci/>
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INSTRUCTION AND TEACHING:
Pardon My French Please
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BUSINESS PLANS :
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS:
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INTERNET: WEBSITE EVALUATION:
Articles and Websites That Instruct Regarding How to Evaluate the Quality
and Accuracy of Websites
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Finding Information on the Internet: A Tutorial
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BUSINESS: RESEARCH :
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LIBRARY: SERVICES:
Do Your Financial Research at the Library
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A Plain English Handbook:
How to Create Clear SEC Disclosure Documents
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AFRICA: NORTH AFRICA :
ASIA: MIDDLE EAST :
RELIGION:
LexicOrient
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UNITED STATES: STATES :
REFERENCE: HANDBOOKS :
REFERENCE: GUIDES:
State Blue Books
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REFERENCE: HANDBOOKS :
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States of the United States "Blue Books"
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MEDICAL: RESOURCES :
MEDICAL: NURSING: RESOURCES:
Essential Nursing References
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MEDICAL: EDUCATION :
MEDICAL: PHARMACY PHARMACEUTICAL PHARMACOLOGY :
LIBRARIES: MEDICAL:
Basic Resources for Pharmacy Education
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JOURNALISM: METHODS TECHNIQUES SKILLS TOOLS :
COUNTRIES: DEVELOPING COUNTRIES:
Caught in the Net? A New Guide for Journalists in Developing Countries
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EDUCATION: K-12: RESOURCES:
EducationWebpage.com
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LAW : LEGAL CITATIONS STYLE MANUALS :
WRITING AND WRITERS: STYLE AND WRITING MANUALS:
Handbooks and Guides to Legal Citation Format and Techniques:
A Selection of Sources on the Internet and in Print
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RESEARCH: RESOURCES :
SOCIAL SCIENCES:
African Studies Resources
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AFRICAN AMERICANS :
WRITERS AND WRITING: RESOURCES:
Selected Resources For and About
African American Writers and Beyond
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Handbook for Bloggers and Cyber-Dissidents
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Handbook for the Radio Journalism Course in Political Reporting
Other Handbooks for Journalists as Well
<http://www.iwpr.net/index.php?apc_state=henh&s=o&o=special_index1.html>
TOURISM AND TRAVEL: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ECOTOURISM:
Responsible Travel Handbook // 2006
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INTERNET RESOURCES
Computer Science: A guide to selected resources on the Internet
C&RL News, June 2001
Vol. 62 No. 6
by Michael Knee
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backissues2001/june1/computerscience.cfm>
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