{"id":186,"date":"2010-08-24T17:35:47","date_gmt":"2010-08-24T16:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kinsta.cavehill.uwi.edu\/smlibrary\/reference-e-resources\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T11:56:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T15:56:59","slug":"reference-e-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kinsta.cavehill.uwi.edu\/smlibrary\/research-help\/reference-e-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Reference E-Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<div class=\"container-fluid p-0\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\">\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n<h2>Reference E-Resources<\/h2>\n<p><a name=\"top\"><\/a>Items marked with an asterisk(*) are available to the UWI (Cave Hill) community only.<\/p>\n<p>Explore the list of reference tools such as dictionaries, thesauri, style manuals and other primary tools as a starting point for your research.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n<h2>Acronyms and Abbreviations<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.acronymsearch.com\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong class=\"text-success\">Acronyms and Abbreviations<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.acronymfinder.com\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong class=\"text-success\">The Acronym Finder<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Computers, technology, telecommunications, and military acronyms<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and abbreviations<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.public.iastate.edu\/%7ECYBERSTACKS\/JAS.htm\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong class=\"text-success\">All That JAS: Journal Abbreviation Sources<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A registry of Web resources that list or provide access to the full title of<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;journal abbreviations<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oscar.chem.indiana.edu\/cfdocs\/libchem\/acronyms\/acronymsearch.html\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n<h2>Country Profiles<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/docs\/profileguide.html\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong class=\"text-success\">CIA World Factbook<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.countrywatch.com\/\" class=\"text-success\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong class=\"text-success\">CountryWatch<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldinformation.com\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong class=\"text-success\">World of Information<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\" editable=\"rich\">\n<h2>Dictionaries and Thesauri<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ahdictionary.com\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong class=\"text-success\">American Heritage Dictionary<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong class=\"text-success\">Merriam &#8211; Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block text-right\" editable=\"rich\">\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"#top\">Return to Top ^<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n<h2>Encyclopaedias<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong class=\"text-success\">Encyclopedia<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ezproxy.cavehill.uwi.edu\/login?url=http%3A\/\/firstsearch.oclc.org\/fsip?dbname=WorldAlmanac&amp;done=http%3A\/\/mainlibrary.uwichill.edu.bb\/refencyclo.htm\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong class=\"text-success\">Funk &amp; Wagnalls New Encyclopedia<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>. [UWI Only]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mrw.interscience.wiley.com\/emrw\/9783527306732\/home\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong class=\"text-success\">Ullmann&#8217;s Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n<h2>Quotations<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bartleby.com\/100\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong class=\"text-success\">Bartlett&#8217;s Familiar Quotations<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theotherpages.org\/quote.html\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong class=\"text-success\">The Quotations Homepage<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Style Manuals\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ezproxy.cavehill.uwi.edu\/login?url=http:\/\/www.chicagomanualofstyle.org\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong class=\"text-success\">Chicago Manual of Style<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t.*\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.plagiarism.org\/article\/citation-styles\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong class=\"text-success\">Citation Styles<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block text-right\" editable=\"rich\">\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"#top\">Return to Top ^<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reference E-Resources Items marked with an asterisk(*) are available to the UWI (Cave Hill) community only. 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