Online Reference Shelf
The following list of online resources include both free ("the open web") and library subscribed resources. Items identified by Reed Library logo 
can only be accessed off campus by registered students, staff and faculty. The Info icon 
can be clicked to show details about each resource.
See also the Subject Guides (panel to the left) for recommended resources.
Arts and Letters Daily (from the Chronicle of Higher Education)
Blogcritics
The Complete Review
Literary Reference Center
January Magazine
New York Review of Books
Resources for College Libraries (RCL Web)
FreshFiction (Media) 
Thomas Register manufacturing and wholesale directory.
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
WordSmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
Oxford English Dictionary
Your Dictionary.com
OneLook Dictionaries
The Internet Acronym Server
Guide to Grammar and Writing
Language Dictionaries
Free Translation (automated service)
Lexicool many foreign language dictionaries
Anthropomorphemics: anthropology glossary
OneLook Dictionaries
O'Reilly Search: Dictionary of PC Hardware and Data Communications Terms
Switchboard for telephone numbers, street and e-mail addresses.
Bigyellow business directory
AnyWho: AT&T Toll Free (800) Directory
Scholarly Societies Project
National Center for Education Statistics
The Educator's Reference Desk includes lesson plans and useful resources.
Censorship and Intellectual Freedom Page
U.S. News Graduate School Rankings
Encyclopedia of Education Statistics
IEE Passport Institute of International Education
Studyabroad.com
Education World, a guide to education resources.
Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM), compendium of education information, including a lesson plan database, from ERIC.
U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges
Grants Resource Center ID and Password distributed to staff and faculty
Colorado Grants
- General
[U.S.] Government Resources from University of Louisville - Elections/ Ballot issues
2006 State Ballot Information includes Colorado Blue Book
McCain Palin official web site
Obama Biden Official web site
- Legal Research
LexisOne - free searchable access to case law Jan 1, 1998 to present.
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe
Oyez: U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia includes thousands of Supreme Court cases with summaries, resources, and audio files of oral arguments and court opinions. Created by Northwestern University law professors for as a teaching resource.
Colorado Opinions, Rules, Statutes includes current case law as reached in Colorado Supreme Court and Colorado Court of Appeals. Cases are not indexed by subject or keyword and can only be accessed by date.
Colorado Court of Appeals Search for Opinions
Colorado Supreme Court Library Research Links
American Law Sources On-line - Colorado.
FindLaw - Law and Government (General) Includes links to federal, state, and international law.
Colorado Legal Services Self help legal information.
Internet Legal Resource Guide Legal Information Institute
WashLaw - Your Guide to Legal Information on the Internet
Foreign Government Resources on the Web (University of Michigan)
Law & Politics Internet guide
University of Colorado at Boulder Government Publications Library
State of Colorado Office of Legislative Legal Services
- State and Local Government
Colorado State Government
State and Local Government on the Net
- Federal Government
United States Code Congressional Web site
United States Code Legal Information Institute
Federal Web Locator
Findlaw
GPO Access U.S. Government Publications
Library of Congress (includes Congressional Information)
Lists and Rankings
Price's List of Lists
Literature and Writing
Childrens Literature: A Guide to the Criticism
The Children's Literature Web Guide
The Internet Public Library Online Literary Criticism Collection
Literary Market Place Online
New York Review of Books
Colorform Atlas of the United States
Hostelling International - American Youth Hostels
MapQuest
National Atlas of the United States
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection- University of Texas
Outline Maps from Houghton Mifflin Company.
Lonely Planet
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names Online (includes longitide and latitude in degrees or minutes).
See also Reed Library's Map pages
- Regional Newspapers
Colorado Historic Newspaper Collection
Durango Herald
Cortez Journal
Farmington (NM) Daily Times
High Country News
Four Corners Business Journal
Albuquerque Journal
Denver Post
Rocky Mountain News
Colorado Newspapers
- Other Newspapers and News Sources
For an online fulltext (text version, no images) archive of major newspaper article, go to Lexis Nexis Academic Universe (access by FLC login only).
US Newspaper List College Times from the NYTimes
CQ Researcher
Trib.com: The Internet Newspaper
Newspapers Online
AJR Newslinks
About.com News and Issues
Gary Price's NewsCenter
Current Awareness Using Audio and Video
Literary Market Place (LMP) Online
New York Times Books on the Web
All That JAS: Journal Abbreviation Sources
PubList.com, The Internet Directory of Publications
Readers' Advisory
BookBrowser
Overbooked (see starred reviews)
BookSpot.com
Internet Public Library Ready Reference - Web Resources are categorized by subject categories as well as searchable through a search engine.
LibrarySpot - Well organized gateway Web site, frequently updated with selected reference resources.
Reed Library Electronic Resources - Includes bibliographic databases available through Reed Library.
Astronomical Data
AstroWeb Astronomy sources
BIOWEB (CSU Stanislaus) Biology Sources
Chemicool Periodic Table
Dictionary of PC Hardware and Data Communications Terms
How Things Work: The Physics of Everyday Life
Intellectual Property Network U.S. and European patent searching
StatLib Index
- General Statistics
Colorado by the Numbers
Statistical Abstract of the United States (.pdf format)
FEDSTATS
Statistical Sources on the Web (University of Michigan)
- Crime and Criminal Justice Statistics
Bureau of Justice Statistics
National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
Federal Bureau of Investigation: Uniform Crime Reports
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
- Economic and Business Statistics
National Transportation Statistics (U.S.)
Economics Statistics from US Census Bureau
- Education Statistics
National Center for Education Statistics
- International Statistics
United Nations Population Information Network (POPIN)
World Population Information
United Nations Statistic Division
- Population and Demographic Statistics
La Plata County Census Quickfacts
Decennial Census - 1790 to 2000.
Population Topics from the U. S. Cenus Bureau.
United Nations Population Information Network (POPIN)
World Population Information
- Social Statistics
Social Science Data on the Net - University of California S.D.Search engine for statistics.
Child and Family Statistics
Colorado State Tax Forms
Forms for other states
Updated by mds on November 4, 2008