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Ready Reference Sources

Access these sites to find quick answers to "I want to know" and "Jeopardy" type questions.
Acronym Finder Search Bartleby's Basic References factbooks, thesauri, classics, grammars, usage, style guides, Robert's Rules of Order, and more. Biography.com Biography Resource Center CIA World Factbook Currency Converter Encyclopaedia Britannica Online 50 States and Capitals Grolier Encyclopedias Online Hoax Checker from Symantec	How Stuff Works Infoplease Almanac International Dialing Codes LibrarySpot MapBlast MapQuest Martindale's The Reference Desk Merck Manual - medical National Atlas of the U.S. Official U.S. Time Omni Gazetteer Oxford English Dictionary Perpetual Calendar Quotations	RhymeZone - synonyms, definitions, rhymes and more Those Were the Days UPS Package Tracking USPO Package Tracking Weather: Local Weather: Southeast Radar Picture Virus Information from McAfee White Pages: People Search World Almanac World Time Server ZipCode Lookups

South Carolina Sources

Access these sites for more state-specific, local and regional searches.
Local & State Sites Beaufort County Public Library Beaufort County School District Beaufort County Sheriff's Office PASCAL State Job Descriptions & Codes State Commission on Higher Education State Government Salary Search (over $50,000) State Department of Education [See also State Statistics and S.C. State Government] State Library's Home Page for Public Libraries, 'SConnects' State Parks Guide TCL Library Resource Center (LRC)	State Media Beaufort Gazette Carolina Morning News Charleston Post & Courier Charlotte Observer Columbia State Hilton Head Island Packet Hilton Head Island Times Savannah Morning News South Carolina Educational Radio Network TV News Channel 4 (Charleston) WJWJ-TV (Beaufort)	USC Sites Blackboard Info Distance Education Info Univ Phonebook Univ Sites & Campuses VIP

Reference Databases

Access these databases for specific reference-related information.
All That JAS - journal abbreviation sources Article First - index of articles from journal tables of contents CataList - catalog of nearly 50,000 public LISTSERV lists on the Web. Current Research @ - abstracts of UMI dissertations and full-text of USC dissertations from 1996 to present	EBSCONet - for library staff members to report missing periodical issues and to check on the status of current orders Electronic Campus - online course consortium from the Southern Regional Education Board ECO - Electronic Collections Online. Full-text of scholarly journals which can be ordered for a fee. Delivery by fax, email or mail.	Ingenta - journal title and article search service JAKE - finding journal titles in online databases Papers First - index of papers presented at conferences worldwide Proceedings - index of worldwide conference proceedings

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