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• Cameo: (Carnegie Mellon Library Catalog)

• Other Library Catalogs
  
  
• WorldCat
  WorldCat contains records of any type of material cataloged by OCLC member libraries. Includes manuscripts written as early as the 12th century.
  

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Databases

• Biography and Genealogy Master Index (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  This database is an index for learning where to look for biographical material on people from all time periods, geographical locations and fields of endeavor. It indexes current, readily available reference sources, as well as the most important retrospective works that cover individuals, both living and deceased, from every field of activity and from all areas of the world.
  
  
• Community of Science (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  Community of Science is a global registry designed to provide accurate, timely, easy-to-access information about what new funding opportunities exist, and who is working on what subject, and where. "Science" in this context is defined along the lines of the Latin word "scientia," meaning "knowledge."
  
  
• FACTS.com (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  FACTS.com presents the full-text of the Facts on File World News Digest since 1940, plus a live newsfeed from Reuters® and thousands of in-depth features, images, charts, and primary documents. FACTS.com is a permanent record of the essential facts of the news as reported in the major newspapers and news magazines of the U.S., Canada, Britain, Australia, and elsewhere in the world.
  
  
• Leadership Directories, Inc. (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  This database provides access to names, titles and addresses for people working in public and private sectors, as well as business, government and non-profit organizations' information. Federal, regional, state and municipal agencies and representatives, associations, non-profits, law firms, corporations and financial institutions, judicial and foreign representatives, and news media are included. Useful not only for contact information (names, phone numbers, email) but also for job searching, understanding corporate structure, identifying individuals' board memberships, and much more.
  

• LexisNexis Academic (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  The Reference section includes biographical information, country profiles, polls & survey results (Roper Center), quotations, state profiles, and the World Almanac.
  
  
• Oxford Reference Online (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  The ORO brings together 100 language and subject dictionaries and reference works - containing well over 60,000 pages - into a single cross-searchable resource. Includes general reference, language, science and medicine, humanities and social sciences, and business and professional sources.
  

• Virtual Reference Shelf
  This page provides links to numerous reference sources. These include tax forms & publications, dictionaries, encyclopedias, educational funding sources, local information, maps, news & current events, telephone numbers, zip codes, etc.
  
  
• xreferplus (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  xreferplus is an online collection of encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and books of quotations, with a range of subject-specific titles covering everything from art to accountancy, medicine, literature and law. Each book is also listed individually in Cameo, the library catalog.
  

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Style Guides and Citation Formats

• Style Guides

  • Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (2001)
    Hunt Reference Desk 029.6 A512P
    
    
  • Chicago Manual of Style (2003)
    Hunt Reference Desk 655.2 C53
    
    
  • Merriam-Webster's Manual for Writers & Editors (1998)
    REF-1 808.027 M5682
    
    
  • APA-Style Helper 5.0 (Price: $35-$40)
    The APA-Style Helper is a software program designed for writers in the behavioral and social sciences who need to produce manuscripts and documents written according to APA style. The program helps with formating references, citations, headings, and more. APA-Style Helper 5.0 conforms to the fifth (2001) edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.
    
    
• Citation Formats
  • Print
    • A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations (1996)
      AKA: Turabian or Chicago Style
      Hunt Reference Desk   808.02 T92M6
      
      
    • MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing (1998)
      Hunt Reference Desk   808.02 A17M2
      
      
    • Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (2001)
      Hunt Reference Desk  029.6 A512P

  • Electronic
    • Citing Digital and Print Resources
      This is part of the Virtual Reference Shelf.

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