Overview of Reference Tools

• Online Libraries

  Sources of ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, short stories, poems, movies

• Public Libraries

  Sources of books, magazines, newspapers, film, microfilm, microfiche, electronic media

• Research Databases

  Identify where to find research-related materials:

  • Academic, government, business, and nonprofit research databases
  • Abstracts
  • Research ebooks and ejournals
  • Bibliographic details on science, educational, legal, mathematical, philosophical, religious, and engineering systems
  • Full text links to publisher sites or links
  • Education-related literature
  • Library technology, acquisitions & collection development
  • Academic journals, books, and primary sources
  • Conference papers, standards, scholarly literature, and research notes from almost any discipline
• Electronic Sources
  • Blogs: Online journals that can be written by a single person or a group. Blogs often include commentary, links to other sites, images, and a search function.
  • Podcasts: Audio content created for listeners.
  • Videos: Content created for viewers, such as on YouTube.
  • Wikis: Collaborative websites that can be edited by anyone with access. Wikipedia and MediaWiki are examples of wikis.
  • Websites
  • Electronic journals and newsletters
  • Online training
  • Electronic conferences
  • Databases and other resources on CD-ROM
  • Databases on the Internet
  • Image collections on the Internet
• Research Contacts

  Maintain contact information of experts in their fields. Make them available to skilled teams that they have time to work with.

Library of Congress Categories

• Map Dewey Decimal vs. Library of Congress
• Map Library of Congress vs. Dewey Decimal
• Library of Congress Classification Outline
• Cataloging Distribution Service – Source of Library of Congress Classification schedules
• Library of Congress Classification Outline – Class A - General Works (PDF)
• Library of Congress Classification Outline – Class B - Philosophy, Psychology, Religion (PDF)
• Library of Congress Classification Outline – Class C - Auxiliary Sciences of History (PDF)
• Library of Congress Classification Outline – Class D - World History and History of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, etc. (PDF)
• Library of Congress Classification Outline – Classes E and F - History of the Americas (PDF)
• Library of Congress Classification Outline – Class G - Geography, Anthropology, Recreation (PDF)
• Library of Congress Classification Outline – Class H - Social Sciences (PDF)
• Library of Congress Classification Outline – Class J - Political Science (PDF)
• Library of Congress Classification Outline – Class K - Law (PDF)
• Library of Congress Classification Outline – Class L - Education (PDF)
• Library of Congress Classification Outline – Class M - Music and Books on Music (PDF)
• Library of Congress Classification Outline – Class N - Fine Arts (PDF)
• Library of Congress Classification Outline – Class P - Language and Literature (PDF)
• Library of Congress Classification Outline – Class Q - Science (PDF)
• Library of Congress Classification Outline – Class R - Medicine (PDF)
• Library of Congress Classification Outline – Class S - Agriculture (PDF)
• Library of Congress Classification Outline – Class T - Technology (PDF)
• Library of Congress Classification Outline – Class U - Military Science (PDF)
• Library of Congress Classification Outline – Class V - Naval Science (PDF)
• Library of Congress Classification Outline – Class Z - Bibliography, Library Science, Information Resources (General) (PDF)
• Library of Congress Subject Classifications in the Mathematics Statistics Library (University of California, Berkeley)