Free e-Reference Sources

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Free e-Reference sources

A.   Encyclopedias

a.       Columbia Encyclopedia (http://www.bartleby.com/65/ )

b.      Encyclopedia of Psychology (http://www.psychology.org/ )

c.       Medical Encyclopedia    (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/encyclopedia.html)

d.      Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (http://plato.stanford.edu/ )

e.      WebMD   (http://www.webmd.com/ )

B.   Dictionaries, Thesauri
Language Dictionaries

a.       Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms (http://dictionary.cambridge.org/default.asp)

b.      English to Punjabi Dictionary (http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.gurbani?Action=Dictionary)

c.       Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary ( http://www.merriam-webster.com/ )

d.      Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary ( http://www.oup.com/ )

       Subject Dictionaries

e.      CABI Thesaurus

f.        Dictionary of Cell & Molecular Biology http://www.mblab.gla.ac.uk/~julian/Dict.html

g.       Dictionary of the Social Sciences ( http://socialsciencedictionary.nelson.com )

h.      Library Automation/Technology Glossary (http://www.libraryhq.com/glossary.html )

i.        Medical Dictionary  ( http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mplusdictionary.html

j.        Roget’s Int. Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases http://www.bartleby.com/110/ )

k.       Roget's Thesaurus ( http://thesaurus.reference.com/ )

C.    Yearbooks, Almanacs, Handbooks

a.       Union Budget & Economic Survey ( http://indiabudget.nic.in/ )

b.      Global Corruption Report 2005  ( http://www.globalcorruptionreport.org/

c.       Guinness Book of World Records    (http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/)

d.      Human Development Reports  ( http://hdr.undp.org/reports/)

e.      Sipri Yearbook  (http://editors.sipri.se/pubs/yearb.html  )

f.        World Development Indicators 2005 http://www.worldbank.org/data/wdi2005/wditext/index2.htm

g.       World Fact book 2004 http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

D.   Sources of Biographical Information

a.       Biographical Dictionary  ( http://www.s9.com/biography/)

b.      Bi ographies of Great Indians http://www.freeindia.org/biographies/

c.       Biography online (http://www.biographyonline.net/)

E.    Sources of Geographical Information

a.       City Population http://www.citypopulation.de/

b.      Geography http://www.citypopulation.de/

c.       Global Gazetteer http://www.calle.com/world/

d.      Imperial Gazetteer of India http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/

e.      Imperial Gazetteer of India (Maps) http://dsal.uchicago.edu/maps/gazetteer/

f.        Indian Historical Maps http://www.geocities.com/narenp/history/maps.htm

g.       Internet Resources : Geographical Data http://bubl.ac.uk/link/g/geographicaldata.htm

h.      Maps and GIS sources on the World http://www.albany.edu/~ls973/maps.html

i.         Maps of India http://www.mapsofindia.com/

j.        Population Reference Bureau http://www.prb.org/

k.       Thesaurus of Geographic Names http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/tgn/

l.         World Atlas http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/world.htm

m.    World Flag Database (http://www.flags.net/index.php

n.      World Gazetteer ( http://www.world-gazetteer.com/home.htm

F.     Sources of Statistical Information

a.       Census of India (http://www.censusindia.net/ )

b.      Asian Development Bank http://www.adb.org/

c.       Demographic and Health Surveys http://www.measuredhs.com/

d.      Human Development Resource Centre http://hdrc.undp.org.in/

e.      Indian Health Statistical Database http://www.indiahealthstat.com/indian/health/National_Family_Health_Survey_1.asp?secid

f.        International Monetary Fund http://www.imf.org/

g.       International Statistical yearbooks http://www.nypl.org/research/sibl/yearbook/yearmain.htm

h.      National Family Health Survey (NFHS), India http://nfhsindia.org/index.html

i.         Reserve Bank of India   http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/Statistics.aspx 

j.        UNICEF Statistical Data  http://www.unicef.org/statis/

k.       WHO Statistical Information System (WHOSIS) http://www3.who.int/whosis/menu.cfm

l.         World Bank Data & Statistics http://www.worldbank.org/data/

m.    World Trade Organization (WTO) http://www.wto.org/

G.   Sources of Educational Information

a.       All India Council For Technical Education(AICTE) http://www.aicte.ernet.in/aicte/home.htm

b.      Association of Indian Universities(AIU) http://www.aiuweb.org/

c.       Association of Commonwealth Universities(AICU) http://www.acu.ac.uk/

d.      Colleges & Universities Worldwide http://directory.google.com/Top/Reference/Education/Colleges_and_Universities/

e.      Educational Profile of Indian States & UTs http://education.nic.in/htmlweb/stateeduprofile.htm

f.        Educational Scholarships http://education.nic.in/htmlweb/scho.htm

g.       Educational Statistics http://education.nic.in/htmlweb/edusta.htm

h.      Google Directory for Indian Education http://directory.google.com/Top/Regional/Asia/India/Education/

i.         Higher Education in India http://education.nic.in/htmlweb/higedu.htm

j.        International Association of Universities(IAU) http://www.unesco.org/iau/index.html

k.       National Policy on Education(NPE) http://education.nic.in/htmlweb/natpol.htm

l.         Sources of Funding for International Students - Education http://www.britishcouncil.org/education/funding/

m.    Study Abroad http://www.studyabroad.com/

n.      Technical Education in India http://education.nic.in/htmlweb/tecedu.htm

o.      UNESCO http://www.unesco.org/

p.      University Grants Commission (UGC) http://www.ugc.ac.in/

H.   Standards and Patents

a.       Bureau of Indian Standards(BIS) http://www.bis.org.in/

b.      Current Awareness Services: Patents and Standards http://www.is.bham.ac.uk/current/patents.htm

c.       European Patent Office(EPO) http://ep.espacenet.com/

d.      Google Directory of Patents http://directory.google.com/Top/Society/Law/Legal_Information/Intellectual_Property/Patents/

e.      Google Directory of Standards http://directory.google.com/Top/Science/Reference/Standards/

f.        Indian Patents Database http://pk2id.delhi.nic.in/

g.       Patents & Standards http://www.lib.polyu.edu.hk/internet/patents.html

h.      United States Patents(USPTO) http://www.uspto.gov/

I.       Indian Reference Sources

a.       Digital Library of India http://www.dli.ernet.in/

b.      Five Year Plans http://planningcommission.nic.in/plans/planrel/fiveyr/welcome.html

c.       GISTNIC (GISTNIC) http://gist.ap.nic.in/

d.      Gateway to Government of India Info over the web http://www.indiaimage.nic.in/

e.      Govt. of India: Directory of Educational Institutions http://goidirectory.nic.in/education.html

f.        Indian Presidents, Prime Ministers http://www.webindia123.com/history/MODERN/preside.htm

g.       Internet Indian History Sourcebook http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/india/indiasbook.html

h.      Online Encyclopedia of Indian politicians http://www.newsnetindia.org/

   

   J. Portals for Open Access Journals

a)      Open J-gate : http://www.openj-gate.com/Search/QuickSearch.aspx

b)      Directory of Open Access Journals: http://www.doaj.org/

   K. Open SMT & Biomedical Engineering Journals

a.     http://www.bentham.org/index.htm     

b.      http://www.springerlink.com/content/

c.       http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcvetres

d.      http://www.saudijgastro.com/

e.      http://www.hindawi.com/journals/grp/

f.        http://www.biogeosciences.net/

g.       http://www.turkjbiochem.com/eng/index.html

     

   L.   e-Thesis

             Vidyanidhi: Indian Theses Database : http://www.vidyanidhi.org.in/

  M.  e-Books

1. Bartleby: Geart Books Online (http://www.bartleby.com/ )
2. Digital Book Index (http://www.digitalbookindex.org/search001a.htm)
3. Free Tech Books (http://www.freetechbooks.com/ )
4. Google Book Search  (http://books.google.com/ )
5. Medical Books  (http://www.freebooks4doctors.com )
6. FreePDFeBooksArchive  : http://www.planetpdf.com/free_pdf_ebooks.asp?CurrentPage=1

7. Project Gutenberg (http://promo.net/pg/
8. Read Print http://www.readprint.com/
9. WikiBooks  :http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page
10. Agricultural free e-books : http://nsdl.niscair.res.in/
11. ACM Digital Library : http://portal.acm.org/dl.cfm

12.  DigitalLibraryat the University of Pennsylvania : http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/

13. Digital Library of India(1) : http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/
14. Digital Library of India(2) : http://dli.iiit.ac.in/
15. IEEE Computer Society's Dgital Library : http://www2.computer.org/portal/web/csdl
16. IET(Institution of Engineering and Technology) Digital Library http://www.ietdl.org/
17. International Children's Digital Library : http://en.childrenslibrary.org/

19.  Kalasampada: Digital Library Resource of Indian Cultural Heritage : http://ignca.nic.in/dgt_0001.htm

20. New York Digital Library Collections : http://www.nypl.org/digital/
21. National Science Digital Library : http://ndsl.org/
22. Oxford Digital Library : http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/eresources/
23. Traditional Knowledge Digital Library  http://www.tkdl.res.in/
24. Universal Digital Library  : http://www.ulib.org/

 e-Conference Alerts

1. Conference Alerts  (http://www.conferencealerts.com/ )
2. Conferences and Events (http://www.chemsoc.org/events/conhome.htm )
3. GoogleDirectoryofConferences (http://directory.google.com/Top/Science/Conferences/)

 Government of India

1.      Data India - Open Government Data (OGD)Platform India (http://data.gov.in/metrics/central)

2.      Planning Commission of India Reports (http://planningcommission.nic.in/reports/genrep/index.php?repts=b_repgen.htm)

3.      Census of India Digital Library (http://www.censusindia.gov.in/DigitalLibrary/Archive_home.aspx)

4.      Business Knowledge Resource Online (http://business.gov.in/)

Government e-Scholarship Schemes for Students

1.       e-scholarships Portal for Minority Students (http://www.momascholarship.gov.in/)

2.       Scholarship Schemes for OBC, SC, ST Students (http://socialjustice.nic.in/scholarships.php)

3.       e-Scholarships Portal-Government of DELHI (scstwelfare.delhigovt.nic.in/)

N. Almanac 

1. Information Please Almanac (http://www.infoplease.com)

2 . Guinness World Records (http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com)

O. Books and Reviews

• Bookbrowse.com  (http://www.bookbrowse.com)
• New York Times Books (http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/)
• Google Book Search (http://books.google.com/)
• Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.co.in/)
• Project Gutenberg (http://www.gutenberg.org)

P. Dictionaries & Thesauri 

• Cambridge Dictionaries Online(http://dictionary.cambridge.org/)
• Free translation.com (http://www.freetranslation.com/)
• WordReference.com (http://wordreference.com/)
• Cliché Site (http://www.clichesite.com/index.asp)
• Merriam-Webster Online (http://www.merriam-webster.com/)
• Internet Anagram Server(http://www.wordsmith.org/anagram/)

Q. Education 

• FreevideoLectures.com (http://freevideolectures.com/algebra.php)
• Online Education Database(http://freevideolectures.com/algebra.php)
• World Resources Institute (http://earthtrends.wri.org/)

R. General Searches 

• Answers.com (http://www.answers.com/)
• ChaCha (http://www.chacha.com/)
• Google Earth (http://earth.google.com/)
• Google Things to do (http://www.google.co.uk/landing/thingstodo/)
• Internet Archive /Wayback machine (http://www.archive.org/index.php)
• PolyCola.com(http://www.polycola.com/)
• Shakespeare (http://nfs.sparknotes.com/)

S. Language 

• Modern Language (http://www.sas.edu.sg/library/hs/modern.html)
• BBC-Learning English(http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/)
• BBC- Grammar & Pronunciation (http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/)

T. Poetry 

• The Academy of American Poets(http://www.poets.org/)
• American Verse Project(http://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/amverse/)
• Glossary of Literary terms (http://www.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/allam/general/glossary.htm)

U. Quotations 

• Bartleby.com (http://www.bartleby.com/100/)
• The Quote Garden (http://www.quotegarden.com/)
• Quote World (http://www.quoteworld.org/)

V. Measures, Weights, Conversion 

• Convert-me.com(http://www.convert-me.com/en/)
• Online Conversion (http://www.onlineconversion.com/index.htm)
• Oanda.com (http://www.oanda.com/)

W. Weblinks to award winning books 

• American library Association-YALSA (http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/booklistsbook.cfm)
• The Man Booker Prize(http://www.themanbookerprize.com/)
• Nobel prize-Literature(http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/)
• Pultizer Prizes (http://www.pulitzer.org/)

X. World meters 

 http://www.worldometers.info/