Electronic Resources
General Resources
- OED: Oxford English Dictionary
The most authoritative source of spelling and word definitions - Bartleby.com
-Roget’s Thesaurus and Thesaurus II
-Quotations (note: more quote books at the Library in the Reference area, ask for assistance)
-American Heritage Dictionary -
See also LTU’s “Useful Sites on the web”
Specific Resources
ASM Handbooks Online
American Society for Metals Handbooks. Library has in print, available online here.
FAITS (Faulkner Advisory for Information Technology Service)
What is new in information technology products and services
Health and Wellness Resource Center (1980-present)
Practical health information, includes Alternative Health
MeL Michigan Electronic Library
Portal for hundreds of informational web sites and for Michigan laws, information, etc.
OXFORD REFERENCE ONLINE
Encyclopedia information from 24 fields, search all or just in one area.
SME SOURCE
All of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers Papers and selected SME books with full-text online. The books are also included within the LTU Library online catalog. Provided by eBrary.
Statistical Universe (A database within Lexis-Nexis)
Statistical data on various topics, mostly economic issues
ULRICHSWEB Periodicals
All the data about every periodical available
WHO'S WHO (aka MARQUIS WHO'S WHO)
A variety of Who's Who sources in one database
NOTE: only two simultaneous users at a time
World Almanac
Facts, quick information from 4 almanacs and Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia
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