Quick Reference

Library's Electronic Subscriptions

Outside the library, these resources are only available to Lincolnwood Library cardholders.

• Encyclopedia Britannica Online Reference Center

  Covers the complete Encyclopedia, the Britannica Book of the Year, Merriam-Webster's Dictionary, Compton's Encyclopedia for middle school students and up, Britannica Elementary Encyclopedia for elementary school readers, websites and more.

• ReferenceUSA

  Business data from InfoUSA. Search company by industry, location or size. Entries are based on Yellow Page & White Page Telephone Directories; annual reports, 10-Ks and other SEC information, Chamber of Commerce and postal service information. Updated monthly.

Calculators & Converters

• Calculator (eCalc)
• Conversion (OnlineConversion.com)

  Conversion tables for almost anything.

• Universal Currency Converter
• World Time Server

  Find the country or city in the left column and read the current time on the right side.

Citing Sources in a Bibliography

• BibMe

  Automatic bibliography and citation maker for APA, Chicago/Turabian, and MLA formats. If needed information can also be added manually including annotations. Create a free account and save a bibliography for future use.

• EasyBib

  Automatic bibliography and citation maker for APA, Chicago/Turabian, and MLA formats.

Dictionaries & Thesaurus

• Merriam-Webster Dictionary & Thesaurus (Encyclopedia Britannica)

  Select the dictionary and thesaurus after entering this site.
  Outside the Library, this resource is only available to Lincolnwood Library card holders.

• Thesaurus (Bartleby.com)

Encyclopedias, Almanacs & Other Reference Sources

• Bartleby's Reference Books
• Encyclopedia.com

  This free encyclopedia provides entries from over 500 different encyclopedias and dictionaries. Includes images and videos.

• Info Please

  A comprehensive reference site with almanacs, calendars, conversion tools, dictionaries, encyclopedias, career center and current news from the educational publisher, Pearson Education.

• LibrarySpot

  Encyclopedias, maps, dictionaries, biographies, etc.

• Old Farmer's Almanac
• World's Countries (Global Issues in Context)

  Search by country name to get quick facts such as: area size, population, capital, type of government, unit of currency, etc.
  Outside the Library, this resource is only available to Lincolnwood Library card holders.

Maps & Geographical Tools

• MapQuest

  Maps and driving directions.

• National Geographic

  Global road and satellite maps.

• Yahoo!

  Maps, driving directions and traffic.

Quotations

• Bartlett's Familiar Quotations

Statistics

See also Statistics

• About Illinois

  Gateway to Illinois facts from Illinois.gov, the official Illinois website.

• Statistical Abstract of the U.S.

  Authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.

• Fedstats

  Access statistical information produced by the Federal Government without having to know which Federal agency produced the statistics.

• U.S. Census Bureau

  Statistics on the U.S. population and economy.

Telephone Directories & ZIP Codes

• Infobel

  International phone directory.

• ReverseLookUp

  Match a phone number or email address to a name, an area code to a region OR find area codes for a particular city.

• SuperPages

  Yellow page phone directory for the United States.

• ZIP Code Look-Up

Time and Calendars

• U.S. Time

  The official U.S. time including time zones. See Time Exhibit for history of timekeeping from ancient to modern times, calendars through the ages, daylight saving time, clock works (illustrated mechanisms of many historical clocks) and more.

• World Time Server

  Find the country or city in the left column and read the current time on the right side.