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Reference Sources Online

This guide will help you find quick facts and figures on the world wide web.

Almanacs

Encyclopedias

Credo Reference
(Remote access limited to STLCC staff and students.) A collection of online reference books including encyclopedias and dictionaries.

Online reference library that provides access to a growing selection of reference books. Includes encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, books of quotations, and a range of subject-specific titles from art to accountancy and literature to law. Credo Reference generates a network of cross-references that provide an easy-to-follow trail to related information contained anywhere within the library.

HTML Guide
Faculty: Use this URL within Blackboard: http://ezproxy.stlcc.edu/login?auth=ezpr0xy&url=http://search.credoreference.com

Wikipedia
Wikipedia is the largest, most convenient online encyclopedia, but BE CAREFUL! Remember that anyone can add information to Wikipedia, regardless of their qualifications, and that information in Wikipedia often changes.

Quotations

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
From Bartleby.com
Quote Investigator
Research on quotes that are frequently misattributed - or - did that person really say that?
Respectfully Quoted
From Bartleby.com

STLCC Reference - Online Databases

Guide to Reference E-books
Guide to reference e-books available through STLCC. Login required for off-campus access to the e-books.
Biography Guide
Guide to biography sources from STLCC Libraries.

Other Quick Facts guides to websites

Library Spot
Links to online reference & "how-to" information sites.

Last Updated: Sep 17, 2020 2:14 PM
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St. Louis Community College Libraries

Florissant Valley Campus Library
3400 Pershall Rd.
Ferguson, MO 63135-1408
Phone: 314-513-4514

Forest Park Campus Library
5600 Oakland
St. Louis, MO 63110-1316
Phone: 314-644-9210

Meramec Campus Library
11333 Big Bend Road
St. Louis, MO 63122-5720
Phone: 314-984-7797

Wildwood Campus Library
2645 Generations Drive
Wildwood, MO 63040-1168
Phone: 636-422-2000