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Oxford English Dictionary
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All thesis writers need a good dictionary!
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Oxford Reference Online
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Search or browse for names of people or places, definitions, and quotations.
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Ref. E176.A54 1999 or online.
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Dictionary of American Biography
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Ref. E176 .D55
Multivolume biography and bio-bibliography of Americans
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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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Ref. DA28.O95 2004
Multivolume biography and bio-bibliography from the British perspective.
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Locates biographical articles published in thousands of reference books. A terrific time-saver, but not full-text; you still have to locate the reference book(s) cited in the index.
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Geographic
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CIA World Fact Book
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Current maps of the world, regions, and individual countries. Includes contemporary social, political, and economic facts about each country.
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Columbia Gazetteer of the World
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Ref. G103.5 .C65 1998 (3 volumes)
An alphabetical listing of place names with quick facts about each locality.
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Geographic Names Information System
(U.S. Board of Geographic Names)
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Names of places and geographic features in the U.S. In addition to location, links to maps, aerial photographs, and watershed information are available.
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GEONet Names Server
(U.S. National Imagery and Mapping Agency)
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Names of places and geographic features outside the U.S.
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PortlandMaps
(City of Portland)
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Maps, aerial photographs, and recent social, economic, and demographic data on Portland neighborhoods.
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To find other geographic information in the library collection, add the terms Maps or Atlas to your Reed library catalog search.
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World Almanac and Book of Facts
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AY67 .W92 1913 2005 (most recent volume at the reference desk). Search full-text of current volumes of this and three other almanacs online.
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Statistical Abstract of the United States
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HA202 .U5 1900-2004/05
(most recent volume at the reference desk) or view online.
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Historical Statistics of the United States from Colonial Times to 1970
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Ref. HA202 .A385 1975 (2 volumes)
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Lexis-Nexis Statistical
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Online access to statistical tables from government agencies, international, and nongovernmental organizations.
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TableBase
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Brief statistical tables published in business and trade magazines or government documents.
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International Data Base (U.S. Census Bureau)
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A number of useful social statistics for 227 countries and areas of the world. Display to print or download a spreadsheet.
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World Development Indicators
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View or download data on population, social and economic conditions, and the environment.
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