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/)


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

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

D.

Sources of Biographical Information


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

E.

Sources of Geographical Information


F.

Sources of Statistical Information


a. Asian Development Bank( http://www.adb.org/ )

b. Demographic and Health Surveys(http://www.measuredhs.com/)

c. International Monetary Fund (http://www.imf.org/)

d. Reserve Bank of India( http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/Statistics.aspx )

e. UNICEF Statistical Data (http://www.unicef.org/statis/)

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

g. World Bank Data & Statistics (http://www.worldbank.org/data/)

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

G.

Sources of Educational Information


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

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

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

d. Study Abroad (http://www.studyabroad.com/)

e. UNESCO (http://www.unesco.org/)

f. 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 Standardshttp://www.is.bham.ac.uk/current/patents.htm )

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

d. Google Directory of Standards( http://directory.google.com/Top/Science/Reference/Standards/)

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

I.

Indian Reference Sources


a. Internet Indian History Sourcebook(http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/india/indiasbook.html)

b. Online Encyclopedia of Indian politicians (http://www.newsnetindia.org/ )

J.

Portals for Open Access Journals


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

L.

e-Books


a. Bartleby: Geart Books Online ( http://www.bartleby.com/ )

b. Digital Book Index ( http://www.digitalbookindex.org/search001a.htm)

c. Free Tech Books ( http://www.freetechbooks.com/)

d. Google Book Search ( http://books.google.com/)

e. Medical Books ( http://www.freebooks4doctors.com)

f. Read Print ( http://www.readprint.com/ )

g. WikiBooks ( http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page )

h. Agricultural free e-books( http://nsdl.niscair.res.in/ )

i. ACM Digital Library( http://portal.acm.org/dl.cfm )

j. DigitalLibraryat the University of Pennsylvania( http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/ )

k. IEEE Computer Society's Dgital Library ( http://www2.computer.org/portal/web/csdl )

l. IET(Institution of Engineering and Technology) Digital Library( http://www.ietdl.org/ )

m. International Children's Digital Library ( http://en.childrenslibrary.org/ )

n. New York Digital Library Collections ( http://www.nypl.org/digital/ )

o. Traditional Knowledge Digital Library ( http://www.tkdl.res.in/ )

p. Universal Digital Library ( http://www.ulib.org/ )

N.

e-Conference Alerts


O.

Government of India


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

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

P.

Government e-Scholarship Schemes for Students


a. e-Scholarships Portal-Government of Karnataka ( http://karepass.cgg.gov.in/)