Ready Reference Resources

Address/Phone Directories

Area Decoder- Area Code Lookup Service
http://decoder.americom.com/

AnyWho
Search for business and individual phone numbers, including toll-free phone numbers. Service provided by AT&T.
http://www.tollfree.att.net/

Ultimate White Pages
http://www.theultimates.com/white/

Citation Styles

Coulter Library Digital Handouts

APA: Bibliography Style Guide
http://www.sunyocc.edu/resources/apa.php

MLA: Bibliography Style Guide
http://www.sunyocc.edu/resources/mla.php

Additional Resources

A Guide for Writing Research Papers
Based on American Psychological Association (APA) Documentation.
http://webster.commnet.edu/apa/apa_index.htm

Electronic Reference Formats Recommended by the American Psychological Association
"The material provided covers commonly asked questions regarding how to cite electronic media."
http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html

Sources: Their Use and Acknowledgement
This guide from Dartmouth College includes information on why, when, and how to cite print and electronic sources.
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~sources/

Writers Handbook
Includes links to the following: APA (American Psychological Association); CBE (Council of Biology Editors); Chicago; MLA (Modern Language Association); Turabian; and Other Styles and Resources (including APSA and NLM). The handbook was created by The University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center.
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/Documentation.html

Consumer

Better Business Bureau (BBB)
The BBB's Core Services include: Business Reliability Reports; Dispute Resolution; Truth-in-Advertising; Consumer and Business Education; and Charity Review.
http://www.bbb.org/

Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) program produces monthly data on changes in the prices paid by urban consumers for a representative basket of goods and services.
http://www.bls.gov./cpi/

Federal Citizen Information Center (FCIC) - Consumer Information
Consumers can read, print out, or save the current Consumer Information Catalog and the full text of additional publications listed in it. Consumers can also access information on a variety of subjects including the latest product recalls and scams, updates of consumer news from various Federal agencies, and a calendar of consumer-related events.
http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/

Email

Yahoo! Directory - Free Email Providers
http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Business_to_Business/Communications_and_Networking/
Internet_and_World_Wide_Web/Email_Providers/Free_Email/

OCC Email Accounts (OCC affiliated only)
Email accounts are available to current students, faculty, and staff. The Information Technology department manages email accounts.
Phone: (315) 498-2999
Email: helpdesk@sunyocc.edu
Web: http://students.sunyocc.edu/support.aspx?menu=424&id=2315

Library Catalogs & Sites

Local Libraries

CNY Library Websites
http://www.clrc.org/about/members.php

LeMoyne College Library Catalog
http://willow.lemoyne.edu/

Onondaga County Public Library
http://www.ocpl.lib.ny.us/

SUNY Libraries Catalog
http://union.sunyconnect.suny.edu:8080/F

SUNY Upstate - Health Sciences Library
http://www.upstate.edu/library/

Syracuse University Library
http://library.syr.edu/

General Library Sites

Libraries on the Web
http://lists.webjunction.org/libweb/

Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/index.html

New York Public Library (NYPL)
All New York State residents are welcome to apply for a NYPL card. To obtain a library card please visit: http://www.nypl.org/books/cards.html. With a NYPL library card you will have access to research databases available on their site: http://www.nypl.org/

New York State Library
http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/

Local Resources

City of Syracuse Official Website
http://www.syracuse.ny.us/

Greater Syracuse Chamber of Commerce
http://www.syracusechamber.com/

Onondaga County Government
http://www.ongov.net/

New York State Archives
http://www.archives.nysed.gov/

News

Newspaper Links
Links to U.S. daily & weekly papers from the Newspaper Association of America.
http://www.newspaperlinks.com/voyager.cfm

National Public Radio (NPR)
Includes program Information from National Public Radio, links to NPR Member Stations, transcripts and audio of news programs,and other public radio related information.
http://www.npr.org/

Television News Archive - Vanderbilt Univeristy
The Television News Archive began taping the evening news broadcasts of the three major networks, ABC, CBS, and NBC, in August, 1968, and CNN in October, 1995. The database also includes special reports and some periodic broadcasts. Free registration is required to search the archive.
http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/

Ready Reference Tools

CIA World Factbook
Published annually by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), this is a handy reference work for basic statistical data on the countries of the world. Includes maps, and a resource called Flags of the World.
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/docs/flagsoftheworld.html

How Stuff Works
Explains simply, with visual aids, how many common appliances, machines, and technologies work. Also covers health, animals, and the home.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/

iTools: Quick Access to the Best Internet Tools
This search site includes search boxes that cover such tools as search engines and subject directories; looking up words or translating them; currency converters; research in encyclopedias, biographies, quotations, legal; maps and driving directions
http://www.itools.com/

Search Engines, Meta Search Engines, & Directories

Search Engines

All the Web
http://www.alltheweb.com

AltaVista
http://www.altavista.com

Google
http://www.google.com

Excite
http://www.excite.com

Ask.com
http://www.ask.com

Meta Search Engines

Dogpile
A metasearch site that sends a search to a customizable list of search engines, directories and specialty search sites. Results are displayed from each search engine individually.
http://www.dogpile.com/

HotBot
HotBot provides easy access to four major search engines: AllTheWeb.com/FAST, Google, Inktomi and Teoma
http://www.hotbot.com

Vivisimo
An individual search provides results from a number of major search engines. It also automatically organize the pages into categories.
http://vivisimo.com/

General Directories

Yahoo
http://www.yahoo.com/

Academic Directories

Academic Info
A Directory of online educational resources covering multitude of academic disciplines.
http://www.academicinfo.net/index.html

Best Information On the Net
http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/

BUBL
Selected Internet resources covering all academic subject areas.
http://bubl.ac.uk/

Infomine
"INFOMINE is a virtual library of Internet resources relevant to faculty, students, and research staff at the university level."
http://infomine.ucr.edu

Internet Public Library
The Internet Public Library is an educational initiative of the University of Michigan School of Information.
http://www.ipl.org/

Librarians' Index to the Internet
A comprehensive collection of more than 8,300 librarian reviewed Internet resources organized by subject.
http://www.lii.org/

Statistics

InfoNation
This interactive database provides official and up-to-date information and statistics regarding the countries of the world.
http://www.cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation/info.asp

Librarians Index to the Internet - Statistics By Topic
http://lii.org/search/file/statistics

Government Statistical Resources from the University of Michigan Library
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html

United States Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/

Reference Tools

Tools by Category