Reference Books

Textbooks & Supplements

 

Reference E-books

Almanacs & Statistics Dictionaries, etc. (English) Encyclopedias
Atlases, Maps Dictionaries
 (Foreign Languages)
Other
Biography Directories Quotations
Reference Collections Subject Specific Reference Books

 

Almanacs & Statistics
Information Please Almanac
Old Farmer's Almanac
UNESCO Statistical Yearbook

 

Atlases & Maps
World Factbook (CIA)
Columbia Gazetteer of North America

 

Biography

 

Dictionaries (English)
Merriam-Webster Language Center (dictionary, thesaurus, etc.)
Cambridge Dictionaries Online
American Heritage Dictionary
Roget's II New Thesaurus
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable

 

Dictionaries (Foreign language)
The Internet Picture Dictionary - Spanish
The Internet Picture Dictionary - French
Directories
Illinois Blue Book (Government Directory)

 

Encyclopedias
Columbia Encyclopedia (Bartlesby)

 

Other
New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy
Occupational Outlook Handbook
A Guide to Health Careers in Illinois

 

Quotations
Bartlett's Quotations
Columbia World of Quotations
Simpson's Contemporary Quotations

 

Reference Collections
Bartleby's Reference Collection 

 

Subject References by Curriculum

 

Art & Art History
Bloomsbury Guide to Art (with other reference books)
Business
Wall Street Journal Classroom edition
Drivers Education
Illinois Rules of the Road
English
 
Family & Consumer Sciences (Home Economics)
Consumer Information Handbook
Federal Citizen Information Center (download many government consumer guides)
Foreign Language
Health, Medicine, & Physical Fitness
Gray's Anatomy
ADAM Health Illustrated Encycylopedia (from NIH)
Medline Plus Medical Dictionary (NIH)
A Guide to Health Careers in Illinois
Math
Music
Science
Social Studies
RAND Online Publications (New non-fiction publications relating to public policy issues
  
Technology

 
Textbooks and Supplements
Glencoe World History
Saxon Math links to supplemental materials