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May 06, 2008

Tip: Travel Light with Electronic Stats and Facts Resources

Want to travel light when doing research or classwork on the go? OhioLINK offers dictionaries, a thesaurus, an almanac, numerous encyclopedias and hundreds of other reference books so you can check stats and facts anywhere, anytime. See a complete list of available resources or try some of our favorites on the list below.

  1. Oxford English Dictionary -- A guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past.
  2. Oxford Reference Online -- Over 100 dictionaries, general reference, language reference, and subject reference works from Oxford University Press.
  3. Roget's II: The New Thesaurus -- Contains 35,000 synonyms and over 250,000 cross-references in an easy-to-use format, this thesaurus features succinct word definitions and an innovative hyperlinked category index.
  4. STAT-USA -- A service of the U.S. Department of Commerce that delivers vital economic, business, and international trade information produced by the U.S. Government.
  5. World Almanac -- Includes biographies, encyclopedia entries, facts, and statistics.
  6. World Data Analyst Online -- offers detailed statistical comparisons of countries around the world, using both the most recent statistics and historical figures.

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