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Reference Section
When you are unable to go to the library, you create your own collection of reference works! Here are a few useful links that I have stumbled upon during my research studies.
Primary Research Sources
- Census – The Census Bureau's mission is to serve as the nation's leading provider of quality data about its people and economy.
- Congress – U.S. Congress legislation, Congressional Record debates, Members of Congress, legislative process educational resources presented
- Electoral College – Electoral College National Archives
- Library of Congress – Limited researcher access to restricted digital resources is available on-site by appointment only. Online services, resources available.
- Department of Labour – The Department of Labor provides compliance assistance to small business through “elaws”, an interactive exchange that allows small business owners to ask questions about labor laws.
- Science Direct – Research database used for education.
Research Secondary Institutes
- Brookings – The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, DC.
- Pew Research – Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world.
- ResearchGate – Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world.
- McKinsey & Company – Helping organizations across the private, public, and social sectors create Change that Matters.
- John Hopkins Coronavirus Map – A 60-second, daily summary of the most important data on COVID-19 in the U.S., updated every morning.
Business Research Industries
- Pricewaterhouse Coopers – Professional services network of firms.
- Gartner – Research and advisory company
- InfoTech – Technology Research and advisory company
- CIO – CIO forums
- IHS Markit – Technology updates
- Forrester – Forrester helps organizations grow through customer obsession.
- IDC – Premier global provider of market intelligence and IT
- ISG – Global technology research and advisory firm
- Frost Sullivan – research
Online Dictionary
Okay, okay, okay, there are a LOT of dictionary links below. I like to review various ways that dictionaries define words. This is the best that I can do since I don't have access to the multi-volume version of the Old Oxford Dictionary set. I learned from a librarian many years ago that the Oxford Dictionary volume set provides the best word etymology.
Education’s purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one. — Malcolm Forbes
- Onelook – The goal of this site appears to be the Google of dictionaries.
- Dictionary.com – Information provided by Dictionary.com LLC
- Merriam-Webster – The dictionary of my childhood.
- Learners Dictionary – Very interesting dictionary that I stumbled upon during an evening research session.
- Cambridge Dictionary – Another interesting dictionary that I stumbled upon during an evening research session.
- MacMillan Dictionary – Another dictionary
- Oxford Learners Dictionary – Another dictionary
- Lexico – A surprise and delight dictionary
- Collins Dictionary – Another dictionary
- Oxford English Dictionary – OED through SFPL
Online Thesaurus
Online Encyclopedia
- Encyclopedia Britannica
- Encyclopedia
- Britannica School
- Oxford Research Encyclopedia
- Encyclopedia Britannica – EB through SFPL
With all this research I need to take a rest on the couch. Maybe I can read just one more thing before I drift off to sleep. I am sure I can find something that will answer this final question. Why did we . . .
