DLSU-Manila : Library : Reference Tools

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Provide links to web-based resources that could facilitate the location of factual information.

Roget's Thesaurus II : The New Thesaurus
http://thesaurus.reference.com/Roget-Alpha-Index.html
http://www.bartleby.com/62/
A searchable online version of the book by the same title, this site provides access to 35, 000 synonyms and 250, 000 cross references. Features word definitions, hyperlinked category and alphabetical index.

Merriam-Webster online
http://www.m-w.com/
Facilitates access to the print version of Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary Eleventh Edition. Includes thesaurus, audio pronunciations feature, real time words, word games, and other materials in the English language.

Cambridge Dictionaries Online
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/
Intended for non native speakers, this site provides searchable versions of Cambridge's Advanced Learner's Dictionary, Dictionary of American English, International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs, International Dictionary of Idioms, Lerner's Dictionary, Diccionario Cambridge Klett Compact ( English-Spanish ), and Dictionnaire Cambridge Klett Compact ( English- French ).

The Free Dictionary
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Dictionary.htm
Serves as "English, Medical, Legal, Financial, and Computer Dictionaries, Thesaurus, Acronyms, Idioms, Encyclopedia, a Literature Reference Library, and a Search Engine all in one".

Law Dictionary
http://www.law-dictionary.org/
This site offers "a free online law dictionary search engine for definitions of law terminology and legal terms."

Law.Com Dictionary
http://dictionary.law.com/
This online dictionary provides a simple and a cost effective way of searching definition of legal terms.

Free US Law Dictionary
http://www.uslaw.com/us_law_dictionary/
This "dictionary references the most commonly requested legal terms and definitions which have been contributed by thousands of internet users."

Duhaime's Law Dictionary
http://www.duhaime.org/diction.htm
Duhaime's Law Dictionary " offers a one-stop shopping to those who occasionally need to know what a certain legal word means. The definition shows samples of the word used in a law or how it may have been described or used in a law book or a case.'' Links to cited cases are also provided.

APA Electronic References
http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html
Includes information on "how to cite email communications, web sites, specific documents on a web site, articles and abstracts from electronic databases, and web citations in text".

APA Formatting and Style Guide ( Purdue University Online Writing Lab)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
Provides examples for the "general format of APA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the reference page".

APA Citation Guide ( Ohio State University )
http://library.osu.edu/sites/guides/apagd.php
Provides basic guidelines on how to cite sources and offers sample citation format based on the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th edition, 2001.

APA Citation Style ( Cornell University )
http://www.library.cornell.edu/newhelp/res_strategy/citing/apa.html#apa
Focuses on APA's responses to commonly asked questions about the Publication Manual, including APA citation style, reference citation in text and reference lists. Links to other documentation styles is also provided.

Citation Styles Handbook: MLA (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/writer_resources/citation_styles/mla/mla.htm
Explains how to cite sources utilizing the 6th edition of the MLA Handbook and provides specific examples of bibliographic entries.

MLA Formatting and Style Guide (Purdue University Online Writing Lab)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01
Discusses "guidelines for the general format of MLA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the works cited page."

MLA Citation Style (Ohio State University)
http://library.osu.edu/sites/guides/mlagd.php
Provides instructions for reference citations in papers adopting the format prescribed by the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 6th ed. (Modern Language Society, 2003).

MLA Citation Style (Cornell University)
http://campusgw.library.cornell.edu/newhelp/res_strategy/citing/mla.html
"Illustrates principles of layout and format for bibliographies and lists of works cited."

Chicago Manual of Style Citation Guide (Ohio State University)
http://library.osu.edu/sites/guides/chicagogd.php
Provides samples of citations of sources for the disciplines under the natural sciences, social sciences and the humanities.

Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide
http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html
Cites some examples of formatting and documenting references following the humanities (notes and bibliography) and the author-date system documentation styles.

The Chicago Manual of Style (University of Georgia)
http://www.libs.uga.edu/ref/chicago.html
Presents samples of documentation and citations of the different types of references.

Turabian and Chicago Styles Citation (University of California Berkeley Library)
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/instruct/guides/chicago-turabianstyle.pdf
Provides basic guidelines for documenting and citing references as prescribed in Chicago Manual of Style and Kate L. Turabian�s A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Thesis and Dissertations and includes examples.

CBE Style to Cite and Document Sources (Online! Citation Styles)
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/cite8.html
Serves to guide the researcher in citing and documenting online materials as set forth in the sixth edition of Scientific Style and Format: The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers, published by the Council of Biology Editors (now the Council of Science Editors) in 1994.

CSE Citation Guide (Ohio Sate University)
http://library.osu.edu/sites/guides/csegd.php
Presents sample citation format based on Scientific Style and Format: The CSE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers 7th edition, 2006.

Research and Documentation Online
http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/
Provides "guidelines for documenting and citing print and online sources in the humanities, social sciences, history and the sciences and includes samples of bibliographies and list of works cited using MLA, APA, Chicago, and CBE style."

Citing Information: CSE/CBE Style (University of North Carolina)
http://www.lib.unc.edu/instruct/citations/cse/
Discusses guidelines and provides specific examples on " how to provide in-text citations in CSE style, using both the name-year and citation-sequence systems ; how to cite print and online sources in a works-cited page in the name-year system ; and how to cite print and online sources in a works-cited page in the citation-sequence system."