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

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• Dictionaries and Thesaurus
• Citation Manual and Style Guides
• Almanacs
• Statistics and Demographics

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Dictionaries and Thesaurus

• 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

• 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.
  

Citation Manual and Style Guides

American Psychological Association (APA)

• 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.
  

Modern Language Association Handbook (MLA)

• 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 and Turabian Manual of Citation

• 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.

Council of Biology Editors (CBE Style) and Council of Science Editors (CSE Style)

• 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."

Almanacs

• Information Please Almanac
  http://www.infoplease.com/
  This is the online version of the Time Almanac. It is a comprehensive reference source that "allows searching along with the contents of an encyclopedia, a dictionary, an atlas, and several almanacs containing statistics, facts, and historical records."
  

• Guinness Worlds Records
  http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/
  The Guinness Worlds Records site contains "selection of records found in the Guinness World Records database."
  

• GeoHive: Global Statistics
  http://www.xist.org/default1.aspx
  GeoHive Global statistics contains a "collection of tables and graphs featuring statistical look at countries geopolitical data, statistics on human, population of regions, countries, provinces and cities; economics; infrastructure, etc."
  

• The Old Farmer's Almanac
  http://www.almanac.com/
  This site contains "astronomical events, weather conditions and forecasts, recipes, and gardening tips."
  

Statistics and Demographics

International

• Development and Globalization: Facts and Figures (UNCTAD) - (pdf file)
  http://www.unctad.org/en/docs/gdscsir20071_en.pdf
  Published by UNCTAD, this compact statistical reference source covers subjects such as trade, investment, external finance, commodities and manufactures, together with relevant facts about population.
  

• Human Development Reports (UNDP)
  http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/global/hdr2007-2008/
  This is a very useful source material relative to statistics on poverty, literacy, life expectancy, gender-related development
  

• International Trade Statistics (WTO)
  http://www.wto.org/english/res_e/statis_e/statis_e.htm
  This reference material contains a "comprehensive, comparable and up-to-date statistics on trade in merchandise and commercial services for an assessment of world trade flows by country, region and main product groups or services by category."
  

• Least Developed Countries Report (UNCTAD) - (pdf)
  http://www.unctad.org/en/docs/ldc2008_en.pdf
  This is an indispensable statistical reference tool which offers "a comprehensive and authoritative source of socio-economic analysis and data on the world´s most impoverished countries."
  

• OECD Statistics (OECD)
  http://stats.oecd.org/wbos/Index.aspx
  OECD Stat provides a "single online platform where users can discover and access statistical databases from OECD."
  

• UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics
  http://www.unctad.org/Templates/webflyer.asp?docid=10193&intItemID=2068&lang=1
  This is a useful resource material which contains statistical data pertinent to the analysis of international trade, investment and development, for individual countries and for economic and trade groupings.
  

• World Investment Report (UNCTAD)
  http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Page.asp?intItemID=1397&lang=1
  This is a valuable Report which focuses on "trends in foreign direct investment (FDI) worldwide, at the regional and country levels."
  

• World Population Trends (UNDP)
  http://www.un.org/popin/wdtrends.htm
  This is an "excellent annual reference source to world population and trends."
  

• World Tariff Profiles (UNCTAD)
  http://www.unctad.org/Templates/StartPage.asp?intItemID=2068
  Jointly published by the World Trade Organization (WTO), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), this statistical publication gives a "comprehensive picture of tariff and "ad valorem" equivalents in an abridged format."
  

Local

• Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. (PSE)
  http://www.pse.org.ph/
  

• Department of Health (DOH)
  http://www.doh.gov.ph/research_statistics
  This website contains "health data such as health indicators, demographic profile, hospital statistics, surveys, surveillance and links to other health related data."
  

• National Statistics Office (NSO)
  http://www.census.gov.ph/
  Published monthly by the National Statistics Office (NSO), this website contains statistics "on labor and employment, manufacturing indices, family income and expenditures, population statistics and private building construction, previous month's estimates of CPI and inflation rate, including the most recent foreign and domestic trade figures."
  

• National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB)
  http://www.nscb.gov.ph/
  This website is basically designed to provide users the latest information and updates relative to statistical matters in the country.