College – Virtual Reference Library

Virtual Reference Library

This virtual reference library contains a collection of websites from which general information can be found.

Abbreviations

Acronyma Acronym Finder All That JAS: Journal Abbreviation Sources Scientific and Technical Acronyms, Symbols and Abbreviations

Banks and Building Societies

Abbey Alliance & Leicester Barclays Bank of Scotland The Co-operative Bank Dudley Building Society Halifax HSBC Lloyds TSB Nationwide Natwest The Royal Bank of Scotland West Bromwich Building Society Yorkshire Bank

Biography

Biographical Dictionary Biography.com Lives, the Biography Resource Lives, the Biography Resource

Charities

CharitiesDirect.com Charity Choice

Consumer Information

Advice guide from Citizens Advice Consumer Direct Direct Marketing Association Preference Services Ethical Consumer Green Consumer Guide Office of Fair Trading Postwatch Trading Standards

Dictionaries and Thesauri – English

Ask Oxfords www.bartleby.com Cambridge Dictionaries Online Dictionary.com Dictionary of Difficult Words Merriam-Webster Online (American) OneLook Dictionary Search Thesaurus.com Visuwords Wordsmyth

Dictionaries - Other Languages

AllWords Multi-Lingual Dictionary Geiriadur ar-lein Lexicool.com

Dictionaries – Specialist

Abridged Dictionary of Musical Terms a.k.a. - author pseudonyms, aliases, pen names... Computer User High-Tech Dictionary Derwent Glossary of Patent Terms Dictionary of All-Consonant Words Dictionary of All-Vowel Words Dictionary of Difficult Words Dictionary of Slang Foldoc - Free Online Dictionary of Computing Glossarist Glossary of Business Terms Glossary of Political Economy Terms Glossary of Rhetorical Terms Law Dictionaries Marketing Terms ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science Patent Glossary RhymeZone The White Queen's Dictionary of One Letter Words Webopedia - Dictionary of Internet and IT terms

Encyclopedias – General

Assorted Encyclopedias on the Web Britannica Concise Columbia Encyclopedia Wikipedia

Encyclopedias – Specialist

Enviropedia Healthopedia Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Merck Manual of Medical Information Symbols - Encyclopedia of Western signs and ideograms The Nation Directory WhatIs?

European Information

European Parliament UK MEPs UK Members of the European Parliament

Facts

Changes in the Value of Money over time Guinness World Records World FactBook

Film, Television and Radio

A-Z of BBC Websites BBC-Film British Board of Film Classification British Film Institute (BFI) British Universities Film and Video Council BUBL UK : Television and Radio DocumentaryFilms.net Earlycinema.com European Films Filmmaking.com: The Filmmaking Portal Greatest Films GreenCine Movie Primers Guardian Unlimited Film IFP.org Images: A Journal of Film and Popular Culture Internet Movie Database Internet Movie Script Database Masters of Cinema Movie Page: Scripts Movie Review Query Engine National Museum of Photography, Film and Television National Screen and Sound Archive of Wales Radio Locator Scope: Institute of Film Studies Journal Silent Era: The Silent Film Website

 

Flags

 

Flags of the World

Government Information

Fax Your MP GNN - Government News Network Home Office House of Commons House of Lords Houses of Parliament National Assembly for Wales They Work For You Wales Office

International Organisations

United Nations World Health Organization

Literature

Audio Books (freely available) DawsonEra Poetry Archive Project Gutenberg The Complete Works of Shakespeare

Local Information

Black Country Living Museum Dudley Information Online Dudley Public Library services Dudley Zoo Dudley Metropolian Borourgh Council UpMyStreet Yahoo! Weather - Dudley forecast

Maps

All The Worlds Maps Atlapedia Online Blank and Outline Maps (from About.com) Bodleian Library Map Room Links Data Wales Maps Google Maps - UK Map History / History of Cartography Mappy MSN maps and directions Multimap Old Maps Ordnance Survey RAC Routeplanner Streetmap.co.uk ViaMichelin Worldmapper

 

measurement

 

AskNumbers.com Currency conversion MegaConverter 2 Online Conversion Units of Measurement

 

medical

 

BBC - Health Electronic Medicines Compendium Gray's Anatomy Healthopedia Medinfo Merck Manual of Medical Information NHS Direct Patient UK Yahoo! Health

 

News

 

BBC News Financial Times Google News Guardian Unlimited Independent Internet Public Library : UK Newspapers News Search Portal Paperboy Intute Blog Sky News Sunday Times Telegraph The Big Project - News Section Times Educational Supplement Times Higher Education Supplement Yahoo! News

 

Local Newspapers

 

Black Country Bugle Black Country Newspapers Express and Star

 

Patents

 

European Patent Office Patent Glossary UK Patent Office

 

Postcodes

 

Royal Mail

 

Publishers

 

PubList.com

 

Quotations

 

Famous Quotes and Quotations John Bartlett - Familiar Quotations LitQuotes Quoteland.com Quote Machine Quotes Central Short Dictionary of Scientific Quotations Simpson's Contemporary Quotations

 

Reference Collections on the Web

 

Bloomsbury.com - Research centre Infoplease.com Internet Collegiate Reference Collection Internet Public Library iTools Refdesk ReferenceDesk.org Reference: Dictionary, Encyclopedia, Thesauri, Usage, Quotations, and more The Electric Editors

 

Scientific Information

 

Internet History of Science Sourcebook Laws List Elements Periodic Table

 

Statistics

 

EarthTrends National Statistics Nation Master Neighbourhood Statistics Online Historical Population Reports World FactBook Worldmapper

 

Telephone Directories

 

192.com BT Directory Enquiries Infobel UK Non Geographical alternative telephone numbers Phone Search Locator Yell.com

 

Time and Dates

 

Infoplease Perpetual Calendar Local Times Around the World Timelines - AlternaTime Time Zone Converter World Clock Worldtime World Time Converter

 

Translations

 

Language Translation Lexicool WordReference.com WordReference.com

 

Travel Information - General

 

Countries and Cities Expedia Gapyear.com Lonely Planet Pure Australia Rough Guides Travel Travel Health Visas 4 Australia VisitBritain World FactBook World Travel Guide

 

Travel Information - Accommodation

 

Data Browse UK Travel and Tourism City Guides Smoothhound Youth Hostel Association

 

Travel Information - Air

 

Cheap Flights Ebookers Expedia SkyScanner Travelocity UK-Airport-News.info

 

Travel Information - Buses and Coaches

 

Arriva National Express Traveline Public Transport Information UK Bus Timetables

 

Travel Information - Cars

 

ETA Liftshare

 

Travel Information - Cars

 

OANDA XE.com

 

Travel Information - Cycling

 

Sustrans

Cycling in Dudley

 

Travel Information - Ferries

 

Direct Ferries

 

Travel Information - Rail

 

Eurorail Eurostar National Rail Rail Europe The Man in Seat Sixty-One The TrainLine Traveline Public Transport Information UK Railways on the Net

 

Universities and Colleges

 

Braintrack University Index EducationGuardian University Guide Higher Education Funding Council for England HEFCW - Higher Education Funding Council for Wales Ofsted - Office for Standards in Education Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education UCAS - Universities and Colleges UK Sensitive Map - Universities and HE Colleges Universities UK

 

Wales

 

Data Wales Geiriadur ar-lein HEFCW - Higher Education Funding Council for Wales ic Wales Library Wales National Assembly for Wales National Library of Wales Newspapers in Wales News Wales Wales Office Wales Tourist Board Welsh Development Agency Welsh National Database of Terms

 

Weather

 

BBC Weather Centre The Met Office The Weather Channel Yahoo! Weather Yahoo! Weather - Dudley forecast