Featured Reference eBook Title in the Library

Premium Online Resources for Library Cardholders

• ABC-CLIO eBook Collection
  over 6,000 titles appropriate for middle school through post-high school covering all major subject areas
• EBSCO eBook Collection
  over 22,000 titles available on all topics
• Gale Virtual Reference Library
  specialized encyclopedias and other resources covering major subject areas; may be searched as one collection or by topic: Business, Education, Environment, History, Law, Literature, Medicine, Multicultural Studies, Nation and World, Religion, Science, Social Studies
• Grolier Online Encyclopedias
  includes Encyclopedia Americana Online, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, New Book of Knowledge, New Book of Popular Science, Lands and People, and America the Beautiful

Internet Resources

 Dictionaries • Libraries • Phone Directories • Maps • More Resources

Dictionaries

• Dictionary.com
  free online dictionary, includes sound pronunciation
• Merriam-Webster
  dictionary and thesaurus
• Roget's Thesaurus
  Roget's II, 3rd ed.

Libraries

• Michigan Electronic Library - MEL
  Library of Michigan website providing access to premium online products and catalog and borrowing services from libraries throughout the state
• Michigan Electronic Library (MeL) Full Text Electronic Journal List
  find out which magazines and journals are available online in a full-text form
• MetroNet Library Catalogs
  includes Birmingham, Farmington, West Bloomfield, and other suburban libraries
• Clinton-Macomb Public Library
  large public library in Macomb county
• Interactive Library Directory
  search for Michigan libraries by name, director, location, class, and type
• Oakland Community College
  links to five campus libraries
• Oakland University
  links to OU's Kresge Library and other library information
• Orion Township Library
  your link to the Orion Community
• Suburban Library Cooperative
  includes most Macomb County libraries
• TLN: The Library Network
  includes Auburn Hills Public Library
• Troy Public Library
  search the Troy Public Library catalog
• WorldCat
  OCLC catalog with listing holdings from libraries worldwide

Phone Directories

• AnyWho
  includes toll-free directory
• International Telephone Directories
  search directories from dozens of countries
• Switchboard
  business and residential listings
• SuperPages.com
  residential and business listings, and email addresses
• WhitePages.com
  includes reverse look-up feature
• YellowPages.com
  includes mapping feature

Maps

• Mapquest
  maps, driving directions, and gas prices
• Microsoft Research Maps
  arial photographic and topographical maps
• Yahoo Maps
  get maps, driving directions, or find business locations

More Reference Resources

• Bartleby.com
  includes Familiar Quotations and Columbia Quotations
• Currency Converter
  multilingual currency converter for over 164 currencies
• Librarians' Internet Index
  subject directory of more than 7,000 Internet resources
• Postal Codes
  post office sites from around the world
• Sunrise/Sunset
  includes astronomical data: moon phases, seasons, and holidays
• Time.gov
  displays current time
• Time Zones Around the World
  locate times zones by city, state, province, or country
• Traffic & Construction Reports
  real time traffic reports for the metro Detroit area from Michigan DOT
• Weather.com
  from the Weather Channel
• World Timer Server
  find current time by country or city
• Zip+4 Code Look-Up
  from the U.S. Postal Service