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Evaluating Internet Sources

• The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly or Why It's a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources
• Thinking Critically about World Wide Web Resources

Virtual Reference

 News of the Day

• ABC News
• BBC News
• CBC News Online
• Christian Science Monitor
• CNN
• FOX News
• Headlines - from Yahoo!
• Los Angeles Times
• MSNBC News
• National Public Radio News
• The New York Times
• Online NewsHour - PBS
• Reuter's News Services
• U.S. News Online
• USA Today
• The Village Voice
• Washington Post

General Reference

• Acronym Finder
• Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
• BASE: Bielefeld Academic Search Engine
  
• Biographical Dictionary
• CIA World Fact Book
• Columbia Encyclopedia
• Common Errors in English
• Congress.Org
• Country Studies
• Documents Center at the University of Michigan
• Duhaime's Law Dictionary
• Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr.
• FEDSTATS
• First Ladies of the United States of America
• Government Agencies of Foreign Countries
• INFOMINE
• Infonation
• Information Please Almanac
• iTools
• Merriam-Webster Online
• OFFSTATS - World Statistics
• Presidents of the United States of America
• Refdesk.com
• Regional Knowledge Network
• Statistical Abstract of the United States
• Statistical Sites on the World Wide Web
• USA.gov
  
• Virtual Reference Shelf
• Zip Code Lookup

Local Libraries

• Buffalo and Erie County Public Library
• Buffalo State's Butler Library
• Canisius College Library
• Daemen College Library
• D'Youville College Library
• Erie Community College Library
• Medaille College Library
• Niagara County Community College Library
• Niagara University Library
• Trocaire College Savarino Library
  
• University at Buffalo Libraries
• Villa Maria College Library
  

Online Catalogs

Worldcat
The world's largest union catalog representing the holdings of more than 55,000 libraries worldwide.

Western New York Virtual Union Catalog
This is a web-based online catalog for libraries in Western New York.

The New York State Library Catalog
Search for material in the New York State Archives. Major collections include law, medicine, social sciences, education, science, technology, and American and New York State history.

Libweb
A directory of online library catalogs from more than 145 countries.