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How can I find the meaning of the

word `unobtrusive' ?

What developments took place in computer

industry during last year ?

Where can I find a list of all books in Harry

Porter series ?

How can get information on Olympics?

Please give me the names and addresses of

Engineering Colleges in India ?

Biography of K.R Narayanan, former President

of India..

All about Olympics???

History?Baron Pierre de Coubertin?Winter Olympics?Paralympics?Olympic Games host cities?

Reference Sources

• Provide short, to-the-point factual information

• Good starting point – provide definitions & general Information

•Not for continuous reading

•Arranged alphabetical order or according to any classification scheme

EncyclopediasDictionariesDirectoriesAtlases and maps

Encyclopedia

An encyclopaedia is a systematic summary of the knowledge that is most significant to man-kind. It is a work containing information on all subjects or limited to a special field or subject, arranged in systematic (usually alphabetical) order

Getting a general understanding of a subject,

e.g. Artificial Intelligence

For checking general knowledge that you

have forgotten, e.g. Second World War

A very obscure detail, such as the names of

the founders of the United Nations

General Encyclopedia Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Americana Chambers's Encylopaedia Funk and Wagnalls New Encyclopaedia Collier's Encyclopaedia Oxford Junior Encyclopaedia

Encyclopaedia Britannica

http://www.britannica.com/

The Encyclopædia Britannica is a general English-language encyclopaedia published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. The Britannica is the oldest English-language encyclopaedia still in print. It was first published between 1768 and 1771 in , Scotland. The current 15th edition has a unique three-part structure: a 12-volume Micropædia of short articles (generally fewer than 750 words), a 17-volume Macropædia of long articles (two to 310 pages) and a single Propædia volume to give a hierarchical outline of knowledge.

Encyclopedia Americana

Encyclopedia Americana is one of the largest general encyclopedias in the English language. Following the acquisition of Grolier in 2000, the encyclopedia has been produced by Scholastic. The encyclopedia has more than 45,000 articles. Written by 6,500 contributors, most articles are signed by their contributors, available as a 30-volume print set. The online version of the Encyclopedia Americana, first introduced in 1997. It is available to libraries as one of the options in the Grolier Online reference service.

Special EncyclopediaMcGraw-Hill Encyclopaedia of Science and TechnologyInternational Encyclopaedia of Social SciencesEncyclopaedia of Library and Information ScienceEncyclopaedia of Indian Literature

WIKIPEDIA

Wikipedia is a multilingual, web-based, free-content encyclopedia project based on an openly editable model. The name "Wikipedia" is a portmanteau of the words wiki (a technology for creating collaborative websites) and encyclopedia.Anyone with Internet access can write and make changes to Wikipedia articles . Users can contribute anonymously, under a pseudonym, or with their real identity, if they choose.

How can I find the meaning of the

word `unobtrusive' ?

DictionariesDefinitionSpellingPronunciationUsageSynonyms, antonyms and homonymsAbbreviations, signs and symbolsSlangNew words, new meanings for old wordsDialectForeign terms in English writingsGrammatical informationEtymology

Alternate Names for Dictionaries

There are some reference books, which also deal with words but are known by various other names. They have identical purpose with a slight difference in scope.

They are known as,

a) Glossary

b) Lexicon

c) Thesaurus

d) Vocabulary

Glossary

Glossary is an alphabetical list of terms in a particular domain of knowledge with the definitions for those terms

Eg. Glossary of Indian Medicinal Plants.

A Shakespeare Glossary

Lexicon

Lexicon is a dictionary of words of a language, arranged alphabetically giving-meaning in another language

Greek - English LexiconEnglish - Chinese Lexicon of Women Law

Thesaurus

A thesaurus is a reference work that lists words grouped together according to similarity of meaning (containing synonyms and sometimes antonyms)

Roget's International ThesaurusThe Oxford Children's Thesaurus

Vocabulary

It is often used for a stock of words and phrases with brief explanations and meaning restricted to a single work or author

An International Vocabulary of Technical Theater Terms in 8 languages

Biography of Albert Einstein...

Biographical Sources

"A biographical dictionary is a directory of notablepersons, usually arranged alphabetically by

surnames, with biographicalidentification that range from brief outline to

extended narrative"

Features

Full name, pseudonym, etc. of an eminent person

Dade of birth and death, Education

Institutions served, period of service, position held, etc.

Achievements, inventions, etc., Awards received/ year/ purpose

Publications, Professional affiliations

Present address. Telephone number, etc:

Family members (wife, sons, daughters) etc.

India Who's Who

Who's Who of Indian Writers/Sahitya academy

Artists Directory/ Lalita Kala Academy

International Who's Who

Who's Who in the World

Dictionary of lnternational Biography

Rajya Sabha Who' Who

Geographical Sources

MapsAtlasesGlobesGazetteersTravel guides

Year Book

The basic purpose of yearbooks is to record annual developments in a geographicalarea, in a subject discipline or in an organisation.

Directories A list of names, addresses etc., of specific

classes of people or organizations, often in

alphabetical order or in some classification

Europa Year Book

Statesman 's Yearbook

Yearbook of the United Nations

India: A Reference Annual www.publicationsdivision.nic.in

Manorama Year Book

Government publications

Official publication issued by a government publishing facility

Examples:• Statutes• Acts• Government gazette• Debates of parliament

http://india.gov.in/govt/publication.php

Audiovisual media

CD’s, DVD’s, Blu-Ray, Video’s, etc.

House MD. Season one disc 1 [video recording].

Los Angeles: Universal; 2005. MEDOV 1083 HOUSE

Dental anatomy & 3-D interactive tooth atlas [electronic resource]

Bibliographic databases...

• Do not contain full text documents –representations of documents• Usually author, title, source, abstract,keywords• Sometimes a hyperlink to full text version• Important databases for health: Medline,African Healthline, MDConsult, Health &Wellness Resource Center

Newspapers ? ? ?

Periodical publications

-Scientific journals

-Popular magazine

Research reports

-Theses

-Dissertations