Reference Resources
Need help finding and citing information? Check into these Reference Resources.
General Reference Resources
- Reference and Information Services, Hodges Library, UTK
Includes dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopedias, and other resources.
- My Virtual Reference Desk
Bills itself as "the single best source for facts on the web" and includes an extensive array of links to resources, including Bartlett’s Quotations, Strunk & White’s Elements of Style, Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab, Random House Dictionary, Roget’s Internet Thesaurus, and many others.
- Dictionary, Thesaurus
A comprehensive site with dictionaries in many languages, grammar rules, word games, and much more.
Online Style Manuals
Links to various style sheet formats for citing texts, the Internet, and other sources:
- UTK Libraries--General Reference--Style Manuals
Links to several different style manuals, including a handout from Purdue's Online Writing Lab on using the MLA format.