electronic reference sources at Athens State

1. Electronic Reference
Sources
Athens State University Library

2. Electronic Reference Sources
• Available remotely through the Internet, although access may be
limited to select patrons due to copyright and licensing restrictions
• Updates can be more immediate
• Full text searching via keyword

3. Subscription Reference Sources
• American FactFinder
• Credo Reference (books)
• Encyclopedia Britannica
• Oxford English Dictionary
• Oxford Reference Online
• Oxford Scholarship
• Statistical Abstracts of the
United States
Direct link to Athens Databases by Title

4. U.S. Government Information
• Government information is produced on a broad range of subjects
• Information is usually reliable and objective
• Many U.S. Government publications now freely available through
the Internet
• Publications in paper form available in designated federal
depository libraries
• The Salmon Library on the campus of UAHuntsville is one of the FDLP
libraries
• Link to list of depository libraries in Alabama:
http://www.lib.ua.edu/govinfo/directory_region

5. USA.gov
is a comprehensive search engine for the
retrieval of federal, state, and local
government information.

6. Congress.gov
is a great starting point for current U.S.
legislation. It includes information about,
and status of, bills and public laws, along
with sponsorship and recent activity—all
searchable by keyword, bill number, or other
points of access.

7. American Memory
(http://memory.loc.gov/ammem)
allows access to some of the Library of
Congress’s digitized primary source material
documenting US history, including important
writings, sound recordings, still & moving
images, and maps.

8. The Library of
Congress’s “Guide to
Law Online”
(www.loc.gov/law/help/guide.php)
contains a wealth of links to international,
federal (including Supreme Court opinion),
and individual state laws.

9. The National
Institutes of Health
website
(www.nih.gov)
provides searchable access to health &
medical information for consumers and
professionals.

10. Some Other US Govt. Web Sites
• White House: www.whitehouse.gov
• US Senate: www.senate.gov
• US House of Representatives: www.house.gov
• US Supreme Court: www.supremecourt.gov
• US Department of State: www.state.gov
• US Department of Labor: www.dol.gov
• US Department of Education: www.ed.gov
• ERIC Index: Educational Journals: eric.ed.gov
• PubMed index to medical journals:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/
• NASA: www.nasa.gov

11. Alabama.gov
is Alabama’s official web site. It contains
information pertaining to the state’s
government, economic & business
climate, travel destinations, and
educational system.

12. The Alabama
Legislature
(www.legislature.state.al.us)
provides access to current and historical
legislative information, as well as
information about state legislators.

13. Alabama Department
of Archives and
History
(www.archives.state.al.us)
provides rich information on Alabama
history, including textual primary sources,
filmed oral history interviews, and
photographs & pictures. A collection of
school curriculum materials is also included.

14. AlabamaMosaic
(www.alabamamosaic.org)
is a searchable digital collection of books,
photographs, letters, manuscripts, and sound
recordings documenting the life and history
of the state. Materials are provided by
archives, university & public libraries, and
museums throughout Alabama.

15. The Encyclopedia of
Alabama
(http://www.encyclopediaofalaba
ma.org)
is an online, searchable reference source
about Alabama’s history, culture,
government, business & industry, and
geography.