University of South Florida - click to return to home page
  | Prospective Students  | Our Students  | Visitors  | Faculty & Staff  | Alumni & Parents  | Business & Community  | Campuses  | 
General Reference > Online Reference > Research Library > The Institute>
stained1.jpg - 26073 Bytes  

Services

Special Collections
Visitor Information
Online
-- Reference Shelf
-- Journals
-- Databases
Search
-- WebLUIS
-- USF Virtual Library
-- Institute Catalogues
About the Library
Institute Publications
A College of the University of South Florida
The Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute
Florida's premier research & training center for behavioral health services research

Research Library: GENERAL REFERENCE SHELF

Dictionaries & Style Guides   |  Directories  |  Statistical Resources & Calculators
Encyclopedias & Textbooks  |  Newspapers & News
    Dictionaries, Style Guides, & Quotations
  1. Acronym Listing
  2. Webster's Dictionary
  3. OneLook Dictionaries: The Faster Finder
  4. Duhaime's Law Dictionary
  5. Glossary of Congressional Terms
  6. Bilingual Dictionaries
    Wait for the large frame to fully load.
  7. Bartleby.com
    Search a combined database of more than twenty reference works, select by topic area (encyclopedia, dictionary, thesaurus, quotations, and English usage), or specific reference work.
  8. APA Publication Style List of Resources (PsychWeb)
  9. Strunk's Elements of Style
  10. Online Technical Writing: Online Textbook
  11. Bartlett's Quotations
  12. BABEL: a glossary of computer oriented abbreviations and acronyms HTML
  13. Glossary of Statistical Terms
    explanations vary from short definitions to extensive explanations, with graphics and hyperlinks
  14. Glossary of statistical terms used in evidence-based medicine

    International Resources
  1. World Time Zone
    Go here and see what time it is anywhere in the world.

Dictionaries & Style Guides   |  Directories  |  Statistical Resources & Calculators
Encyclopedias & Textbooks  |  Newspapers & News

    Directories
  1. Suncom Directory
    (State of Florida State of Florida telephone numbers and information)
  2. AT&T phone number directory
  3. Bigfoot Global E-Mail Directory
  4. Telephone Directories on the Web
  5. GTE commercial phone numbers online
    name, category, and see a location map
  6. International Country & Area Codes
  7. Zip Code Finder
     
  8. Mental Health Facilities Locator
  9. Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator
  10. Therapist Referral Network

Dictionaries & Style Guides   |  Directories  |  Statistical Resources & Calculators
Encyclopedias & Textbooks  |  Newspapers & News

    Statistical Resources & Calculators
  1. National Association of Counties
    This website compiles information about the 3,066 counties in the United States. Features include a comprehensive database of information including county population; census bureau quick facts; elected county officials; county codes and ordinances; and policies.
  2. Statistical Calculators
  3. Statistics Programs (Shareware)
  4. SurfStat Calculators
  5. Interactive Statistical Demonstrations and Tutorials (Shareware)
  6. Food Stamp Benefit Calculators
    Available online
    Available online
    Available online
    Available online(In English, Vietnamese, Chinese, Khmer, and Korean)
  7. BenefitsCheckUp
    Gives a personal report of public programs and benefits for which an individual may qualify. They check over 1,000 programs based within the zip code and state in which an individual lives. It's a little long but worth the effort.

Dictionaries & Style Guides   |  Directories  |  Statistical Resources & Calculators
Encyclopedias & Textbooks  |  Newspapers & News

    Encylopedias, Textbooks, Sourcebooks
    GENERAL
  1. Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 3rd ed.
  2. Encyclopedia Britannica Online
    USF students, staff, and faculty only
  3. The Britannica Guide to Black History
    USF students, staff, and faculty only
  4. Black Facts Online
    Internet Resource for Black History Information

    MEDICAL
  5. The Merck Manual of Geriatrics(2000).
  6. The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, (1996)
  7. The Merck Manual, Home edition in both text and interactive forms
    TECHNICAL
  8. AVP Virus Encyclopedia   Antiviral Toolkit Pro
    TEXTBOOKS
  9. Electronic Statistical Textbook
    business statistics, forecasting, social science statistics and survey research, data mining, engineering and quality control applications.
  10. Knowledge Base: an online research methods textbook
    online textbook for an introductory course in research methods.
  11. Introductory Statistics: Concepts, Models, and Applications © 1997 rev
  12. The The Prism Guide to Interpreting Statistical Results
  13. Statistics Every Writer Should Know
  14. Finding Data on the Internet

Dictionaries & Style Guides   |  Directories  |  Statistical Resources & Calculators
Encyclopedias & Textbooks  |  Newspapers & News
    Newspapers and News
  1. Bradenton Herald
  2. Florida Times-Union
  3. The St. Pete Times
  4. Tampa Tribune

  5. New York Times
  6. CNN Interactive  *
  7. DataTimes   USF Students, Staff & Faculty Only
  8. The Newshour with Jim Lehrer  *
  9. NPR   *

    * Some of these sites may require RealAudio or NetShow.

    Top of page

READY REFERENCE SHELF
Clinical
Legislative and Legal
General

SPECIAL TOPICS
Statistics and Demographics
Tests and Measurements
Webcasts
Mental Health Parity

Welfare and Poverty
Child Welfare
Healthy Start & CHIPs
Education Policy in Higher Education
Distance Education
Service Learning
Community Empowerment
spacer
Copyright © Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida, 13301 Bruce B. Downs Blvd, Tampa, FL 33612-3807 -- (813) 974-4602
spacer
Direct questions or comments about the Web site to
mosad@fmhi.usf.edu
Search the USF Web site Site Map USF home page Links for Prospective Students Links for Our Students Links for Visitors Links for Faculty & Staff Links for Alumni & Parents USF Campuses