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Reference Collection

The REFERENCE COLLECTION provides quick information using indexes, almanacs, directories, handbooks, or numerous guides to bibliographic sources. The REFERENCE COLLECTION is located in the Information Room and is arranged by category and then by call number (e.g. REF 17 RA125).

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 Catalogs of books
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 Bibliographies, indexes, and abstracting services
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 Lists of periodicals
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 Equipment and supply catalogs
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 Media Catalogs (e.g. audiovisual, computer software, CD-ROM)
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 Bible, Quotations
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 History (see Historical Library for major collections)
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 Geographical dictionaries, gazetteers, zip codes, atlases
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 Grants and funding
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 Community Service collection; COVS
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 General directories including colleges & universities, research centers, telephone directories
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 Biographical and professional directories
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 Laws, regulations, standards and guidelines
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 Statistics, almanacs and statistical tables
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 Psychosocial and health instruments, scales and tests
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 Drugs and toxicology; herbals
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 General symptom, diagnosis and treatment handbooks; function and value tables; clinical and laboratory tests
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 Encyclopedic handbooks, encyclopedias
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 Language manuals and writing guides
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 Terminology lists, classification and nomenclature guides
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 Dictionaries of abbreviations
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 Dictionaries of foreign languages and subject specialties
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 Dictionaries of the English language and subject specialties
Ready Ref
 Refers to material shelved near the Information Desk
S Ref
 Overflow or older reference material, shelved on Lower Level II
Hist Ref
 Reference material in the History of Medicine; Historical Library