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Citation Guides

For information on where to locate citation style guides, please visit the library's citation styles page.

Quotations

Barlett's Familiar Quotations (Reference Desk: PN 6081. B 27 2002): This collection of quotations supplies thousands of witticisms, adages, proverbs, sayings, and more from writers, politicians, artists and so on. An extensive index lists quotations by topic.

Technique and Writing

The Public Speaker's Treasure Chest (Reference Collection: PN 4193. I 5 P 7 1986): This guide to public speaking contains helpful information on drafting and delivering speeches, quotations, anecdotes, tips on what to avoid, and more. A table of contents and an index are available.

Thesauri

Roget's Descriptive Word Finder (Reference Collection: PE 1591. K 544 2003): This thesaurus contains thousands of descriptive words and phrases for emotions, qualities, different areas of study and more. This book does not have a table of contents and is not indexed.

Topics and Research

100 Research Topic Guides for Students (Reference Collection: Z 710. B 73 1996): As advertised, this book has 100 research guides on topics in the sciences and social issues. These guides list suggested keywords for online article index and library catalog searching, online article indexes that might be useful, related topics, suggestions for narrowing your topic, and more. There is no index, but a table of contents is available.

10,000 Ideas for Term Papers, Projects, Reports, and Speeches (Reference Desk: LB 1047.3 L 35 1995): This book can be used to help choose a speech topic in dozens of different areas, including the sciences, literature, society and social issues, politics, history, and more. A table of contents is available, but this book is not indexed.

Historical Statistics of the United States (Reference Desk: HA 202. H 57 2006): This five volume set contains thousands of charts, graphs, and tables that cover the population (volume one), work and welfare (volume two), economic structure and performance (volume three), economic sectors (volume four), and governance and international relations (volume five). Each volume contains a cumulative index.

Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2006 (Reference Desk: C 3.134: 2006): This statistical abstract contains thousands of charts detailing the demographics, economics, education, and more of the United States. Indexed.

Statistics Sources (Reference Desk: Z 7551. S 84): Organized topically, this guide to statistics resources points out thousands of different places to find statistical information.