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Jen & Lea’s Favorite Print Resources:
Baldwin’s Ohio revised code annotated. Cleveland, Ohio: Banks-Baldwin Law Pub. Co./West Pub. Co.
Business Plans Handbook. 26 vols. Detroit: Gale Research, 1995-2013.
Chase's Calendar of Events. Chicago: Contemporary Books.
Columbia Granger's Index to Poetry in Anthologies. New York: Columbia University Press.
Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance. 15th ed. 5 vols. Chicago: J.G. Ferguson, 2011.
Grzimek, Bernhard. Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. 2nd ed. 17 vols. Detroit: Gale.
Knowl, Elizabeth., ed. Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. 7th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Layman, Richard, et al. American Decades. 11 vols. Detroit: Gale.
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology. 11th ed. 20 vols. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2012.
The New York Public Library Desk Reference. New York: Hyperion.
Official ABMS Directory of Board Certified Medical Specialists. 3 vols. New Providence, NJ: Marquis
Who's Who, 2012.
Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Physicians' Desk Reference (PDR). Oradell, N.J.: Medical Economics Co.
Standring, Susan, ed. Grey's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice. Edinburgh: Churchill
Livingstone.
The Statesman's Yearbook: The Politics, Cultures, and Economies of the World. New York: St. Martin's
Press.
U.S. Census Bureau. Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2012. . Washington, D.C.: Bernan.
The World Almanac and Book of Facts. Various pubs. 2013 ed.
World Book Encyclopedia. 22 vol. Chicago: World Book, Inc., 2013. Print.
*Local phone books can be super useful too.
Jen & Lea’s Favorite Online Resources:
Federal Government:
Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids:
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/
English:
Purdue Online Writing Lab:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/1/
Useful explanations of U.S. government for adults, too!
General writing help including citations, punctuation and
grammar
Census Information: http://factfinder2.census.gov
Facts: http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/
Government Portal: http://www.usa.gov/
Medicare: http://www.medicare.gov/
Social Security Website: http://www.ssa.gov/
Taxes: http://www.irs.gov/
Math:
MathWorld: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/
Genealogy & Ohio History Websites:
Cyndi’s List: http://www.cyndislist.com/
Family Search: https://familysearch.org/
Ohio History: http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/
Veterans’ Affairs: http://www.va.gov/
Ohio Memory Project:
http://www.ohiomemory.org/
State Government:
http://ohio.gov/
Ohio Obituary Index:
http://index.rbhayes.org/hayes/index/
Department of Aging: http://aging.ohio.gov/home/
Consumer Information:
Consumer Search:
http://www.consumersearch.com/
Great source for statistics about different counties:
http://www.development.ohio.gov/
Job & Family Services: http://jfs.ohio.gov/index.stm
Medical Board: http://www.med.ohio.gov/
Taxes: http://www.tax.ohio.gov/
Veterans’ Services: http://dvs.ohio.gov/
Science/Medicine:
Animal Diversity Web:
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/
Medline Plus:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/
Science Fair:
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/sciencefairce
ntral/
FactCheck.org: http://www.factcheck.org/
Nielsen's MyBestSegments:
http://www.claritas.com/MyBestSegments/Default.
jsp
Great for U.S. demographic information
Politifact: http://www.politifact.com/
World History/Geography:
BBC News Country Profiles:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles/defaul
t.stm
CIA World Factbook:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/theworld-factbook/
Library of Congress Country Studies:
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html