The purpose of the Reference Department is to help our patrons find information. We use a wide array of quality resources to provide the best possible information service. It is our intention to provide a high level of customer service to both walk-in patrons and telephone patrons. Reference Librarians also understand that not every one is comfortable using a computer. We will work with our patrons to find the information they need whether it's in a book, on a specialized database, the Internet, or in our automated card catalog.
Email a Question to the Reference Librarian
The Reference Department often uses the World Wide Web to help its patrons find information. Our Reference Librarians have assembled an excellent list of sites that they use to find quality information on the Web.
SEARCH
ENGINES
Google — One of our favorite
search engines
Ask.com - Great alternative to Google
Go.com — Great all purpose
search engine
Metacrawler — Searches the
Internet by simultaneously searching multiple search engines
GENERAL INTEREST
Librarian's
Index to the Internet
— This important site helps searchers find
reliable Web-based resources.
Bibliofind — Find used and
rare books
NADA Appraisal Guides — Prices
for used cars, boats, RVs, and more
Encyclopedia Britannica — It's a search engine and a full-text
encyclopedia
MapQuest — Get maps and directions
LibrarySpot — It's an online
public library with almanacs, databases and fact finders.
CIA's World Factbook — There's nothing covert about this excellent collection of international statistics, maps, and other data.
HEALTH
SITES
Medicare Part D and Alternative Health
Medline Plus
Vermont Community Health
Information Network — Links to quality health information,
including useful Vermont Web sites.
Health Source Plus —
Access to hundreds of medical journals, medical reference books, and easy
to understand pamphlets, through Thompson Gale's Health & Wellness
Resource Center and Alternative Health Module. (Fletcher Free
Library card required)
MayoClinic.com
— A respected clinic offers general health information
and news
National
Women's Health Information Center
Government
resource with current information about women's health issues
Aetna Intelihealth — In partnership with Harvard Medical School, Intelihealth offers nutritional, pharmaceutical and other health information.
American Medical Association —
Find a Doctor in their physician database
PubMed — Professional
and consumer oriented health information
YourSurgery.com —
Explains surgical procedures, patient preparation and recovery
Fletcher Allen Health Care
— Burlington's
local hospital
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
NEWSPAPERS
New York Times —
Search the NYT website's archives for articles back to 1996. Full
text articles from the past week are free; prior to that, abstracts are
free and full-text articles are available for purchase.
Boston Globe — Search the
Boston Globe website's archives for articles back to 1979. Abstracts
are free, access to full-text articles requires registration.
Dow Jones — From the publishers
of the Wall Street Journal
USA TODAY.
Search
the Burlington Free Press Index — Retrieves citations of
articles from the Burlington Free Press and the Rutland Herald.
Burlington
Free Press — Access thousands of full text articles back to 1999 (Fletcher
Free Library card required)
Burlington Free Press Web
site — Classifieds, Obits., etc. The past week's issues
are available through the News Archives for free.
International
Newspaper Links —
Can't find your newspaper in print?
the Outreach Department has compiled a list of links to foreign language
newspapers.
Countries such as Afghanistan, Bosnia, Congo, Vietnam and more are
represented.
LOCAL
SITES
University of Vermont Bailey/Howe Library
Card Catalog
Flynn Theatre
Greater Burlington
Industrial Corp.
LAW
RESOURCES
Vermont Statutes
— Vermont laws
Frequently Asked Legal
Questions (VT) — Fact sheet for questions about Vermont law
United States Code —
United States laws
Legal Advice from FreeAdvice.com
— Legal advice Web site
Martindale-Hubbell — The most comprehensive database of lawyers in the US
Divorce Central — Includes a handy list of divorce law state by state
Vermont Law Help — Vermont legal information site for nonlawyers
REFERENCE
SERVICES
Obituary
Policy
