Digital Reference Resources

Searchable database of acronyms.

"An acronym is a kind of abbreviation. The word comes from Greek, meaning heads of names. Acronyms are usually made from the capitalised initials of the words it represents, for example FBI is an acronym for the Federal Bureau of Investigation."

Widget from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (see right-hand column)

Links to inflation statistics, price indexes, and sources of data on changes in the value of money. Also includes special sections such as history of money, financial Scandals, "How do I adjust for inflation?"

Tracks statistics from government information sources to measure questions such as "How fast is the world population growing," "How much are governments growing," and "How many emails have been sent?" Provides statistics related to population, economics, society, media, environment, food, water, energy, and health.

Seeks to create and mantain a web page for every book published, including bibliographic info., subject links, full-text access to out-of-print titles when available, including an option to send the text to a Kindle.