Reference
Reference Services
Reference librarians are available from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, to answer information questions and assist users in locating materials or accessing the Library's resources. Requests for factual information, addresses, verification, and other questions are accepted in person in the library, by phone 717-531-8634 by email or by web form:
- Submit a reference question via email
- Submit a Literature Search Form (MSHMC/PSU staff and faculty)
General Reference Resources On the Web
Multi-purpose reference sites:
- Internet Public Library Ready Reference Collection
- Librarians' Index to the Internet
- Martindale's: The Reference Desk
- Michigan Electronic Library (click on Reference Desk for links to acronym, anagram, and aphorism resources, and much more):
- refdesk.com
Acronym look-up sites:
Almanacs:
Currency exchange rates:
Dictionaries:
- MEDLINEplus Medical Dictionary from Merriam-Webster list
- Merriam-Webster's Dictionary OnLine
- YourDictionary.com : The Global Language Resource
- MedicineNet.com
- OneLook Dictionary Search
- Oxford English Dictionary OED Online
- Thesaurus.com
Directories:
- Doctor Finder for Patients from the AMA
- DocFinder/Association of State Medical Board Executive Directors
- Directory of America's Hospitals from USNews.com
Dissertations, Abstracts, Thesis:
- Dissertation Abstracts from Proquest
Encyclopedias
Manuscripts
- Uniform Requirements for Manuscript Submission from the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors
Maps
Quotations:
Tax forms:
Telephone directories:
Weather information (Pennsylvania and world):
- Wunderground.com
- Weather.com (The Weather Channel)
Zip codes:
