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The UCNJ Libraries offer ready reference resources in online and print book formats. A few examples are listed below. There are many more.
Online resources
Subscription resources (not available for free on the Internet) require full UCNJ log-in to gain access. When prompted to log-in, use the following format:
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ALMANAC
Food History Almanac: Over 1300 Years of World Culinary History, Culture, and Social Influence
HANDBOOK
Crisis Intervention Handbook: Assessment, Treatment and Research
ENCYCLOPEDIA
Funk and Wagnalls Encyclopedia
Print resources
ALMANAC
Nutrition Almanac -- Plainfield: REF 613.2NU959E6
The St. James Press Gay & Lesbian Almanac -- Plainfield: REF 305.9 St1
The World Almanac and Book of Facts -- Cranford, Plainfield: REF 310Wo893 2019
ENCYCLOPEDIA
Class in America: An Encyclopedia -- Plainfield: REF 305.50973 CL568
Encyclopedia of American Race Riots -- Plainfield: REF 305.8 En19am
Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience -- Plainfield: REF 306.903 En19
Encyclopedia of Native American Religions -- Cranford: REF 299.703 HI616Y00
Famous First Facts: A Record of First Happenings, Discoveries and Inventions in the United States -- Plainfield: REF 031 K16
Notable Last Facts: A Compendium of Endings, Conclusions, Terminations and Final Events Throughout History -- Plainfield: REF 031 02Br73
Poverty in the United States: An Encyclopedia of History, Politics and Policy -- Plainfield: REF 339.46Po869
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Costume and Fashion: from 1066 to the Present -- Plainfield: REF 391.009CA273
The Sage Deaf Studies Encyclopedia -- Plainfield: REF 362.4 Ge328
The Women's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets -- Cranford, Plainfield: REF 291.088Wa151
World Fascism: A Historical Encyclopedia -- Plainfield: REF 335.603 WO893
GUIDE
American Quotations -- Cranford, Plainfield: REF 081 CA237
Feminist Quotations: Voices of Rebels, Reformers, and Visionaries -- Plainfield: REF 301.412Fe349
Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses -- Elizabeth, Plainfield: REF 615.1024 Va243e16
Say It In Spanish: A Guide for Health Care Professionals -- Plainfield: REF 468.3421Jo852e2
Smithsonian Field Guide to the Birds of North America -- Plainfield: REF 598.098FL669
HANDBOOK
The Clinician's Handbook of Natural Medicine -- Plainfield: REF 615.535 Pi689e3
The Wounded Warrior Handbook: A Resource Guide for Returning Veterans -- Plainfield: REF 362.1086Hi553e2
MANUAL
The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy -- Plainfield: REF 616Me537e20
Online resources
The following are subscription resources (not available for free on the Internet) and require full UCNJ log-in to gain access:
Biography Reference Bank --covers over 500,000 people and includes more than 36,000 images.
EBSCOhost eBooks --contains biographies.
GALE eBooks --contains biographies.
GALE Literature Criticism --provides author biographies.
GALE Literature Resource Center --provides author biographies.
New York Times-- search for biographies and obituaries of notable people.
Health Calculators
Recently referenced research from a study published in the journal The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology indicates that measurement of Body Mass Index (BMI) provides a reasonable estimate of body fat for most people but has limitations.
For example, BMI may:
BMI and Waist Circumference Calculator -- from the Mayo Clinic: "...it's useful to look at waist size (measured slightly above the hipbones in adults) in addition to BMI. Health risks go up with increasing waist size, regardless of BMI...."
Body Mass Index -- BMI calculator measures your body fat by using your weight and height. Though it can indicate your risk for chronic disease by determining whether you are underweight, normal, overweight or obese, this calculator is not diagnostic of the health of an individual. From the Medical College of Wisconsin.
Clinical Calculators -- from the University of Michigan. These calculators "...are not endorsed nor verified for their clinical accuracy. Verify your calculations before making clinical decisions...."
Target Heart Rate Calculator -- from the UC San Diego Health. NB: its disclaimer: "This tool does not replace the advice of a healthcare provider."
Martindale's Calculators Online Center -- many different types of calculators
Scientific Calculators
Frequency to Wavelength to Energy Calculator -- from Brigham Young University's, Electrical & Computer Engineering Integrated Microfabrication Lab.
Meteorological Conversions and Calculations -- from the National Weather Service, Weather Prediction Center.
Online resources
Dictionaries
Urban Dictionary -- a user written slang dictionary
Thesauri
A Thesaurus of Medical Word Roots
Roget's International Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases
Print resources
DICTIONARIES
A Dictionary of American Idioms -- Cranford: REF 423.1 Ma289e5
A Dictionary of Yiddish Slang & Idioms -- Plainfield: REF 437K
Acronyms, Initialisms & Abbreviations Dictionary Supplement -- Plainfield: REF 423.1Ga131
Bernstein's Reverse Dictionary -- Cranford, Elizabeth, Plainfield: REF 423.1Be458
Dictionary of Antisemitism from the Earliest Times to the Present -- Plainfield: REF 305.892Mi582
Juba to Jive: A Dictionary of African-American Slang -- Plainfield: REF 427.09Ju872
Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing & Health Professions -- Cranford, Plainfield: REF 610.3 Mo85e10
Random House Webster's American Sign Language Legal Dictionary -- Plainfield: REF 371.9127 CO824
Similes Dictionary -- Cranford, Plainfield REF 082 SI45
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language -- Cranford, Elizabeth, Plainfield: REF 423AM35E3
The Gallaudet Dictionary of American Sign Language -- Cranford, Plainfield: REF 419.03Ga135
THESAURI
American Heritage Thesaurus for Learners of English -- Elizabeth: REF 428.1 LE49
Roget's International Thesaurus -- Plainfied: REF 423.1Ro634e7r
Thesaurus of American Slang -- Plainfied: REF 427.973 CH367
CIA World Factbook -- from the US Central intelligence agency, The World Factbook "... provides basic intelligence on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, environment, communications, transportation, military, terrorism, and transnational issues for 266 world entities."
Data.gov -- from the U.S. General Services Administration, Technology Transformation Service, Data.gov is the "...home of the U.S.Government's Open data..."
New Jersey Department of Education Data and Reports -- categories include School and Student Information, Accountability and Performance Data, Finance and Budget Data, Staff Data, School Climate Data, Research, Data Requests and Collections.
United States Census Data -- explore Census Bureau data concerning people and the economy. Categories include population, income, educational attainment, employment status, housing.
Vital Statistics: New Jersey -- from the State of New Jersey, Department of Health. Please note, New Jersey law protects and restricts the release of vital records. Vital records are not public records and cannot be searched online. Full details on how to obtain vital records are explained on the Web page.
The vital records include:
AMA 11th Edition Style Guide-- from Purdue OWL (Purdue University, Online Writing Lab).
AMA 11th Edition Guide with Example Citations-- from Purdue OWL (Purdue University, Online Writing Lab)
APA Formatting and Style Guide-- from Purdue OWL (Purdue University, Online Writing Lab).
Basics of APA Style, 7th Edition -- this is a tutorial from the Academic Writer, an APA teaching tool.
Citation Help -- these are citation resources available through the UCNJ Libraries Web page.
MLA Formatting and Style Guide-- from Purdue OWL.
Using MLA Format -- from the MLA Style Center "...learn how to document sources and set up your paper..."