Virtual Reference Room
Title
Description
ENCYCLOPAEDIAS
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Abridged version of the Encyclopaedia Britannica
DICTIONARIES
Medline Medical Dictionary
Ask Oxford
Compact Oxford English Dictionary
Merriam Webster Online
Abridged Merriam Webster English Dictionary
Irish Dictionary Online
Irish – English/ English Irish translation
Language Translations
Major European languages translation
Dictionary.com
Searches multiple dictionaries e.g. American Heritage (2000) and Websters Revised Unabridged (1996)
ATLASES, MAPS
All the Worlds’ Maps
Compilation of national and city maps
Atlapedia
Maps, statistics, demographics
Google maps
Country, region, city maps
GOVERNMENT INFORMATION
Irish Government
Information on the Irish State; Government Departments
Central Statistics Office – Ireland
Demographic, economic and social statistics for the Republic of Ireland
Irish Statute Book
Government of Ireland legislative acts
United Nations
Gateway to the United Nations organisations
European Union
Gateway to the countries of the European Union
The World Health Organisation
Website of the World Health Organisation
CIA – the World Fact Book
World facts
NEWSPAPERS
Irish Times
National News
Irish Independent
The Times – London
UK National News
The New York Times
US National News
The Sligo Champion
Local news
The Sligo Weekender
Local News
The Irish Examiner
National/ Local news
BOOKS – FULL TEXT
Bartleby.com Books
Full text books early editions and classics
Project Gutenberg
19,000 books online – full text of books whose copyright has expired in the United States – mostly texts published before 1923
University Learning In A Unique College Environment