Web Reference
This site includes basic research tools such as almanacs, dictionaries and encyclopedias. All sources are selected by librarians. Most sources are available to all. Sources listed as UB Only are limited to current UB students and staff due to licensing.
Last Updated: Dec 11, 2024 3:01 PM
Abbreviations & Acronyms
- Abbreviations.comCollection of hundreds of thousands of acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms.
- Acronym FinderDefinitions of hundreds of thousands of acronyms, abbreviations & initialisms.
- All that JAS: Journal Abbreviation SourcesWeb resources leading to journal abbreviations.
- All-acronyms.comContains more than 600,000 published abbreviations.
Awards & Prizes
- Academy Awards DatabaseA searchable database of all Oscar-winning categories in the motion picture arts & sciences back to 1927.
- Canada's Award Database for Film & TVThe Academy of Canadian Film and Television Awards Database of award winning movies and television programs is provided and maintained by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television.
- Emmy AwardsRecognizing excellence in the television industry.
- Golden Globe AwardsAwards presented each year by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in recognition of the entertainment industry.
- Grammy AwardsWinners back to 1958 of this award celebrating the best of the recording arts and sciences.
- MTV Video Music AwardsAll the categories are covered back to 1984.
- Nobel e-MuseumFind out about all the winners in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology, Medicine, Literature, Peace and Economic Sciences back to the beginning of the award in 1833.
- The Pulitizer PrizesInformation about the award and its winners in the categories of Journalism, Letters, Drama & Music back to 1917
- Tony AwardsThe archives of the theater's most coveted award.
- The Webby AwardsSee the best of the Internet.
Controversial Issues
- CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online)UB Only
Includes working papers from research institutes, conference proceedings, NGO papers, foundation-funded projects, policy briefs, journal literature, and economic indicators. - Opposing Viewpoints in ContextUB Only
Provide a complete one-stop source for information on social issues. - Opposing ViewsProvides different points of view by experts on lots of subjects.
- ProCon.orgPros and Cons of controversial issues
- Public Agenda OnlinePresents policy options on topic of societal concern such as abortion, crime, education, gay rights, immigration, race, etc.
- Religion & PoliticsReligion & Politics is an online news journal, dedicated to the two topics thought unfit for polite company.