Reference Resources
Project Bartleby Archive - complete books available online
Moses Lake Wellfield Contamination Superfund Site - Information and Meetings
COLLEGE & CAREER INFORMATION
Access WA - (click on "Employment" at the bottom left) everything from job listings to statistics about employment in WA
Washington State Department of Personnel - information about working for the State of Washington
WOIS - information about occupations, educational programs, colleges, financial aid & military occupations, as well as access to WOIS' Electronic Portfolio so you can keep track of all your information, includes ASVAB (Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery) book
(contact the library to obtain the site key for off campus access)
WorkSource Washington - search for jobs, post resumes, get career information
GED
The Testing & Education Reference Center offers online study guides and a practice test. Off Campus Access (contact the library for information about passwords)
Financial Aid & Scholarships
- BBCC Financial Aid Dept. - info about grants, loans, scholarships, criteria & forms
- Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form - fill out your financial aid form via the web!
- FinAid! - aid estimator, info on loans, forms etc.
- Information about financial aid from the Department of Education
- Mapping Your Future - exit counseling for financial aid
S.A.T. (Scholastic Aptitude Test)
The Testing & Education Reference Center offers online study guides and a practice test. Off Campus Access (contact the library for information about passwords)
other tests offered through the Testing & Education Reference Center include... SAT Subject Tests, ACT Assessment, PSAT, Advanced Placement (AP), College Level Examination Program (CLEP)
DATABASES AND INDEXES - a complete list of all online resources available from the BBCC Library
DICTIONARIES & THESAURI
Acroynmy Finder - over 124,500 acronyms/abbreviations & their meanings, covers all subjects, with a subjects, with afocus on computers, technology, telecommunications, and the military
Dictionary.com
Roget's Thesaurus
Merriam-Webster Online - dictionary and thesaurus
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - via Encyclopedia Britiannica
(available on campus and at Grand Coulee site only)
Biographical Dictionary
Rhyming Dictionary
Wordsmyth Spanish/English - English/Spanish Dictionary
DIRECTORIES (phone, email, etc.)
Anywho Directory Service
- People, Business, Reverse Lookup, Toll-Free from AT&T Info
Associations on the Net - over 10,000 groups from political parties to trade associations
Dex - yellow & whitepages, order directories, Toll-Free #s, area codes from U.S. West
Switchboard - people, email, businesses, maps, and web pages
SuperPages - yellow, white & city pages, maps, proximity and reverse directory from Verison
Whitepages.com - people, international & toll-free #s, area codes, zip codes, maps, web pages
Yahoo! People Search - phone numbers & email addresses
ZIP Code Lookup and Address Information - from the U.S. Postal Service
ENCYCLOPEDIAS
Encyclopedia Britannica - (on campus only) full access to encyclopedia articles, magazine articles & selected web sites, also includes Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
Britannica.com (Encyclopedia Britannica) this free version offers partial articles from the encyclopedia, magazine articles & web sites, also includes Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
Encyclopedia.com - More than 17,000 short articles from The Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia
Catholic Encyclopedia - 1913 edition, not a complete copy but useful none the less
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