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Greetings from Langsdale and Xrefer!
Do you need to check a definition, understand a literary reference or a scientific term? Tired of getting too many irrelevant results from Web search engines when you need quick, accurate answers? Need trustworthy reference information with properly formatted citations for your footnotes? Let Langsdale and Xreferplus help.
Xreferplus is now a part of your library's online reference collection, and it features full-text content from hundreds of reference books covering a broad range of subjects. It's a search engine like Google, but instead of searching the entire Internet, your results come from a comprehensive library of trusted reference sources without advertisements, clutter, or irrelevant hits.
Xreferplus
Overview
You have unlimited 24/7 access to Xreferplus from your library. In addition
to using the service in your library, you can also access it remotely
off-campus!
With Xreferplus, you get content from hundreds of reference books covering every major subject. There are over 2 million entries, 65,000+ images (art, diagrams, maps and photos), and over 76,000 audio pronunciation files. The content is enriched by a network of cross-reference links that cut across topics, titles and publishers to give you accurate, contextual results.
Do You Need To...
get results with images or sound files? You can prioritize your search results to view those with images or audio files, or rank results by relevancy or length.
see related results from other sources? In addition to cross-reference links to related entries from within the same title, entries include xreference links, which are links to related entries throughout the database. Xreferences allow you to easily navigate between entries on related topics and can guide you to the most relevant information related to your research.
find topic ideas for papers or research projects? Use the Research Mapper, a visual map that displays the connections between search results and topics in an interactive format. With the Mapper, you can quickly find information when you're not quite sure where to start or want to expand your knowledge of a given area. You can access the Research Mapper from any set of search results, or check it out here.
access statistical international or census data that you can customize and export? The CIA World Factbook and The US Census 2000 State and County QuickFacts feature customizable and interactive tables that allow you to add columns to compare data, sort by column, and export and chart tables.
be able to cite your information easily? You can select APA, MLA or Chicago style for any entry viewed. Xreferplus will format the citation for you!
do some browsing? Adjacent entries are included. These are the three entries that appear alphabetically before and after the entry that you are viewing.
e-mail an entry to a friend? You can email an entry to any other Xreferplus subscriber with one click.
need more
information about Xreferplus content and features? It is very easy
to use and with a little extra guidance, there are step-by-step tours
that illustrate how to find what you need in Xreferplus. Ask anyone of
our librarians! Stop by the reference desk or call 410-837-4274
or email at langref@ubalt.edu.