Reference Information

Last updated 97/03/07

Local reference

• Guides to library resources
• Instruction and library tours
• How to understand call numbers -- A brief explanation of how the Library of Congress call number system (i.e., the call number scheme used in the York Libraries) works, and how you can use it to find books in particular subject areas.
• York University information

Internet quick reference

• Currency converter
• Dictionaries and thesauri -- courtesy of the University of Waterloo
• Directories
  • Canada 411 -- telephone listings for the whole country.
  • Switchboard -- U.S. telephone listings.
  • Other telephone and email directories around the world -- arranged by country.
• Postal codes
• University web sites
  • Canada
  • Canadian university programs -- for those interested in comparing university programs in Canada
  • United States
  • International listing of college and university web sites

Go to

• York University Libraries home page.

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