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Resources are available courtesy of Pius Library.  Please consult Acronyms, Initialisms & Abbreviations Dictionary, 37th ed. in the Gale Virtual Reference Library.

Abbreviations & Acronyms of the U. S. Government
     http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/subjectareas/gov/docs_abbrev.html
From the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolic Library, this site links acronyms used by U.S. Government departments, agencies, etc., to the closest page that explains it.
 
Abbreviations: All that JAS:  Journal Abbreviation Sources
     http://www.abbreviations.com/jas.asp
Site with links to other sites that allow searching for the full title of a journal given its abbreviation.  Some of the sites give other information about the journal such as instructions for the author and whether or not tables of contents, abstracts, and other full-text is available and/or freely accessible.  Subjects covered include General, Biosciences, Chemistry, Economics, Mathematics, and Medicine.
 
Abbreviations.com
     http://www.abbreviations.com/
Search acronyms or abbreviations or browse them by category.
     
Acronym Finder
     http://www.acronymfinder.com/
 
Alphabet Soup
    http://www.current.org/alphabet/index.html
Updated periodically by Current and the National Educational Telecommunications Association this site is "A guide to the often-obscure initials and acronyms in public broadcasting and electronic media." [text from site]
 
Internet Acronym Server
     http://silmaril.ie/cgi-bin/uncgi/acronyms
 
ISO 3166 Country Codes
     http://www.theodora.com/country_digraphs.html
Country Digraphs are the two-letter codes used to identify a country in a URL (Universal Resource Locator) otherwise known as an Internet address.
   
United States Postal Service:  Official USPS Abbreviations
     http://www.usps.com/ncsc/lookups/usps_abbreviations.html
Includes States and Possessions, Street Suffixes, and Secondary Unit Designators such as APT, BLDG, and DEPT.
 

Last updated November 29, 2007.


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