Operations Research

A few sources for basic factual and background info

Library's Reference Tools Page

Check our Reference Tools guide for basic factual or background information.  It lists sites for biographies, dictionaries, encyclopedias, public opinion polls, quotations and more.

Library Ebook Collections With Handbooks and Other "Reference" Materials

We subscribe to many eBook collections.  Those that have a lot of handbooks and other reference materials of interest to Operations Research are listed below.

Electronic Reference Books

Use Library Search to find reference books and ebooks from our various such as Credo Reference, CRCnetBASE, eBrary, IHS Jane's, KNOVEL, and many more.   

As with all of our licensed resources, to access most electronic books, you will need to use a computer on campus, come in through the  VPN, or log in using your NPS credentials when prompted to do so.

Free Reference Tools

Library Search

Print Reference Books

We have many dictionaries and encyclopedias. Here is a brief selection of print titles