Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Almanacs, Thesauri, Other Reference Works and Reference Web Sites

• About.Com

• Abbreviations.Com

• Acronym Finder

• American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language

• American Religion Data Archive

• AMG All Music Guide

• Art Cyclopedia

• Babel Fish Translation

• Bartlett's Familiar Quotations

• Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation

• BrainyQuote.Com

• Calendar Zone

• CIA World Factbook

• Columbia Encyclopedia

• Columbia Gazetteer of North America

• Country Reports.Org

• Daily Almanac, RefDesk.Com

• Dictionary.Com

• Dictionary of Slang (UK)

• Dictionary of Units

• Dictionary of Occupational Titles

• Encyclopaedia Britannica Guide to Black History

• Encyclopedia of the Orient

• Encyclopedia of World History, Ancient, Medieval and Modern

• English-French Dictionary

• Fifty States and Capitals

• FreePatentsOnline  "Provides fast, easy-to-use access to millions of patents and patent applications."

• Gallup Organization - Opinion Polls

• Gary Price's List of Lists

• Gray's Anatomy

• Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, Dictionaries and Atlas

• Historic Events and Birthdays, Scope Systems

• HyperHistory Online

• InfoPlease.Com – Family Education Network  Almanacs on different subjects.

• Internet Movie Database

• Internet Public Library: Ready Reference

• Intute: Timelines   A selection of notable events from prehistoric times to the present, broken down into separate subject areas and themes. Each timeline contains dozens of key events which have shaped the world as we know it, together with suggested searches for further information.

• Language Dictionaries and Translators  A collection of foreign language dictionaries

• Librarians Index to the Internet

• Library of Congress, Virtual Reference Shelf

• List of Colleges and Universities that have Closed, Merged or Changed Their Name

• MajorTests.Com

• MedicineNet.Com Medical Dictionary

• The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy 

• Merck Manual of Medical Information

• Merriam Webster Online  Dictionary, Thesaurus, Spanish/English Dictionary and a Medical Dictionary

• Merriam Webster Visual Dictionary Online

• NC Health Info

• OneLook Dictionaries

• Project Guttenberg  Books in the public domain are available electronically.

• Roget's International Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases

• Roget's II:  The New Thesaurus

• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

• Virtual Body

• Virtual Perpetual Calendars

• Voice of America, Pronunciation Guide

• Voice of the Shuttle  Guide to Web pages on a wide range of disciplines within the Humanities.

• Webopedia.Com  "The only online dictionary and search engine you need for computer and Internet technology definitions."

• World Digital Library, Library of Congress  "The World Digital Library will make available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from cultures around the world, including manuscripts, maps, rare books, musical scores, recordings, films, prints, photographs, architectural drawings, and other significant cultural materials. The objectives of the World Digital Library are to promote international and inter-cultural understanding and awareness, provide resources to educators, expand non-English and non-Western content on the Internet, and to contribute to scholarly research."

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