Altapedia Online
"Contains full color physical and political maps as well as key
facts and statistics on countries of the world."
Festivals.com - Celebrating
the World of Festivals and Events
Find out basic information about festivals and celebrations that
are being held in the world. Has keyword searching.
Information Please Almanac
Find answers to your questions in this wide ranging reference work,
which includes an almanac, encyclopedia, and dictionary and lots more.
The Living Almanac
of Disasters
Find out which disasters occurred on a given date, with brief descriptions
and some graphics.
Old Farmer's Almanac
One of the first almanacs published in the U.S. is now online.
States and Capitals (50states.com)
Look here to find out about the states of the U.S and their capitals.
Today In
History
A feature of the American Memory collections of the Library of
Congress. A special historical, primary source feature for each day of
the year.
Webopedia
An online encyclopedia that covers technology and all things related
to computer technology and the Web. Very thorough and complete, with links
back and forth between many concepts and topics.
Biographies
Biographies related to American History. Taken from: An Outline
of American History, a booklet is distributed by the United States Information
Agency.
Biographies
Links to biographical information, organized by subject area of
the person.
Classical
composer biographies
Selected classical composers lives are documented here
Outline of American
History Biographies
The biographies included in the hypertext book about American History.
WIC Biography Index
Links to biographical information about various "women of accomlishment".
Created by the Women's International Center.
A Basic
Dictionary of ASL Terms
Here are a few American Sign Language terms to help those of you
who are trying to communicate with a person who signs, but does not hear.
Also included is the basic alphabet and numbers 1-10.
Cambridge Dictionaries
online © Cambridge University Press 1999
Four different Cambridge dictionaries may be searched from this
site: International Dictionary of English, Dictionary of
American English, International Dictionary of Idioms, International
Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
Connected Thesaurus (Lexical FreeNet)
"Allows you to search for relationships between words, concepts,
and people. It is a combination thesaurus, rhyming dictionary, pun generator,
and concept navigator." Fun to play with: Includes related word browsing
links.
Dictionary
Links (Specialized) from the Human-Languages Page
Dictionaries dealing with specific subjects and areas of interest
are listed and linked here, as well as general dictionaries.
The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
(WEDT)
A full dictionary and a complete thesaurus, integrated into one
work; you only need to look up a word once, with hyperlinks to synonyms,
and similar or related words available where appropriate.
WWWebster Dictionary
An excellent hypertext, online dictionary, offered by the Merriam-Webster
Company, a well known publisher of reference books.
OneLook Dictionaries
Searches various specialized dictionaries, and then organizes their
results, so that the user can choose the context in which the word is to
be defined.
The
Oxford English Dictionary: Browse
Check on the historical development and uses of a defined word
in the English language.
A
Web of Online Dictionaries
Hosts an English language dictionary and links to numerous dictionaried
for languages of thre world. Scroll down the page to access the many links.
Roget's
Thesaurus Search Form
An online, searchable version of Roget's Thesaurus, a recently
updated version, which will find synonyms very quickly, and allow you to
link to different major sections with ease.
Word-Online
General Language Dictionaries
WORD-ONLINE contains links to general language dictionaries that
available free in the WWW or the Gopher. In WORD-ONLINE You will find monolingual
dictionaries like the Webster's or bilingual like Finnish - English Dictionary
or even multilingual dictionaries.
A Dictionary of Units
of Measurement
Helpful for converting units of measurement.
WordReference.com Online German,
Spanish, French and Italian Dictionaries
A dictionary publisher provides dictionaries from several of the
world's languages. Translates both directions.
English-Latin
Word Search
Search for Latin words and their meanings in this searcher from
Project Perseus, which specializes in classical languages and texts.
Catholic Encyclopedia
An encyclopedia related to matters involving the Catholic religion.
This is a broad area, with much historical and biographical information
about many, many related things.
Encyclopaedia
of British History
A wonderful historical encyclopedia created in Great Britain, and
made freely available on the Web by Spartacus Publishing Company.
Encyclopedia
of the Celts
The goal of this work is to "give the reader access to a fragment
of the contents of some of the greater and lesser know works of Celtic
Literature; including works of mythology, legend, fiction and history."
HyperHistory
Online
"HyperHistory presents 3'000 years of world history with a combination
of colorful graphics, lifelines, timelines, and maps."
Kids Encyclopaedia
(Homework Helper)
If the other encyclopedias are over your head, you may want to
give this one a try, designed for the younger student.
Acronym Search - The
ultimate acronym tool
When you hear people use strings of letters (acronyms) when referring
tto something, such as "CIA", do you wonder what they stand for? This page
tells you some of the possible meanings.
Asia Reference
Explains terms used with the study of Asia. "Features a growing
general glossary of terms covering Economics, Business, Politics, Arts,
and Religion... currently lists more than a thousand terms with a particular
strength in the Arts and Religion."
Glossary
of Grammatical Terms
Concise chart of common grammar terms, with Latin meanings as well.
Sports
Glossaries
Use glossaries to four popular sports: soccer, ice hocky, football
and basketball. Simply click on a name of the sport for definitions of
terms and phrases.
Twists, Slugs and
Roscoes: A Glossary of Hardboiled Slang
Explains the slang used in hard-boiled detective novels and films.
The World
Wide Web Acronym and Abbreviation Server
This is a list of (mostly) acronyms (abbreviations constructed
from the first letters of the words of a phrase), not a dictionary or encyclopedia.
For example, if you want to know that ALANON stands for, you can find out
by searching here.
AnyWho
Phone, fax, e-mail addresses are searched for here. Special sections
are available on toll-free numbers.
The Aria Database
"Information about opera and operatic arias. Besides providing
basic information about each aria, the Database includes translations for
many arias and aria texts for those that are not affected by copyright
restrictions."
AssociationCentral.com
A Web portal for all things association-related! Find out about
groups, organization and associations dedicated to a wide range of topics
and interests.
AwardWeb: Collections
of Literary Award Information
Lists of science fiction literary award winners. "The emphasis
is science fiction awards, but you'll find other literary awards as well."
BookBrowse
"A site dedicated to reading, which offers fiction reading lists,
book reviews, forthcoming titles, author information and much more."
CIA Kids Secret
Zone
History, Geography, and the World Factbook presented by the U.S.
Central Intellihence Agency, designed especially for kids! If this
link changes, go to www.cia.gov/cia/ciakids
The
CIA World Factbook
Wide variety of information about countries of the world, including
maps, prepared by the U.S. Central Intellihence Agency.
CNN Travel Guide
Maps, city guides, travel directions and much more travel information
is offered here by CNN.
California
Energy Commission Appliance Efficiency Database
Energy effiency ratings for some common appliances are available
here.
Cliché Finder
Looking for a "well worn phrase"? "Over 3,300 clichés indexed!"
How things get done (eHow.com)
Explains how to do things, and where to buy what you need to do
it with.
Internet 800 Directory
Directory of free toll free, 800 and 888 listings of businesses
by company, number and type of industry, regardless of long distance carrier.
Yellow page advertising, Web pages and banners available.
The Internet Movie Database
Find out about the different movies, actors, directors and other
interesting background on films. Huge! See their Oscar
Awards section!
Maps
and References
"The maps which are listed are categorized by geographical region
although there are a couple of thematic categories such as Interactive
Maps which both highlights the potential of the WWW and are also fun to
use."
Map
Collection
Many maps from around the world are available here, at the Perry-Castaneda
Library's online map collection. Maps are organized by continent, and then
by country.
The PLANTS Database
Includes names, checklists, automated tools, identification information,
species abstracts, distributional data, crop information, plant symbols,
plant growth data, plant materials information, plant links, references,
and other plant information.
Robert's
Rules of Order Revised
The copyright on the original 1915 version has expired. However,
the modifications and enhancements to this work are Copyright © 1996
Constitution Society.
RxList - The Internet Drug Index
Search for information about common prescribed drugs here.
Telephone Directories
An index of online phone books, with links to Yellow Pages,
White Pages, Business Directories, Email Addresses and Fax Listings from
over 150 countries all around the world.
The Tree
of Life
"A collection of over 1380 World Wide Web pages containing information
about the diversity of life, authored by biologists from around the world.
Each page contains information about one group of organisms."
US Census Bureau
The provider of timely, relevant, and quality data about the people
and economy of the United States.
World Flag Database
In addition to flags, "There are over 260 pages on countries and
international organizations. Each page contains basic information on the
country, including its formal name, capital city, area, population, currency,
languages, and religions."
The ZIP Code
Look-Up and City/State/ZIP Code Association
If you need to look up a ZIP Code, the USPS has the answers.
Historical
Map Web Sites
Collection of links to maps of places in earlier times. Provided
by The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection.
How far is it?
"Finds the latitude and longitude of two places, and then calculates
the distance between them (as the crow flies). It also provides a map showing
the two places."
Map
Machine (National Geographic)
Some maps from the world famous National Geographic organization.
Maps in the News
Maps provided in response to events that put a place in the news.
(May not be regularly updated.)
U.S. Gazetteer
Find geographic facts about places in the U.S.
From Doug Turner,
The Quotations Server
Simply enter your search text in the box, and the results will
be displayed in a list.
Quotations About
Libraries and Librarians
A subject guide to topical quotations about libraries and librarians.
The Quotations Page
Lots of quotations are available here, including the Quote of the
Day. Each day a quotation is selected and made available by the click of
your mouse. If you want more quotes, try the Random Quotations Page, which
chooses new quotes every time you load it.
quoteland.com
Quotations on many topics, by many authors, and in many possible
fashions.
Creative Quotations
to Inspire Creative Thinking
Provides thousands of quotations, organized and searchable by various
arrangements (e.g., month, day, theme, famous person.). If this link
is slow, go to www.creativequotations.com
Other General References & Collections
of Information Resources
Federal
Agencies & Commissions
Various government agencies, listed alphabetically, when you search
the U.S. Government Web engine.
Find Articles.Com
This is a free database of magazine and news articles.
Finding Data On The Internet
How to find basic references and information to back up your research.
Designed for reporters, but useful to many others seeking information on
a wide range of subjects.
Pinchbeck
- Reference Section
From the famous student's Homework Helper website. Collection of
links to ready reference works.
Power Reporting resources and
training for journalists
"Here are thousands of free research resources for journalists,
annotated and updated daily: Find people and companies; Check facts; Find
data for your beat; Try new search tools; Subscribe to news alerts; Plan
newsroom training."
Reference. Bartleby.com
A number of high quality reference books are available here includes
"contemporary and classic reference works."
refdesk.com - Quick
Reference / Research
Collection of links to ready reference works. Check out their
main page too!
The Totally Trivia Search
Engine (AbsoluteTrivia.com)
The title says it all!