General Reference

Almanacs

Atlases, Maps, and Flags

Dictionaries

Encyclopedias

Quotations

Reference Gateways

Thesauri

Translators

Writing Resources


Almanacs

Fact Monster  --  Designed by Information Please for Kids; presents facts on a wide range of subjects, as well as trivia and homework help.

Farmer's Almanac  --  Includes weather predictions, seasonal advice, weekly wisdom, gardening tips and more.

Information Please  --  Provides statistical information on the United States, sports, entertainment, society, news and many other topics.

 

Atlases, Maps, Flags

Blank State Outline Maps  --  Outline maps of each U.S. state with the capital and a major city.

CIA World Factbook   --  Maps are included in the country profiles.

Flags of All Countries  --  Flags with a flag identifier by color or design element. 

Hargrett Library   --   Manuscripts and rare maps arranged by period of US history. 

National Geographic MapMachine   --  Provides online dynamic atlas and street maps. 

Outline Maps   --  Continent/hemisphere outline maps plus maps of climate, facts and geography.

Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection  (University of Texas)  --   Includes historical, city, political and relief maps.

Terraserver  --  Topographical maps and aerial photographs from the U.S. Geological Survey.

Xpeditions Atlas   --  A variety of maps from National Geographic.

 

Dictionaries

Acronym Finder Dictionary of acronyms and abbreviations.

Merriam-Webster Online:  The Language Center  --  Dictionary and thesaurus--each word listing includes pronunciation, definition and word origin.

RhymeZone -- Combines rhyming dictionary with thesaurus, quotation search and other English language tools.

Webopedia -- Dictionary of computer and Internet terminology.

Your Dictionary  --  Multilingual dictionaries and translating links for over 240 languages.  Includes individual words and colloquial phrases, as well as a thesaurus. 

 

Encyclopedias

Columbia Encyclopedia  --  Online version of the sixth edition.

Encarta Encyclopedia  --  Encyclopedic information with multimedia and related Internet links. (Not all content is free.)

 

Quotations

Bartlett's Quotations from Bartleby's 

Quotations Page 

Quoteland

 

 

 

Reference Gateways

HomeworkSpot  --  Web resources for elementary, middle and high school students.

High School Ace  --  Educational resources for high school students.

Internet Public Library  --  Collection of Internet resources.

Librarians' Internet Index -- Searchable and annotated subject directory of Internet resources.

 

Thesauri

Thesaurus.com

Roget's II:  The New Thesaurus 

 

Translators

Babel Fish Translation -- Translates text and web pages.

Travlang's Translating Dictionaries -- Online dictionaries for a variety of languages.

Your Dictionary  --  Translating links as well as multilingual dictionaries  

 

Writing Resources  

Grammar Bytes

Guide for Writing Research Papers:  Capital Community College (Hartford, CT)

IPL Teenspace: A+ Research and Writing 

Research and Documentation Online by Diana Hacker


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