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Dictionaries
American Heritage Dictionary
Basic Dictionary
of American Sign Language - Search or browse; Quicktime videos
for many terms
English Dictionaries
Online
Foreign Language Dictionaries
Glossarist - Directory of dictionaries
Merriam-Webster Online
Phrase Finder
Translation sources
Your Dictionary.com
Acronym dictionaries:
Acronym Finder
Acronym Master List for LANL•
Acronyms
Dictionary
Internet Acronym Server
Scientific & Technical Acronyms, Symbols & Abbreviations
Thesauri:
Roget's
Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
WWWebster Thesaurus
Biographical information
Biographical Dictionary - 28,000 people from ancient times to the present day
Biographical Sources - In science and technology
Biography Search -
Over 25,000 people
Nobel Prize Internet Archive
Nobel e-Museum - Nobel Foundation
site for information about the Nobel Prize and all the Laureates since 1901
Marquis Who's Who on the Web•
- Over 1 million biographies of leaders and achievers from around the world in
all fields
Book information
Bestseller lists
Online Book Page - over
25,000 free books on the Web
Where to buy books
Calculators and converters
Conversions
and Calculators
Currency Converter
Citing electronic resources
Citing Web and Internet Resources
Electronic References & Scholarly Citations of Internet Sources
Guide to Citing Government Publications
Citing Electronic Resources
National Library of Medicine recommended Internet formats (pdf)
Sources: their use and acknowledgement
Directories
Phone books/directories
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Encyclopedias
Britannica Online• -
Complete encyclopedia and Internet guide
Columbia Encyclopedia - 6th
ed., 2000
Wikipedia: the free encylopedia
Maps
Atlapedia Online -
Physical and political maps of the world
MapQuest - Maps, driving directions,
traffic
ViaMichelin
Maps -
Route planner, maps, tourist information for Europe
MSN Maps & Directions - Incorporates
MapBlast
Multimap - Street-level maps, including
subway maps of Europe and other countries
Perry-Casteneda
Library Map Collection - Worldwide maps
Rand McNally - Maps, directions
and mileage
TravelPost - Search maps of 4 million cities worldwide
U.S. Gazetteer - Population,
latitude and longitude for U.S. towns, with links to maps and census data
Miscellaneous reference resources
Federal Citizen Information Center
GPO Access - Official,
full-text information from all three branches of the Federal Government
Infoplease - Dictionary, encyclopedia,
atlas and almanac in one
Refdesk.com
Urban Legends
Virtual Perpetual Calendar
xrefer - Combined access to 50+ reference sources
Quotations
Dictionary of Scientific Quotations
Land of Quotes
Quotations at Bartleby.com
Quote Search
Statistics
American
FactFinder - Social, economic, business data
CIA World
Factbook
Citi-data.com - U.S. cities
FedStats - Gateway to over 100 federal
agencies
Los Alamos County QuickFacts from the U.S. Census Bureau
New Mexico
QuickFacts from the U.S. Census Bureau - People, business and geographic
facts
Science and Technology
Pocket Data Book
Statistical Abstract of the United
States
United States Naval Observatory Data
Online -
Sunrise/Sunset, Moonrise/Moonset, Phases of the Moon and other astronomical data
U.S. Census Bureau
Travel
Federal Employees
Travel - Links to regulations, per diem rates, travel advisories, etc.
GSA
Travel - Policies, per diem rates, advisories
Local Times Around the World
Travel.State.Gov - international travel warnings and information
Traveler's Health - CDC information
for international travel
Writing
EServer TC Library - online resources for for professional, scientific and technical communicators
Style Manuals and Instructions for Authors
Tips for Finding Instructions for Authors
Writer's Workshop: Online
Resources for Writers
Writing & Language -
Grammar and style, commonly mispronounced words, etc; from
Infoplease
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