Web Resources for SACO Proposals

Area Studies Reference Sources - see also Geography & Geographic Names Reference Sources (external link)

General

• Country Studies - from Library of Congress
• Index Mundi (external link)
• The World Factbook - from the CIA

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Alaskana

• Alaska Native Knowledge Network (external link)
• Alaskool Central (external link)
• Hubert Wenger Eskimo Database (external link)
• State of Alaska Home Page (external link)

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American Studies

• Aboriginal Links: Canada & U.S. (external link)
• Indian Entities Recognized and Eligible to Receive Services from the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs (PDF)
• Native American Ethnobotany: A Database of Foods, Drugs, Dyes, and Fibers of Native American Peoples, Derived from Plants (external link)
• The Reader's Companion to American History (external link)

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Australian and New Zealand Studies

• AIATSIS Subject Thesaurus (external link) (PDF)
  • AIATSIS Subject Thesaurus: Browseable/Searchable version (external link)
• APAIS Thesaurus (external link) - from Australian Public Affairs Information Service
• Australian History on the Internet (external link)
• Australian History Timelines (external link)
• Australian Literature on the Internet (external link)
• Australian Periodical Publications 1840-1845 (external link) - digital library of Australian journals that began publication between 1840-1845
• Australian Pictorial Thesaurus (external link)
• Australian Science and Technology on the Internet (external link)
• Australian Thesaurus of Education Descriptors (external link)
• Australian War Memorial Online Encyclopedia (external link)
• Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (external link)
• Encyclopedia of Australian Shipwrecks (external link)
• Guide to Australia (external link)
• Iwi-Hapū Names List (external link) - thesaurus of Māori ethnic group names from the National Library of New Zealand
• Māori Subject Headings (external link)
• New Zealand History Website (external link)
• Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand (external link)

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British Studies

• Britannia: UK Travel & British History (external link)
• British History (external link)
• Castles of Britain (external link)
• Castles of Wales (external link)
• CastleXplorer (external link) - castles of England, Scotland, and Wales
• Historical Directories (external link)
• History.uk.com (external link)
• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (external link)
• Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (external link)
• Timeref.org (external link) - history of Medieval Britain
• UK Heritage (external link) - historic houses, castles, and religious sites in the United Kingdom

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Canadian Studies

• Aboriginal Links: Canada & U.S. (external link)
• The Canadian Encyclopedia (external link)
• Canadian Subject Headings (external link)
• Canada's Digital Collections (external link)
• Encyclopedia of British Columbia (external link) - subscription required; free 30-day trial period

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Middle Eastern and North African Studies

• Encyclopaedia of the Orient (external link)

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Polar Studies

• Arctic Circle (external link)
• Polar Web (external link)

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Arts, Humanities, and Social Science Reference Sources

Art, Architecture, Archaeology, Etc.

• Art & Architecture Thesaurus (external link)
• ArtLex Art Dictionary (external link)
• Australian Pictorial Thesaurus (external link)
• Bloomsbury Guide to Art (external link)
• Castles of Britain (external link)
• Castles of the World (external link)
• Castles of Tuscany - Alphabetical Castles Index (external link)
• Castles of Wales (external link)
• CastleXplorer (external link) - castles of England, Scotland, and Wales
• Cities and Buildings Database (external link)
• eHRAF Collection of Archaeology (external link) - requires membership or password; free trial available
• Emporis Buildings: International Database about Buildings, Construction, and the Real-Estate Industry (external link)
• Grove Art Online (external link) - subscription required; free trial available
• Structurae: International Database and Gallery of Structures (external link) - structural engineering database on bridges, tunnels, dams, skyscrapers, stadiums, towers. etc., from Ancient Egypt and Rome to the present
• The Perseus Digital Library (external link) - classical art and archaeology
• Thesaurus for Graphic Materials I: Subject Terms
• Thesaurus for Graphic Materials II: Genre and Physical Characteristic Terms
• UK Heritage (external link) - historic houses, castles, and religious sites in the United Kingdom
• The Urban Conservation Glossary (external link) - glossary of the built environment

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Business and Economics

• Accounting Terminology Guide (external link)
• Deposits.org Dictionary (external link)
• Encyclopedia of American Industries (external link)
• Encyclopedia of Business (external link)
• Encyclopedia of Management (external link)
• Encyclopedia of Small Business (external link)
• Encyclopedia of the New Economy (external link)
• Financial Dictionary (external link)
• Glossary of E-Commerce Terms (external link) - select Press Room from menu
• Glossary Index - from U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
• Glossary of Insurance & Financial Planning Terms (external link)
• Glossary of Insurance Terms (external link) - from A.M. Best
• Glossary of Insurance Terms (external link) - from Insure.com
• Glossary of Risk Management & Insurance Terms (external link)
• Insurance Dictionary (external link)
• Investopedia.com Financial Dictionary (external link)
• InvestorWords (external link)
• STW Thesaurus for Economics (external link)
• The WashingtonPost.com Business Glossary (external link)

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Education

• Australian Thesaurus of Education Descriptors (external link)
• ERIC Database - includes access to the ERIC Thesaurus

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Ethnography, Linguistics, Etc.

• Aboriginal Links: Canada & U.S. (external link)
• AIATSIS Language Thesaurus (external link) (PDF)
  • AIATSIS Language Thesaurus: Browseable/Searchable version (external link)
• American Indian Resource Directory (external link)
• Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger of Disappearing Online (external link)
• Database of the Linguasphere Register (external link) - links to resources on languages of the world from the Linguasphere Observatory
• Demonyms: Names of Nationalities (external link)
• Encyclopaedia of the Orient (external link)
• Ethnologue: Languages of the World (external link)
• Global Glossary (external link) - from Classics Technology Center
• Glossary of Linguistic Terms (external link)
• Indian Entities Recognized and Eligible to Receive Services from the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs (PDF)
• Iwi-Hapū Names List (external link) - thesaurus of Māori ethnic group names from the National Library of New Zealand

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Genealogy, Family Names, Etc.

• Australian Family History and Genealogy on the Internet (external link)
• Jerry Hill Presents Names (external link)
• RootsWeb.com (external link)
• The USGenWeb Project (external link)

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Law

• Criminal Justice Brief, 6E: Glossary (external link)
• Criminal Justice Today, 8E: Glossary (external link)
• Criminal Law Today, 2E: Glossary (external link)
• Criminology Today, 4E: Glossary (external link)
• Duhaime's Law Dictionary (external link)
• Everybody's Legal Dictionary (external link) - from Nolo
• Glossary of Conflict of Laws (P.I.L.) Terms (external link)
• Glossary of Maritime Law Terms (external link)
• Jurisdictionary (external link)
• law.com Dictionary (external link)
• Law Dictionary (external link) - from WWLIA Legal Information Services
• The 'Lectric Law Library's Legal Lexicon's Lyceum (external link)
• Legal Dictionaries (external link) - from Jurist web site (University of Pittsburgh School of Law)
• Legal Dictionary (external link) - from LawInfo.com
• Legislative Indexing Vocabulary

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Library Science

• Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science: ODLIS (external link)

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Media (Film, Radio, Television, Etc.)

• A Glossary of Film Terms (external link)
• Internet Movie Database Film Glossary (external link)
• Radio Form/Genre Terms Guide
• The Moving Image Genre-Form Guide

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Music, Dance, and Theater

• Ballet Dictionary (external link)
• David's Glossary of Theatre Terms (external link)
• Diaspora Dictionary (external link) - In 3 parts (A to I) (external link) (J to Q) (external link) (R to Z) (external link)
• Encyclopedia of Music in Canada (external link)
• A Glossary of Popular Music Terms (external link)
• Glossary of Technical Theatre Terms (external link)
• Grovemusic.com (external link) - access to The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians and The New Grove Dictionary of Opera (subscription required; free trial available)
• Internet Broadway Database (external link)
• Music Dictionary (external link)
• Music Dictionary (external link) - part of Dolmetsch Online (external link)
• Online Music Resources (external link) - from University of Washington Music Library
• Solomon's Glossary of Technical Music Terms (external link)
• Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (external link)
• Yahoo! Music Dictionaries (external link)

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Psychology

• Encyclopedia of Psychology (external link)
• A Glossary of Psychological Terms (external link)
• Online Dictionary of Mental Health (external link)
• Psychology Dictionary (external link)
• Psychology Glossary (external link)
• University of Alberta Cognitive Science Dictionary (external link)
• Visionary: A Dictionary for the Study of Vision (external link)

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Religion, Mythology, Philosophy

• Bible Study Tools (external link)
• The Catholic Encyclopedia (external link)
• The Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names (external link)
• Dictionary of Philosophy of Mind (external link)
• Dictionary of Symbolism (external link)
• Digital Dictionary of Buddhism (external link)
• Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (external link)
• The Encyclopedia Mythica (external link)
• Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (external link)
• The Ism Book (external link)
• JewishEncyclopedia.com (external link) - complete contents of the 12-volume Jewish Encyclopedia, originally published 1901-1906
• The Jewish Virtual Library (external link)
• Mythical-Folk: An On-line Encyclopedia of Mythology and Folklore (external link)
• Overview of World Religions (external link)
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (external link)

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Sociology, Political Science

• iAmericanSpirit Political Dictionary (external link)
• Glossary of Congressional and Legislative Terms (external link)
• Political Dictionary (external link)
• Senate Glossary
• United States Campaign Finance Glossary (external link)
• United States Political Glossary (external link)

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Transportation

• Transportation Research Thesaurus (external link)

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Dictionaries and Thesauri

Gateways

• Encyberpedia Dictionaries, Glossaries, and Thesauri (external link)
• Glossaries, Dictionaries, and Encyclopedias: General (external link)
• The Glossarist (external link) - directory of glossaries and topical dictionaries
• Terminology Collection Online Dictionaries (external link)
• Yahoo! Subject Dictionaries (external link)
• YourDictionary.com (external link)

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English Language

• American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (external link)
• Cambridge Dictionaries Online (external link)
• Heinle's Newbury House Dictionary of American English (external link)
• Infoplease Dictionary (external link)
• Merriam-Webster Online (external link)
• OneLook Dictionary Search (external link)
• Oxford English Dictionary Online (external link) - requires subscription
• Oxford Reference Online: English Dictionaries & Thesauruses (external link) - requires subscription
• Roget's II: The New Thesaurus (external link)
• UNBIS Thesaurus (external link) - United Nations Bibliographical Information System
• USAID Thesaurus (PDF)

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Social Sciences and Humanities

• APAIS Thesaurus (external link) - from Australian Public Affairs Information Service
• Art & Architecture Thesaurus (external link)
• Australian Thesaurus of Education Descriptors (external link)
• ERIC Thesaurus
• Eurovoc Thesaurus (external link)
• Family Thesaurus Online (external link)
• Felix Posen Bibliographic Project on Antisemitism Thesaurus (external link)
• International Thesaurus of Refugee Terminology (external link)
• National Criminal Justice Thesaurus
• Population Multilingual Thesaurus (external link)
• Transportation Research Thesaurus (external link)
• VOCED Thesaurus (external link) - from National Centre for Vocational Education Research

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Science and Technology - see also specific discipline lists

• AGROVOC Thesaurus (external link)
• Engineering Dictionary (external link)
• FireTalk (external link) - from Illinois Fire Service Institute
• Glossary of Water Resource Terms (external link)
• Joint Thesaurus (external link) (PDF) - for the Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDE) and the International Nuclear Information System (INIS)
• Life Sciences Dictionary (external link)
• Mathematics Subject Classification (external link)
• McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms (external link) - subscription to AccessScience required; free sample search and 30-day trial available
• NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
• Physics and Astronomy Classification Scheme (PACS) (external link)
• UCMP Glossary (external link) - for biology and paleontology, from University of California, Berkeley Museum of Paleontology
• U.S. Geological Survey Library Classification System

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Encyclopedias

General

• The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia (external link) - from AllRefer.com (external link)
• Columbia Encyclopedia (external link) - from Bartleby.com (external link)
• Encyclopedia.com (external link)
• Encyclopædia Britannica (external link) - subscription required; free trial available
• Grolier Online (external link) - subscription required; free trial available
• Infoplease Encyclopedia (external link) - articles from the Columbia Encyclopedia
• Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (external link)
• World Book Online (external link) - subscription required; free trial available

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Science and Technology

• McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology (external link) - subscription to AccessScience required; free sample search and 30-day trial available

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Geography and Geographic Names Reference Sources

Geography

• Fundamentals of Physical Geography (external link)
• Glossary of Cartographic Terms (external link)
• PhysicalGeography.net Glossary of Terms (external link)
• Standardization of Undersea Feature Names: Guidelines, Proposal Form, Terminology (external link) (PDF) (English/French version) - also available in English/Spanish version (external link) (PDF)

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Geographic Names

Worldwide | Africa-Belgium | Canada | Central Europe-France | Geologic Names | Great Britain
India-Norway | Pitcairn Island-Switzerland | United States

Worldwide

• Dictionnaire de géographie ancienne et moderne à l'usage du libraire et de l'amateur de livres (external link) - published in 1870
• Directory of Cities and Towns in the World (external link)
• Finnish Place Names Outside Finland (external link)
• A Gazetteer of the Roman World (external link)
• GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names (external link) (PDF)
• GEOnet Names Server (external link)
• Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (external link)
• Index Mundi (external link)
• Jerry Hill Presents Names (external link) - scroll down to Place Names
• The List of Wetlands of International Importance (external link) - in PDF and Microsoft Word (external link) formats
• NSS Geo2 Long & Deep Cave Lists (external link)
• National Geographic Map Machine (external link)
• Orbis Latinus Online (external link)
• Peakbagger.com (external link) - information and statistics about the mountain peaks and mountain ranges of the world
• Peakware World Mountain Encyclopedia (external link)
• The Probert Encyclopaedia Gazetteer (external link)
• Show Caves of the World (external link)
• Volcano World (external link)
• Volcanoes of the World (external link)
• Wiktionary Appendix: Place Names (external link)
• World Gazetteer (external link)
• World Heritage List (external link)
• World Lakes Database (external link)
• Yahoo! Parks and Public Lands (external link)

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Africa

• Historical African Place Names (external link) - from Wikipedia (external link)

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Antarctica

• Antarctic Gazetteer (external link)
• Antarctica - part of Geographic Names Information System
• Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (external link)
• Verzeichnis deutschsprachiger geographischer Namen der Antarktis (external link) = Index of German-Language Antarctic Place-Names

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Asia

• Old World Trade Routes (OWTRAD): A Catalogue of Georeferenced Caravanserais/Khans (external link)
• Old World Trade Routes (OWTRAD): From Afrosiab to Zucchabar: A Gazetteer of Georeferenced Nodes of Long-Distance Communication Routes (external link)

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Australia

• AIATSIS Place Thesaurus (external link) (PDF) from Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  • AIATSIS Place Thesaurus: Browseable/Searchable version (external link)
• Atlas of South Australia (external link)
• Geographical Names Register of NSW (external link)
• History of Country Town Names (external link) - Western Australia
• Karst Index Database (external link)
• List of All Parks & Reserves in NSW (external link)
• NT Atlas and Spatial Directory (external link)
• OzEstuaries (external link)

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Belgium

• Belgium: Places (external link)

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Brazil

• Brazilian Undersea Features: A Gazetteer of Geographical Names (external link) (PDF)

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Canada - see also North America

• Geographical Names of Canada (external link)
• GeoNames Ontario: Ontario's Geographic Names Database (external link)
• Lexicon of Canadian Geological Names On-line (external link)
• Northwest Territories Tourism & Parks General Park Services (external link)
• Northwest Territories Official Community Names (external link) (PDF)
• Nova Scotia Geographical Names (external link)
• Ontario Locator (external link)
• Parks Canada (external link)
• Place Names in the Canadian Rockies (external link)
• Place Names of the Lower Mainland (external link) - British Columbia
• The Streets of Regina and the History Behind Their Names (external link)
• Waterfalls of the Pacific Northwest (external link)
• Western Canada's Migratory Bird Sanctuaries (external link)

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Central Europe

• The JewishGen ShtetlSeeker (external link)

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Costa Rica

• Gazetteer of Costa Rican Plant-Collecting Locales (external link)

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Eastern Europe

• The JewishGen ShtetlSeeker (external link)

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Estonia

• KNAB: The Place Names Database of EKI (external link)
• Lists of Place Names (external link)
• Tallinna tänavanimed = Street Names of Tallinn (external link)

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Europe

• Europe: Forms of Place Names (external link)
• A Jacobite Gazetteer (external link) - lists European sites connected with the Stuart kings-in-exile as well as sites connected with their lineal heirs up to the present day; includes sites in Austria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia, and Vatican

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France

• Chercher une carte en France (external link)
• Dictionnaire topographique du département d'Eure-et-Loir, comprenant les noms de lieu anciens et modernes (external link)
• Les lieux-dits de France métropolitaine (external link)

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Geologic Names

• Geologic Names Lexicon (GEOLEX)
• Lexicon of Canadian Geological Names On-line (external link)
• New Zealand Stratigraphic Lexicon (external link)

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Germany

• Atlas des Deutschen Reichs (external link) - reproduction of 1883 atlas

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Great Britain

• ArchSearch (external link) - Archaeology Data Service
• Castles of Britain (external link)
• Castles of Wales (external link)
• The Gaelic Landscape of Jura: Place Names and Landscape Photography (external link)
• Galloway Placenames (external link) - Scotland
• Gazetteer for Scotland (external link)
• Gazetteer of British Place Names (external link)
• Get-a-Map (external link) - from Ordnance Survey
• Landranger (external link) - search place names on Landranger maps
• Northern Ireland Buildings Database (external link)
• Northern Ireland Sites and Monuments Database (external link)
• Place Names Gazetteer (external link) - from Ordnance Survey
• Place Names of West Aberdeenshire (external link)
• Places-Names of New Cumnock (external link)
• Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (external link)

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Himalaya Mountains Region, see South Asia

India

• The Imperial Gazetteer of India (external link)

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Ireland

• Civil Parishes and Townlands of County Donegal (external link)
• The IreAtlas Townland Data Base (external link)
• Placenames in Ireland (external link)

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Italy

• Castles of Tuscany - Alphabetical Castles Index (external link)
• Churches of Italy (external link)
• A Gazetteer of Italy (external link)
• Mercator's Place Names of Italy in 1554 (external link)


• Rome (Ancient)
• A Gazetteer of the Roman World (external link)

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Japan

• Gazetteer of Japan (external link)

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Luxembourg

• Luxembourg Gazetteer of Villages and Towns (external link)

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Madagascar

• Gazetteer to Malagasy Botanical Collecting Localities (external link)

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Mexico

• Nombres Geográficos del Estado de Tabasco de la República Mexicana (external link)

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Middle East

• Encyclopaedia of the Orient (external link)

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New Zealand

• Marine Parks and Sugar Loaf Islands Marine Protected Area (external link)
• Marine Reserves A-Z (external link)
• New Zealand Gazetteer of Official Geographic Names (external link)
• New Zealand Place Names Database (Archived) (external link)
• New Zealand Stratigraphic Lexicon (external link)
• Official Place Names with Macrons (external link)

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Nordic Countries

• Nordic Place Names Database (external link)

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North Africa

• Encyclopaedia of the Orient (external link)

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North America

• Everything Muskrat - Place Names (external link)
• Columbia Gazetteer of North America (external link)
• North American Gazetteer (external link) - from AllRefer.com (external link)

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Norway

• Spitsbergen (Svalbard) Place Names (external link)

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Planets, see Solar System

Poland

• Genealogical Gazetteer of Galicia (external link)

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Scandinavia, see Nordic Countries

Slovakia

• Gazetteer of Slovakia (external link)
• Slovakia Cave Server (external link)

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Solar System

• Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon (external link)
• Solar System Volcanoes (external link)
• Volcanoes on Mars (external link)

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Sweden

• Svenkst ortnamnslexikon (external link)
• The Swedish Gazetteer (external link)

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Switzerland

• Swissgeo (external link)

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Ukraine

• Genealogical Gazetteer of Galicia (external link)

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United States - see also North America

• General
  • America's Byways (external link) - list of All-American Roads and National Scenic Byways
  • Geologic Names Lexicon (GEOLEX)
  • The United States Show Caves Directory (external link)
  • U.S. Gazetteer
  • Yahoo! Parks and Public Lands (external link) - information on and links for national and state parks and forests
• Alabama
  • Alabama Maps (external link)
• Alaska
  • Spanish Place Names on the Face of Alaska (external link)
• Arizona
• California
  • Jepson Place Name Index (external link)
  • Mariposa County Place Names (external link)
  • Trinity County Areas & Towns (external link)
• Florida
  • Key Names: A Gazetteer of the Islands of the Florida Keys (external link)
• Georgia
  • Georgia Place Names (external link) - by Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia /li>
  • Georgia Place-Names (external link) - by Kenneth K. Krakow
• Kentucky
  • An Electronic Guide to Kentucky Place Names (external link)
  • Kentucky Atlas & Gazetteer (external link)
• Louisiana
• Maine
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
  • Indian Names of Places in Plymouth, Middleborough, Lakeville, and Carver, Plymouth County, Massachusetts (external link) - also available at Internet Archive
• Michigan
• Minnesota
  • Minnesota Place Names (external link)
• Mississippi
• Montana
• Nebraska
• Nevada
  • Dams Database
  • Elko County Place Names (external link)
  • Nevada Ghost Trains & Towns (external link) - includes sections on mining districts and places no longer listed on the official state map
  • Well Log Database
• New England
  • Nipmuc Place Names of New England (external link)
• New Hampshire
  • Railroad Stations in New Hampshire (external link)
• New Jersey
  • Local Names (external link)
  • Municipalities (external link)
• New Mexico
• New York
• North Carolina
• North Dakota
• Ohio
  • Ohio Past and Present Locations (external link)
• Oklahoma
• Oregon
  • Benton County Place Names (external link)
  • Lincoln County Place Names (external link)
  • Polk County Place Names (external link)
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island
• South Carolina
• South Dakota
• Tennessee
• Texas
  • Texas Historic Sites Atlas (external link)
• Utah
  • Utah Place Names (external link) - searchable version included in Utah Collections Multimedia Encyclopedia
• Vermont
  • A Gazetteer of Vermont Places: Real and Imagined (external link)
• Virginia
  • The Virginia Gazetteer (external link)
• Washington State
  • Washington Place Names (external link)
• West Virginia
  • Origins of West Virginia Place Names (external link)
  • Place Names in West Virginia (external link)
• Wisconsin
  • Dunn County Place Names (external link)
  • La Crosse County History: Historic Geographic Descriptions, 1886 (external link)
  • Place Names of Door County and Their Meanings (external link)
  • Wisconsin Lake Finder (external link)
  • Wisconsin Lakes Book
  • Wood County Place Names (external link)
• Wyoming

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Health Sciences and Medicine Reference Sources

• Allergy Glossary (external link)
• Chiropractic Subject Headings (external link) (PDF)
• Diabetes Dictionary (external link)
• A Dictionary of Dental Terms (external link)
• Dorland's Medical Dictionary (external link)
• AIDSinfo Glossary
• Index to Chiropractic Literature Online Subject Index (external link)
• MedFriendly (external link) - medical dictionary
• Medical Dictionary, Medical Terminology (external link)
• The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy (external link)
• The Merck Manual of Geriatrics (external link)
• MeSH Browser
• Mycology Online (external link) - guide to fungal pathogens of humans and the diseases they cause
• The Phobia List (external link)
• PubMed
• TOXNET (Toxicology Data Network)
• Visionary: A Dictionary for the Study of Vision (external link)
• WebMD (external link)
• A Web of Specialized On-line Dictionaries: Dentistry (external link) - Medicine (external link)

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Natural Sciences Reference Sources

General Resources

• Animal Diversity Web (external link)
• AnimalBase (external link)
• Biology Browser (external link)
• Census of Antarctic Marine Life (external link)
• Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (external link) - from CSIRO
• EE-Link Endangered Creatures (external link)
• eNature Field Guides (external link) - covers over 5,500 plants and animals of North America
• The Encyclopedia of Life (external link)
• EUNIS - European Nature Information System (external link)
• European Register of Marine Species (external link)
• Glossary of Biospeleology (external link)
• Index to Organism Names (external link)
• InfoNatura: Birds, Mammals, and Amphibians of Latin America (external link)
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
• International Species Information System (ISIS) (external link)
• ITIS * North America (external link)
• IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (external link)
• Marine Species Database for Eastern Africa (external link)
• NatureServe Explorer: An Online Encyclopedia of Life (external link)
• NCBI Entrez Genome Project
• The NCBI Taxonomy Homepage
• NeMys (external link) - a general online species information system, with original primary focus on marine Nematoda and Mysida
• Nonindigenous Aquatic Species
• SeaLifeBase (external link)
• Species 2000 (external link)
• uBio: Universal Biological Indexer and Organizer (external link)
• WildFinder (external link) - database from World Wildlife Fund
• World Register of Marine Species (external link)

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Amphibians and Reptiles

• AmphibiaWeb (external link)
• Amphibian Species of the World (external link)
• The Amphibian Tree of Life (external link)
• Checklist of Amphibian Species and Identification Guide: An Online Guide for the Identification of Amphibians in North America North of Mexico
• Checklist of the Living Monitor Lizards of the World (Family Varanidae) (external link) (PDF)
• Crocodilian Species List (external link)
• JCVI/TIGR Reptile Databases (external link)
• National Amphibian Atlas (external link)
• Reptiles and Amphibians of the World (external link)
• Scientific and Common Names of the Reptiles and Amphibians of North America Explained (external link)
• Scientific and Standard English names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding (external link)
• Standard Common and Current Scientific Names for North American Amphibians, Turtles, Reptiles & Crocodilians (external link) (PDF)
• World Turtle Database (external link)

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Anatomy

• Lower Extremity Muscle Atlas (external link)
• Master Muscle List (external link)
• Upper Extremity Muscle Atlas (external link)

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Aquatic Invertebrates

• Anchialine Caves and Cave Fauna of the World (external link)
• Annelid Resources (external link)
• Aquatic Species Fact Sheets (external link)
• Brachiopoda World Database (external link)
• Cephalopods of the World (external link) (2005 edition)
• CephBase (external link) - includes list of all living cephalopod species
• Crustacea.net (external link)
• Cumacea World Database (external link)
• Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda (external link) (PDF)
• The Echinoid Directory (external link)
• Field Guide to Freshwater Mussels of the Midwest (external link)
• Freshwater Mussel (Unionoida) Genera of the World (external link)
• Hexacorallians of the World: Sea Anemones, Corals, and Their Allies (external link)
• The Hydrozoa Directory (external link)
• Marine Flatworms of the World (external link)
• Phoronida World Database (external link)
• Phylum Ctenophora: List of All Valid Species Names (external link)
• PycnoBase: World List of Pycnogonida (external link)
• The Seafood List - U.S. Food and Drug Administration
• Stauromedusae: List of All Valid Species Names (external link)
• World Asteroidea Database (external link)
• World Database of Proseriata and Kalyptorhynchia (external link)
• World List of Marine, Freshwater, and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans (external link) - version on Smithsonian site
• World List of Marine, Freshwater, and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans (external link) - version on World Register of Marine Species site
• The World of Copepods (external link)
• World Ophiuroidea Database (external link)
• World Porifera Database (external link)
• World Remipedia Database (external link)

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Biology (Genetics, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Etc.)

• Biology Browser (external link)
• The Encyclopaedia of Actin-Binding Proteins (and Drugs) (external link)
• Human Protein Reference Database (external link)
• Kimball's Biology Pages (external link) - an online textbook
• Primer on Molecular Genetics
• Visionary: A Dictionary for the Study of Vision (external link)

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Birds

• A Field Guide to the Birds on the Web (external link)
• All About Birds (external link) - from Cornell Lab of Ornithology
• Annotated List of Shorebirds (Waders) of the World (external link)
• Annotated List of the Seabirds of the World (external link)
• Avibase: The World Bird Database (external link)
• Bird Checklists of the World (external link)
• Bird Families of the World (external link)
• BirdLife International Search for Species (external link)
• Birds of the World: A Clements-like Listing (external link)
• Birds of the World: Current Valid Scientific Avian Names (external link)
• Check-List of North American Birds (external link)
• Find a Bird Dictionary (external link) - dictionary of birdwatching and ornithological terminology
• Internet Bird Collection (external link)
• Maps & Distribution of the Birds of the Western Palearctic Region (external link)
• Multi-lingual Bird Search Engine (external link)
• Multilingual North European Bird Dictionary (external link)
• Obsolete English Names of North American Birds and Their Modern Equivalents
• The Ocean Wanderers Guide to Shorebirds (external link)
• Online Bird Guide (external link) - from Cornell Lab of Ornithology
• Owls of the World: A List by Name (external link)
• Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter
• Sibley and Monroe's World List of Birds (external link)
• The Sibley-Monroe Classification - List of Families (external link)
• The Sibley/Monroe World List of Bird Names (external link)
• Taxonomic Changes Since Sibley & Monroe 1993 (external link)
• The Up-to-date World List of Birds (external link)
• World Bird Database (external link) - from BirdLife International

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Botany, Horticulture, and Forestry

• AlgaeBase (external link)
• AlgaTerra Information System (external link)
• Angiosperm Phylogeny Website (external link)
• Australian Plant Name Index (external link)
• Bibliography of Systematic Mycology (external link)
• Bryophyte Names Authority List (external link)
• The CABI Bioscience and CBS Database of Fungal Names (external link)
• Canadian Poisonous Plants Information System (external link)
• Checklist of World Ferns (external link)
• A Classification for Extant Ferns (external link) (PDF)
• Comprehensive Listing of Alternate and Botanical Names for Horticultural Crops (external link)
• A Cumulative Checklist for the Lichen-forming, Lichenicolous, and Allied Fungi of the Continental United States and Canada (external link)
• Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
• Electronic Plant Information Centre (ePIC) (external link) - from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• The Families of Flowering Plants (external link)
• Family Names Databases (external link) - fungal family names
• Forestry (external link) - Terminology Collection Online Dictionaries
• Fungal Databases
• Gardener's Dictionary (external link) - from National Gardening Association
• GardenWeb Glossary of Botanical Terms (external link)
• A Global Compendium of Weeds (external link)
• Glossary of Forestry Terms (external link)
• Glossary of Pollen and Spore Terminology (external link)
• GrassBase: the Online World Grass Flora (external link)
• Grass Genera of the World (external link)
• GRIN Taxonomy - Germplasm Resources Information Network, USDA Agricultural Research Service
• GRIN-CA Taxonomy (external link)
• Gymnosperm Database (external link)
• Horticopia Plant List (external link)
• HortiPlex Database (external link)
• ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service (external link)
• ILDIS Legumes of the World (external link)
• Index of Mosses Database (W³MOST) (external link)
• Index Nominum Algarum (external link)
• Index Nominum Genericorum (external link)
• International Plant Names Index (external link)
• Kew Record of Taxonomic Literature (external link)
• Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops (external link)
• Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (external link)
• Mycology Online (external link) - guide to fungal pathogens of humans
• MycoWeb - Mycological Links (external link)
• MycoWeb - Systematic Resources (external link)
• MyxoWeb: A Virtual Field Guide to Myxomycetes (external link)
• Names in Current Use for Extant Plant Genera (external link)
• Native American Ethnobotany: A Database of Foods, Drugs, Dyes, and Fibers of Native American Peoples, Derived from Plants (external link)
• The Plants National Database
• Plant Physiology Online (external link)
• Postcode Plants Database (external link) - information on British flora and fauna
• Provisional Global Plant Checklist (external link)
• The Seaplant Handbook (external link)
• A Synonymized Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands (external link)
• Vascular Plant Families and Genera (external link)
• Vascular Plant Image Library (external link)
• W³TROPICOS (external link) - access to the Missouri Botanical Garden's VAST nomenclatural database and associated authority files
• World Checklist of Monocotyledons (external link)
• World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (external link)
• The WWW Virtual Library: Mycology (external link)

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Fishes and Fisheries

• All Catfish Species Inventory (external link)
• Aquatic Species Fact Sheets (external link)
• Atlantic and Gulf Coast Local Fish Names
• Australian Fish Names Standard (external link) (PDF)
• Catalog of Fishes (external link)
• Checklist of Living Sharks (external link)
• FAO Fisheries Glossary (external link)
• Glossary of Aquaculture (external link)
• Hawaiian Islands Local Names
• LarvalBase (external link)
• List of Animal Species Used in Aquaculture (external link)
• List of Canadian Acceptable Common Names for Fish and Seafood (external link)
• Master Index of Freshwater Fishes (external link)
• NOAA Fisheries Glossary (PDF)
• Pacific Coast Local Names
• The Seafood List< - U.S. Food and Drug Administration
• Standard Fish Names in Australia (Commercial Species) (external link)

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Geology and Earth Sciences

• California Integrated Seismic Network (external link)
• Cave and Karst Terminology (external link) - also in another edition (external link)
• COSMOS (Consortium of Organizations for Strong-Motion Observation Systems) Virtual Data Center (external link)
• Databases and Glossaries (external link) - from Links for Mineralogists (external link)
• Earth Impact Database (external link)
• Earthquake Glossary
• Geologic Glossary
• Geologic Names Lexicon (GEOLEX)
• Geologic Time Scale (external link) - detailed chart from Geological Society of America
• The Geologic Time Scale (external link) - from U.S. Geological Survey
• Geological Time Scale (external link)
• Geologylink Geologic Glossary (external link)
• Geologynet Online Geology Databases (external link)
• GeoMan's Glossary of Earth Science Terms (external link)
• A Glossary-Dictionary-Collection of Terms-Terminology Related to the Field of Geology (external link)
• Glossary of Caving Terms (external link)
• Glossary of Karst Related Terms (external link)
• Glossary of Speleological and Caving Terms (external link)
• Glossary of Volcano and Related Terminology
• Illustrated Glossary of Geologic Terms (external link)
• Lexicon of Canadian Geological Names On-line (external link)
• A Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology with Special Reference to Environmental Karst Hydrology
• Maps and Lists of Current Earthquake Activity (external link)
• New Zealand Stratigraphic Lexicon (external link)
• Seismo-Watch Earthquake News and Information Services (external link)
• Sequence Stratigraphy Terminology (external link)
• Some Volcanic, Cave, and Karst Terms (external link)
• Tsunami Glossary
• USGS Earthquake Hazards Program - includes Historical Earthquakes
• USGS National Strong-Motion Program
• Glossary of Volcanic and Geologic Terms (external link)
• Volcanic and Geologic Terms (external link)
• Volcano and Hydrologic Hazards, Features, and Terminology
• Volcano World (external link)
• Volcanoes of the World (external link)
• Web Geological Time Machine (external link)

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Insects, Arachnids, and Terrestrial Arthropods

• Antbase (external link)
• AntWeb (external link) - includes taxonomic database of the world's ants
• Arachnology Home Page (external link)
• Australian Insect Common Names (external link)
• Bark and Wood Boring Beetles of the World (external link)
• The BioSystematic Database of World Diptera
• BugGuide.Net: Identification, Images & Information for Insects, Spiders & Their Kin for the United States & Canada (external link)
• Butterflies and Moths of North America (external link)
• Butterflies and Moths of the World: Generic Names and Their Type-species (external link)
• Checklist of the Collembola (external link)
• Common Names of Insects & Related Organisms (external link)
• Common Names Database
• Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) of the United States
• English Names of North American Butterflies Occur[r]ing North of Mexico (external link)
• The Families of Diptera (external link)
• Family-group Names for Earwigs (Dermaptera) (external link)
• Field Guide to Common Western Grasshoppers
• Fleas (Siphonaptera) (external link)
• FLOW: Fulgoromorpha Lists on the Web (external link) - online database on planthoppers (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha)
• A Glossary of Entomological Terms (external link)
• Hymenoptera Name Server (external link)
• Insects and Related Arthropods of North America
• LepIndex: The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (external link)
• Mayflies of the United States
• Mayfly Central (external link)
• Nomina Insecta Nearctica (external link)
• The Odonata of North America (external link)
• OdonataCentral (external link)
• Online Termite Database (external link)
• On-line Systematic Catalog of Plant Bugs (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae) (external link)
• Orthoptera Species File Online (external link)
• Plant Bug Planetary Biodiversity Inventory (external link)
• ScaleNet: A Database of the Scale Insects of the World
• The Scorpion Files (external link)
• The Social Insects Glossary (external link)
• Stoneflies of the United States
• TaxoDros: The Database on Taxonomy of Drosophilidae (external link)
• Tiger Beetles of the United States
• Trichoptera World Checklist (external link)
• An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea (external link) (PDF)
• Valid Stonefly Names for North America (external link)
• World Checklist of Extant Mecoptera Species (external link)
• World List of Marine, Freshwater, and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans (external link)
• World Odonata List
• The Zoraptera Database (external link)

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Mammals

• Animal Info: Information on Rare, Threatened, and Endangered Mammals (external link)
• Breeds of Livestock (external link)
• A Checklist of Australian Marsupials (external link)
• Integrated Primate Biomaterials and Information Resource (IPBIR) (external link)
• Mammal Image Library of the American Society of Mammalogists (external link)
• Mammal Species of the World (external link)
• Mammalian Species (external link)
• North American Mammals (external link)
• Primate Fact Sheets (external link)
• Revised Checklist of North American Mammals North of Mexico, 2003 (external link)

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Meteorology

• Glossary (external link) - from Weather Channel
• Hopkins Glossary of Weather Terms (external link)
• NOAA Tidal Terminology Reference/Dictionary (external link)
• The Weather Channel Storm Encyclopedia (external link)

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Microbiology

• Amoebae on the Web (external link)
• Approved Lists of Bacterial Names (external link)
• Bacterial Nomenclature Up-to-date (external link)
• Ciliate Resource Archive (external link)
• Dictionnaire de bactériologie vétérinaire (external link)
• List of Prokaryotic Names with Standing in Nomenclature (external link)
• Microbial Biorealm (external link)
• Protist Image Data (external link)
• Protist Information Server (external link)
• Viral Biorealm (external link)
• Virology Glossary (external link)

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Mineralogy

• Alphabetical Mineral Reference (external link)
• Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms - alternate address (external link)
• Mindat.org - The Mineral and Locality Database (external link)
• The Mineral Gallery (external link) - includes Minerals by Name (external link) and Minerals by Class (external link)
• WebMineral: Atlas minéralogique (external link) - in French

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Oceanography and Water Sciences

• Glossary of Physical Oceanography and Related Disciplines (external link)
• Glossary of Water Resource Terms (external link)
• NOAA Tidal Terminology Reference/Dictionary (external link)
• Tsunami Glossary
• Water Science Glossary of Terms

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Paleontology

• Dinosaur and Paleontology Dictionary (external link)
• Dinosaur Encyclopaedia (external link)
• Dinosaur Genera (external link)
• Elasmo.com : The Life and Times of Long Dead Sharks (external link) - includes list of fossil genera
• The Fossil Record 2 (external link)
• Genera and Species of Paleocene Mammals (external link)
• Glossary of Pollen and Spore Terminology (external link)
• A Guide to the Orders of Trilobites (external link)
• Palaeos: The Trace of Life on Earth (external link)
• The Paleobiology Database (external link)

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Parasitology

• NEMABASE (external link)
• Nematode Species List (external link)
• Turbellarian Taxonomic Database (external link)

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Physical Sciences and Mathematics Reference Sources

General

• AccessScience (external link) - McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology and McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms (subscription required; free sample search and 30-day trial available)

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Astronomy

• Astronomical Glossary (external link)
• The Astronomy Thesaurus (external link)
• Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies (external link)
• The Catalogue of Meteorites (external link)
• Cosmos: The SAO Encyclopedia of Astronomy (external link)
• Data Base of Physical and Dynamical Properties of Near Earth Asteroids (NEAs) (external link)
• ESI HST Guide Star Catalogue (external link)
• Glossary of Astronomical Terms (external link)
• Handbook of Space Astronomy and Astrophysics (external link)
• Imagine the Universe! Dictionary
• The Messier Catalog (external link)
• Meteoritical Bulletin Database - also: Quick Meteorite Name Search (external link)
• NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (external link)
• Physics and Astronomy Classification Scheme (external link)
• Referenced Glossary for Planetary Geology for Teachers (external link)
• SIMBAD Astronomical Database (external link)

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Chemistry

• Acronym Database (external link)
• Biopesticide Active Ingredient Fact Sheets
• Chemical and Other Safety Information (external link) - including Material Safety Data Sheets (external link)
• Chemical Elements.com (external link)
• ChemIDplus
• Chemistry Dictionary (external link)
• Compendium of Pesticide Common Names (external link) - mirror site (external link)
• CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (external link)
• Electrochemistry Dictionary (external link)
• Glossary of Archaic Chemical Terms (external link)
• Hazardous Chemical Database (external link)
• MSDS Provider (external link)
• SIRI MSDS Index (external link)

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Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology

• ComputerUser High-Tech Dictionary (external link)
• Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics (external link) - extensive dictionary
• FOLDOC: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (external link)
• Glossary of Mathematical Terms (external link)
• Mathematics Subject Classification (external link)
• Multimedia Glossary (external link)
• NetLingo: The Internet Dictionary (external link)
• A Visual Dictionary of Special Plane Curves (external link)
• whatis.com (external link) - dictionary of computing and information technology terms

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Physics

• CODATA Internationally Recommended Values of the Fundamental Physical Constants
• Dictionary of Physics (external link)
• A Dictionary of Units (external link)
• Eric Weisstein's World of Physics (external link) - extensive dictionary
• Glossary of Plasma Physics and Fusion Energy Research
• Gravity/Magnetic Glossary (external link)
• How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement (external link)
• International System of Units
• The Laws List (external link)
• Physics and Astronomy Classification Scheme (external link)
• Solar Physics Glossary

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Technology, Photography, Home Economics, Military and Naval Science and History Reference Sources

• ASN Aviation Safety Database (external link) - descriptions of aircraft accidents, hijackings, and other incidents since 1943
• Barkley's OASIS Comprehensive Technology Glossary (external link)
• The Cook's Thesaurus (external link)
• Digital Dictionary - A Glossary of Photographic Terms (external link)
• Engineering Dictionary (external link)
• The Food Lover's Companion (external link)
• Food Lover's Glossary (external link)
• A Glossary of Photographic Terms (external link)
• Glossary of Telecommunications Terms (external link)
• NETC [National Emergency Training Center] Thesaurus (PDF)
• Oilfield Glossary (external link) - from Schlumberger
• The Photographic Glossary (external link)
• The PhotoNotes.org Dictionary of Film and Digital Photography (external link)
• Power Engineering Dictionary (external link)
• Reader's Companion to Military History (external link)
• The Wine Lover's Companion (external link)

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