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Reference Update
Portals
Dictionaries and Thesauri
Almanacs
Encyclopedia
Biographical
Atlases
Nations, States, Travel
Fifty States
Government
About Flags
Calculators and Conversion
Calendars, Holidays, This Day in History
Math Remedies
Periodic Tables
Quotations
Reference Portals
University of Albany
http://library.albany.edu/reference/
iTools
http://www.iTools.com/
Bartleby.com
http://www.bartleby.com/reference/
Library Spot
http://www.libraryspot.com/
DeskRef
http://ansernet.rcls.org/deskref/
Know Play
http://www.kplay.cc/reference.html
High School Hub
http://highschoolhub.org/hub/hub.cfm
Encarta Reference
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/reference.aspx
KidsClick! Reference
http://kidsclick.org/topfact.html
Atomic Integrated Information on Demand
http://www.atomica.com/us/
bigchalk Homework Central
http://www.bigchalk.com
Multnomah County Library’s Homework Center
http://www.multcolib.org/homework/
Homework Spot
http://homeworkspot.com
Library Spot
http://libraryspot.com
New York Times Navigator
http://www.nytimes.com/navigator
Dictionaries
& Thesauri
YourDictionary.com
http://yourdictionary.com
American Heritage Dictionary the English
Language
http://www.bartleby.com/61/
American Heritage Spanish Dictionary
http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dict_en_es/index.html
Encarta World English Dictionary
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/Dictionary/DictionaryHome.aspx
Merriam-Webster’s Word Central
http://www.wordcentral.com/
Merriam-Webster Online Language Center
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary.htm
Lycos Rhyme Zone
http://rhyme.lycos.com/
Dictionary of Symbolism
http://www.umich.edu/~umfandsf/symbolismproject/symbolism.html/
Write Express, Online Rhyming Dictionary
http://www.rhymer.com/
Glossarist.com
http://glossarist.com
Internet Picture Dictionary
http://www.pdictionary.com/
Little Explorers Picture Dictionary
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Dictionary.html
Visual Thesaurus
http://www.plumbdesign.com/thesaurus/
Free Translation.com
http://www.freetranslation.com/
AltaVista’s Babelfish
http://babelfish.altavista.com/
Internet Public Library’s A+ Research and
Writing
http://www.ipl.org/div/teen/aplus/toc.htm
Capital Community College’s Guide to Grammar
and Writing
http://cctc.commnet.edu/grammar/
Purdue University’s Online Writing Laboratory
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index.html
Common Errors in English
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/errors/
Almanacs
Infoplease
http://www.infoplease.com/
Fact Monster
http://www.factmonster.com
World Almanac for Kids Online
http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/
Fast Facts
http://www.freepint.com/gary/handbook.htm
U.S. Census site
http://www.census.gov/index.html
Old Farmer's Almanac
http://www.almanac.com/index.php
PoliSci.com: The Political Reference
Almanac
http://www.polisci.com/
Afro-American Almanac
http://www.toptags.com/aama/
Encyclopedia
Columbia (concise) Encyclopedia
http://www.bartleby.com/65/
Britannica Concise
http://education.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia/
Encarata Concise
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/home.aspx
World Book Encyclopedia (concise)
See
Catalogs and Databases for the full
version
http://www.worldbookonline.com/
Jewish Encyclopedia
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/index.jsp
EH.Net Encyclopedia (Encyclopedia of
Economic and Business History)
http://www.eh.net/encyclopedia/
Cambridge Encyclopedia of English and
American Literature
http://www.bartleby.com/cambridge/
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/
Encyclopedia Mythica|
http://www.pantheon.org/mythica.html
Encyclopedia Smithsonian
http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/start.htm
Free Internet Encyclopedia
http://www.cam-info.net/enc.html
New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia
http://www.newadvent.org/
Nupedia (open contribution/peer-reviewed)
http://www.nupedia.com/
Wikipedia (collaborative open content)
http://www.wikipedia.org/
Biographical
Biographical Dictionary
http://www.s9.com/biography/
Biography.com
http://www.biography.com/
Lives, the Biography Resource
http://amillionlives.com
PBS Biographies
ttp://www.pbs.org/neighborhoods/history/#bio
Gale (free resources)
http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/
Who2?
http://www.who2.com/
Grolier's American
Presidency
http://gi.grolier.com/presidents
POTUS
http://www.ipl.org/ref/POTUS
President of the United
States
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/index.html
Presidents of the
United States
http://www.presidentsusa.net/
Presidents Index offers
profiles, as well as links, to speeches, writings, and libraries.
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/
Atlases
Encarta Map Center
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/MapCenter/Map.aspx
Geography @About.com
http://geography.about.com/
All the Worlds Maps
http://www.embassyworld.com/maps/maps.html
Perry Casteñeda Map
Collection
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/index.html
Historical Atlas of the
Twentieth Century
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/20centry.htm
United Nations Cartographic Section
http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/english/
American Memory Maps Collections
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html
Places in the News
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/plnews.html
National Atlas
http://nationalatlas.gov/
National Geographic’s Map Machine
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/
Color Landform Atlas of the United States
http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/states.html
TopoZone
http://www.topozone.com/
MapQuest
http://mapquest.com
MapBlast.com
http://www.mapblast.com
Maporama
http://www.maporama.com/share/
MultiMap.com
http://uk2.multimap.com/
Nations, States,
Travel
General Travel
Sites
http://mciu.org/~spjvweb/maps.html
Library of Congress Country Studies
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/
Library of Congress is Portals to the World
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html
State Department’s
Background Notes
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/bgn/
CIA World Factbook
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Atlapedia Online
http://www.atlapedia.com/
World Statesmen.org
http://www.worldstatesmen.org/
InfoNation (United
Nations comparisons)
http://www.cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation3/menu/advanced.asp
INCORE: Internet Conflict Data Service
http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/cds/countries/index.html
Worldwide Gazeteer
http://www.gazeteer.com/
Ethnologue
(information about world languages)
http://www.ethnologue.com/web.asp
Human Rights Watch
http://www.hrw.org/hrw/
Internet Public Library’s Culturequest
http://www.ipl.org/youth/cquest/
Country Reports.org
http://www.countryreports.org/
Economist Country Briefings
http://www.economist.com/countries/
Amnesty International
http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/aireport/
Lonely Planet’s Destinations
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations
The Fifty States
Internet Public
Library’s Stately Knowledge
http://www.ipl.org/youth/stateknow/skhome.html
50 States and Capitals
http://www.50states.com/
ClassBrain.com State Reports
http://classbrain.com/artstate/publish/
Stateline.org
http://www.stateline.org
Government Information
FirstGov:Your First Click to U.S. Government
http://www.firstgov.gov/
KidsGov
http://www.kids.gov/
Ben’s Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
http://bensguide.gpo.gov
About Flags
Flags of the World
http://fotw.vexillum.com/flags/
World Flag Database
http://www.flags.net
Guide to American Flags
http://www.law.ou.edu/flags.html
Flags of All Countries
http://www.theodora.com/flags.html
Calculators and Conversion
Convert It!
http://microimg.com/science/
Universal Currency
Converter
http://www.xe.com/ucc/
Calculator.com
http://www.calculator.com/
Measure 4 Measure
http://www.wolinskyweb.net/measure.htm
Convert Me
http://www.convert-me.com/en/
Calendars, Holidays,
This Day in History
Alterna Time (chronologies)
http://www2.canisius.edu/~emeryg/time.html
Web Chronology Project
http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/
*This Day in History
http://www.historychannel.com/thisday/
On This Day
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/index.html
*Today in History Archive
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/archive.html
*Facts.com: What
Happened That Day? (subscription)
http://www.2facts.com/stories/mainmenu.asp
*Information Please Day in History
http://www.infoplease.com/cgi-bin/dayinhistory/
DMarie Time Capsule
http://www.dmarie.com/timecap/
Calendar Home.com
http://calendarhome.com/tyc/
KidLink Multicultural Calendar
http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/MCC/
Math Remedies
Discovery School Webmath
http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/webmath/
SOS Mathematics
http://www.sosmath.com/index.html
Periodic Tables
Los Alamos National
Laboratories
http://pearl1.lanl.gov/periodic/default.htm
WebElements
http://pearl1.lanl.gov/periodic/default.htm
Visual Elements
http://www.chemsoc.org/viselements/
Quotations
Bartleby (combined quote index search)
http://www.bartleby.com/quotations/
QuoteLand
http://www.quoteland.com
Quoteworld
http://quoteworld.org
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Springfield Township High School where these links were put together:
Virtual Library
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