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Reference Desk
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General Reference |
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Refdesk:
Information A-Z. |
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Reference: All
kinds of reference resources including almanacs, atlases, encyclopedias,
medical and legal resources, and more! Library of Congress: The library that has some of everything! Internet Public Library: A wonderful reference center. |
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Almanacs |
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African-American Almanac offers history and
biographies Old Farmer’s Almanac-provides
information on astronomy weather, gardening, and more Refdesk
Daily Almanac-daily information from A-Z;includes crossword puzzles,
jokes, etc. |
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Biographies |
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Academy of Achievement-profiles of extraordinary individuals |
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Biography.com-find
out facts about people |
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Biographical Dictionary-covers
more than 28,000 notable people |
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Catharton.com-a guide to artists, authors, directors, and musicians |
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Distinguished Women-bios of women past and present |
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Index to Biographies
(Columbia Encyclopedia)-over 17,000 biographical entries |
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Inventor
Hall of Fame-bios
by inventor or invention |
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Lives-links to thousands of biographical
resources |
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MEL Biography -a metasite of
biographical resources |
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Presidents of the US-profiles |
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Uncle Sam's Who's
Who-in the federal
government |
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Countries |
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Background Notes -country information from U.S. Dept. of State |
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CIA
World Factbook provides detailed country information |
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Countries
A-Z-general
information, recipes, fact book, etc. |
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CountryReports.org-country info from around the world |
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Flags of all Countries-great flag site |
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Library of Congress
Country Studies-general information |
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Portals to
the World-in-depth
information about nations |
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Dictionaries |
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Dictionary:
Definitions in the English Language, word games and puzzles, foreign language
dictionaries, and a thesaurus. |
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Glossarist:
A glossary directory. |
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Medterms:
A medical dictionary. |
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RhymeZone: Type
in a word to find a rhyme or synonym. |
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Phrase
Finder: Phrases, sayings, quotes,
and clichés. |
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Merriam-Webster
Dictionary: Dictionary,
thesaurus, word games. |
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Encyclopedias |
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Encyclopedia:
Information in different encyclopedias. |
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Encyclopedia
Britannica: Also includes timelines, world atlas. |
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Encarta Online-abridged version of encyclopedia software |
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How Stuff Works-articles about how things work |
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HyperHistory-search timelines of history |
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Maps, Atlases, and Geographical Information |
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Atlapedia: Physical and political
maps of countries from A to Z. Holt,
Rinehart, and Winston World Maps: World, regional, ocean floor maps, etc. Lonely
Planet-Destinations: Maps and information about regions and countries MapQuest: Maps
and driving directions. |
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Nationalatlas.gov: Interactive and multimedia maps; printable
maps. Reference
Maps: Maps of the continents;
political and physical maps. United States
Interactive Map: Learn the state
capitals! World Atlas: Maps around the world and A to Z
message board of countries and cities. |
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Study Tips and Strategies |
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