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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
Oxford English Dictionary•
Phrase Finder
Translation sources
Your Dictionary.com
Acronym dictionaries:
Acronym Finder
Acronym Master List for LANL•
Acronyms
Dictionary
DOE acronyms
Scientific & Technical Acronyms, Symbols & Abbreviations
WWW Acronym and Abbreviation Server
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
Books in Print•
Online Book Page - over
20,000 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
Columbia Guide to Online Style
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
Leadership Directories• -
The "Yellow Books" - government and business personnel
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
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
Research-It!
Urban Legends
Virtual Perpetual Calendar
xrefer - Combined access to 50+ reference sources
Quotations
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
Dictionary of Scientific Quotations
Land of Quotes
Quotations Home Page
Quote Search
Statistics
American
FactFinder - Social, economic, business data
CIA World
Factbook
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
DOD Per Diem Rates
Federal Employees
Travel - Links to regulations, per diem rates, travel advisories, etc.
GSA
Travel - Policies, per diem rates, advisories
Local Times Around the World
Traveler's Health - CDC information
for international travel
Travel Warnings & Consular Information Sheets
Writing
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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