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Reference Resources
Dictionary and Thesaurus
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Merriam-Webster OnLine
http://www.m-w.com/
Includes both the dictionary and thesaurus. This dictionary gives words
nearest to your request, if you are not sure of the spelling.
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Roget's
Thesaurus
http:www.thesaurus.com
This is the web version of the Roget's Thesaurus of English words and
phrases. A good aid to find synonyms for overused words. Words may be
looked up in the thesaurus or dictionary
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OneLook
Dictionaries
http://www.onelook.com
Indexes over 670 online dictionaries including many in specialized subject
areas. You may browse an individual dictionary or glossary or use the
search engine to search all dictionaries at once.
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yourDictionary.com
http://www.yourdictionary.com/
Access 1800
dictionaries in 230 languages.
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VoyCabulary.com
http://www.voycabulary.com/
Online web dictionary
and thesaurus.
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WELL - Web Enhanced Language Learning
http://www.well.ac.uk/
Links to a wide array of Web resources for language learning in some of
the world's major languages; includes dictionaries, news and magazines,
and literature.
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The WWW Acronym and Abbreviation Server
http://www.ucc.ie/info/net/acronyms/acro.html
An award winning searchable list of acronyms and abreviations
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Acronym
Finder
http://www.acronymfinder.com/
Developer: Mountain Data Systems
A searchable database of >186,000 acronyms,abbreviations and initialisms.
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Yahoo's list of dictionaries
http://dir.yahoo.com/Reference/dictionaries/
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French / English Dictionary
http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/FR-ENG.html
Developer: Mark Olsen, ARTFL Project, University of Chicago
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NASA Thesaurus
http://www.sti.nasa.gov/thesfrm1.htm
Quotations
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (of 1919)
http://www.bartleby.com/100/
A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs traced to their sources in
Ancient and Modern Literature
Encyclopaedias
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Encyclopædia Britannica Online
http://subscribe.eb.com/freetrial/
14 consecutive days of free access to the 32-volume Encyclopædia
Britannica.
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Encyberpedia
http://www.encyberpedia.com/cyberlinks/links/index.html
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Freeality Encyclopedias
http://www.freeality.com/encyclop.htm
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Encyclopedia.com from Electric Library
http://www.encyclopedia.com
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Encyclopedia Resources
http://www.refdesk.com/myency.html
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Yahoo! Reference>Encyclopedia
http://dir.yahoo.com/Reference/Encyclopedia/
Internet General Subject
Resources
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Yahoo: ( A
Guide to the WWW)
http://www.yahoo.com/
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COPAC
http://copac.ac.uk/copac/
COPAC provides access to the merged online catalogues of 20 of the largest
university research libraries in the UK and Ireland.
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Argus
Clearinghouse
http://www.clearinghouse.net/
A selective collection of topical guides.
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BUBL Information Service
http://bubl.ac.uk/link/subjects/
A national information Service for the UK higher education community.
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Information Please
http://www.infoplease.com/
Comprising online dictionary, Internet encyclopaedia, atlas and almanac.
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WWW
Virtual Library
http://vlib.org/Home.html
World Wide Web Initiative's massive one-stop subject web - all you need
for subject access to the internet.
Geographical and other
place-oriented references
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World Factbook 2000
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Developer: Central Intelligence Agency, USA
Contains country listing, field listing, reference maps, notes and
definitions)
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ASEANWEB
http://www.aseansec.org/
Developer: ASEAN Secretariat, Jakarta
Atlases
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Online World Atlas
http://www.maps.com/explore/atlas/
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Atlapedia Online
http://www.atlapedia.com/index.html
Developer: Latimer Clarke Corporation
Contains full colour physical and political maps as well as key facts and
statistics on countries of the world
Guides to the Internet
Document Delivery
Services
General Statistics and
Data Sources
Other Important
Reference Guides (Documentation/Citation Styles)
Documentation and
Citation Styles
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