Reference Resources

 

Reference Tools

Ask An Expert Page
Links to experts in the areas of science, math, history, etc.

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - Reference

Refdesk.com
An award-winning online reference desk with a host of links to helpful sites.

Research-It!
Look up phone numbers, addresses, words, quotations, stock quotes, maps, etc.


Atlases

Lonely Planet Online
Good high school geography site with maps and information worldwide.

Microsoft's TerraServer
View your neighborhood from a satellite in space! Search by place name, geographic coordinates, map location or a prepared list of famous places.

National Geographic's MapMachine
Thousands of contemporary, historical, and specialized maps, and basic information about countries.

Quotations

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
This 10th edition includes quotations up to 1919

Columbia World of Quotations
65,000 quotations from 5000 authors and speakers.

Translators

Alta Vista's Babel Fish
Translates texts or web sites automatically to and from English
and French, Spanish, German, etc.


Directories

Internet 800 Directory

World Directories
Includes telephone numbers and addresses throughout world.

Zip Code Finder - US


Dictionaries and Thesauri

Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Select "reference" and BDPF in the boxes under Research. Discover how words and phrases like "cold shoulder" gained their meanings.

Dictionary.com
Links to a wide variety of dictionaries: foreign language, sign language, medical, biographical, etc.

Latin Dictionary and Grammar Aid
Search by word stems or endings, translate English to Latin, and access a Latin grammar aid.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus Easy to use. Also includes thesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games and puzzles.

RhymeZone's Rhyming Dictionary

Roget's II - Thesaurus
1995 ed.

Thesaurus.com
Easy to search, easy to understand.

 

Almanacs and Statistics

Census Bureau

CIA World Factbook
Up-to-date facts about countries.

Global Statistics
Population statistics

Information Please Almanac
Good for quick reference information.

Old Farmers Almanac

PopNet
Global population information.

Refdesk's Daily Almanac
Includes many sites of the day, including "Today in History."

Statistical Abstract of the United States

Timeanddate.com
Current time and date for cities and countries, Greenwich Mean Time, and projected calendars with phases of moon and holidays.
United States Historical Census Browser Data from 1790 to 1960.

World Almanac for Kids Online

World Time Server
Tells present time in countries and major cities around the world.

Worldwide Census Information

Worldwide Holiday & Festival Site
 


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