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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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