Almanacs  Atlases  Calendars    Dictionaries    
Encyclopedias  Miscellaneous  Quotations  

Almanacs

• Information Please  http://www.infoplease.com
• Old Farmer's Almanac  http://almanac.com

Atlases and Maps

• Atlapedia Online http://www.atlapedia.com/
• Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection (Univ. of Texas at Austin)   http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html

Calendars

• AlternaTime http://www2.canisius.edu/~emeryg/time.html  A collection of timelines on the Web.
• Calendar Zone  http://www.calendarzone.com
• Resource Shelf - Plan Ahead! Calendars and Events  http://www.resourceshelf.com/category/calendars/
• Scopes Any-Day-in-History http://www.scopesys.com/anyday/
• Who What When: Interactive Historical Timelines  http://www.sbrowning.com/whowhatwhen/index.php

Dictionaries

• American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language  http://www.bartleby.com/61/
• Merriam-Webster  http://www.m-w.com/
• Roget's II: the New Thesaurus  http://www.bartleby.com/62/

Encyclopedias

• LibrarySpot - Encyclopedias   http://www.libraryspot.com/encyclopedias.htm Links to both general and specialized encyclopedias.

General

• Columbia Encyclopedia http://www.bartleby.com/65/
• Britannica  http://www.britannica.com (requires a subscription to use)
• Encarta (abridged)  http://encarta.msn.com
• Macmillian Encyclopedia  http://www.xrefer.com

Specialized

• Acronym Finder  http://www.acronymfinder.com
• How Stuff Works  http://www.howstuffworks.com
• Symbols.com http://www.symbols.com  Encyclopedia of graphic symbols

Miscellaneous

• Fugitive Facts www.hennepin.lib.mn.us/pub/search/fff_public.html  Hard-to-find and miscellaneous information
• LibrarySpot http://www.libraryspot.com  A great ready reference source for students, teachers, librarians, families and anyone else needing a research starting spot.
• My Virtual Reference Desk http://www.refdesk.com/facts.html  Like having your own reference library on your desktop - 26 categories to choose from.

Quotations 

• Bartlett's Quotations  http://www.bartleby.com/99/
• QuoteLand.com  http://www.quoteland.com/
• QuoteWorld.org  http://quoteworld.org/

Last Updated:07/25/2006 Author:grr