General
Research-It
basic reference tools
AllRefer.com
A reference & encyclopedia that provides articles in all areas of topics within Earth & Environment, History, Literature & Arts, Health & Medicine, People, Philosophy & Religion, Places, Plants & Animals, Science & Technology, Social Science, Law, Sports, Everyday Life, and more.
Bartleby.com
This site "combines the best of both contemporary and classic reference works into the most comprehensive public reference library ever published on the web."
Yahoo's Index of Reference Tools
Internet Public Library Ready Reference
LibrarySpot.com
"Find the best library and reference resources at LibrarySpot.com, including top dictionaries, encyclopedias, newspapers, maps, quotations and much more."
Martindale's The Reference Desk
Infoplease.com
almanacs, dictionary and encyclopedia
Galaxy's Guide To Reference Sources
Dictionaries
WWWebster Dictionary
OneLook Dictonaries
345 dictionaries now indexed
Web of On-line Dictionaries
Now linked to more than 800 dictionaries in 150 different languages
DICT Development Grp
Search Several Dictionaries
Dictionary.com
Search dictionary or thesaurus
LOGOS Dictionary
multilingual-translation
Webster's Dictionary at Carnegie Mellon
Webopedia
the online dictionary and search engine for computer and Internet technology
NetLingo
the internet language dictionary
Yahoo Index of On-Line Dictionaries
Newbury House Online Dictionary
Based on the best selling Newbury House Dictionary of American English, this online tool provides a wealth of sample sentences, idioms, and a wide array of cultural facts and figures.
Galaxy's Guide To Dictionaries
Translation dictionaries in many languages.
Online Etymology Dictionary
"...a free dictionary of word origins online..."
Nolo's Law Dictionary
Confused by legalese? Not sure what a toxic tort or a q-tip trust is? Get plain-English definitions of legal terms from Nolo’s online law dictionary.
The Alternative Dictionaries
This is a web service where you may read and input words that are not normally included in dictionaries. A number of languages are supported.
The CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
The Carnegie Mellon University Pronouncing Dictionary is a machine-readable pronunciation dictionary for North American English that contains over 100,000 words and their transcriptions.
The Semantic Rhyming Dictionary
find words that rhyme with, almost rhyme with, or sound exactly the same as a certain target word. Your Dictionary
Dictionary.com
Language Dictionaries and Translators
Language Translate-Me.com
Translation Software and Electronic Dictionaries from Ectaco, SYSTRAN, Babylon and PowerGlide
Majstro
"Majstro" is a multilingual translation dictionary with a vocabulary database that is based on more recent versions of the Ergane wordlists that are currently used by other translation services.
LookWAYup
"Dictionary, thesaurus and translation with spelling correction. Online multilingual dictionary can be put on your browser, web page, mobile computer, phone."
Different Dictionaries
The Official Smiley
Dictionary :-)
The largest selection of smiley face emoticons...
Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia.com from Electric Library
Funk & Wagnall's Multimedia Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia Smithsonian
Encyberpedia
Britannica Online
"Here's your opportunity for 30 consecutive days of free access to the 32-volume Encyclopædia Britannica -- plus thousands of newly added articles, graphics, and related Internet links!"
Encarta
Search the free Encarta Concise Encyclopedia or sign up for a free* 30-day no-obligation Deluxe Encyclopedia subscription.
The Catholic Encyclopedia
As its name implies, this proposes to give a full and authoritative information on the entire cycle of Catholic interests, action and doctrine.
Thesauruses
Roget's Thesaurus
WWWebster Thesaurus
Libraries
Yahoo Reference: Libraries
U.S. Public Libraries with Websites
Listed by state.
The Library of Congress
USA Academic Libraries on the Web
State Library Websites
netLibary
This site, "allows you to: scan thousands of volumes simultaneously; search by subject, author, or title; download eBooks to your computer; make notes and bookmarks; search every word in every book; highlight text; print selected information."
Writing & Grammar
OnLine English Grammar
11 Rules of Writing
Elements of Style
classic on proper English usage
Guide to Grammar & Writing
English Grammar
The English Pages
As more and more information is available over the Internet, citing research sources can get tricky. This site gives examples for citing websites, newsgroups, ftp sites, email and more.
Other
Researchpaper.com
"...the Web's largest collection of topics, ideas, and assistance for school related research projects."
Company Sleuth
" This free service (for which you must register) tells you quite a few things about the companies that interest you, including new patents, SEC filings, earnings estimates, discussion group postings, insider trades, job postings, press releases, and related news."
Search Liszt's
directory of 90,095 mailing lists
Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries
Search this group's electronic journal database for links to thousands of Web-based publications.
eZines
This database of e-zines also maintains a monthly top 5 list, a top 100 list, and a 100 most-popular list.
Internet Scout New-List
Keep track of mailing lists as they're created. View today's or this month's archives or subscribe to the New-List mailing list itself. You can search the entire archive, too.
Publicly Accessible Mailing Lists
It's been around since 1981, so you can imagine the size of its database. Look for mailing lists or check out the FAQ.
Vivian Neou's List of Lists
One of the largest databases of e-mail lists on the Web. Results tell you how to subscribe and give a short description of the list's focus.
WWW Virtual Library Electronic Journals List
From Ask the Master Plumber to Zipzap, you'll find lots of e-mail newsletters as well as publications and archives (online and print) here. Browse by category or search by keyword.
Currency Converter
FXConverter is a multilingual currency converter for over 164 currencies and 3 metals. It uses daily OANDA Rates®, the touchstone foreign exchange rates used by corporations, tax authorities, auditing firms, and financial institutions.
The WWW Unit Converter
"Online conversion of area, density, energy, force, length, mass, power, pressure, speed, temperature, volume and bytes."
Online Conversion
"...a resource for weights, measures, calculators, converters."
Measurements Converters
"FREE Online Converters and Calculators"
XE.com-The Universal Currency Converter
"The world's favorite free Internet foreign exchange tool."
onvertalot.com
"All FREE Online Measurement Converters Calculators and Unit Translators Metric Imperial"
Equivalents Index
"Acceleration to Euro Converter to RGB to HEX to Velocity and more."
The Weather Channel - Home Page
U.S. city forecasts: Just enter a complete or partial city, name and hit "go city" to get forecasts and current conditions. Also list of cities with weather reporting by state and US weather maps.
USA Today-Forecasts Along Interstates
Weather forecasts for towns and cities along the U.S. interstates of your choice...plus state and world forecasts and much more.
Intellicast
Includes US and World Weather plus travel and ski conditions, dewpoints, allergy alerts, pollen counts and radar images.
Weather Underground
Find the Weather for any City, State or Zipcode, or Country.
CNN - Weather
Includes temperature, forecast, satellite, and radar maps and four day forecasts for hundreds of cities worldwide.
National Warnings Area
Provides immediate access to all available warnings for the United States: tornados, hurricanes, severe thunderstorms, flash floods and winter storms.
Hurricanes, Typhoons & Tropical Cyclones
Tropical storms world wide.
Welcome to the BBC Weather Centre
The BBC Weather Centre produces over fifty broadcasts a day from its purpose built studios in Television Centre, London, for the British Isles.
Yahoo
Maps & Driving Directions
Mapquest - Maps
Create a map for your use from your information.
Google
Maps & Driving Directions
Atlapedia Online
"Atlapedia Online contains full color physical maps, political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world."
Mapquest - Driving Directions
Create Driving directions between two addresses.
Free Trip's AutoPilot
The award-winning, easy-to-use Highway Trip Planner that creates personalized and comprehensive driving itineraries.
MapBlast!
MapBlast! allows you to create, customize, and save easy-to-read digital maps pinpointing almost any location within the United States.
U.S. Postal Service ZIP Code Lookup
Find a ZIP Code for an address, what cities and ZIP Codes are associated with each other, official Abbreviations, how the Postal Service prefers to see address components abbreviated and more.
Reverse Lookup
Directories
Other Telephone
International Dialing Codes
A list of Country Codes and IDD (International Direct Dialing) prefixes.
Fone Finder
Area Code Lookup Service.
Area Codes, Area Code Finder, Area Code Look Up, Telephone Area Codes
AreaCode.org is an area codes locator and comprehensive directory of area codes across the United States. Find information on each area code, including coverage area and local dialing instructions.
Who WherePhone Numbers & Addresses
Enter a name and find their address and telephone number.
The List
internet.com's The List, "is the definitive buyer's guide to Internet Service Providers--those companies that provide access to the Internet. The List™ allows you to find a provider that offers the access speed and computing services that satisfy your needs and budget."
WebHosters.com
At this site you will, "find the perfect host for your web site. Search for any criteria that you want your web host to meet and find them faster here. Then read comments about them that others have written. All the web hosting information you need in one spot!"
TopHosts.com
They bill themselves as, "the world's largest independent web hosting resource site!" Search their Webhost database, review our monthly Top 25 ranked hosts, and to access our extensive webmaster resources.
findwebspace.com
Search their database for a web hosting plan with the options that you need. They have a complete directory with hundreds of hosting companies.
HostFinders.com
Here you can, "search each detailed service and pricing plans to find a good web hosting plan that perfectly match your needs on Internet webhosting, and dedicated server hosting."
eBoz!
Web Site Hosting Directory with listings of, "free sites, cheap space, Microsoft FrontPage, Virtual, multiple Host, Sub-Domain Site services, Unix, NT, Linux."
Internet 800 Directory
The Internet 800 Directory is the only toll free directory on the WWW that lists any 800 or 888 number FREE and REGARDLESS of long distance carrier.
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