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Reference Shelf
General Reference: - Academic
Info - Directory of educational sites and collections from libraries,
museums, and academic organizations that is browsable by subject and
searchable by keywords.
- CredoReference - Reference search engine that
contains encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, and books of quotations.
- Digital
Librarian - General subject directory of online sites compiled
and maintained by Margaret Vail Anderson, a librarian in Cortland, New York.
- Infoplease - Online
version of Information Please's distinguished almanac, encyclopedia,
dictionary, and atlas publications and reference databases which contain
statistics, facts, and historical records on a variety of subjects.
The site is keyword searchable as well as browsable by subject and is part
of the Learning Network.
- Internet Archive - Digital
library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form
featuring the Wayback Machine which makes it possible to surf pages stored
in the Internet Archive's web archive by entering an URL or clicking on
specific web archive collections.
- Internet Public Library - Virtual
public library of Internet sites and sources featuring directories of online
texts, newspapers, magazines, reference materials, materials for teens and
youth, etc. created by the University of Michigan School of Information and
sponsored by Bell & Howell Information and Learning.
- Librarian's Index to the Internet
- Searchable, annotated directory of Internet resources that are
selected, evaluated, and arranged into general subject categories by
librarians.
- Library
Spot - StartSpot Mediaworks, Inc.'s network of libraries and
reference information sources such as dictionaries, calculators, almanacs,
maps, statistical factbooks, etc.
- LibWeb - Database of
libraries on the internet arranged by type of library and location.
- MapQuest - Online service that
provides detailed mapping and driving directions for the United States,
Canada and most of Western Europe including Austria, Belgium, Denmark,
France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Spain,
Sweden and Switzerland.
- Online! -
Guide to finding, evaluating, using, citing, and publishing Internet
sources.
- Refdesk - Comprehensive database
of reference sources of all types and on numerous subjects.
- WWW Virtual Library Central
Database - Catalog of all the Virtual Library Divisions
worldwide. The Virtual Library is the oldest catalog of the web and
was started by Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of html and the web
itself. The catalog is currently run by expert volunteers who compile
pages of key links of subjects in their field.
Dictionaries:
- Dictionary.com - Online English
dictionary, thesaurus, and reference guide.
- Foreign Word - Language site
that provides access to on-line dictionaries and glossaries, gives an
overview of the latest translation software products, and features Eurêka-the
language search engine.
- Free Online
Dictionaries - Directory of links and reviews of on-line Portuguese,
English, and Spanish dictionaries, thesauri, and translation tools.
- Investopedia - Educational and
reference source about investing that contains directory of investing terms,
investing tutorials, investing advice from investment professionals, and
investment news.
- Merriam-Webster Online - Homepage of one
of the most popular dictionary publishers in the U.S. The site
provides a audio service for pronunciations as well as a search engine for
looking up words.
- OneLook Dictionaries - Database of
online dictionaries with the search ability to search for definitions and
spelling variants of words.
- Online Dictionary Net
- Directory of free online language and subject dictionaries.
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The Oxford English
Dictionary Online - provides definitions,
pronunciations, and etymologies for over half a million entries. The
dictionary features 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of sources.
The OED Online contains words from different varieties of world English,
from North America, Europe, India, the Caribbean, and the Pacific Rim. The
dictionary allows the user conduct simple world searches or advanced searches
for words in the definition, quotations, author of the quotation, and
etymologies.
- Terminology Collection
- Directory of online general language and specialty dictionaries.
- Wordsmyth - American English
dictionary with an integrated thesaurus.
- Your Dictionary -
Comprehensive portal for general language and specialty dictionaries,
grammar sources, and other language-related services (i.e. - fee-based
professional brand naming service for businesses) on the web.
Directories:
- AnyWho
- AT&T's Internet directory that provides access to search the
white and yellow pages for phone numbers, addresses, and maps/directions for
people and businesses in the U.S. The site features a reverse
directory for finding people and businesses by area code/telephone number, a
toll-free number directory, and links to online international white and
yellow pages arranged by country.
- AOL
International Directories - Directory of online international
white and yellow pages arranged by country compiled by America Online.
- Directory
of Associations - Directory of association, organization, and
society web sites compiled and maintained by the American Society of
Association Executives.
- Europages - European
business directory available in Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and
Spanish and searchable by product/service, company name, and
activity/industry sector.
- Global
Yellow Pages - Collection of international phone directories
arranged by country.
- InfoBel - Database of
international white and yellow pages arranged by country.
- SuperPages
- Directory service provided by Verizon Information Services that features
SuperTopics, a tool to search each product category for links to online
merchants, product reviews, and comparison shopping and MerchantMatch, a
search tool to find the provider who can best meet your product or service
needs. The site also searchable white pages, yellow pages, city
guides, and consumer guides and is available in English and Spanish.
- Switchboard - Online
directory service searchable by person, business, product/service, and
telephone number. The site also features maps/directions, city guides,
and a database of personal e-mail addresses searchable by name.
- Telephone
Directories on the Web - Database of international white and
yellow pages arranged by continent and country.
- Telephone
Prefix Location Directory - Directory of telephone prefixes and
their locations in a specific area code in the U.S., Canada, and the
Caribbean.
- USC Directory - Online
directory of faculty, staff, and students at the University of South
Carolina.
- Yahoo
Consumer Yellow Pages - Directory of online consumer sites and
businesses searchable by name or subject category provided by Yahoo!.
- Zip+4
- U.S. Postal Service's database of zip codes which allows
users to search for zip codes by location or search for the location of a
zip code.
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This page updated
May 26, 2008