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Collections of Reference Works *Bartleby.com -- Rich collection of reference sources, language reference, & literary works, including: Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, Roget's Thesaurus, Strunk's Elements of Style, Fowler's English, Emily Post, etc. Reference: Ready Reference -- From the Internet Public Library Virtual Reference Shelf -- From the Library of Congress   Almanacs *Information Please Almanac Old Farmer's Almanac   Biographical Sources (see also Biography Resource Center database) *Biographical Dictionary -- Brief information on over 28,000 people in all fields, from ancient times to the present. *Biography.com -- From the Biography Channel Dead People Server -- Who is alive, who is not *InfoPlease People -- Searchable biographical sections of InfoPlease site Calculators Calculators On-Line Center -- Hundreds of calculators for virtually every purpose Currency Converter -- Interactive converter for 164 currencies Current Value of Old Money -- Links to websites that calculate relative value for specific time periods or product areas iFigure -- Nice collection of online calculators and worksheets Online Conversions -- Various categories of convertible units of measure Roman Numerals Converter -- Essential, for those who need it   Chronologies & Timelines *Anyday -- Extensive listings of birthdays, deaths, & historical events On This Day -- Top news stories & events, from the BBC On This Day in History -- Headlines, top shows, songs, birthdays, & more *This Day in History -- Historical events, from the HistoryChannel HyperHistory Online -- Click on Events (on the left); then select a sequence of years (on the right); no date-specific searching available When You Were Born -- Researching Events -- Library Research Guide, including both print & online sources Dictionaries (see also Oxford English Dictionary database) *Cambridge Dictionaries Online -- Several dictionaries *Encarta World English Dictionary -- From Microsoft Glossarist -- Collection of over 6000 online glossaries, searchable by subject or industry Lexicool.com -- Directory of over 1000 bilingual & multi-lingual dictionaries *Merriam-Webster Online -- Collegiate Dictionary, 10th ed. *OneLook Dictionaries -- Simultaneous searching of words and phrases in over 600 dictionaries *whatis.com -- A dictionary of computer and Internet terms *Wordsmyth English Dictionary and Thesaurus -- From the Univ. of Chicago *YourDictionary.com -- Over 1500 dictionaries covering 230 languages   Directories: Businesses & Individuals All Nations Telephone Search Engine -- Dialing information and directory links to hundreds of online telephone directories around the world Anywho.com -- Search for individuals, businesses, 800 numbers InfoSpace -- Over 112 million people, businesses, government offices Reverse Telephone Number Directory -- Enter a telephone number & find out the individual or business it belongs to   Directories: Businesses Only *Hoover's Online -- Search by company name, ticker symbol, location, etc. *ThomasNet ( Register of American Manufacturers) -- You must register (free) to use *SuperPages.com -- Many different search options   Directories: Individuals Only WhoWhere -- Find people (e-mail and phone), business addresses, web pages Yahoo! People Search -- Address and Telephone searches   Directories: Other Better-Whois.com -- Search all web domain name registrars simultaneously Free ZIP Code Lookup -- Enter a zip code & find county name, time zone, area code, latitude, congressional district *Scholarly Societies Project -- Guide to over 1500 scholarly societies, accessible alphabetically or by subject Zip Code Directory -- Look up zip codes   Encyclopedias (see also Britannica Online Encyclopedia database) *Columbia Encyclopedia -- 6th ed., from Bartleby.com *Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia *Encyclopedia.com   Oddities *Acronym Finder -- Over 200,000 computer, technology, telecommunications, and military acronyms and abbreviations. Awards and Rankings -- Links to lists of numerous award recipients (Pulitzer, Nobel, Academy, etc.) and rankings (top places to live, college rankings, & much more Earth Calendar -- Holidays and celebrations worldwide Everyrule -- Find rules for nearly everything: sports, etiquette, games, etc. Popular Baby Names -- Lists of baby names, by year since 1880, from the Social Security Administration Symbols.com -- Database of more than 2,500 Western signs *TSNN -- Directory of trade shows and expositions *Urban Legends Reference Pages -- Rich source of information, from Snopes.com World Calendar.com -- National and movable holidays, indexed by country Opinion Polls *Gallup *Harris Interactive *Pew Research Center *PollingReport.com *RoperCenter Quotations *Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th (1919) ed. -- From Bartleby.com Quotable Women -- "An archive of memorable quotes by women"   Thesauri LexicalFreeNet -- A "connected thesaurus," providing access to word & concept relationships *Roget's II Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1996 -- From Bartleby.com *Thesaurus.com   Translation & Language Tools Babel Fish -- Translates text and web pages to & from 13 languages Google Language Tools -- Searches & translates text or web pages to & from 10 languages Shodouka -- Service that enables display of websites with Japanese language characters, even for PCs that are not set up to display the Japanese alphabet         Return to Top || Library Online Catalog || Fulltext Magazine & Newspaper Articles || || Selected Internet Resources || Searching the Internet || Library & Internet Instruction || || About our Library || Return to the Library Home Page || Last updated  5/13/08 Georg Romero The URL of this page is http://libwww.cabrillo.edu/depts/reference.html