Reference Resources

Search *selected reference websites

*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

*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 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

*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

*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

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

*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

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

*Acronym Finder -- Over 200,000 computer, technology, telecommunications, and military acronyms and abbreviations.
Earth Calendar -- Holidays and celebrations worldwide
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

LexicalFreeNet -- A "connected thesaurus," providing access to word & concept relationships
*Roget's II Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1996 -- From Bartleby.com
*Thesaurus.com

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