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Encyclopedias
Britannica.com
Encyclopedia.Com
Wikipedia
Clusty - click Encyclopedia to search Wikipedia
State Library of New South Wales : Dictionaries, Encyclopedias and Almanacs Links
Dictionary and Thesaurus Links
The DICT Development Group
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary and Thesaurus
Thesaurus.com
yourDictionary.com - English and other languages
MedicineNet.com - Click Dictionary
List of Dictionaries
OneLook® Dictionary Search - search 993 online dictionaries
Enter a word to search for dictionary web sites that include that word.
Enter a pattern consisting of letters and wildcards to search for words.
Valid wildcards are * (matches multiple letters) and ? (matches one letter).
Examples:
bluebird,
blue*,
*bird,
bl????rd,
bl*:snow
Maps, Atlases and Fact Finders
Whereis Street Atlas
ACT Locate
Outline Maps
Google Maps
MapMachine - National Geographic
WorldAtlas.com
Xpeditions Atlas - suitable for printing
Cornell Digital Earth
How far is it?
The World Factbook (CIA)
Interactive World Fact Book
InfoNation
Foreign Governments / Statistics
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Statpak: Australian Bureau of Statistics
Flags of all Countries
Flag Identifier
News Reports
ABC News
The Sydney Morning Herald
The Canberra Times
The Age
The Australian
Koori Mail
The Financial Review
New York Times
CNN Interactive
BBC Online
Newsweek.com
EurekaAlert! - Science news by subject, including current press releases
Other Reference Links
White Pages
Yellow Pages
Search.com: Reference - choose fact sites, then metasearch.
Guinness Book of Records
Behind the Name: The Etymology and History of First Names
Encyclopedia of Western Signs and Ideograms
Martindale's The Reference Desk
Process guides:
Student guides Includes: Brainstorming, Building consensus, Evaluating web page content, Using primary source documents, Viewing a photograph,
Interview techniques, Time management and Persuasive Arguments
The Wikimedia Foundation Links
Wikipedia (Free encyclopedia)
Wiktionary (Free dictionary and thesaurus)
Wikinews (Free content news source)
Wikisource (Free source documents)
Wikispecies (Directory of species)
Wikibooks (Free textbooks and manuals)
Wikiversity (Free learning tools)
Wikimedia Commons (Shared media repository)
Wikiquote (Collection of quotations)
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