Reference

Dictionaries, Thesauri, Almanacs and Encyclopedias

Information Please: Dictionary, Encyclopedia, Almanac
Encyclopedia Britanica
Merriam-Webster Dictionary Online
Web of Online Dictionaries: more than 800 dictionaries in 160 different languages
Encyclopedias Plus
Merriam-Webster Thesaurus
Acronym Lookup
Research It all-in-one reference desk: dictionary, quotes, translators, more
Onelook has more than 400 dictionaries, specialized and general
Roget's Internet Thesaurus
Information Please Almanac Almanac, dictionary and the full Columbia Encyclopedia
Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia brief, cross-referenced biographies of more than 15,000 notables.
Travlang language-to-language translation dictionaries
Shark Talk: Nolo's Law Dictionary  
ArtCyclopedia: Guide to Museum-quality art on the Internet
Encyclopedia.com: An Online Encyclopedia
West's Legal Directory
Encyberpedia
Assorted Encyclopedias
Encyclopedias on the Net

General

The Elements of Style The 1918 version
C.I.A. World Factbook
Library of Congress, including Marvel and Locis
The New York Public Library
The World Wide Web Virtual Library
National Library of Medicine and Medline
The Merck Manual, guide to diseases
RxList: The Internet Drug Index Extensive information on prescription and over-the-counter drugs
Nutrient database from the U.S.D.A.
The U.S. Constitution
U.S. Patents since 1971, from I.B.M.
The Bible Browser
I.R.S. information and publications. For more tax sites, try taxsites.com.
Citynet guide to Net information in and about major cities
Metroscope city, business, entertainment guides for major cities
Social Security death index
Consumer World has consumer finance rates, company contacts, consumer information
Currency converter from Olsen & Associates converts from any currency to another
Cost-of-living calculator and other useful tools
How Far Is It? gives the distance between two cities
U.S. Naval Observatory clock

International

CIA World Factbook
The Electronic Embassy
United Nations and U.N. Web locator
TimeZones
World Times and Dialing Codes Tell it where you are and where you are calling and it shows how to dial the call, plus a time differential chart so you'll know what time it is over there.

Biographical Information

Biography Find
Biographical Dictionary
Born On this Day from Encyclopaedia Britanica

 

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