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Quick Reference — General Reference Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Quotations, Etc.
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Almanacs

• Information Please Almanac - The online version of the standard reference source adds a daily almanac, homework help, and a Kids Almanac.
• Old Farmers Almanac - Since 1792, this almanac has provided such useful information as tide tables, planting charts and weather predictions.
  

Calendars

• dMarie Time Capsule - What happened on a date in history (1800-2002) Creates a time capsule for any date showing the headlines, popular songs, movies, headlines, and events for the day selected.
• History Channel What happened on a day in history (month and day only).
• Holidays on the Net
• Information Please: Today in History
• Time and Date.Com Includes a world clock showing time zones and Date section that will show annual calendar for any year.

Countries of the World

• CIA World Factbook  - This book is produced by the Central Intelligence Agency for the use of U.S. officials.  The entries are arranged alphabetically (including countries, islands, oceans and regions), and include maps, statistics, and information on the government and the economy.
  
  
• Dictionaries NEW
  
  OneLook Dictionaries - Search many dictionaries at once.
  yourDictionary.com - Dictionaries for 230+ languages.
  www.wordnik.com Provides information about words, where they come from, what they mean, how to pronounce them, related words, examples, statistics, images from Flickr, and even how they were used in Twitter. 
  Dictionary.com - Definitions from Webster's and more
  DELL Encarta Dictionary
  
  

Encyclopedias

• Britannica.com -Nearly boundless research tool.
• Columbia Encyclopedia - Full text at Bartleby.com.
• Encarta Online - Abridged version of software.
• Encyclopedia.com - Simple and free encyclopedia.
• How Stuff Works - Find out how just about anything works.
• Information Please - Encyclopedia and dictionary in one.
• Symbols.com - Encyclopedia of graphic symbols.

Encyclopedia For Kids - Fact Monster

Encyclopedia Comparisons - There are many subject encyclopedias on the web; some of them can be found under specific topics on this list.

General Reference

• NEW! American Rhetoric This site includes an Online Speech Bank that indexes over 5,000 audio, video, and print speeches, sermons, interviews, etc.  The site also links to the "Most Requested" speeches.
• bartleby.com - This site provides access to reference sources (i.e., Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Gray’s Anatomy, Strunk’s Elements of Style, etc.); and to poetry, nonfiction and fiction
• Librarians’ Index to the Internet - An annotated subject index to over 7500 Internet resources
• Spark Notes - Online study guides for major works of literature, periods of history, mathematics, and other topics
• Flag Etiquette
• NEW! Virtual Reference Shelf
• NEW! Fact Master (formerly Infopleasekids.com) Site created by The Learning Network.  Contains reference materials, fun facts, and homework help. 
  
  

INFO-LINK - Magnolia Project - Poetry, Genealogy, Magazines, Encyclopedias, Science Experiments and More.

News Sources

• Allafrica.com - Maintained by allAfrica Global Media (the largest distributor of African news in the world)
• Clarion Ledger Indexes - Jackson, MS
• Commercial Appeal - Memphis, TN
• News Directory - Lists newspapers, magazines, and televisions stations
• World Newspapers - lists newspapers in United States, Asia and Europe

Quotations

• Bartlett's Familiar - http://www.bartleby.com/100/ - Search for quotes by keyword.
  Creative Quotations - Quotations for Creative
• Thinking: Search 50,000 Famous Quotes.Dictionary of Quotations - A small, interesting archive.
• The Quotations Page - Search multiple archives.
• Quote Geek - 4889 quotations and counting! Browse quotations from: Literature, Movies, Personalities, Television, Miscellaneous
• Quoteland.com - All The Right Words - Browse topics or do a quick search.
• QuoteWorld - Search by person, keyword or exact words.
• Simpson's Contemporary - Notable quotes, 1950-1988.

• Library Quotations - On topics from books to vanity.
• Search the Bible -- Search the King James version.

Alphabetical Directory of All Reference Topics
Subject Guide to All Reference Topics

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