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	Reference Materials Almanacs Almanac of Politics and Government http://www.polisci.com/almanac/almanac.htm This portion of the PoliSci.com web site is dedicated to preserving the information available in the print version of the The Political Reference Almanac's 1999-2000 edition for free on-line use. Fast Facts http://gwu.edu/~gprice/handbook.htm This is an extensive list of almanac type of information. Scroll down to the subject guide list. Information Please Almanac http://www.infoplease.com Find answers to your questions in this wide range reference work. Old Farmer’s Almanac http://www.almanac.com/index.html One of the first almanacs published in the U.S. is now online. TOP Dictionaries and Thesauruses American Heritage Book of English Usage http://www.bartleby.com/64/ A source of information on "grammar, style, diction, word formation, gender, social groups sand scientific forms." Cambridge Dictionaries On Line http://dictionary.cambridge.org/default.asp?dict=a Four different dictionaries may be searched from this site: International Dictionary of English, Dictionary of American English, Dictionary of Idioms, International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs. Dictionaries and Thesauruses http://www.lib.utexas.edu/refsites/dictionaries.html There are more dictionaries here than can be named in a small space. Also check the left column for other reference sources. OneLook Dictionary http://www.onelook.com Specialized dictionaries are searched and the results organized organized so that the user can choose the context in which the word is to be defined. Roget's Thesaurus http://www.bartleby.com/62/ Searchable version of Roget's Thesaurus. Merriam-Webster On-Line http://www.m-w.com/netdict.html An excellent hypertext online dictionary. World Wide Web Acronym & Abbreviation Service http://www.ucc.ie/info/net/acronyms/acro.html Search for an acronym or submit one. TOP Encyclopedias Artcylopedia http://www.artcyclopedia.com/index.html This is a comprehensive index of every artist represented at hundreds of museum sites, image archives...They have now indexed 700 leading arts sites and offer more than 24,000 links. Search or browse by movement, medium, name of artist, nationality etc. Columbia Encyclopedia http://www/bartleby.com There are nearly 52,000 entries on a vast range of topics and more than 80,000 hypertext cross references. Encyclopedia Mythica http://www.pantheon.org The mythology area is divided into six geographical regions and each region has clearly defined subdivisions. The Folklore section contains general folklore, Arthurian Legends, and fascinating folktales from many lands. FunkandWagnalls http://www.funkandwagnalls.com In addition to the encyclopedia, this site includes a dictionary, thesaurus, world atlas, animal book, media gallery and news sections. Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy http://www.utm.edu/research/iep "Articles...are currently from three sources: adaptations from public domain sources, adaptations of material written by the editor for classroom purposes, and original contributions by professional philosophers. IPL General/Reference Collection: Encyclopedias http://www.ipl.org/ref/RR/static/ref32.00.00.html Links to many good encyclopedias. Legal Encyclopedia http://www.nolo.com/encyclopedia Nolo Press offers this collection of articles on a wide variety of legal topics. "Plain-English articles on the legal topics that affect your the most." Research Links http://crf-usa.org/links.html Links to: book reviews, statistics and facts, encyclopedias, newspapers, magazine indexes, broadcast media, government issues, search engines, libraries, law, think tanks, experts, disinformation and writing projects. Scirus http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/ Scirus is a science specific search engine with web pages including journal sources, ScienceDirect, ChemWeb, BioMedNet, US Patent Office and many more sources. Smithsonian http://www.si.edu/resource Encyclopedia helps answer frequently asked questions. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy http://plato.stanford.edu In this dynamic encyclopedia, each entry is maintained and kept up to date by an expert or group of experts in the field and the authors are given remote electronic access to copies of their entries on the server. TOP General Reference DOAJ http://www.doaj.org/ DOAJ stands for Directory of Open Access Journals. This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. Some titles include: Arts and Architecture, Biology and Life Sciences, Business and Economics, Chemistry, History, Political Science, Mathematics and Statistics, Physics and Astronomy and more. Dictionary of Units of Measurement http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units Very helpful site for converting units of measure and other interesting stuff. Festivals.com http://www.festivals.com/ Celebrating the World of Festivals and Events. Explore the database of more than 37,000 events High School Hub http://HighSchoolhub.org/hub/hub.cfm This site includes free educational resources including online learning activities, ongoing teen poetry contests, reference collections, college information, daily SAT questions, news summaries and a today in History section. Nobel Prize Internet Archive http://almaz.com/ The Nobel Prize has been awarded since 1901 as per Alfred Nobel's will. This site has all kinds of information about the winners in all the categories. Office of Scientific & Technical Information http://www.osti.gov At this site from the U. S. Department of Energy, there are vast collections of databases about ongoing research projects, DOE discoveries, DOE Nobel Prize Prize winners, science conference papers, connect with national laboratory education sites and more. Check out the database list and the Year of Physics. Internet School Library Media Center http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/referenc.htm This ready reference page includes encyclopedias, handbooks, statistical resources and other information. Reference Sources on the net http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/selected.html Check this list of 60 subject resources from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Study Guides and Strategies http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/ This site from the University of St. Thomas include all types of guides including Preparing to learn, Studying, Classroom participation, Reading skills, Preparing for tests, Writing basics and much more. Science.gov http://science.gov/ Science.gov is an interagency initiative of 16 U.S. government science organizations within 12 Federal agencies. The relevancy ranked search has access to search federal science databases. There are 12 categories of science topics, special collections and featured web sites. Scientific Literature Digital Library http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu This is a searchable database of author submitted scientific papers. The results link to the full text of a given article and CiteSeer tracks citations to that article, articles that are related to it and comments and reviews of those who have read it. Scirus http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/ Scirus is a science specific search engine with web pages including journal sources, ScienceDirect, ChemWeb, BioMedNet, US Patent Office and many more sources. Thor: The Virtual Reference Desk http://thorplus.lib.purdue.edu/reference/ Excellent site! Includes: Dictionaries (listed below), Information Technology, Maps and Travel Information, Phone Books and Area Codes, Science Data, Selected Government Documents, Time and Date, Zip and International Country Codes. US Geological Survey http://www.usgs.gov/ The USGS has become a world leader in the natural sciences providing reliable scientific information to describe and understand the Earth; minimize loss of life and property from natural disasters; manage water, biological, energy, and mineral resources; and enhance and protect our quality of life. TOP Genealogy Behind the Name http://www.behindthename.com/ The focus here is the origins of common first names, plus other interesting facts associated with names, such as famous people with that name. Included are sections on: Sources of First Names, Languages Referred to in this Site, Common Elements in First Names, and The Top Fifty Names. Includes many countries and cultures of the world. Ellis Island http://www.EllisIsland.org There is no charge to register, but you must do so to get information. Eponym: The Meaning or Origin of People’s Names http://www.eponym.org/ An extremely detailed and thorough web site, which provides for research into the meanings and origins of human names. Family Search http://www.familysearch.org Access to the large databases of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints is provided here. Hitchcock' Bible Names Dictionary http://www.msen.com/~stewart/Hitchcock's_Bible_Names.html This dictionary is from "Hitchcock's New and Complete Analysis of the Holy Bible," published in the late 1800s. It contains more than 2,500 Bible and Bible-related proper names and their meanings. Some Hebrew words of uncertain meaning have been left out. It is out of copyright. Roots Web http://searches.rootsweb.com/ A set of links to search engines and databases for genealogical data all over the world. Also has links to POW/MIA Records Korean War and the Vietnam War; SSDI Social Security Death Index 65+ million death records; Reference Book The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy Archives; USGenWeb Archives 70k+ files: Online Phonebook US Telephone & Address Listings WWI Records The USGenWeb Project\| http://usgenweb.org/ The USGenWeb Digital Library (Archives) offers actual transcriptions of public domain records. You will find copies of census records, marriage bonds, wills, and other public documents. Go directly to the National Archives Search Engine or to the State Archives Search Engine. Vitalchek http://www.vitalchek.com/ Fee-based service: "VitalChek Network has an internet, voice and fax network setup to help people get a certified copy of a birth certificate, death certificate, marriage certificate and other vital records. VitalChek provides the information on how to obtain a vital record from VitalChek's listing of participating agencies." TOP Handbooks and Guidebooks American FactFinder http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/BasicFActsServlet General information about the American people gathered by the U. S. Census Bureau. AnyWho http://www.anywho.com/tf.html Search for phone, fax, email addresses. Special sections are available on toll-free numbers. Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/chiefs/index.html If you want to know who the top government officials are in any country of the world, please look at this page. The CIA offers it! Don’t forget to scroll down to get to the list. Consumer Search http://www.consumersearch.com/www/ Find evaluations and reviews of commonly used or purchased consumer goods. Includes review categories such as Electronics, Computers, Sports & Leisure, Office, etc. CNNTravel http://www.cnn.com/TRAVEL/index.html Maps, city guides, travel directions and much more travel information is offered here by CNN. A Glossary of Literary Terms and A Handbook of Rhetorical Device http://www.uky.edu/ArtsSciences/Classics/Harris/rhetform.html This book contains definitions and examples of more than sixty traditional rhetorical devices, all of which can still be useful today to improve the effectiveness, clarity, and enjoyment of your writing." Internet 800 Directory http://www.inter800.com/ Directory of free toll free, 800 and 888 listings of businesses by company, number and type of industry, regardless of long distance carrier. Yellow page advertising, Web pages and banners available. Princeton College Review http://www.review.com/ Online version of the famous guide to colleges. Lots of basic information available here related to colleges. Robert’s Rules of Order Revised http://www.constitution.org/rror/rror--00.htm The copyright on the original 1915 version has expired. However, the modifications and enhancements to this work are Copyright © 1996 Constitution Society. RxList http://www.rxlist.com/ Search for information about common prescribed drugs here. United States Postal Service http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/lookups/lookups.htm Need to look up a ZIP Code, the USPS has the answers. World Time Zones http://www.worldtimeserver.com Any time, any where. TOP Miscellaneous Reference Sources Bibliomania: Best online literature and reference books http://www.bibliomania.com/ This site offers access to the full text of classic world literature, and important reference texts. All the text is fully searchable. This means you can easily find specific authors, passages, themes or words. You can browse through the books or read them online. Research Tools http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/tools.html The Library of Congress offers a wide variety of online databases and Internet resources to the public via the Web, including its own online catalog. In addition, LC provides an easy-to-use gateway for searching other institutions' online catalogs and extensive links to resources on the Internet. Thor: The Virtual Reference Desk http://thorplus.lib.purdue.edu/reference/ Excellent site! Includes: Dictionaries (listed below), Information Technology, Maps and Travel Information, Phone Books and Area Codes, Science Data, Selected Government Documents, Time and Date, Thor: The Virtual Reference Desk - Dictionaries http://thorplus.lib.purdue.edu/reference/dict.html Includes English language and International dictionaries, technical science dictionaries, acronym dictionaries, thesauri, Information Please almanac, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, and Elements of Style. United Nations CyberSchoolBus: Resource Source http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/menureso.htm Compare data for all UN member states http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/e_infonation.htm Up to 28 statistics at a time! Find out anything from capital cities to rainfall to current number of women in parliament. Also check out the Country at a Glance, City profiles and global trends. University of Virginia http://www.lib.virginia.edu/reference/index.html Dynamic list of over 500 quick reference sources, nearly all of which are freely accessible on the Web Virtual Reference Desk http://www.refdesk.com/index.html “Refdesk is only about indexing quality Internet sites and assisting visitors in navigating.” World Time Zones http://www.worldtimeserver.com/ Any time, any where. TOP Quotations Bartleby.com http://www.bartleby.com/reference/ This reference site from Bartleby contains many links to sources Reformers questions http://www.bartleby.com/65/cat/bio/usreformbio1.html Conversations with http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/conversations/ Choose your own quotations from these interviews and conversations with famous people of our times. Creative Quotations http://www.bemorecreative.com/home-cq.shtml Provides thousands of quotations, organized and searchable by various arrangements (e.g., month, day, theme, and famous person.) The Quotations Page http://www.quotationspage.com/ Lots of quotations are available here, including the Quote of the Day. Each day a quotation is selected and made available by the click of your mouse. If you want more quotes, try the Random Quotations Page, which chooses new quotes every time you load it. Quotations http://www.refdesk.com/factquot.html This site has many links to quotation sources. Bartleby.com http://www.bartleby.com/reference/ This reference site from Bartleby contains many links to sources. TOP Science Fair Projects California State Science Fair http://www/usc.edu/CMSI/CalifSF/index.ssi ISD77:CyberFair - Science Fair Ideas http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/cf/ideas.html Methods to narrow down your science fair project. Orange County Science & Engineering Fair http://www.ocsef.org Resources with Links http://www.ocsef.org/resources.htm Science Fair Central http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/ Science Fair Project Resource Guide http://ipl.si.umich.edu/div/kidspace/projectguide/ Science Fair Topic sheets http://www.eduzone.com/tips/science/showtip3/htm Science Resources by Subject http://www.usc.edu/CSSF/Resources/By_Subject.html Super Science Support Center http://www.scifair.org/ World Wide Web Virtual Library: Science Fairs http://physics.usc.edu/~gould/ScienceFairs


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