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The Reference Desk points you to tons of truly invaluable reference resources available across
the Internet in one convenient place. Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Thesauruses, Legal Information
and other information sources such as word origins, and more...
Word Sleuth
A great resources for origins of words,
phrases and expressions
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Dictionary Resources Updated!
Bringing you the very best online
dictionaries in one neatly organized place.
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Encyclopedia Collective
Enter the Collective and you'll find
the best and most useful online
encyclopedias. Updated!
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Thesaurus Collective
Seek no further, the best online thesauruses are here!
Here's your chance to answer that age old question...
"What's another word for thesaurus?"
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Roman Numerals
Learn the roman numerals for the
years 1800 to 2099. Plus there are
other resources available.
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Maps and Atlas Resources
Planning a trip? Or learning
geography, studying for school, or
just have a fascination in maps and
atlases.
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Below are various reference resources that I've collected and are incredibly useful.
They are excellent websites that can be a huge help for people doing research, studies, and
information searching. If there are any other resources that you would
like to see added here, please let me know.
EveryRule.com
Every rule in the universe, at least that's what their motto is. However I'm
sure they're missing a few. EveryRule.com does have an awful lot of them though.
From sports, to card games, game shows, casino rules and more.
Library Spot
A great link to almanacs, databases, online calculators, great articles, questions and
answers, academic and government resources and much more, Library Spot is great
for student and anyone interesting in learning and exploring.
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ThinkQuest
Imagine an online community where young people learn, teach, mentor, discover,
research and grow, this is ThinkQuest. A powerful research tool for kids and adults
with an increasingly useful library of information. ThinkQuest is dedicated to creating,
exploring and promoting the Internet style of learning.
Suite 101
An excellent site for learning and research, Suite 101 covers many areas including
Arts and Humanities, Business, Computers, Education, Health, Entertainment and more.
Over 840 topics are covered, as well as chat rooms for discussions.
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Refdesk.com
Oh sure, someone else has to take my idea and make a great reference site!
Actually, this is one damn good site that is a wonderful addition here and one
that should be added to your arsenal of reference resources. Theres tons of information
on many subjects, categories, and tools to make your research that much easier
to complete.
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Investopedia
Have you wanted to increase your nest egg, or make money like everyone else around
you? Like a lot of people it's tough to figure out what it all means with these confusing financial
terms. The folks at Investopedia are taking a stab at trying to make it clearer and easier for
you to make sense of it all. A complete, unbiased, and easy to understand educational
guide to investing and personal finance. The site includes the most comprehensive
investing dictionary on the web as well as tutorials and articles covering just about
every area of the market.
LexisNexis
LexisNexis is one of the world's largest providers of credible, in-depth information.
From legal and government to business and high-tech, the enormous amount of
information available to you is staggering. Legal professionals and news organizations
count on this powerful resource. Check out the site and learn why.
Lexical FreeNet
This program allows you to search for rhymes and relationships between words and
concepts that might never have occurred to you before. For example, If you're interested
in how two seemingly unrelated concepts can be connected, try entering a concept into
each of the boxes in the first section, select some relations to allow, select the
"Connection" function, and hit Submit. You may be surprised at the results
Bartleby.com - Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
Familiar Quotations, a collection of passages, phrases, and proverbs traced
to their sources in ancient and modern literature, assembled by John Bartlett.
The Quotations Page
Developed as a catalog of quotation resources on the Internet, and has since
evolved into a large-scale quotation site with many original resources. The
Quotations Page is one of the first quotations pages on the Net.
Thomas
The Thomas network for Congressional Legislative information on bills presented before
congress, as well as articles passed. You can use this to keep tabs on your local senator
or congressperson. You can see the roll-call on votes to see who in congress specifically
voted for particular bills.
Ask Jeeves
A fast, smart, and easy way to find information on the web. It's the first
natural language search service--with a massive Knowledge base of 6 million answers
to the most popular questions asked online. Jeeves also provides a metasearch option
that delivers answers from five other search engines.
AnyDay Today in History
At AnyDay Todays site you can plug in any day and month to get historical facts for
that particular day. A great idea if your making up custom presents or just curious
about what happened the day you were born, or whatever your fascination.
Twists, Slugs and Roscoes: A Glossary of Hardboiled Slang
If you've ever read a hardboiled detective story, you may have come across a sentence
like, "I jammed the roscoe in his button and said, 'Close your yap, bo, or I squirt metal.'"
Something like this isn't too hard to decipher. But what if you encounter, "The flim-flammer
jumped in the flivver and faded." You may need to translate this into normal English
just to be able to follow the plot. This page can help.
Windows To The Universe
A great site for kids of all ages, its' purpose is to develop
a fun and different Web site about the Earth and Space sciences.
The Last Word
Why is the sky blue? Why don't penguins' feet freeze? This collection of
everyday science questions and answers is drawn from the pages of New Scientist, the
world's leading weekly science and technology magazine, bringing you worldwide science
and technology news, Internet features, science site reviews and much more.
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