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Reference materials
1. Comprehensive internet reference desk
http://www.refdesk.com/
2. Large collection of web reference materials
http://www.problemistics.org/tools/index.html
3. Quick reference collection of links to a wide set of web resources from map sources to tide tables
http://libweb.sonoma.edu/regional/default.html
4. Free repository of online magazines and newspapers
http://www.metagrid.com/
Collections of dictionaries, thesauri, concordance, & translation services
Short list of dictionaries, thesauri and translation sites
http://ascpl.lib.oh.us/internetresources/hh/dictionaries.html
1. General dictionaries
a. Dictionary.com
http://dictionary.reference.com/
b. Merriam Webster Dictionary
http://www.m-w.com/
c. American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
http://www.bartleby.com/61/
d. Cambridge Learner's Dictionary, for ESL students
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/default.asp?dict=L
e. Onelook dictionary search
http://www.onelook.com/
f. List of web-based dictionaries
http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/ref28.00.00/
g. Directory of 260 dictionaries
http://www.yourdictionary.com/
2. Multilanguage dictionaries and thesauri
a. Register of dictionaries and thesauri
http://www.problemistics.org/tools/references/dictionaries.thesauri.html
b. Translation and look-up in 9 languages
http://www.ultralingua.net/
c. Global dictionary using 275 dictionaries on the internet
http://www.foreignword.com/Tools/dictsrch.htm
d. Multilingual e-tTranslation portal
http://www.logos.it/lang/transl_en.html
3. Etymological dictionaries
a. The history of the English language
http://ebbs.english.vt.edu/hel/hel.html
b. Wordorigins.org
http://www.wordorigins.org
c. Phrase origins
http://members.aol.com/MorelandC/Phrases.htm
d. An Etymological Dictionary of Classical Mythology
http://library.oakland.edu/information/people/personal/kraemer/edcm/index.html
e. World Wide Words
http://www.worldwidewords.org/index.htm
f. Online etymology dictionary
http://www.etymonline.com/
4. Specialized dictionaries
a. Phrontistery: extremely rare, nearly obsolete and just plain strange English words
http://phrontistery.info/
b. The Skeptic's Dictionary: strange beliefs, amusing deceptions, and dangerous delusions
http://skepdic.com/
c. Hutchinson Dictionary of Difficult Words
http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/dictionaries/difficultwords/
d. Luciferous Logolepsy: Dragging obscure words into the light of day
http://www.kokogiak.com/logolepsy/
5. Art
a. ArtLex: the terminology of visual culture with supporting images, pronunciation notes, quotations and cross-references
http://www.artlex.com/
b. The Fantastic in Art and Fiction
http://fantastic.library.cornell.edu/
c. The Aberdeen Bestiary
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/bestiary/bestiary.hti
d. Bestiary
http://www.pantheon.org/areas/bestiary/articles.html
e. Pictures of the Floating World: The art of ukiyo-e
http://www.bahnhof.se/~secutor/ukiyo-e/
6. Technology
a. Free online dictionary of computing
http://foldoc.org/
b. Dictionary of digital media
http://www.hansenb.pdx.edu/DMKB/dict/index.php
c. Glossary of communication, computer, data, and information security terms
http://www.ethandbook.niu.edu/ethandbook/atoz/index.shtml
d. The Techtionary
http://www.techtionary.com/index_in.html
Thesauri
Collection of thesauri
http://thesaurus.reference.com/
Roget's Thesaurus
http://www.bartleby.com/62/
Roget's Thesaurus: 1911 edition
http://asadz.com/thesaurus/
Merriam Webster Thesaurus
http://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus.htm
Encyclopedias
1. General
IPL collection of online encyclopedias
http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/ref32.00.00/
Columbia Encyclopedia Sixth Edition
http://www.bartleby.com/65/
2. History
The Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern
http://www.bartleby.com/67/
The Cambridge History of English and American Literature
http://www.bartleby.com/cambridge/index.html
3. Philosophy
a. Dictionary of philosophical terms and names
http://www.philosophypages.com/dy/
b. The Ism Book
http://www.ismbook.com/
c. Internet encyclopedia of philosophy
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/
d. Meta-encyclopedia of philosophy
http://www.ditext.com/encyc/frame.html
e. Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy
http://plato.stanford.edu/contents.html
4. Encyclopedia of psychology
http://www.psychology.org/
Maps
National Geographic maps and geography
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/maps
Perry-Castañeda Library map collection (current & general interest)
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html
Quick maps
http://www.immigration-usa.com/maps/
Worldwide map search, routing and travel directions
http://www.multimap.com/
Topographic maps
http://www.topozone.com/
Census Bureau reference and thematic maps
http://www.census.gov/geo/www/maps/CP_MapProducts.htm
CIA World Fact Book
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
Aerial photographs of the USA
http://terraserver-usa.com/
Astronomy picture of the day
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
Quotations
Collection of internet quotation sites
http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/ref63.00.00/
Directory of quotation sites in several languages
http://www.problemistics.org/tools/references/allusions.quotations.html
Columbia World of Quotations: 65,000 essential quotations
http://www.bartleby.com/66/
BrainyQuote: Over 38,000 quotes by 10,000 authors from Aristotle to Zappa
http://www.brainyquote.com/
The quotations page: Searchable database of over 15,000 quotations
http://www.quotationspage.com/
Bartlett's familiar quotations: Passages, phrases, and proverbs from ancient and modern literature
http://www.bartleby.com/100/
History Channel's great speeches archive
http://www.history.com/media.do
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