Dictionaries & Thesauri
Oxford English Dictionary Online (Oxford University Press) On Campus | Off Campus | Full Text
Searchable online version of the Oxford English Dictionary. Includes the complete text of the Oxford English Dictionary's twenty-volume Second Edition and three-volume Additions Series.
Merriam-Webster Online
English-language dictionary and thesaurus, Spanish-English dictionary, and medical dictionary.
One Look Dictionary Search
Definitions and translations from a variety of dictionaries, including reverse dictionary to input a concept and find a list of words.
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Directories
AnyWho (AT&T)
Find people and businesses, including reverse directories.
InfoSpace
White and yellow pages online.
Switchboard.com
Find people, businesses, maps, and other directory information.
Yellow Pages.com
Combined yellow page directory plus local.
Zip Code Lookup
Find zip codes and information about specific zip code areas.
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Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia Smithsonian
Encyclopedia of culture, natural sciences, arts, and history.
Wikipedia
Search, contribute, and discuss items in the original wiki encyclopedia.
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General Reference
Bartleby.com
A comprehensive resource, a combination of contemporary and classic reference sources.
Best Free Reference Websites Index (MARS, 1999 - 2008) (American Library Association)
Index of free reference sources on the web. Also, Best Free Reference Websites
eNotes.com
An educational resource that contains literature study guides, lesson plans, literary criticism, and the ability for providing commentary via forums and other feedback mechanisms.
Encarta (Microsoft)
Includes encyclopedia, dictionary, atlas, and other reference sources, including links to college directory, and SAT and ACT testing information.
Facts On File Online Databases (Facts.com) On Campus | Off Campus | Full Text
A collection of five interlinked databases from Facts.com: World News Digest, a full-text database of authoritative news and facts ranging from October 1940 to the present day, Issues & Controversies, which provides background on the most important current issues, American History Online, providing coverage of history, Science Online, academic resources in the sciences, and Today's Science, which highlights the latest developments in science, health and medicine, and technology. 
Gale Virtual Reference Library (Gale) On Campus | Off Campus | Full Text
Provides access to more than 85 reference sources including encyclopedias, almanacs, series and - eBooks - in many subject area including literature, health, science, art, history, business, social science, and multiculture studies. To search a specific title (e.g. Short Stories for Students, Drama for Students, etc.), select the publication by clickiing on the "+" beside the discipline which covers it.
InfoPlease
Includes atlas, dictionary, encyclopedia, and thesaurus. Also, a homework center.
Internet Public Library Reference Collection
Directory of reference websites.
Librarians' Internet Index Ready Reference & Quick Facts
Directory of reference websites.
Useful Reference Sites (U. of Texas at Austin)
Directory of reference websites.
Reference.com
Directory of reference websites.
SciTopics
From "About SciTopics: ... a free expert-generated knowledge-sharing service for the scientific community. It serves as an information and collaboration service for researchers. ... offers authors a dynamic, quick, informal yet authoritative online publication platform."
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Maps
Homes & Communities: HUD Locator Services (U.S. Dept. of Housing & Urban Development)
View community maps together with demographic and environmental information about the mapped area.
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection (U. of Texas at Austin)
Digitized up-to-date map collections of the world and regions of the world, contemporary and historical.
U.S. Gazetteer (U.S. Census Bureau)
This gazetteer is used to identify places to view on maps. Search for places, counties or cities, towns, villages by entering the name and state abbreviation (optional), or 5-digit zip code.
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Quotations
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (Bartlebly.com)
Available with other reference sources on Bartleby.com, Bartlett's is a search engine of classic quotations.
QuoteWorld.org
Over 15,000 quotations and famous quotes.
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Statistics
American FactFinder (U.S. Census Bureau)
Find fact sheets about local U.S. communities.
County & City Databook (U.S. Census Bureau)
Includes data for all U.S. states, counties, and cities with a population of 25,000 or more. Contains additional data for places with a population of 100,000 or more. Also included is a complete set of state maps showing all counties, places of 25,000 or more population, and metropolitan areas.
FedStats
Find U.S. statistics published by U.S. government agencies.
MapStats
Statistics of each U.S. state compared to entire USA; find court and Congressional districts within any state.
State & County QuickFacts
Search by state and find statistics at state and county levels.
Statistical Abstract of the U.S. (U.S. Census Bureau)
The authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.
World Factbook (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
Country facts about economics, government, politics, communications, education, culture, and people; database of country flags.
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