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| Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI). Indexes articles about people in reference books and Biography Index. Gale | ||
| Books in Print. Extensive bibliographic database with award and bestseller listings and over 500,000 full-text reviews. Searches available are by keyword, author, title, or ISBN. | ||
| Britannica.com. See Encyclopędia Britannica Online. | ||
| CountryWatch. Country-specific data portal, including maps and economic forecasts. | ||
| Dictionary.com. 600,000 English words. Word of the Day. Lexico LLC | ||
| Encarta Encyclopedia. Signed articles, maps, and multimedia from Microsoft. | ||
| Encyclopędia Britannica Online. | ||
| Gale Virtual Reference Library. Collection of online reference tools in multiple subject areas. Includes some K-12 resources. Gale. | ||
| Historical Statistics of the United States. A standard source for the quantitative facts of American history covering topics ranging from migration and health to crime and the Confederate States of America. Download, manipulate and customize data. | ||
| Merriam-Webster. Dictionary, thesaurus, and word-of-the-day. | ||
| North Carolina Encyclopedia | ||
| Oxford English Dictionary. The standard dictionary of the English language. Includes a history of individual words along with their derivation and usage examples. Oxford | ||
| ReferenceUSA. Detailed residential, business, healthcare, and technical company listings. | ||
| Roget's Thesaurus. 1911 ed., with 1991 supplement. University of Chicago | ||
| Spanish Reference Center. Spanish-language encyclopedia. Includes articles, dictionary entries, photos, atlas and timelines. | ||
| Thesaurus.com. A Web version of Roget's Thesaurus. Lexico LLC | ||
| The World Factbook. U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. | ||
| The OECD Factbook. Economic, environmental, and social statistics from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Statistical data in downloadable spreadsheets. | ||
| Who's Who. Profiles of 1.2 million accomplished individuals from 1607 to the present. Marquis | ||
| xrefer. More than 50 free online reference sources from reputed publishers Oxford UP, Penguin, Bloomsbury and Macmillan. | ||
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| BellSouth Yellow Pages. Find Businesses by category or name. To Find People, use the BellSouth White Pages. BellSouth | ||
| Switchboard. Find phone numbers and e-mail addresses. Both Find a Business and Find a Person offer enhanced results with map links and related information. | ||
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| Common Weights and Measures. University of California, Berkeley | ||
| Convert me: Kilometers and Miles. | ||
| How far is it? Distance calculator for any two points "as the crow flies." Bali Online | ||
| Kelley Blue Book. Used car and motorcycle values. New car pricing. Kelley | ||
| N.A.D.A. Official Used Car Guide. National Association of Automobile Dealers | ||
| POTUS: Presidents of the United States. Election results, cabinet members, and facts about each president. Links to biographies, historical documents, and other presidential sites. Internet Public LIbrary | ||
| WorldWideWeb Acronym and Abbreviation Server. Cork University | ||
| Zip Code Lookup and Address Information. U.S. Postal Service | ||
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| Atlapedia. Political and physical maps. Some use restrictions; maps are watermarked. | ||
| CIA World Factbook. Small maps with country profiles and larger reference maps. | ||
| MapBlast. Maps and driving directions. | ||
| MapQuest. Maps and driving directions. Special page for National Parks. | ||
| National Geographic Map Machine. Good for making small maps. | ||
| Perry-Castenada Map Collection Online. University of Texas at Austin | ||
| Sanborn Digital Maps: North Carolina. Chart the growth and development of North Carolina towns and cities, 1867-1970. | ||
| TerraServer. Search and print USGS topographic maps. MSN | ||
| The Topozone. Search and print USGS topographic maps. | ||
| Yahoo! Maps by Country. | ||
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| NoveList. Helps readers find interesting new books. CARL | ||
| PubList. Directory of periodicals based primarily upon information in Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory. PubList.com | ||
| Serials Directory (indexing: current). Publisher information only. Not an index to periodical articles. EBSCOhost | ||
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| The Internet Public Library (IPL). University of Michigan site with many different types of reference resources. Easy to use. | ||
| Librarians' Index to the Internet. Selected Web sites by subject. | ||
| Library of Congress World Wide Web Home Page. Access to the library catalog, government agency links, the American Memory project, and more. | ||
| Quick Reference. The University of Texas at Austin's Quick Reference collection of links. | ||
| Scholars' Guide to WWW. Organized list of Web resources tailored to the needs of the academic community. | ||
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