Reference Works
- Acronym
Finder
- All
That JAS: Journal Abbreviation Sources_
- The
American·British - British·American Dictionary
- Answerbank:
ask and answer questions
- Ask Oxford: free Online
Dictionary Resource from OED
- Assorted
Encyclopedias on the Web
- Bartleby.com:
includes Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition,
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English
Language, Third Edition, Roget's II: The New
Thesaurus, Third Edition, Simpson's Contemporary
Quotations, The American Heritage Book of English
Usage, Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable.
- Biographical
Dictionary
- Biography.com:
who is or who was who
- Blink:
Black Information Link
- British Films
Catalogue: British Council
- britfilms.com
- Catholic
Encylopedia
- Cheshire
County Council Online Reference Library: accessible via library
card number
-
Cheshire County Council Peoples Network Library Link
- CIA
World Fact Book
-
Conversion tables for metric and imperial
- Dictionary
of slang
- Dict.org
- Dr.
Universe: general queries
- English
Dictionary from Freesearch
- English pronunciation
dictionary with instant sound
- Flags of the
World
- Free-Translator.com:
selection of the best free translators,
dictionaries and language courses on the web.
- Guinness
World Records
- Hints
and Things
- HighBeam Encyclopedia:
searches articles from the Columbia Encylopedia
- The
Household Cyclopedia of General Information
- Hutchinson's
Dictionary of Difficult Words
- International
Organizations
- Martindale's: the
Reference Desk: large collection of links to reference sources
- My Reference
Desk
- Onelook
dictionaries
- Project Wombat: an
e-mail discussion list for difficult reference questions: formerly
Stumpers-List
- The Quotations Page
- Reference
works from BUBL
- Research-It!:enquire
within about anything!
- Roget's
Thesaurus
- Royal
Warrant Holders Association
- Scholarpedia:
free peer reviewed encyclopaedia written by scholars from all around
the world
- Scoot: UK
business directory
- Study
Skills Guide for Students
- Universal
Currency Converter
- Webster's
Dictionary
- Whonamedit.com: a
biographical dictionary of medical eponyms.
- Who's
Alive and Who's Dead
- Wikipedia: to be
treated with caution, but good for a quick overview of a subject and
often has links to reputable source materials
- Word
Origins
- World Flag
Database
- World
Gazetteer
- World Wide
Words: Michael Quinion writes about international English
from a British viewpoint
- Your
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