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Almanacs
Infoplease Almanac: Information is easily divided into categories including U.S. and World facts, history, government, sports, arts and entertainment, business, health and science, and weather.
Atlases/Geography
Atlapedia Online: This comprehensive site includes full color physical and political maps. It also includes demographic information about countries of the world.
CIA World Factbook: Print maps for countries, continents or regions of the world. Flags and current details about geography, economy, government and people.
World InfoZone: Easy navigation of culture and geography by continent and country
Biographies
Biography.com: This site sponsored by A&E contains over 25,000 brief entries as well as featured personalities "born on this day".
Calculators
Online Calculation & Conversion Tools: This site contains a variety of links to calculators and conversion resources are available.
Dictionaries
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary: Provides viewer with definitions, etymology, pronunciation, thesaurus, reverse and rhyming dictionaries.
Wordsmyth: Requires free registration, this standard dictionary includes pronunciation, thesaurus, and usage examples for each term.
Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia.com: A brief encyclopedia that contains current information in all fields of knowledge. This resource is free, however there are additional links to other information that is fee based.
Grammar/Style Guide
: This useful site combines helpful information on the following: grammar usage and style, instruction with academic writing, and links to examples of documentation styles.Newspapers
NewsLink: A comprehensive site that indexes national and world newspapers as well as major radio and television news sites.
Quotations
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations: A collection of "passages, phrases, and proverbs, traced to their sources in ancient and modern literature."