Almanacs
Info Please Online
http://infoplease.com/
An online version of the Info Please Almanac.
Biographical Information
Biography.com
This is A&E biography website. The site contains a 20,000 entry database.
Biographical Directory of Congress
http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp
This is a governmental web site which contains short biographies of congresspersons from 1774 to the present. The site also contains links to the history of the House and Senate.
The Biography Dictionary
The site containing links to thousands of biographies,
Dictionaries
OneLook Dictionary Search
Searches 900 online dictionaries. Also does translation.
Directories
Academic Info
http://www.academicinfo.net/table.html
The site is a directory of Internet resources for advanced high school students and college undergraduates. The sites, arranged by subject contain screened links.
News Directory
The site describes itself as "Logically organized links provide easy access to periodicals worldwide. Over 8,400 newspapers and magazines."
Scholarly Societies Project
http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/society/overview.html
The development and maintenance of this web site has been provided by the University of Waterloo Library in Ontario Canada. The site contains links to 1702 scholarly societies. It is searchable by date founded, name, and subject area.
Encyclopedia
Britannica Encyclopedia
http://britannica.com/
The website allows you to search the fulltext of the Briannica as well as the Merriam Webster Dictionary.. It provides a good starting point for research and links to quality websites.
Other Reference Resources
Concordances of Great Books
This site is temporarily out of service. The website contains concordances of approximately 200 great, primarily classic books.
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites
This is a large listing of genealogical web sites. It contains 62,800 links.
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