Online Reference
Almanacs | Dictionaries and Thesauruses | Encyclopedias | Other General Reference
Information Please-Offers continuously updated information on a wide variety of topics.
Old Farmers Almanac-Although abridged, this is a handy online guide for seasonal and weather information.
RhymeZone-a rhyming dictionary from Lycos
Webopedia-online dictionary for computer and internet technology
What Is-a technical dictionary
800 Numbers-The site organizes companies alphabetically and displays phone numbers andhours of operation.
Abbreviationz-The A to Z of Acronyms, Abbreviations & Initialisms on the Net
Acronym Finder-AcronymFinder is a searchable database of over 100,000 acronyms, abbreviations and their meanings. There is coverage of many subjects, with a focus on computers, technology, telecommunications, and the military.
Air Data-"The AirData Web site gives you access to air pollution data for the entire United States. Want to know the highest ozone level measured in your state last year? Ever wonder where air pollution monitoring sites are located? Are there sources of air pollution in your town? You can find out here! AirData produces reports and maps of air pollution data based on criteria that you specify."
aka-author pseudonyms, aliases, nicknames, working names, legalized names, pen names, noms de plume, maiden names... etc.
AnyWho.com-use to find addresses and phone numbers
Ask Numbers-"The
website provides online conversions for different kind of metrics such
as length, weight, temperature, area, volume, speed, frequency,
light, cooking, currency and many more with
pictures to allow easy access the menu
items and some explanations."Use
Behind the Name-t h e e t y m o l o g y a n d h i s t o r y o f f i r s t n a m e s
BloomsburyMagazine.com Reference Centre-"The Bloomsbury Research centre is a FREE on-line database of reference books. Over 17,000 entries are cross-referenced providing a wealth of information all linked and all fully indexed. Use our search engine to search on a wide range of subjects including literature, art, myth, human thought, quotations and a thesaurus or browse through each book at your leisure."
Currency Conversion-up to date exchange rates provided from leading market data. Look on the left side and click on "FXHistory" for historical exchange rates.
Dead or Alive-"If you're wondering whether a celebrity is still alive or not, search or browse alphabetically or by field or by cause of death among the 6648 famous (and semi-famous) people listed here. Other features: "Died on This Date," "Died in the Last Six Months," "Died Before Age 30," Statistics, and more." From: Neat New Stuff I Found This Week
Dictionary of the Units of Measurement-from the University of North Carolina
DNS Stuff-A website of tools used to look up IP addressesand other internet domain information.
Economic History Services-Economic History Services now has a service that can be used to compare the worth of a United States Dollar five different ways (including the CPI) for the years 1789 - present.
Farm Links-agriculture charts and maps and crop news
Food
Timeline-"Ever wonder what foods the Vikings ate when they set
off to explore the new world? Welcome to the Food Timeline! Food
history presents a fascinating buffet of popular lore and contradictory
facts. Some people will tell you it's impossible to express this topic in
exact timeline format. They are correct. Most foods we eat are not invented;
they evolve." This site is the work of Lynne Olver, "(a) reference
librarian with a passion for food history." A helpful section
is Historic Food Prices.
InfoSpace Finder-find people, businesses, etc.
Internet Archive-a digital library of internet sites,videos, audios and images
Measure for Measure-"A collection of interactive sites on the Web that estimate, calculate, evaluate, translate, etc. In other words, they do the work for you."
Netlingo-"A comprehensive dictionary of Internet terms, including the top 20 Internet acronyms and technological terms that are now common expressions. "
New
Dictionary of Cultural Literacy
Pretrieve-a search
engine for finding public records on a person,business, address, or phone
number.
Phrase Finder-over 2,000 English sayings, phrases and idioms.
Shambles-Physical Education-Sports Courts, Pitches and Rules
Sports Rules-covers all sports
Symbols.com-"SYMBOLS.com contains more than 2,500 Western signs, arranged into 54 groups according to their graphic characteristics. In 1,600 articles their histories, uses, and meanings are thoroughly discussed. The signs range from ideograms carved in mammoth teeth by Cro-Magnon men, to hobo signs and subway graffiti. Use the Graphic Index to search for the meaning or history of a sign. If you want to see an ideogram with a certain meaning, use the Word Index."
Textalyser-"Copy and paste in a piece of text, or give it a URL, and it will analyze the text for word count, readability, sentence count, average sentence length, most frequently used words, etc."
ThomasNet-"the most comprehensive resource for industrial information. Go straight to the source of product, company information, CAD drawings and more..."
Timeticker-displays the current time for dozens of countries throughout the world.
Travlang's Translating Dictionaries-Travlang's Translating Dictionaries site provides multilingual on-line dictionaries including German, French, Spanish, English, Dutch, Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, and more. Use this site to translate a single word from one language to another.
U.S. Gazetter-Type in the name of a city or the zip code. The location tells you the latitude and longitude.
Vital Check-If you are looking for a certified copy of you birth certificate or looking for a birth or death certificate for family history reasons, check out this site.
WHOIS-use this site to see who owns a certain web page. Type in the domain name and search.