General Reference Sites

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      • Bartlett's Familiar Quotations

      • Biographical Dictionary
        Provides more than 25,000 very brief biographies.Searchable by name, birth or death date, profession, and literary or artistic works.

      • britannica.com
        Encyclopaedia Britannica's website. Features the complete text of Encyclopædia Britannica, selected articles from more than 70 of the world's top magazines, and provides current-events coverage.

      • City and County Data Books
        Provides access to demographic information in the 1994 County and City DataBooks.

      • Encarta Concise Encyclopedia
        A free, abbreviated version of the Encarta Online Encyclopedia.

      • Fed Stats
        This site provides access to a full range of statistics and information produced by
        more than 70 agencies in the United States.

      • Governments on the WWW
        Provides information on foreign governments. This site includes parliaments, ministries, offices, law courts, and embassies from over 200 countries.

      • Information Please
        This site integrates information from various Information Please Almanacs, the Random House Webster's College Dictionary , and The Columbia Encyclopedia into a single reference source.

      • Library Spot
        Selected by Forbes magazine as the Best Reference Site on the Web.

      • Old Farmer's Almanac
        The online edition of this folksy almanac. Provides long range weather forecasts, gardening advice, rise and set times for sun, moon and planets, and much more.

      • Presidents of the United States
        Provides information on Presidents and Presidential candidates, cabinet members, election results, and much more. Includes links to historical documents, inaugural addresses, biographies, and First Ladies.

      • Project Vote Smart
        Project Vote Smart has compiled information on over 13,000 candidates and elected officials, including President, Congress, Governors, and State Legislators. Information includes biographies, campaign finances, issue positions, performance evaluations by special interest groups, and voting records.

      • Virtual Reference Desk
        This is an excellent reference source maintained by the Purdue University libraries. Provides links to dictionaries, thesauri, area code and zip code books, and much more.

      • Xrefer: The Web's Reference Engine

      • Your Dictionary
        Large collection of reference sources including translation.