The Reference Center

Link of the month:

Research It!
Very cool quick-reference tools, including dictionary, thesaurus, language translator, maps, currency coverter.

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• Allexperts.com  - Get advice directly from professional experts on music, poltics, and popular topics.
• Ask an Expert  - List of email addresses and Web sites of experts who can answer your questions. review
• Dictionary.Com  - Includes Bartlett's Quotations, Roget's Thesaurus, The Skeptic's Dictionary, Strunk's Elements of Style, and others.
• Library of Congress  - Venerable library, known for its vast collection. review
• Online Reference Works   - Dictionaries, books of quotations, atlases, encyclopedias, Internet indexes. review
• The Daily Fix - Daily quote, pun, trivia, and word in one spot.
• Desktop Reference Tools - A couple of tools plus a serious "Resources by Subject" section.
• Global Statistics - Huge collection of world demographic and geographic information. review
• Internet Public Library Ready Reference - Links to top reference resources on the Web, browsable by subject and title or searched by keyword. review
• Macmillan General Reference - One of the largest publishers of reference materials.
• Martindale's The Reference Desk - Science tables, calculators, dictionaries, maps, postal codes.
• Measurement Units Translation - Measurement converter which translates units for weight, volume, length, speed, and pressure.
• megaConverter - Weights, measures, and units conversion/calculation modules.
• My Virtual Reference Desk review
• Needle in a CyberStack - the InfoFinder - Large and somewhat confusing collection of links.
• Net-Direct Reference Desk - Everything from law to geography to household tips has its place here.
• North American Transportation Directory - Resources for common carrier transportation within North America.
• Reference Materials - For writers and speakers.
• Research-It! - Nifty page full of quick-reference tools, including dictionary, thesaurus, language translater, maps, currency coverter, etc.
• Science Whatzit - Submit any question to this Oregon museum's panel of experts. Select responses are published monthly with archives dating back to 1996.
• Universal Currency Converter - Converts 52 international currencies into any other currency on the list.
• The Virtual Reference Desk - Government documents, information technology, phone books, travel information, etc.
• WebSonar--The Intelligent Document Server - For advanced document searches, this is your place.
• WordNet - Lexical database of English words has HTML and downloadable versions.
• The World Book - 1998 mulitimedia encyclopedia can be ordered here, or take a looks at the impressive educator's guide.
• WWW Virtual Reference Sites - Mega resources if you can wade through the mega advertising.