Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

On-line Reference Works

Dictionaries - Encyclopedias - Other References

Dictionaries

General

OneLook Dictionary Search.
http://www.onelook.com

iTools Language Tools.
http://www.itools.com/lang

Dictionary.com.
http://www.dictionary.com

Merriam-Webster On-Line Dictionary and Merriam-Webster On-Line Thesaurus.
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm

Specialized

Biographical Dictionary covers more than 28,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day.
http://www.s9.com/biography

Dictionary of Symbolism.
http://www.umich.edu/~umfandsf/symbolismproject/symbolism.html

Computer & Internet

Free On-line Dictionary of Computers and Computer Terms.
http://foldoc.org

NetLingo Dictionary of Online Words: A Glossary of Internet Jargon with Definitions of Terminology & Acronyms.
http://www.netlingo.com

Acronyms and Abbreviations

Acronyma.
http://www.acronyma.com

Acronyms and Abbreviations - biased towards acronyms used in chemistry or spectroscopy.
http://www.chemie.fu-berlin.de/cgi-bin/acronym

The Internet Acronym Server - search here for acronyms and for words used in acronyms.
http://silmaril.ie/cgi-bin/uncgi/acronyms

Computer-Related Abbreviations and Acronyms.
http://www.geocities.com/ikind_babel/babel/babel.html

Anagrams

Andy's Anagram Solver.
http://www.ssynth.co.uk/~gay/anagram.html

Reference Listings & Collections

Dictionaries - a very large set of on-line dictionaries.
http://math-www.uni-paderborn.de/HTML/Dictionaries_noframes.html

Bibliomania Reference Section - fully searchable copies of your favourite language reference books, including dictionaries, books of quotations, synonyms, thesaurus, and literary sources.
http://www.bibliomania.com/2/3/frameset.html

Online Writing Resources from the University of Maine Writing Center.
http://www.umaine.edu/wcenter/resources.html

YourDictionary.com - a Web of on-line dictionaries.
http://www.yourdictionary.com

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Encyclopedias

General

Encyclopedia.com.
http://www.encyclopedia.com

Wikipedia–the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.
http://en.wikipedia.org

Wikiverse - is an on-line version of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
http://www.wikiverse.org

Specialized

CIA World Factbook includes international maps and information like the United Nations system, abbreviations, organizations and groups, several cross-references, and weights and measures.
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

Tech Encyclopedia.
http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia

Symbols: An Encyclopedia of Western Signs and Ideograms.
http://www.symbols.com

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Other References

Canadiana

Canadiana The Canadian Resource Page.
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/user/clamen/misc/Canadiana

CanLinks - a directory of Web resources relevant to Canadian Studies maintained by David Lucking.
http://www.lucking.net/canlinks

CanadaInfo - A Tribute to Canada. As well as the usual geographic information this site has details about Canadian symbols, anthems and other patriotic songs, etc.
http://www.craigmarlatt.com/canada

Virtual Canadian Law Library.
http://www.lexum.umontreal.ca/index_en.html

Literary

SOURCES Directory.
http://www.sources.com

Literary Resources on the Net.
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit

Medical

Russ Harvey's Health & Medical Links to professional medical journals on-line as well as information about nutrition, alternative health, toxic substances and hospitals.
http://www.russharvey.bc.ca/russ/medical.html

Translation

AltaVista Translation offers translation to and from English and several languages.
http://babelfish.altavista.com/translate.dyn

Free On-Line Translation Services in 7 Languages - Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish--including complete verb conjugation and grammar.
http://www.langdy.com/dacc_g.htm

Lists and Databases

The Internet Movie Database allows searches of over 180,000 movies for such details as cast, crew, characters, awards, etc. and lists movies by category.
http://us.imdb.com

Pulitzer Prizes.
http://www.pulitzer.org

A Guide to Proper Trademark Use for the Media and Public from The International Trademark Association.
http://www.inta.org/index.php?option=com_trademarkchecklist&func=display&Itemid=0&catid=123&getcontent=1&temid=132

Urban Legends.
http://www.urbanlegends.com

Quotations

Quotation Resources.
http://www.quotationspage.com

Bible

Bible Gateway allows you to choose the version and language you prefer, then search by passage or word.
http://www.biblegateway.com

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