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Introduction Access to a virual ready-reference shelf of online resources is an indispensable tool. Below are links to the best reference bargins on the Web.
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Free Encyclopedias
- Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia - http://www.encyclopedia.com
- Encarta Concise Encyclopedia - http://encarta.msn.com
- Encyclopedia Smithsonian - http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/start.htm
- Catholic Encyclopedia - http://www.knight.org/advent/cathen/cathen.htm
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Almanacs
- Information Please - http://www.infoplease.com
- Fact Monster - http://www.factmonster.com/
- Old Farmer's Almanac - http://www.almanac.com
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Biographical Reference
- A&E's Biography Database - http://www.biography.com/
- Academy of Achievement - http://www.achievement.org/mainmenu.html
- Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences - https://webfiles.uci.edu/mcbrown/display/faces.html
- Lives, the Biography Resource - http://amillionlives.com/
- National Women's Hall of Fame - http://www.greatwomen.org
- Nobel Prize Internet Archive - http://nobelprizes.com/nobel/nobel.html
- 4000 Years of Women in Science - http://crux.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/4000WS.html
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Reference Gateways
- DeskRef - http://ansernet.rcls.org/deskref/
- Internet Public Library Ready Reference - http://www.ipl.org/ref/RR/
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My Virtual Reference Desk - http://www.refdesk.com/
- New York Times Navigator - http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/navigator/index.html#ref
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Research-It! - http://www.iTools.com/research-it/
- Scholes Library Electronic Reference Desk - http://scholes.alfred.edu/ref_desk/ref.html
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Virtual Reference Desk - http://www.vrd.org
- Yahoo Reference - http://dir.yahoo.com/reference/index.html
- First Search - http://newfirstsearch.oclc.org ...(see LLC for authorization and password)
- Proquest - http://www.umi.com/proquest . .. (see LLC for authorization and password)
- Gale Literature Database - www.galenet.com ... (see LLC for authorization and password)
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Dictionaries
- 3 D Dictionary - http://www.maran.com/dictionary/
- Math Dictionary for Kids - http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/
- Little Explorers Dictionary - http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Dictionary.html
- Internet Picture Dictionary - http://www.pdictionary.com/
- Word Central.com - http://www.wordcentral.com/ ...Dictionary - Daily Buzzword - Word Games - Merriam-Webster
- Your Dictionary.com - http://www.yourdictionary.com/
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Magazines
- Time for Kids - http://www.timeforkids.com
- KidsClick News - http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/searchkids.pl?searchtype=subject&keywords=News&title=News
- Headline Spot for Kids - http://headlinespot.com/for/kids/
- Scholastic News - http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/
- Pencil News - http://www.pencilnews.com
- Weekly Reader - http://www.weeklyreader.com/homepage.asp
- National Geographic for Kids - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/index.html
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