Online References on the Internet

Introduction  

Free Encyclopedias  

Almanacs  

Biographical Reference

Reference Gateways  

Introduction

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/
  
  
• My Virtual Reference Desk - http://www.refdesk.com/

• New York Times Navigator - http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/navigator/index.html#ref
  
  
• Research-It! - http://www.iTools.com/research-it/

• Scholes Library Electronic Reference Desk - http://scholes.alfred.edu/ref_desk/ref.html

• 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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