Reference Materials (Dictionaries, etc.)
If you want to add a new link to an item of reference material, please read the short section "Add to Library" referenced from the sidebar.Types of Reference Materials On This Page Include the Following
Acronym and Jargon Finders
Dictionaries
E-Mail Address Books
Encyclopedias
Internet Searches
Glossaries
Language Translators
Libraries
Manual of Styles (APA,
Chicago, etc.)
Phone Books
Quotations
Reference "Desks" (sites with multiple types of reference
information)
Thesaurus
Also consider
Reading
Skills
Writing Skills
Acronym and Jargon Finders
Acronym Finderanother Acronym Finder
Computer and Internet Acronyms
Dictionaries
Accounting,
Business Studies and Economics Dictionary for Students
American
Heritage Dictionary
Britannica
Dictionary.com
Online Dictionaries
Online specialized
dictionaries
Oxford English Dictionary
E-mail Address Books
Finding
Email Addresses on the Web
Large
Email Directories
Encyclopedias
An I.T. encyclopedia
Answers.com
Canadian Encyclopedia
Columbia Encylopedia
Encyclopedia Britannica
Online
Encyclopedia of Life
Encyclopedia of Symbols
How Stuff Works
RefSeek -
Directory of the Best Online Encyclopedias
ScholarPedia
Wikipedia
World Book
World Digital Library
Glossaries
Business
Thesaurus Glossary
Glossary
of Business Terms A-Z
Language Translation
Google TranslateFree Online Language Translator
Free Web and Text Translation Service
Free Translation Online
Libraries
lib-web-cats (includes access to 4,000 libraries)Library Spot -- government libraries
On-Line Sources to Get Up-to-Date National and International News
Media "Watchdogs"
Fairness and Accuracy
in Reporting
Media Matters for American
Media Research Center
News
from around the World
Business News
CNN Money
Bloomberg News
Business Week
Business Wire
Forbes Financial
Financial Times
Investor's Business Daily
New
York Times Business News
Wall Street Journal
World News
BBC World News
CNN World News
London Times
MSNBC World News
New
York Times World News
World Press Review
USA, including international focus
ABC News
CBS News
CNN
Google News
NSNBC News
Reuters (with focus on
financial and business news)
USA Today
Phone Books
International Telephone
Directory
Switchboard for US
and Canada
Telephone Directories on
the Web, Phone Books, White Pages, Yellow Pages
Quotations (general)
Creativity
Quotes
Creative Quotations
Quotations Page
Quoteland.com
Reference "Desks" (sites with multiple types of reference information)
Ask a Librarian
Ask Dr. Jeeves
CWL Publishing Enterprises
Online Reference Desk
Reference Desk
Thesaurus
Getty
Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Merriam
Webster thesaurus
Thesaurus (an Ask.com service)
Internet Searches
Base
Bones 101 -- Basic Tutorial on Searching the Web
Bing
Google
DogPile
DuckDuckGo
International
Directory of Search Engines
Internet Archive: Wayback Machine
MagPortal
Search Engine Watch
Search
Engines to Find Anyone
WebCrawler
Yahoo