Reference Sites

Mixed Reference Titles

Timeanddate.com
has lots of great information about Time zone menu | Date menu | World Clock | Calendar | Countdown

Artcyclopedia An index of artist represented online

ArtLex Art Dictionary More than 3,100 terms used in visual arts

Bartleby.com Great books online

Biographical Dictionary  This dictionary covers more than 28,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day

Country Reports In depth profiles

Dictionary.com - an excellent dictionary.

Dictionary of Science and Technology Harcourt and Academic Press

A Dictionary of Units Most of the units of measurement

Earth Calendar
A daybook of holidays and celebrations around the world

Event Finders
From cultureandrecreation.gov.au

Lexicool A directory of bilingual and multilingual dictionaries

Encyclopedia.com

Guiness World Records

Little Explorers Picture Dictionary

A Maths Dictionary for Kids Animated and interactive

Refdesk Links to many sources on one page

Quotations

Webexhibits Helps find high quality online exhibits

The Why Files The science behind the news.

xrefer Encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri & books of quotations

 

Maps
Australia Create a Map Daylight Map
Multimap MapQuest Where Is - Online
 

Dictionaries

Onelook - I am very impressed with this Dictionary. It gives you a possible link to 964 dictionaries. Great!

Dictionary.com - an excellent dictionary.
Itools - Links to a number of Dictionaries and reference sources plus 20 language translator.
On-line dictionaries - Links to over 300 dictionaries in over 100 languages + links to specialised dictionaries.
An American/British, British/American Dictionary

 

Encyclopaedias

Columbia - solid!
Encarta Encyclopedia - also links to dictionaries, thesaurus almanacs
Encyclopedia Mythica
Precise coverage of mythology, folklore and legend.
Encyclozine - Pop knowledge. Looks good, easy to use.
Factmonster - Good research tool

Wayne Roy
March 2004
April 2004

   

Index

Wayne
Updated Nov. - Dec. 2004