Weblinks Collection - Reference
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World Factbook
Published annually by the Central Intelligence
Agency. This is a handy reference work for basic
statistical data on the countries of the world.
Also, check out their appendices and maps at the
bottom of the page.
Information Please Almanac
The publishers have put the contents of the
Information Please Almanacs, their own biography
database, "a leading dictionary," and the
Columbia Encyclopedia online. You can search
these ready reference works together or
separately or browse the Almanacs.
Old Farmer’s
Almanac
This electronic version of the Old Farmer's
Almanac answers questions about weather,
astronomy, folklore, and history, and provides
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Atlapedia Online
Full color
physical maps,
political maps as well as key facts and
statistics on
countries of the world.
Color Landform Atlas of the United States
Each state link brings up a menu of links to
maps and other online information about the
state. Links are included for web pages from the
Virtual Tourist, City Net, and Yahoo. Currently
two maps are available for each state (except
Alaska and Hawaii): A topographic map optimized
to show the landforms, and a map showing
counties in a state.
Earth and Moon
Viewer
Displays day and night regions in real time.
GeoMicro's
AltaMap
Offers scalable maps for any address in the
United States.
Google Maps
Ability to find businesses and other locations,
get directions using address or general search
terms. Maps will show streets, satellite images
or a hybrid or both.
MapQuest
Offers worldwide maps, driving directions for
the U.S., interactive personalized maps, plus
door-to-door driving directions complete with
estimated travel time and mileage.
Maps on Us
Maps On Us provides advanced mapping (such as
displaying Longitude and Latitude coordinates)
and driving directions throughout the United
States.
National
Geographic Society's Map Machine
Provides physical and political maps, as well as
country profiles.
Rand McNally -
Maps, Driving Directions, Trip Planning
Rand McNally Maps provides maps, driving
directions, and trip planning for the United
States.
Windows Live Local
Provides maps & driving directions worldwide with tools to annotate your maps.
Yahoo! Local Maps
Yahoo Maps provides maps and driving directions
for the United States, Canada, and some European
countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United
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Aztec Calendar
Most information on this site refers to the
tonalpohualli calendar. The daysigns and gods
who rule them are pictured and described. Also
has a calculator for matching Gregorian to Aztec
dates.
Daily Globe:
Monthly Dates Archive
Database of important dates, listed by month.
Choose a month and then use your browser's Find
feature to search for an event. Great, if you
don't have Chase's Annual Events handy and can
guess the month you want.
Dates of Easter
Sunday and Perpetual Calendar
Dates of Easter Sunday and a calendar generator
for the years 1550-2049. This is better that a
print resource because each year is a link.
Click on the year you want, and a calendar for
that year appears.
Hebcal
Interactive Jewish Calendar
Interactive calendar for Jewish holidays.
Islamic Calendar
2004, 2005 & 2006
Ten Thousand
Year Calendar
Perpetual calendar that can display a month or a
year at a time.
Time and Date
Includes a world clock, meeting planner and
various calendars.
Today Date &
Time
Find the current date on Hebrew, Chinese,
Moslem, Hindu, Coptic, Indian, and other
calendars. |
General
Dictionaries
Dictionary.com
Provides definitions for words entered. Also
links to Bartlett's Quotations, Roget's
Thesaurus, plus other interesting dictionary
sites.
Merriam-Webster
Online Dictionary
Based on the Webster 10th Collegiate edition,
1993. More than 160,000 entries. Each word is
accompanied by definition, pronunciation, usage,
grammatical function, and a brief etymology. A
thesaurus can be queried for similar words,
hypertext cross references are available, and
misspellings return suggested spellings. Search
system supports internal wildcards and right
hand truncation searching. Includes an extensive
pronunciation guide.
OneLook
Dictionaries
A dictionary search engine, this site will
search 900 online dictionaries at once. Provides
definition, translations from and into many
languages, and pattern worlds using wildcard
characters within word searches.
Language
Dictionaries
Language
Dictionaries and Translators
A collection on online translation tools to and
from virtually any language.
Acronyms
Acronym finder
Search for acronyms, abbreviations and
initialisms for all areas from business terms to
chat rooms.
Subject
Dictionaries
Epicurious
Dictionary
Comprehensive definitions of over 4,200 food,
wine, and culinary terms, from the Food Lover's
Companion, 2nd edition. Also has the Reference
Guides to herbs and spices and metric
conversions.
RhymeZone
rhyming dictionary and thesaurus
Choose from three query functions to find words
that rhyme with, almost rhyme with, or sound
exactly the same as a certain target word.
Quotations
Bartleby.com
Bartleby.com combines the best of both
contemporary and classic quotations collections
into a searchable database of over 87,000
entries, the largest of its kind ever compiles.
Thesaurus
Thesaurus.com
"Each entry includes a brief definition,
synonyms, antonyms (where appropriate) and
concept, the general idea underlying the terms
in the entry. Arranged in ... dictionary-style
format, with over 17,000 entries."
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General
Encyclopedias
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World Book Online
Search the contents of this online encyclopedia;
also includes overviews of World Countries & US
States including maps, flags, seals, and much
more.
Remote access requires your Glendora Public
Library card.
Remote users click
HERE
Encyclopedia.com
Search or browse for free more than 17,000
articles from the Concise Columbia Electronic
Encyclopedia, 6th Edition.
Wikipedia, the
free encyclopedia
"Wikipedia is a free content encyclopedia that
is being written collaboratively by contributors
from all around the world. The site is a
WikiWiki, meaning that anyone ... can edit any
article..." Without editorial oversight, the
quality of the content on this site varies
dramatically, but it is worth exploring. The
English version has over a million entries.
Subject
Encyclopedias
Captials.com
Information, maps, weather and live views about
capitals and countries from around the World.
Encyclopedia
Smithsonian
Encyclopedia Smithsonian features answers to
frequently asked questions about the Smithsonian
and links to Smithsonian resources.
Instrument
Encyclopedia
This Musical Heritage Network (MHN) site
provides general and historical information for
musical instruments from around the world. For
some instruments, it provides references and the
ability to listen to sample sounds of the
instrument. It provides a glossary and links to
related sites. The information is categorized by
the major instrument types, the Sachs-Hornbostel
classification scheme, and by geographic region.
PC Webopedia
An online encyclopedia and search engine
dedicated to computer technology. Enter a search
term or browse through the categories.
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