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Conversion Tables
- Interactive Units Convertor
Here you will find interactive calculators for many measurement systems.
- The Ultimate List of Calculators
A directory of calculators with applications to mathematics, science, health, finance, home, and many others. If you have a calculation to perform this site probably has what you are looking for.
- Online conversion
“Convert just about anything to anything else. Over 5,000 units and 50,000 conversions.”
- Atlapedia Online
“Atlapedia Online contains full color physical maps, political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countiries of the world.”
- Country Reports.org
Profiles of hundreds of countries which include economy, government, background, and statistics. There are separate links for flags, national anthems, reference maps, history of countries, and weather.
- Globastat
“Globastat is an award-winning web site which shows how over 190 countries compare to each other in more than 140 categories, ranging from population size to electricity consumption per person. Globastat uses the CIA World Factbook statistics.”
- Nationmaster
This site contains an encyclopedia of nations of the world, contains country profiles, and a graph producer which can produce charts, scatterplots, and pie charts.
- World Factbook 2008
This is the first stop on the Web for information about countries of the world.
- United Nations CyberSchoolBus
Includes data on each of the countries of the world, profiles of 20 of the world’s largest cities, and information about the United Nations.
- AskOxford: Free online dictionary resources from Oxford University Press
Free resources from the world’s most respected dictionary publisher.
- Etymology Dictionary
Douglas Harper’s compilation of word origins.
- Glossaries and Dictionaries on all subjects
This is a searchable directory of glossaries and subject directories.
- Merriam- Websters’ Dictionary
Contains both the abridged and unabridged dictionary as well as the thesaurus.
- One Look Dictionary Search
Find definitions or translations. Be sure to try the useful wildcard search.
- Oxford English Dictionary Online
“The ultimate authority on the English language as well as a history of English speech and thought from its infancy to the present day.” – The Times See Schoolzone or library staff for password.
- The Phrase Finder
Meanings and Origins of Phrases, Sayings, and Idioms
- Visuwords
Graphical Dictionary and Thesaurus
- Rhyming Dictionary and Thesaurus (From Poetry.com)
Results can be organized in a number of ways: by syllables, letters, and with or without phrases.
- Your Dictionary.com
This is really a one-stop site containing dictionaries in many languages, free translation service, thesaurus, glossaries for many subjects, and grammar guides. Interesting sections include Word of the Day which you can have emailed to you, puzzles, and Write your name in 10 languages.
Free Encyclopedias and Almanacs
- Allrefer.com
This comprehensive site contains encyclopedias for most subject areas studied in school. Browse by category or use the allrefer reference search.
- Columbia Encyclopedia
6th edition from Bartleby.com
- Encarta
Contains links to Encarta Encyclopedia, dictionaries, and a dynamic atlas.
- Infoplease
An atlas and dictionary as well as an encyclopedia.
- Wikipedia
“Wikipedia is a multilingual project to create a complete and accurate free content encyclopedia by contributions from volunteers.” Users should evaluate the authority of the contributors to all articles in Wikipedia. Critically evaluating the information found in this project is always recommended.
- Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations
1901 edition from Bartleby.com
- BrainyQuote
Over 38,000 quotes by over 10,000 authors.
- Famous Quotations Network
A searchable database. This database can be browsed by author, categories, and alphabetically. Contains a proverbs section.
- Mathematical Quotation Server
A searchable collection of mathematical quotations from sources on the web.
- Online Dictionary of Quotations
Searchable by author and subject.
- Quotation Center
Search by author, by subject,or by keyword. A section for quote of the day.
- The Quotations Page
This site maintained by Michael and Laura Moncur has been on the Web since 1994. It contains an author and subject index as well as a search option. You can contribute quotes to this site.
- Quoteland.com
A searchable database. Also has a thematic arrangement, and a useful FAQ.
- Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations (From Bartleby.com)
The most notable quotations: 1950 – 1988. Compiled by James B. Simpson, this site has 9,000 quotations from 4,000 sources. Subject and author index. Sources are documented.
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