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• General Reference Tools - Almanacs, biographies, dictionaries, maps, and more.
  • Answers.com > Reference
  • Internet Public Library > Reference Desk
  • Michigan eLibrary > Reference
  • refdesk.com
  • Virtual Reference Desk
  • Virtual Reference Shelf - Selected Web resources compiled by the Library of Congress

• Encyclopedias
  • Encyclopaedia Britannica Online - Academic Edition
    •  On-Campus
    •  Off-Campus

• Biographies - Note: Many of the sites above also have links to biographies.
  • Gale Biography Resource Center
    • On-Campus
    • Off-Campus

• Dictionaries
  • General
    • Oxford English Dictionary
      • On-Campus
      • Off-Campus
    • American Heritage Dictionary
    • Merriam-Webster Online
    • OneLook Dictionary Search - A reverse dictionary feature lets you describe a concept and get back a list of words and phrases related to that concept.
  • Roget's II: the New Thesaurus 
  • Online Etymological Dictionary

• Itools! - Fill-in forms with quick responses
   
• Locators, Maps
  • AnyWho
  • Federal Toll-Free Telephone Numbers
  • InfoSpace.com
  • MapQuest
  • MSN Yellowpages 
  • Switchboard
  • US Zip Codes
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• Ready Reference File - A collection of answers to tricky questions.
   
• DateDex - Calendar directory of days, dates, and events worldwide.

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