Ready Reference Resources

How Stuff Works   PowerPoint Tips PowerPoint How-to
About.com    Web design Brain Twister
     
Finding Information on the Internet: Tutorial from UC Berkeley
The World Time Server - correct, current, local
Free Online Dictionary and Thesaurus
The New York Times: Candidates 2004 
On This Day from the New York Times      Time Capsule 
ReQuest   Connecticut's Online Public Access Catalog. Here you can find books in most of Connecticut's Public Libraries.
FirstGov: Links to everything from the US government:
bulletAlmanacs  World Almanac for Kids /
bulletEncyclopedias: Encyclopedia Britannica  / Encarta  /   Columbia Encyclopedia Encyclopedias  World Wide Words
bulletDictionaries:   Dictionary   /  Quotations / Thesaurus  /  Acronyms  /  Phrases / Rhyming / Langenberg.com  Encarta World Dictionary   /   Word Origins  /  Omniglot - a guide to written language 
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History: Digital History from University of Houston

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Law: Famous Trials 

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Literature: Sparknotes literature guides 

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Music: Azlyrics   Lyrics  Absolute lyric 

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Movies: Internet Movie Database  /  All Movie Guide  /  Nitpickers

Biography:   Biography.com /   Biographies  /  Phone Books  /  Translators /   Geography: CIA World Factbook / Map Machine / Country Profiles / Library Map Collection /  Maps and Geography @ nationalgeographic.com
bulletLongitude & Latitude /  Longitude tables / NGS Expeditions Atlas (b&w maps)  / Earthviewer Digital Globe
bullet Clickable map of the world
bulletStatistics:   Census Data   /  Labor Statistics  /  Statistical Abstract  /  Legislative Info  / FreeLunch (lots of stats)

Libraries: Library of Congress  /

Pathfinders:

bulletPathfinders: research helpers on wide variety of topics from Broward Community College
bulletLibrary Helpers/Research Guides from Broward Community College.

Other:
bulletVirtual Reference Desk
bulletBartleby.com reference books online
bulletInformation Please Columbia Encyclopedia, Random House Dictionary & Information Please Almanacs on Sports, Entertainment and General Knowledge.
bulletReady Reference Using the Internet      
bulletQuestioning Toolkit  
bulletWeb Quests  
bulletNational Middle School Association
bulletFrom Now On.org Great source for accessing information