•+Reference

=**Reference Portals**=

University of Albany http://library.albany.edu/reference/ iTools [|http://www.iTools.com/] Bartleby.com http://www.bartleby.com/reference/ Library Spot http://www.libraryspot.com/ DeskRef http://ansernet.rcls.org/deskref/ Know Play http://www.kplay.cc/reference.html High School Ace [| http://highschoolace.com/ace/ace.cfm] Encarta Reference http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/reference.aspx KidsClick! Reference http://kidsclick.org/topfact.html Multnomah County Library’s Homework Center http://www.multcolib.org/homework/ Homework Spot [|http://homeworkspot.com] Library Spot [|http://libraryspot.com] New York Times Navigator http://www.nytimes.com/navigator

=Dictionaries and Thesauri= YourDictionary.com [|http://yourdictionary.com] American Heritage Dictionary the English Language http://www.bartleby.com/61/ American Heritage Spanish Dictionary http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dict_en_es/index.html Cambridge Dictionaries [| http://dictionary.cambridge.org/default.asp?dict=A] Encarta World English Dictionary http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/Dictionary/DictionaryHome.aspx Merriam-Webster’s Word Central http://www.wordcentral.com/ Merriam-Webster Online Language Center http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary.htm Lycos Rhyme Zone http://rhyme.lycos.com/ Dictionary of Symbolism [|http://www.umich.edu/~umfandsf/symbolismproject/symbolism.html/] Write Express, Online Rhyming Dictionary http://www.rhymer.com/ Glossarist.com [|http://glossarist.com] Internet Picture Dictionary http://www.pdictionary.com/ Little Explorers Picture Dictionary http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Dictionary.html Visual Thesaurus http://www.plumbdesign.com/thesaurus/ Free Translation.com http://www.freetranslation.com/ AltaVista’s Babelfish http://babelfish.altavista.com/ Internet Public Library’s A+ Research and Writing http://www.ipl.org/div/teen/aplus/toc.htm Capital Community College’s Guide to Grammar and Writing http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/ Purdue University’s Online Writing Laboratory http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index.html Common Errors in English [|http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/errors/]

=Almanacs= Infoplease http://www.infoplease.com/ Fact Monster [|http://www.factmonster.com] World Almanac for Kids Online http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/ Fast Facts http://www.freepint.com/gary/handbook.htm U.S. Census site http://www.census.gov/index.html Old Farmer's Almanac http://www.almanac.com/index.php PoliSci.com: The Political Reference Almanac http://www.polisci.com/almanac/almanac.htm Afro-American Almanac http://www.toptags.com/aama/

=Encyclopedia= World Book Online http://worldbookonline.com Columbia (concise) Encyclopedia http://www.bartleby.com/65/ Britannica Concise http://education.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia/ Encarata Concise http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/home.aspx World Book Encyclopedia (concise) See [|Catalogs and Databases] for the full version http://www.worldbookonline.com/ Jewish Encyclopedia http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/index.jsp EH.Net Encyclopedia (Encyclopedia of Economic and Business History) http://www.eh.net/encyclopedia/ Cambridge Encyclopedia of English and American Literature http://www.bartleby.com/cambridge/ Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/ Encyclopedia Mythica http://www.pantheon.org/mythica.html Encyclopedia Smithsonian http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/start.htm Free Internet Encyclopedia http://www.cam-info.net/enc.html New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia http://www.newadvent.org/ Nupedia (open contribution/peer-reviewed) [|http://nupedia.8media.org] Wikipedia (collaborative open content) http://www.wikipedia.org/

=Atlases= Encarta Map Center http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/MapCenter/Map.aspx Outline Maps http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/ Geography @About.com http://geography.about.com/ All the Worlds Maps http://www.embassyworld.com/maps/maps.html [|Concierge.com Maps http://www.concierge.com/tools/maps/] [|BBC News: Key Maps http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/middle_east/03/v3_iraq_key_maps/html/daily_strikes/link1.stm] Perry Casteñeda Map Collection http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/index.html Historical Atlas of the Twentieth Century http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/20centry.htm United Nations Cartographic Section http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/english/ American Memory Maps Collections http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html [|CultureGrams] Map Library U.S. Military Academy http://www.dean.usma.edu/history/web03/atlases/atlas%20home.htm Places in the News http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/plnews.html National Atlas [|http://nationalatlas.gov/] National Geographic’s Map Machine http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/ Color Landform Atlas of the United States http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/states.html TopoZone [|http://www.topozone.com/] MapQuest [|http://mapquest.com] MapBlast.com [|http://www.mapblast.com] Maporama http://www.maporama.com/share/ MultiMap.com http://uk2.multimap.com/

=Bigraphical= Biographical Dictionary http://www.s9.com/biography/ Biography.com http://www.biography.com/ Lives, the Biography Resource [|http://amillionlives.com] PBS Biographies http://www.pbs.org/neighborhoods/history/#bio Gale (free resources) http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/ Who2? http://www.who2.com/ Grolier's American Presidency http://gi.grolier.com/presidents POTUS http://www.ipl.org/ref/POTUS President of the United States http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/index.html Presidents of the United States http://www.presidentsusa.net/ Presidents Index [|http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/] offers profiles, as well as links to speeches, writings, and libraries.

=Nations, States, Travel= General Travel Sites [|maps.html] Library of Congress Country Studies [] Library of Congress is Portals to the World [|http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html] State Department’s Background Notes [] CIA World Factbook [|www.cia.gov] Atlapedia Online [] World Statesmen.org [] InfoNation (United Nations comparisons) [] NationMaster [|http://www.nationmaster.com] INCORE: Internet Conflict Data Service [|http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/cds/countries/index.html] Worldwide Gazeteer [] Ethnologue (information about world languages) [] Human Rights Watch [] Internet Public Library’s Culturequest [] Country Reports.org [] //Economist// Country Briefings [] Amnesty International [] Lonely Planet’s Destinations [] Your Nation [|http://www.your-nation.com/]

=The Fifty States= Internet Public Library’s Stately Knowledge [|http://www.ipl.org/youth/stateknow/skhome.html] 50 States and Capitals ClassBrain.com State Reports Stateline.org [|http://www.stateline.org]

**Government Information**
FirstGov:Your First Click to U.S. Government http://www.firstgov.gov/ KidsGov http://www.kids.gov/ Ben’s Guide to U.S. Government for Kids [|http://bensguide.gpo.gov] [|White House] [|U.S. Senate] [|U.S. House of Representatives] [|U.S. Supreme Court] [|NASA] [|National Security Agency] [|U.S. Information Agency] [|State of Alaska]**
 * [|Library of Congress]

=U.S. History= American Cultural History: The Twentieth Century http://www.nhmccd.edu/contracts/lrc/kc/decades.html From Revolution to Reconstruction. . .and What Happens Afterwards http://odur.let.rug.nl/usanew/ Primary Sources Pathfinder [|primary.html]

=Social Issues= Multnomah County Library’s Social Issues Page http://www.multcolib.org/homework/sochc.html Public Agenda Online http://www.publicagenda.org/ Public Education Network http://www.penpress.org/ See Issues Pathfinder [|issuespath.html]

= = =About flags= Flags of the World http://fotw.vexillum.com/flags/ World Flag Database [|http://www.flags.net] Flag of the United States http://www.usis.usemb.se/usflag/ Guide to American Flags http://www.law.ou.edu/flags.html Flags of All Countries http://www.theodora.com/flags.html

=Calculators and Conversion= Convert It! http://microimg.com/science/ Universal Currency Converter http://www.xe.com/ucc/ Calculator.com http://www.calculator.com/ Measure 4 Measure http://www.wolinskyweb.net/measure.htm Convert Me http://www.convert-me.com/en/

=Time & Holidays= About time: Calendars, Holidays, This Day in History Alterna Time (chronologies) [|http://www2.canisius.edu/~emeryg/time.html] Web Chronology Project http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/ (On This Day http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/index.html DMarie Time Capsule http://www.dmarie.com/timecap/ Calendar Home.com http://calendarhome.com/tyc/ Worldwide Holiday and Festival site [|http://www.HolidayFestival.com/] KidLink Multicultural Calendar http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/MCC/
 * This Day in History http://www.historychannel.com/thisday/
 * Today in History Archive http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/archive.html
 * Facts.com: What Happened That Day? (subscription) http://www.2facts.com/stories/mainmenu.asp
 * Information Please Day in History http://www.infoplease.com/cgi-bin/dayinhistory/

=Quotations= Bartleby (combined quote index search) http://www.bartleby.com/quotations/ QuoteLand [|http://www.quoteland.com] Quoteworld [|http://quoteworld.org http://quoteworld.org http://quoteworld.org]

=Math Remedies= Discovery School Webmath http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/webmath/ SOS Mathematics [|http://www.sosmath.com/index.html]

= = =Periodic Tables= Los Alamos National Laboratories http://pearl1.lanl.gov/periodic/default.htm WebElements http://pearl1.lanl.gov/periodic/default.htm Visual Elements http://www.chemsoc.org/viselements/

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 * Musuems and Literature**
 * [|The Metropolitan Museum of Art]
 * [|The Frick Collection]
 * [|The Tate Gallery]
 * [|The Louvre]
 * [|Musee d'Orsay]
 * [|The National Gallery of Art]
 * [|The Smithsonian Institution]
 * [|The Web Museum]
 * [|The Guggenheim Museums]
 * [|Illusion Works]
 * [|Project Gutenberg]