Reference sites

General Reference

Awesome Library - K-12 Education Directory
    http://www.awesomelibrary.org/
Bartleby.com, Great Books Online
    http://www.bartleby.com
Big Chalk
    http://library/bigchalk.com  
DiscoverySchool.com
    http://www.school.discovery.com/students/
Information Please Dictionary and Encyclopedia
    http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopdict.html
Librarian's Index to the Internet
    http://lii.org/
Know Play?
    http://www.kplay.cc/reference.html
Maine State Library Databases
    http://libraries.maine.edu/mainedatabases/  
The Quotations Archive
    http://www.aphids.com/quotes/index.shtml
RefDesk
    http://www.refdesk.com/facts.html
THOR: The Virtual Reference Desk
    http://thorplus.lib.purdue.edu/reference/index.html
WWW Virtual Library: General Reference
    http://home.istar.ca/~obyrne/

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Atlases and Almanacs

Altapedia Online
    http://www.atlapedia.com/index.html
A to Z Geography at Discovery.Com
    http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/worldbook/atozgeography/
CIA World Fact Book
    http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
Flags of the World
    http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/
Geographia.com
    http://www.geographia.com/
Lonely Planet-Destinations
    http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/
Maps of the World
    http://www.geographic.org/maps/maps.html
Merriam-Webster's Atlas
    http://www.m-w.com/maps/moremapsnyt.html
National Geographic Maps and Geography Online
    http://www.nationalgeographic.com/maps/
World Atlas.com
    http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/world.htm
WorldSkip.Com
    http://www.worldskip.com/

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Calculators

A Dictionary of Measures, Units and Conversions
    http://www.ex.ac.uk/cimt/dictunit/dictunit.htm
Convert-me.Com:  Interactive measurement calculator, weights and measures/metric conversion
    http://www.convert-me.com/en/
Martindale's Reference Desk: Calculators On-Line
    http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/HSG/RefCalculators.html
Measurement Units Translation
    http://www.ur.ru/~sg/transl/
The WWW Unit Converter
    http://www.digitaldutch.com/unitconverter/
XE.com: The Universal Currency Converter(tm)
    http://www.xe.net/ucc/

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Dictionaries

A Dictionary of Scientific Quotations
    http://naturalscience.com/dsqhome.html
Acronym and abbreviation list
    http://www.ucc.ie/info/net/acronyms/acro.html
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. 2000
    http://www.bartleby.com/am/
ARTFL Project: ROGET'S Thesaurus Search Form
    http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/ROGET.html
ArtLex - art dictionary
    http://www.artlex.com/
Biographical Dictionary
    http://www.s9.com/biography/
BioTech's Life Science Dictionary
    http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/pages/dictionary.html
Dictionary.com
    http://www.dictionary.com/
iTools! Language Tools - Dictionary, Thesaurus, Translate
    http://www.iTools.com/lang/
NetLingo Dictionary of Internet Words: A Glossary of Online Jargon with Definitions
    http://www.netlingo.com/
Online Biology Book - Glossary
    http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookgloss.html
RhymeZone rhyming dictionary and thesaurus
    http://www.RhymeZone.com/
YourDictionary.com 
    http://www.yourdictionary.com/

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Encyclopedias

Britannica
    http://www.britannica.com/
Encarta Encyclopedia
    http://encarta.msn.com/reference/
Encyclopedia.com from Electric Library
    http://www.encyclopedia.com/
Let's Find Out
    http://www.knowledgeadventure.com/encyclopedia/
World Book Online
    www.worldbookonline.com
To enroll as an at-home user of Grolier online encyclopedias.
To access Grolier Online encyclopedias.

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Newspapers

CNN Student News
    http://fyi.cnn.com/fyi/
The Globe and Mail
    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/
HeadlineSpot.com
    http://www.headlinespot.com/
New York Times
    http://www.nytimes.com/
Newspapers US and Worldwide-Refdesk.com
    http://www.refdesk.com/paper.html
Washington Post
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/front.htm
Washington Post:  KidsPost
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/education/kidspost/
PencilNews
    http://www.msnbc.com/local/pencilnews/default.asp  
Time For Kids
    http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/
WorldNews.com
    http://www.worldnews.com/

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Search Engines Tips

Seven Steps Toward Better Searching
    http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/searching/sevensteps.html

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