Reference Resources

The following links lead to excellent reference and research sources.

Bartleby.com—Unlimited free access to great books, including many reference books, online

Dictionary.com—Dictionaries, thesaurus, resources, directories

The Elements of Style—Online edition of the classic style guide by William Strunk Jr.

English Dictionary—A powerful, no-frills English dictionary containing over 320,000 references

Finding the Information You Need—Research Tips for Your Family, Business, or Personal Pursuits

Freeality—Search engines, people & business search, reverse lookups, maps, shopping, research

Guide to Grammar and Writing—Punctuation, grammar, confusable words, and more

Infoplease—Online dictionary, encyclopedia, almanac, atlas, news

LIbrary Spot—Links to libraries of all kinds, reference materials, public records, books, periodicals, maps, encyclopedias, and much more

Memidex—free online dictionary and thesaurus with several unique features

Merriam-Webster Online—dictionary and thesaurus

PublicLibraries.com—Links to public libraries by state, as well as state and national libraries

Quotations and Sayings Database—Database of quotations and sayings searchable by subject or author

RefDesk—Facts and reference material

Time and Date—World clock, calendar generator, time zone search

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