Dictionaries, Encyclopedias & Quick Facts
Information Search Engines
Dictionaries (general) |
Encylopedias (general)
Specialized Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Statistics | Facts & Quotes | Opinion Polls
Databases
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Search Engines
- Scholarpedia
- Bartleby's Dictionaries, Encyclopedias & Reference Books
- Encarta Online Encyclopedia (free version)
- iTools: Languages and Dictionaries
- Crossword puzzle solver, various dictionaries, word and text translator, webpage translator, thesaurus.
- OneLook Dictionaries
- Meta-search engine to 2,432,364 words in 625 dictionaries. Will also handle translations.
Dictionaries
Note: Most dictionary sites also contain links to thesauruses, synonym and antonym dictionaries.
- Merriam-Webster Visual Dictionary
- Oxford English Dictionary
- WordWeb Dictionary
- Free Online Dictionary*
- Unique dictionary. Type in a word and it comes back with basic information, along with links to additional information. Includes information related to computers, english, medical, literature, thesaurus, online encyclopedia, and legal. Uses Wikipedia for encyclopedia information. Includes literary quotes for many topics.
- Dictionary.com
- Various kinds of word dictionaries, including tongue twisters.
- Encyberpedia: Cyber Clopedia
- Etymology Dictionary
- Glossarist: Search for Your Topic & Word
- WebGrammar
- Includes sections on: common writing mistakes, style questions, and idioms.
- IPL: Dictionaries
- Word Spy: New Words (may not be in the regular dictionaries yet)
- Newbury House Online American English Dictionary
- Pedro's Dictionaries
- Pseudodictionary
- Research-It: almanacs, dictionaries, language translators...
- Web of Online Dictionaries
- World Wide Words
Encyclopedias for General or Comprehensive Information
- Columbia Encyclopedia
- CPL Research Reference Shelf
- Quick links for locating addresses, almanacs, awards, calendars, currency converters, election information, flags, government info, household hints, laws, lotteries, movies, music, news, people, quotations, time, weather...
- Desk Reference: Sources for Quick Answers
- Search via a wealth of websites, arranged according to type of information you are looking for: biography, history, people, addresses, business facts, household hints, cars, government info, maps, currency converters, quotations, movies, hobbies, tv, trivia, health info...
- Index to othe Internet (LII)
- Links to: arts and crafts, business info, jobs, government and law, health and medicine, people, computers, household tips, cars, movies, tv...
- Internet Collegiate Reference Collection
- Annotated listing of links to encyclopedias and quick fact finders.
- Indexes, Abstracts, Bibliographies, and Table of Contents Services
- IPL: Ready Reference Collection
- Links to: almanacs, associations, people, calculators, calendars, census and demographics, genealogy, quotations, time, weather, trivia...
- LibrarySpot
- My Virtual Reference Desk
- THOR+: The Virtual Reference Desk
- Vital Statistics: Mortality, Births, Divorce, Marriages...
Specialized Dictionaries, Thesaurus, and Encyclopedias
- Acronym Finder
- Acronyms and Abbreviations
- Abbreviations.com
- Cliche Finder
- Concise Dictionary of Names: What Does Your Name Mean?
- Lexical FreeNet: Thesaurus
- One Across: Crosswords, Cryptograms, Anagrams
- VoyCabulary: hyperlinks to online English or foreign language dictionaries
- Ye Olde English Sayings
Quick Facts, Quotes...
- Associations on the Net
- Foundation Finder
- International Organizations
- Country & City Area Code Directory
- Area Code Decoder
- U. S. Postal Directory & Zip Code Directory
- FACSNET
- PBS Online NewsHour: Backgrounders and Transcripts
- Symbols
- Acronym Finder
- Temperature Conversion Calculator
- Creative Quotes
- DeskRef:Quotations
- Links to: Bartlett's, Quoteland, Famous Quotes, Dictionary of Proverbs, Find a Quotation, Quote World, Contemporary Quotations, Quotez, and more.
- Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
- Quotations Page
- Cyber Nation's Quotation Center
- QuoteWorld
- Simpson's Comtemporary Quotes
Statistics
- Absolute Trivia
- AmeriStat: Population Analysis
- County and City Databooks
- FedStats
- National Statistics
- Statatical comparisons for: educational level, democracy, economy, environment, population, media, literacy, sports, religion...
- Statistical Abstract of the United States: Brief
Opinion Polls
- American Media Columnists Opinion Links
- Gallup Polls
- IRSS Poll Item Database
- Opinion-Pages
- Polling Report
- Public Agenda Online
- Speak Out!
- Web Sites for Journalists: Columns & Editorials
- WorldOpinion
- World Public Opinion
The best guide to resources is a librarian who can help you in using the catalog, databases and the Web. A librarian can also assist you in selecting materials appropriate for your needs. Please ask at any service desk for information or assistance!
The El Centro College Library does not guarantee the currency or accuracy of these websites. Links to these sites do not represent an endorsement of the site or of information contained within the site.
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Last Updated:
July 17, 2008