Reference:

Sections: General     Words/Language     People     Places/Travel/Maps     Dates/Times     Religion     Miscellaneous Specific Topics

General

• Free Wikipedia Encyclopedia     Encyclopedia (Encarta)     Encyclopedia (EB CMU only)
• Cardiff Illustration Archive
• World Digital Lib.
• Bartelby: Many reference works
• Ask a librarian
• Universal Digital Library
• Perseus Digital Library
• U.S. Government Sites
• Forms from federal agencies
• Abbreviations and Acronyms of the U.S. Government (with links)
• Desk Reference
• About.com
• Martindale's Reference Desk
• Digital Librarian
• Library Instruction Tutorials
• Find Articles
• Magazine Articles by Category
• On-line Journals (JSTOR)
• ProQuest Newspapers & Periodicals
• ejournals
• Guinness records

Words / Language

• One Look into multiple dictionaries
• HowJSay? pronunciation tool
• Hyperdictionary
• Wiktionary
• Dictionary.com     OED (CMU only)     Difficult words
• SciFi word origins
• Phrontistery
• Style Guide (from CMU)     Chicago Manual
• Ask Oxford
• Usage: Dr. Grammar FAQs   Grammar Girl   Grammer Rules   Fun Grammar Quizzes
• Urban Dictionary
• Online Etymology Dictionary
• Chinese/Pinyin Pronunciation
• MLA Language Map
• English word frequencies
• British English for Americans
• Acronyms and abbreviations
• Quotations     Wise old sayings     More quotations     Quotes by Women
• Rhymes, homophones, antonyms, etc.
• Cooper's Homonyms
• Limerick dictionary
• A Collection of Word Oddities and Trivia
• Redundant Acronyms
• Omniglot: Writing Systems of the World
• InterActive Terminology for Europe: multilingual term bank
• En/Fr/Sp/It/Ge/Ru Bilingual Dictionary
• English/German Dictionary
• Botanary
• I Love Languages: Guide to Languages
• World Gazetteer: Pronunciation Guide for All Languages
• Latin dictionary     Latin maxims     Greek and Latin roots     Latin and Greek phrases     Latin links     Greek/English dictionary
• BBC Languages
• "Eggcorns" (language mutations)
• Botanical etymology: Calflora     Purdue
• Pseudo Dictionary (made up words)
• Scottish Dictionary
• Connected Theseaurus (WOW!)
• Crossword solver     Multiple links to solvers
• Law dictionary 1     Law dictionary 2
• Genus/species translations (reptiles & amphibians)
• Word Detective    
• Wordsmith's  Themes     Anagrams
• Language Learning Resources   Esperanto   Hebrew Dictionary
• Non-verbal dictionary: by David B. Givens (was at Center for Nonverbal Studies, Spokane)
• Strange and unusual references
• Phobias
• VOA people/places pronunciation
• Monstropedia: monsters in myth, magic and legend
• Puns Galore

People

• Phone #s / addresses:   whitepages.com    ATT    Toll Free
• Who What When Timelines
• CensusScope
• Find Famous People
• Biographies     Distinguished Women
• Dead or Alive?     Find a Grave     Grave Registry     Cemetery Junction
• Royal Descents of Famous People
• Ellis Island     Ancestry.com     Ancestry (Jewish)     Pittsburgh Jewish Newspaper Project
• U.S. baby name rankings
• Congressional Directory
• 2000 Census
• Character actors
• U.S. Voting and Registration Data
• VOA people/places pronunciation

Places, Travel and Maps

• Dynamic Flight Map
• Pittsburgh Area Neighborhood Maps
• Historic Pittsburgh
• Pittsburgh Historical Sites

• Find zip codes     Phone #s / addresses
• Area code/exchange lookup
• Place zip codes (with lat/long, area code)

• Travel (LP)     Travel (Exp)     Travel with Pets    World66     Michelin (worldwide)
• Airline Reservations: flifo     orbitz
• Flight Status: flightarrivals.com     flightstats.com     Airport Codes
• Foodio54 (restaurant recommendations)

• Building database     Glass, Steel & Stone     Bridges
• Sightseer's Guide to Enginering

• National Geographic Map Resources
• Maps: US Maps (Maps on Us)   /   US Maps (Mapquest)     Google Maps     Windows Live
• Walk Score
• Countries: maps & information    Compare countries (NationMaster)
• Online maps, atlases and globes
• USGS Geode (Geo Data Explorer)
• World Population Quick Facts
• Podunk
• WorldView     Google Earth     Cities from Space     Ocean atlas     EarthKAM     USGS map & photo server     National Geological Map Database
• Cornell Digital Earth
• All the World's Maps
• Blank and Outline Maps
• European Maps     MultiMap: detailed Europe+
• American Memory Map Collection
• Flags
• Current population figures for cities, towns and places of all countries
• State of the Cities Data Systems
• Degree Confluence Project: pictures from each of the latitude and longitude integer degree intersections in the world
• VOA people/places pronunciation

Dates and Times

• Perpetual Calender     Holidays     Events on any date
• Timelines for many categories
• Anniversary gifts by year
• Exact Time     Time Anywhere
• Calibrating Earth History

Religion

• Religions
• Bible Browser     Quran Browser     Gutenberg Digital     The Unbound Bible
• Catholicism     Islam     Hindusim     Buddhism     Judaism     Humanism

Misc

• Safety Fact Sheets
• Popular culture through ads
• PA Restaurant Inspections
• Earth 911 (Recycling, etc.)   Cell phone/battery recycling   sneaker recycling   CDs, DVDs   Other (PA)  
• Units conversion
• Taxes     Tax help
• Kids on the Net
• Graduation Speeches
• Campaign Contributors
• How everyday things are made
• Everyrule (rules from etiquette to sports to game shows)
• Automobile recalls
• Postcards
• Science in the Public Interest     Public Citizen
• Find and contact local/national media
• Find and contact local/national elected officials
• Medicine (My Links)
• Material Safety Data Sheets     Household Products Database
• Millenium Studies
• Campus security stats
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• Constructive Response to 9/11
• Pgh. Community Safety

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