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Tools on this page are categorized as General Encyclopedias, Specialized Encyclopedias, Dictionaries,   Atlases, Computer ReferenceSearch Engines, Composite Information Sources , (web-based resources that include a wide array of information sources), Libraries, and Virtual Libraries.

General Encyclopedias
 
Britannica Online
 Britannica's Lives
Encarta
  Encyberpedia
 E-Conflict: World Encyclopedia and Simulation
Free Internet Encyclopedia
Hyper History
 Knowledge Adventure
 My Virtual Encyclopedia
 Internet Law Library
Let's Find Out
 

Specialized Encyclopedias
 
Baseball Encyclopedia
Catholic Encyclopedia
 Encyclopedia Mythica
Encyclopedia of the Orient 
Eric's Treasure Trove
of Science
Guitar Chord Encyclopedia
Home Improvement Encyclopedia
 HyperHistory
International Financial Encyclopedia
The Skeptics Guide 
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Time Life Plant Encyclopedia

Dictionaries
Acronyms and Abbreviations
 Acronym Expander
 Acronyms Gopher
American Sign Language
Ask Dr. Dictionary
Biographical Dictionary
 BritSpeak: English
 Concise Oxford Dictionary
Dictionary of American English
 Easton's Bible Dictionary
 Foreign Language Dictionaries
 Index of Online Dictionaries
Law Dictionary
LawGuru
 
Medical & Law Dictionaries
Merriam-Webster
MPIP Medical Dictionary
NASA Thesaurus
Oxford English Dictionary
 Sign Language Dictionary
Social Science Glossary
Thesaurus
 Web of Online Dictionaries
 Webster's
 Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 edition
 Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
World-Wide Words
 WWLIA Legal Dictionary

Atlases
3-D Atlas
Atlapedia
 Encarta World Atlas

Computer Reference
AVP Virus Encyclopedia
BABEL: A glossary of computer related acronyms
Computer Society
Computer Virus Myths
Computing Dictionary
Current Internet Hoaxes
FOLDOC: Free Online Dictionary of Computing
Glossary of Telecommunications Terms
Microsoft Education Resources
Microsoft Home
Netlingo
PC Webopaedia
 SoftSeek: Microsoft Word Technical Dictionary
 Tech WEB
Urban Legends Archive
Urban Legends Combat Kit
Urban Legends & Folklore;
from The Mining Company
Urban Legends Reference Page

Search Engines
Choosing the Right Search Engine
 
Ahoy
Aliweb
 All4One
 All in One
AltaVista
AOL Netfind
Ask Jeeves
Britannica Guide
Cyber411
DejaNews
Dogpile
 EuroSeek
 Excite
 FIDO!
Family Internet Directory Online
 Galaxy
 Google
Go To...
 Highway61
HotBot
 Inference Find
 Infoseek
 Internet Sleuth
 LookSmart
 Lycos
 Magellan
Mamma
MathSearch
MetaCrawler
MetaFind
 Northern Light
OpenText
People Search
PlanetSearch
PointCom
 Profusion
 Reference
 Savvy Search
SEARCH
 SearchBrowse
 
Searchopolis
 
 Study WEB
 Ultraseek
 Webcrawler
Webseer
Yahoo
Yahooligans

Composite Information Sources
 
Contacting Congress
Discovery Channel Online
Education Index
ERIC
 
 
How Stuff Works
 Infoplease
Internet Book 
Information Center
 Kathy Schrock's 
Guide for Educators
PBS Online
Peter Milbury's School 
Librarian Web Pages
 School Library Hotspots
 Tennessee State 
Department of Education
 Virtual Yellow Pages
WebGator

Libraries
 
 
 ETSU Library
 Hodges Library: UTK
 Jackson State Library
Kingsport Public Library
Library of Congress
 Milligan College Library
 Paul Meek Library:
UT, Martin
Stephens-Burnett Library
Carson-Newman College
Tennessee State Library
and Archives
Tusculum College Library
  University of North Carolina
at Asheville Library
Walters State Community
College Library

Virtual Libraries
 

Argus Clearinghouse
Awesome Library
 Beyond Bookmarks:
Schemes for Organizing the Web
 Book Spot
Dewey Browse
Electronic Text Archive
High School Hub
 Internet Public Library
Library Spot
NAIMS Online Library
Re:Quest dot Net
 
Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Talbott Elementary 
Virtual Library
Virtual Learning 
Resources Center
Virtual Reference Desk
V S & A Internet Library
WWW Virtual Library

Links for Classroom Use
Civil War
John Grisham
Mythology
Night by Elie Wiesel

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Talbott Elementary School Library
Talbott, Tennessee
Page Created by David Goff, Librarian
Last Revision - July 14, 1999
Comments & Suggestions to: David Goff, Librarian