Geo CitiesResearch and Reference
Including links to homework help sites
Updated October 23, 98
Web Search Engines
Dog Pile
Dictionaries
Bucknell University web of online dictionaries
A Basic Dictionary of ASL Terms
MERRIAM WEBSTER WWWW DICTIONARY
One Look Dictionary
Over 200 dictionaries in one
Oxford English Dictionary, 2d edition
Webster's Web Spell Checker
Dictionaries of a different kind
Alternative Dictionaries
American Cultural Knowledge for Confused New
Zealanders
Britspeak
Casey's Snow Day Reverse Dictionary (and Guru)
"Finally, the remedy for that tip-of-the-tongue feeling!
You type in a definition, and Casey's dictionary will tell you which word you are trying to think of! "
The College Slang Page
Dictionary of American Regional English
Lexical Freenet
"This program allows you to search for relationships between words and concepts
that might never have occurred to you before. "
Mike's English American Dictionary
THE SEMANTIC RHYMING DICTIONARY
Write Express Online Rhyming Dictionary
Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus
Encyclopedias
Concise Encyclopedia
Encyclopaedia of the Orient and Middle East
Grammar Resources
Miss Hoover's Grammar Link
Grammar Lady
Grammar Queen
Language
Foreign Language Resources for Teachers and Students
Language Links
Center for the Advancement of Language Learning..
Provided by the US Government
The Yamada WWW Language Guides
the definitive guide to language resources on the World Wide Web.
Linguistics
Linguistics Resources On the Internet
Wojcik's Language and Linguistics Links
Translators
Alta Vista Translator Service
Based on software from Systran the translations sometimes
came through a little worse for wear.
It can either translate a phrase or an entire web page.
This site was written up in USA Today and the writer didn't even recognize the
origin of Babelfish in the domain name.
travlang's Translating Dictionaries
Cultures around the World
What are we? We're a musical
culinary and cultural information source about New Orleans
and Acadiana (or "Cajun country").
Holidays and Festivals Around the World
Multi Cultrual Calander
Day of the Dead
Global Hindu Electronic Networks : The Hindu Universe
Festivals of Bharat
Festivals of the many faiths of the people of India
Jewish Holidays
Jewish Communication Network
Jewish Holidays
Send free electronic greetings from Hallmark
Hallmark Reminders
Home Work Help
Education and teaching resources from Brainstation
B. J. Pinchbeck's Home Work Helper
Homework Central
Home work help site hosted by Minneapolis - St. Paul Star Tribune
Homework Help for Kids
Mr. Megaw's Homework Page
Kid s Click
KidsClick! was created by a group of librarians at
the Ramapo Catskill Library System
Let KidsConnect
on-line question answering and referral service for school projects
School work ugh!
Study Web
How to Do Things
All Around Useful Web Site
Info on how to be a master packer, fix things around the house and in your spare time
learn a foreign language
Checklist Central
Checklists from how to prepare for disaster to what to take on a camping trip
Home Repair
Home Central
Home Maintenance and Repair
The Natural Handyman
How and Why
THe Physics of HOW THINGS WORK
Louis A. Bloomfield, Professor of Physics, The University of Virginia
The MAD Scientist Network
A collective crania of scientists answering questions in many areas
Reference and Resources
Zip Code Look up and adress information
Ask Asia
Acq Web
Supposed to be a resource for acquisition librarians
But,also a gold mine of reference
Such as links to copyright & licensing info, dictionaries, and quotation ect..
Biological Anthropology Resources on the World Wide Web
Don Simanek's Page of Links
An awesome amount of links...Science links, Skeptics pages. Engineering, History, PhilosophyLibrary of Congress and other useful Reference pages.
Frank Potter's Science Gems
Science Resources are sorted by Category, Subcategory, and Grade Level
Native American technology and art
WWW Scribe
Writer's resources on line
Writer's Reference
Featuring The Grammar Lady, Roget's. Dictionary
Research
Voice of the Shuttle
A massive research tool mostly dedicated to the humanities but also has science information
highly recommended
An Aeronautics and Space Resource for Educators Since 1988
check out the Pookha's Lair.. my guide to this site
Pookha's Collection of Amazing Links From the useful to the truly bizarre
Pookha tries to learn about Science
Pookha in Space