Other Online Resources Home
Dictionaries
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
http://m-w.com
An on-line dictionary
Dictionary.com
http://dictionary.com
On-line dictionary
Your dictionary.com
http://www.yourdictionary.com/
Searchable site, contains links to English language dictionary, foreign language
dictionaries, thesauri, grammar and specialized dictionaries.
Encyclopedias
Information Please
http://www.infoplease.com
On-line reference source – includes dictionary, almanac, & encyclopedia
Encyclopedia Britannica Intermediate
http://search.ebi.eb.com/
On-line encyclopedia
Almanacs
Fact Monster – Almanac
http://www.factmonster.com/almanacs.html
Searchable site containing brief info. on people places & things
The Old Farmers’ Almanac
http://www.almanac.com
Contains interesting info. about the weather, gardening, & other items
The World Factbook
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Contains info. on every country in the world, including geography, people,
government & more
Atlases
Atlapedia on-line
http://www.atlapedia.com/
“Atlapedia Online contains full color physical and political maps as well as key
facts and statistics on countries of the world.”
Atlas Xpeditions
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/index.html
Click and point maps of the world.
FactMonster.com Atlas
http://www.factmonster.com/atlas/index.html
Contains maps and country and state profiles, and flags.
Biographies
Biography.com
http://www.biography.com/
Searchable database of over 25,000 biographies.
PBS Biographies
http://www.pbs.org/neighborhoods/history/#bio