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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.

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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

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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

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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.

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Biographies

Biography.com
http://www.biography.com/
Searchable database of over 25,000 biographies.

PBS Biographies
http://www.pbs.org/neighborhoods/history/#bio