Reference Shelf

Dictionaries, Language and Writing Aids

• WWWebster - Collegiate dictionary at Merriam Webster site.
• Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaraus - From the ARTFUL Project.
• American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
• Cambridge Dictionaries - includes Learner's Dictionary and International Dictionary.

• French Dictionary - Very good French <=> English dictionary based in US.
• Spanish Dictionary - Spanish<=>English

Dictionary - Multi-lingual  

• Logos Multilingual Dictionary - Lookup in several languages at once, some audio pronunciation, WebCrawler links from individual words, good links to other dictionaries and language resources, by country.
• On-line Dictionaries - a very extensive site for links to dictionaries for many other languages which includes links for grammar, thesauri and specialized dictionaries.
• Foreign Languages for Travelers - A quick look-up and Berlitz-style teaching aid for many languages, pronunciation sound files.
• Allwords.com - English=>Dutch, French, German, Italian, Spanish

• Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary - InteliHealth (under Health Resources). Site also has pharmacopeia database, physician/hospital locater, USDA, health advisor.
• On-Line Medical Dictionary - CancerWeb On-Line Medical Dictionary, index and lookup.
• MedicineNet - Indexed dictionary of medical terms.
• Medical Terms - Multi-lingual glossary of medical terms.
• WordNet 1.5 WWW Interface - Look up synonym, antonym, many other "-nyms", meaning group as a noun, adjective, verb or adverb.
• International Legal Dictionary - Defined in plain English, alphabetical look up. World wide links, news, kids area. WWLIA.
• Rhyming Dictionary - Returns list of rhyming words for your entry.
• DOD Dictionary of Military Terms - Official definitions of terms, acronyms and abbreviations.
• Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing - Search computing terms.
• Devil's Dictionary - Ambrose Bierce's work of witty, oft-quoted definitions.

• Roget's Thesaurus - 1911 - On-line version of 1911 Roget's from ARTFUL, full text.
• WWWebster - Thesaurus at Merriam Webster site.
• Roget's Thesaurus - Nice interface with layered approach.
• NASA Thesaurus - Alternatives for scientific or technical terms and phrases.

• Bartlett's Familiar Quotations - Very nice on-line quotation reference from 1901 Bartlett.
• Quotation Collections - Yahoo's quotations links from movies, Jefferson, Murphy's Laws and general quotations.
• The Quotations Page - Quotes of the day, search the archives, links.

• WWW Acronym & Abbreviation Server - Search by acronyms and abbreviations or word. Can search similar meanings, add to the directory. (Ireland)
• Guide to Acronyms, Abbreviations and Initialisms on the WWW - General and specific areas (links).
• Anagram Server - Generates readable anagrams from submitted word.
• Acronym Finder

• My Virtual Reference Desk - Extensive links to many useful references from one "desktop" location.
• WWW Virtual Library - Categorical links to pages giving information and extensive further links in that subject area.
• Martindale's Reference Desk - Very extensive listing by categories; calculators, medical reference.

• Elements of Style - Full text of classic manual of style and grammar (Strunk, E.B. White). Table of contents.
• Writer's Workshop Online Resources for Writers - Search bibliographical styles, grammar handbook, writing techniques, and useful resources.
• Grammar and Style Notes - Notes from class work organized alphabetically in a large file with in-text links.

Locations - Geographic

• Maps On Us - Colorful, scalable street maps in US. Customize, options, routes, email map and more.
• MapQuest - Scalable maps to street level in US and abroad. TripQuest route and trip planner, driving directions, customize maps, email maps.
• MapBlast - US, Canada and world maps, yellow page maps, driving directions.
• Microsoft Expedia - Extensive travel resource, including Expedia Maps.
• Color Landform Atlas of the U.S. - US and by state, color topographic or county maps, satellite images, related links.
• Xerox PARC Map Viewer - Choose features and variables to make zoomable, custom maps world wide.
• CIA - World Fact Book - Maps, flags and extensive information on all countries, measure conversions and time zones in appendix.
• Atlapedia - Extensive information on countries of the world (similar to World Fact Book), color physical and political maps.
• City.Net - (with Excite Travel) Great city information for US and world, maps.
• National Geographic Map Machine - Political and physical maps of the world, to country or state level.
• Perry-Castaneda Map Collection - Large collection of various maps around the world from several sources.
• Relief Maps of the U.S. - Color relief maps of large sections of US. Select map size (some are very large).
• How Far Is It? Computes straight line distance between two US cities, option to view points by link to XEROX PARC map viewer.
• Earth Viewer - Display various real time earth map views from space, day/night, weather, sat. maps, zoomable.
• US Census Bureau Access Tools - Excellent source of data and data mapping, including:
• Geographic Correspondence Engine - correlate maps and statistics
• Map Stats - profiles state and county by map
• Tiger Map Server - extensive mapping and data representation
• US Gazetteer - geographic name server with link to Tiger maps
• 1990 Census lookup

• InfoSpace - [W-Y-E-Rx] Area Codes. Also city info, shopping other helpful links.
• Switchboard - [W-E-Y] Allied with BigYellow, maps via Maps On Us.
• BigFoot - [W-E-(Y)] Yellow links to regional services for search. Map from found address.
• Yahoo / 411 - [W-Y-E]
• WhoWhere / Lycos - [W-E]
• AnyWho - [W-Y-E-Rx-800] From AT&T Labs.
• 555-1212 - Good Area Code lookups.
• 411 Locate - [W-E-Rx] Also Business and URL lookups.
• The Internet 800 Directory - Over 300,000 toll free numbers, includes non-ATT customers.
• BigBook - [Y] Produces additional info on hits, has a map interface (zoomable) that can plot an address to street level, or select phone numbers in a mapped area.
• BigYellow - [Y] Allied with Switchboard.
• GTE Superpages - [Y] US National Yellow Pages, plus a web directory. 

• US Postal Service - Zip and Zip+4 lookup, find postage rate calculators, services and information.
• Airborne Express - Airborne Express, information and package trace.
• FedEx - Federal Express, package tracking, services, delivery info, software.
• UPS - United Parcel Service - package tracking, rates, service info, pickup, software.

• Naval Observatory - Time and astronomic related items.
• Today's Calendar and Clock Page - Date info with extensive links to various conversions, holidays, star chart, Earth View, sunrise/set, tides, population and debt clocks, and much more.
• Calendar Zone - Comprehensive catalog of calendars, almanacs, calendar software, date conversion, ancient, interactive, celestial and holidays.
• Calendar Conversions - Convert dates into corresponding days in different calendar systems (Julian, Gregorian, Jewish, French Republic).
• One-World Global Calendar - Festivals, celebrations &: holidays for about 10 days around current date. Lunar, meteor and eclipse data. Links.

Financial - Statistics

• Dictionary of Units - Definitions, history and conversion information on the world's units of measurement.
• Convert It! - Handy conversion of a multitude of measures.

• Currency Converter - To/from 164 currencies for any time 1/1/90 to present. Shows rate, niminum/maximum/median exchange, number of prices, 75% fractile. Updated daily.
• Universal Currency Converter - Similar to above for 69 currencies, no date control, one rate only. Daily update. Xenon Labs.
• Currencies World Wide - CNN Financial Network. Tables of 45 currencies with Per $US rate and date/time of last transaction. Updated throughout the day. Links to CNN stock, commodity and interest rate information.
• Inflation Conversion Factors - Adjust '95 tru '98 dollars for inflation comparing any year back to 1800. Can download tables in Excel 5 or ASCII format. Historical graphs.

• CNN Stock Market Quotes - CNN Financial Network. Stocks, money market & mutual funds updated every 3 minutes, 15 min. delay. Search by ticker symbol (also symbol lookup). Links to CNN currency exchange, commodities, interest rates (Treasury) data.