Reference

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Databases

Credo Reference - Articles, images, maps and multimedia resources drawn from hundreds of reference books covering every major topic, including art, medicine, history, technology, literature and more.  Library & Home Use

Discovering Collections - Essays and references works on the subjects of literature, history, technology, literature and more. Library & Home Use

General OneFile - Comprehensive general interest resource providing periodical and news information. Also includes Fodor travel guides, NPR programs and more than 20 reference sets on a wide range of topics.  Library & Home Use

OCLC Worldcat (FirstSearch) - Contains all the records cataloged by OCLC member libraries for books, web resources, and other materials.  Library & Home Use

World Book Online Reference Center - Contains thousands of articles, state-of-the-art multimedia, editor reviewed web sites, periodical content, and more.  Library & Home Use

Calculators, Convertors & Clocks

Websites

Currency Exchange Rates - View current and historic exchange rates for currency around the world.

Financial Calculators - Calculate your housing affordability, mortgage size, savings, credit card balance duration, business ratios and more.

How Far is It? - Calculate the distance between two locations.

Measure 4 Measure - Provides links to websites that estimate, calculate, evaluate, and translate.

Online Conversions - Convert length, temperature, speed, volume, weight, cooking measurements, area, fuel economy, currency, and more.

Time and Date - Contains a world clock, calendar tools, and calculators for time zones, the sun and moon, dates, and more.

Universal Currency Convertor - Convert from one currency to another. Contains 85 currencies sorted by country name.

What is a Dollar Worth? - The Consumer Price Index (CPI) calculator lets you see how prices have changed over time.

Calendars & Almanacs

Websites

American Secular Holidays Calendar - View secular U.S. holidays by year.

Calendar Zone - Contains calendars on many topics.

Calendars Through the Ages - Guide to calendars.

Information Please Almanac - Contains quick facts and calendars.

Interfaith Calendar - This calendar site has events and times for world religions.

Old Farmers Almanac - Contains quick facts, calendars, and more.

Public and Bank Holidays Worldwide - Interactive listing of bank and national holidays around the world.

Dictionaries & Thesauruses

Websites

Dictionary.com - Free online dictionary.

English Pronouncing Dictionary - Machine-readable pronunciation dictionary for North American English from Carnegie Mellon University.

Foreign Language Online Dictionaries - Directory of dictionaries, grammars, and other language resources for foreign languages.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus - Online dictionary and thesaurus. 

Thesaurus.com - Find synonyms for English words.

YourDictionary - Find definitions, thesaurus entries, spelling, pronunciation, and etymology results.

Encyclopedias

Databases

Credo Reference - Articles, images, maps and multimedia resources drawn from hundreds of reference books covering every major topic, including art, medicine, history, technology, literature and more.  Library & Home Use

World Book Online Reference Center - Contains thousands of articles, state-of-the-art multimedia, editor reviewed web sites, periodical content, and more.  Library & Home Use

Websites

Answers.com - Get answers from quality reference works about the arts, business, entertainment, food, government, health, legal, leisure, military, people, religion, science, sports, travel, words, and zoology.

Bartleby.com Reference - Search encyclopedias, dictionaries, quotations, English usage, religion and mythology, literary history and literature, and more.

Columbia Encyclopedia - Sixth edition (2001-2007) contains nearly 51,000 entries.

Encarta Encyclopedia - Encyclopedia articles, historic documents, famous speeches, literature guides, and more.

InfoPlease - Find information about almost any general topic. Results come from dictionaries, almanacs, encyclopedias, map collections and feature articles.

RefDesk.com - A comprehesive index of general reference resources available on the Internet.

Wikipedia - A user-contributed online encyclopedia.  

Search the Internet

Websites

Ask.com - This search engine was previously known as Ask Jeeves.

Bing - Search engine by Microsoft, previously MSN Live Search.

Cuil - The largest search engine, designed to compete with Google.

Google - The world's most popular search engine.

Wolfram|Alpha - An "answer engine" that collects information from websites to answer queries.

Yahoo Search - The second most popular search engine.