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  1. The Almanac News - A source for local news for citizens of Palo Alto and Montain View communities.
  2. Almanac Online - Companion to National Public Broadcasting's award-winning radio and television programs: art, music, history, and current events.
  3. Bartlett's Familiar Quotations- "A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature."
  4. Bibliomania- Hundreds of searchable full text works of classic fiction, popular fiction, short stories, drama, poetry, dictionaries, research and religious texts, including Brewer's Phrase and Fable, Webster's Dictionary, Simonds History of American Literature, Roget's Thesaurus, A Dictionary of Quotations, The Koran, more...
  5. Cliffs Notes, Inc- You don't need the book you can purchase and download e-cliff notes.
  6. CNN Daily Almanac - Provides daily briefs of historical events, previews of currently developing stories, and links to related sites.
  7. Community Almanac - Online version of America-wide almanac for small urban communities.
  8. Computer Almanac - Collection of numbers relevant to computers, along with references
  9. Computer Industry Almanac - An annual reference guide to the computer industry. Thousands of links.
  10. Electronic Text Center- Combines an on-line archive of thousands of SGML-encoded electronic texts and images with a library service that offers hardware and software suitable for the creation and analysis of text.
  11. Encarta Online Encyclopedia- Your gateway to 16,000 articles, multimedia and a new dictionary.
  12. Encyberpedia - Electronic encyclopedia with its own content as well as over 10,000 links to the best reference sites on the Internet.
  13. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online - Provides complete text of Encyclopaedia Britannica with search capabilities, related links, and multimedia enhancements. Free trial.
  14. Encyclopedia Britannica, 1911 Edition - Browsable full text of the 11th edition.
  15. Encyclopedia FunTrivia - Thousands of categorized entries of trivia - an invaluable resource for answer seekers.
  16. Encyclopedia Smithsonian - Links to on-line Smithsonian resources and answers to frequently asked questions from A to Z.
  17. EncycloZine - Portal/concise encyclopedia offers fun activities for learning and exercising the mind. Daily articles introduce new topics in the arts, humanities, science, and technology, and provide links to related sites.
  18. Free Internet Encyclopedia - An encyclopedia composed of information available on the Internet. MacroReference contains references to large areas of knowledge, FAQs where available, and pointers to relevant areas of the MicroReference. MicroReference contains short bits of information and references to specific subjects.
  19. How Stuff Works - Articles explain how hundreds of things work, from elements of the human body to space-age technology.
  20. Informationsphere.com - Free online encyclopedia that allows users to submit their own articles for inclusion in its database.
  21. Merriam-Webster Online- Online dictionary, thesaurus, and vocabulary builders.
  22. One Look Dictionary- Searches 608 dictionaries for the word of your choice.
  23. Online Books Page- Provides links to over 12,000 online books.
  24. Semantic Rhyming Dictionary- Use the search tool to find words that rhyme.
  25. Spark Notes- Stop buying stuffy study guides in stores! Start using the only free study guides produced by Harvard students for students everywhere.
  26. Thesaurus.com- Find synonyms or antonyms in one click.
  27. Quisdom - The encyclopedia of trivia. Includes such things as the definitions of acronyms and abbreviations, flags of the world, entertainment milestones, concise information about sports and religion, and so forth.
  28. Wikipedia - Free volunteer-edited encyclopedia with over 200,000 articles.
  29. World Book Encyclopedia - Offers in-depth information on a variety of subjects. Includes resources for parents and teachers, features on current events, educational activities for children, and World Book product information.

 


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