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Teaching Resources include general sites that are excellent and have lots of links, too many to include on each subject page such as this.
Searching the Internet lists some seach engines and directory sites. Since each one has its own "flavor," try as many as you have time for --- each one should come up with different links.

Almanacs
  • about.com: almanacs (800+ links to almanacs)
  • CIA - World Factbook (maps and information about countries around the world)
  • DoD Almanac ("provides a variety of information and statistical material about the Department of Defense - its people, organization, equipment, and funding")
  • 50states.com: States and Capitals (U.S. almanac, colleges, links, etc.)
  • Information Please: On-Line Dictionary, Encyclopedia & Almanac (also, kids' almanac, homework help, sports, news, etc.)
  • Local Ireland Almanac Up-to-date information on: Government, Economy, Population & Culture.
  • Natural Year Circular Almanac (color easy-to-read chart ... calendar with weather and astronomy data ... unified view of data about the world around us ... circular format corresponds to Earth's orbit)
  • Old Farmer's Almanac ("SINCE 1792, The Old Farmer's Almanac has published useful information for people in all walks of life: tide tables for those who live near the ocean; sunrise tables and planting charts for those who live on the farm; recipes for those who live in the kitchen; and weather predictions for those who don't like the question of weather left up in the air."
  • Oz's Kingdom: Reference (Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Research Sites, Foreign Language, Books, Magazines, News ... lots of links, teacher resources, etc.)
  • World Online: Global Statistics ("a large collection of data at this site, ranging from country profiles [provinces and main cities] to the highest mountains in the world, to a list of all countries in the world with their capitals, surface area and population") top of page

Dictionaries

Standard Dictionaries

Technical Dictionaries

Slang Dictionaries

Specialized Dictionaries
  • art: ArtLex - dictionary of visual art ("for artists, students and educators in art production, criticism, history, aesthetics, and education ... definitions of more than 2,800 terms here, along with numerous illustrations, pronunciation notes, great quotations, and links to other resources")
  • Bible:Welcome to the new Christian Classics Ethereal Library! The mission of the CCEL is to build up the church by making classic Christian writings available and promoting their use.
  • biology: BioTech's Life Science Dictionary ("Currently, most of our 8300+ terms deal with biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, cell biology and genetics ... we've included medically- and biotechnologically-relevant organisms such as bacteria, worms, fungi, and some plants.")
  • colloquialisms: Dictionary of American Regional English @ U of Wisconsin ("DARE is a reference tool .. to document the varieties of English that are not found everywhere in the United States--those words, pronunciations, and phrases that vary from one region to another, that we learn at home rather than at school, or that are part of our oral rather than our written culture.")
  • finance: InvestorWords - Investing Glossary ("With over 5,000 definitions and 15,000 links between related terms, InvestorWords is the most comprehensive financial glossary you'll find anywhere, online or off. Just click on one of the links below to begin.")
  • finance: Financial Encyclopaedia @ information innovation ("the world's only interactive Financial Encyclopaedia" and dictionary of management and technology)
  • food: Epicurious Dictionary (definitions of food, drink & cooking terms)
  • kids: Little Explorers Dictionary with Links from EnchantedLearning.com (multilingual and multimedia)
  • garden: GardenWeb Glossary of Botanical Terms ("contains 2565 terms relating to botany, gardening, horticulture and landscape architecture")
  • garden: Virtual Garden: Time-Life Plant Encyclopedia ("Looking for a plant, houseplant, tree, or shrub? This searchable database contains almost 3,000 species selected for general use in North American horticultural practice.")
  • legal: Lectric Law Library's Legal Lexicon's Lyceum ("Welcome to what many consider the Net's Best Law Dictionary with Thousands of Definitions & Explanations of Legal Terms, Phrases & Concepts")
  • literature: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable @ Biblomania (enter word or phrase, site then returns references to complete texts of prose and poetry ... or browse alphabetical list for definitions / explanations)
  • mathematics: CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics
  • mathematics: CIMT's A Dictionary of Units @ U of Exeter ("a summary of most of the units of measurement to be found in use around the world today [and a few of historical interest], together with the appropriate conversion factors needed to change them into a 'standard' unit of the S I.")
  • pronouncing dictionary: CMU Pronouncing Dictionary @ Carnegie Mellon ("a machine-readable pronunciation dictionary for North American English that contains over 100,000 words and their transcriptions")
  • student: Merriam Webster's WordCentral (Student Dictionary, word games, etc.)
  • SAT: Wordsmyth SAT Dictionary
  • sign language: American Sign Language Browser @ Michigan State U ("look up video of thousands of ASL signs and learn interesting things about them")
  • Yiddish: Glossary of Yiddish Expressions @ Ariga.com  
  • Yiddish: List of Yiddish Words and Expressions @ pass.to top of page

Encyclopedia
  • Bartleby.com - Reference (Columbia Encyclopedia, American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, American Heritage® Book of English Usage, Fowler's The King’s English {commonsense rules of style and grammar}, Strunk's The Elements of Style, Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, Cambridge History of English & American Literature, Fannie Farmer's The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book, Emily Post's. Etiquette ... search page)
  • Britannica.com ("the best websites, leading magazines, related books, and the complete Encyclopędia Britannica")
  • Encyclopedia.com ("the Internet's premiere free encyclopedia ... more than 17,000 articles from the Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia ... entries are short, so you can check facts fast ... extensive cross-references")
  • Encyclopedia Mythica @ pantheon.org ("an encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, legends ... over 4700 definitions of gods and goddesses, supernatural beings and legendary creatures and monsters from all over the world")
  • Encyclopedia Smithsonian - FAQs and Guide to Resources A to Z ("features answers to frequently asked questions about the Smithsonian and links to Smithsonian resources from A to Z")
  • Information Please: On-Line Dictionary, Encyclopedia & Almanac (also, kids' almanac, homework help, sports, news, etc.)
  • Oz's Kingdom: Reference (Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Research Sites, Foreign Language, Books, Magazines, News ... lots of links, teacher resources, etc.)
  • Project Gutenberg: Etext Library (complete, downloadable etexts .. "Light Literature; such as Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking-Glass, Peter Pan, Aesop's Fables, etc. Heavy Literature; such as the Bible or other religious documents, Shakespeare, Moby Dick, Paradise Lost, etc.   References; such as Roget's Thesaurus, almanacs, and a set of encyclopedia, dictionaries, etc.")
  • Spartacus Educational - Historical Encyclopedia ("The USA 1840-1960; The Medieval World; Encyclopedia of British; History: 1700-1900; Encyclopedia of the First World War; Slavery: 1750-1870; Railways:1780-1900; Investigating the Vietnam War; The Emancipation of Women; Parliamentary Reform; The Textile Industry; The Trade Union Movement; Religion and Society")
  • Yahoo's Reference Links (Encyclopedia) top of page

Magazines, Journals & Newspapers

Miscellaneous

Art

Computers / Technology

Education

Entertainment

Fashion, Glamour & Society

Health, Fitness & Sports

Home: housekeeping, cooking, parenting, gardening, decorating

Literature, Poetry, Fiction, etc.
  • Literature.com The online literature library.
  • Rock Online Magazine ("A free weekly writing magazine with editor interviews, author profiles and articles on writing. Delivered Sundays by mailing list.") top of page

Money, Business & Jobs

News, Politics & Newspapers

Psychology & Social Sciences

Science
  • Save the Earth Foundation ("This web site highlights the goals and accomplishments of the Save the Earth Foundation. The primary mission of the Save the Earth Foundation centers on raising environmental consciousness and funding environmental research at colleges and universities.")
  • Smithsonian Magazine ("explores the frontiers of science and illuminates the marvels of the natural world...takes a fresh look at the arts, history and our environment") top of page

Travel

Thesauri

Reference (Miscellaneous)
  • Bartleby.com - Reference (Columbia Encyclopedia, American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, American Heritage® Book of English Usage, Fowler's The King’s English {commonsense rules of style and grammar}, Strunk's The Elements of Style, Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, Cambridge History of English & American Literature, Fannie Farmer's The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book, Emily Post's. Etiquette ... search page)
  • Bible Gateway ("a tool for reading scripture online ... advanced searching capabilities, allowing readers to find particular passages in scripture, based on keywords" ... search various versions of the Bible ... available in 10 languages)
  • CIA Publications and Handbooks (World Factbook, Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments, Handbook of International Economic Statistics, CIA Maps and Publications, U.S. Department of Justice, Intelligence in the War of Independence, etc.)
  • EducationWorld - Books in Education Center (searcher and links ... check bottom of page for additonal pages)
  • ERIC Digests @ www.ed.gov ("short reports [1,000 - 1,500 words] on topics of prime current interest in education .. targeted specifically for teachers, administrators, policymakers, and other practitioners, but generally useful to the broad educational community .. designed to provide an overview of information on a given topic, plus references to items providing more detailed information")
  • Ibrahim: The One-Stop Study Shop -  Library Links ("online books that you can download, lots of dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference books to assist you")
  • Information Please: On-Line Dictionary, Encyclopedia & Almanac (also, kids almanac, homework help, sports, news, etc.)
  • Infoseek: Education (evaluated links ... don't miss the searcher at the bottom of the page)
  • Oz's Kingdom: Reference (Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Research Sites, Foreign Language, Books, Magazines, News ... lots of links, teacher resources, etc.)
  • U.S. Census Bureau ("collection of 65,000 online statistical documents .. People [Population Census; estimates; projections; demographics like age, sex and race] .. Household Economic topics [income; poverty; occupation; wealth] .. Housing topics [homeownership; affordability; vacancy] .. Economic census .. Geography .. News .. etc.")
  • Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction: Library Resource List (excellent set of links: reference resources, searchers, government resources, library sites, library technology, professional resources ... "a meta-listing of 530 Internet resources that will be of interest to the library community.")
  • Yahoo's Reference Links (Acronyms and Abbreviations, Dictionaries, Encyclopedia, English Language Usage, Journals, Libraries , Quotations, Research Papers, Searching the Net, Thesauri, etc.) top of page
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