Reference Desk

Grolier Encyclopedias Online
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*Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
*Encyclopedia Americana

Lands & Peoples
countries, cultures and current events
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General Reference Links

Librarian's Index to the Internet

Pitsco's "Ask An Expert"

Refdesk
link to over 50 encyclopedias

Research it!
dictionaries, thesaurus, biographical dictionaries, Bartlett's quotes, language converters, money converters and more

Virtual Reference Desk
Learning Center - register to use "Ask A ?"

Infoplease Almanac
information vital for homework plus fun facts and trivia

Awesome Library
for teachers, students and parents

Internet Public Library Ready Reference

Biography.Com
Search here for information on over 25,000 people.

Hispanic People & Events

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
This online version is searchable two different ways: by inserting words from the quote, or by clicking on the name of an author to see what s/he said that was quotable

Currency Converter
calculates the amount and converts currencies

American Sign Language
tools to help novices and experts alike to become proficient at fingerspelling plus a standard dictionary of the basic fingershapes

American Factfinder
(US Census Bureau) - a data access and dissemination system that provides facts about your community, your economy, and your society.

Federal Gateway
the one-stop resource for all government branches, agencies, and departments

Who's Who in the Federal Government

eLibrary
find information in magazines, news transcripts, journals,
maps, photos, and more

ProQuest
1,300 full text & image magazines, news articles and more

News

Tri-City Herald Online

The Spokesman-Review

The Seattle Times

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

The Oregonian

The New York Times
On the Web Free registration required.

Merriam Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus Online anything dealing with words -the dictionary and thesaurus, word of the day, word games, and more

Multi-language online dictionary
Type your word in the blank to access definitions on-line in English.
Scroll down further to access foreign language dictionaries.

Dictionary.com
an English dictionary and much more, including foreign language dictionaries, a translator for words or phrases in French, German, Italian, Portugese, and Spanish; a thesaurus; a daily puzzle; and specialty dictionaries – medical, scientific, biographical, etymological, and a pronunciation dictionary

YourDictionary.com
This one gives much beyond the basics, including foreign language translation.