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Online Reference

Almanacs/Factbooks	*sources for statistical information, astronomical or meteorological data, and other useful facts*
Atlases	*collections of maps*
Dictionaries	*books containing words of a language, usually arranged alphabetically with pronunciations, meanings, etc.*
News	*gateways to news articles*
Encyclopedias	*a source of all branches of knowledge or all aspects of one subject*
Quotations	*collections of quotations searchable by author and subject*
Reference Desks	*sites that allow you to ask experts for research help*
Reference Gateways	*a variety of reference sources available from in one location*
Thesauruses	*dictionaries of synonyms and antonyms*

Almanacs/Factbooks top of page
Baseball Almanac	http://baseball-almanac.com/
CIA World Factbook	http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
FedStats	http://www.fedstats.gov/
Infoplease Almanac	http://www.infoplease.com/almanacs.html
U.S. Census Bureau Quick Facts	http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/
Atlases top of page
Atlapedia Online	http://www.atlapedia.com/
Culture Grams (Online Database)	http://onlineedition.culturegrams.com/
Map Machine	http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/maps/
Maps 101 (Online Database)	http://www.maps101.com/
World Atlas and World Maps	http://geography.miningco.com/library/maps/blindex.htm
Dictionaries top of page
Foreign Language Dictionaries	http://www.dictionary.com/Dir/Reference/Dictionaries/Foreign_Languages/
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary	http://www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Oxford English Dictionary	http://www.cincinnatilibrary.org/resources/oed.asp
Oxford Reference Online (Online Database)	http://www.infohio.org/ER/secure/oxref.asp
Encyclopedias top of page
Columbia Encyclopedia	http://www.bartleby.com/65/
Encyclopedia Britannica Online (Online Database)	http://www.infohio.org/ER/secure/EB.asp
Encyclopedia Smithsonian	http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/start.htm
World Book Encyclopedia (Online Database)	http://www.worldbookonline.com/
News top of page
EBSCO Newspapers	http://www.infohio.org/er/secure/ebsco.asp
Google News	http://news.google.com
Headline Spot	http://www.headlinespot.com/
NewsBank Newspapers	http://www.infohio.org/ER/secure/newsbank.asp
Yahoo!News	http://fullcoverage.yahoo.com/
Quotations top of page
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations	http://www.bartleby.com/100/
Oxford Reference Online (Online Database)	http://www.infohio.org/ER/secure/oxref.asp
Quoteland	http://www.quoteland.com/
Reference Desks top of page
Ask An Expert	http://www.askanexpert.com/
Library Spot	http://www.libraryspot.com
Scientific American	http://www.sciam.com/askexpert_directory.cfm
Reference Gateways top of page
Internet Public Library Reference	http://www.ipl.org/
Internet Scout Project	http://scout.wisc.edu/
Librarian's Index to the Internet Reference	http://www.lii.org/search/file/reference
OPLIN (Ohio Public Library Information Network) Reference	http://www.oplin.lib.oh.us/index.cfm?id=9
Refdesk	http://www.refdesk.com/index.html
Space Reference	http://www.spaceref.com/
Thesauruses top of page
Roget's Thesaurus	http://www.thesaurus.com/
Wordsmyth	http://www.wordsmyth.net/

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