Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

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Library Catalog & Website Subjects

Databases

Britannica Online Public Library Edition (home access)

Contains the Encyclopædia Britannica, Compton’s by Britannica, Britannica Elementary Encyclopedia, and Britannica Concise Encyclopedia each for different age groups, along with magazine articles, homework help, atlas, dictionaries and thesauri, and video and audio content.

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia

Provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries.

Reference USA

Real-time access to more than 20 Million Businesses, 222 Million Consumers, U.S. New Businesses, and U.S. New Homeowners and Movers.

Texas Digital Sanborn Maps

Provides digital access to more than 660,000 large-scale maps of over 12,000 American towns and cities from 1867-1960.

Worldcat (library access) (home access)

The world's largest online catalog of books and magazines. Includes a description of the item and which libraries own the item.

Websites

IPL The Internet Public Library

Almanac

InfoPlease Almanac

Old Farmer's Almanac

Texas Almanac

Conversions

Currency

Oanda

Yahoo Finance

Language

Babelfish

Measurements

Convert-me

Online Conversion

Dictionaries

Acronym Finder

Dictionary.com

Merriam-Webster

Oxford Dictionaries Online

Encyclopedias

Encyclopædia Britannica (free version, not premium subscription version)

Encyclopedia.com

The Columbia Encyclopedia: Sixth Edition

Maps

Euratlas

National Geographic

People and Business Locators

Anywho Directories

Infospace

Quotations

Bartleby's Quotations

Eigen's Political & Historical Quotations

Famous Quotes and Authors

Notable Quotes

Quoteland

Statistics

American Factfinder

Bureau of Justice Statistics

Bureau of Labor Statistics (Consumer Price Index)

National Center for Educational Statistics

Official Statistics on the Web

Statistical Abstract of the U.S.

Statistical Resources on the Web

Uniform Crime Reports

World Factbook