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Acronyms & Abbreviations FedStats Quoteland
The American Bar Association Federal Citizen Information Center Roget's Thesaurus
American Universities Fugitive Fact File Roget's Thesaurus IIFedStats
Answers.com Government Links--Executive Branch Scholarly Societies Project
Area Code Finder Hoover's Handbook S.I.C. Codes
Ask-A-Librarian Information Please SportsZone (ESPN)
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations Kelley Blue Book Terrorism Knowledge Base
Best Information on the Net LeadFusion The 50 States
Book Awards  Libr Congress Classification, Abrgd U.S. Depository Ready Ref. Sources
Catalist, Catalog of LISTSERVs List of Listservs by Kovac Universal Currency Converter
Country at a Glance List of Lists World Fact Book
Country Studies from Library Cong. Lists on the Web Worldwide Governments
A Dictionary of Quotations Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary World History Compass
Disability Etiquette Handbook The Quotations Page Zip Code Finder
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Dictionaries, Thesauri, Glossaries
Amo's Crossword Dictionary Glossary, Managed Hlth Care Roget's II:  The New Thesaurus
Acronymfinder Glossary of Poetic Terms SpellCheck
A Basic Dictionary of ASL Terms Handspeak--Am. Sign Language Symbols.com
Cook's Thesaurus The Ism Book [of philosophical terms] Thesaurus.com
Dictionary of Symbolism Medi-Lexicon Words of Art
Dictionary.Com Meriam-Webster Online Dictionary Write Express Rhyming Dictionary
Finger Spelling - Am. Sign Lang. MT Desk (medical/surgery dictionary) Your Dictionary
Foreign Language for Travelers One Look Dictionary
Glossarist (directory of glossaries & subject dictionaries online) RhymeZone Back to Top
Almanacs
CNN Daily Almanac Fact Monster's Almanac Search Information Please Almanac
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Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia Britannica (full online version--campus ONLY) Encyclopedia Smithsonian The Internet Encyc. of Philosophy
Catholic Encyclopedia Encyclopedia.Com The Standford Encyc. of Philosophy
Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th Ed. How Stuff Works Wikipedia (interactive, free content)
Encyberpedia Nolo's Legal Encyclopedia
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Maps, Atlases & Geography
Atlapedia Infonation [info on countries] Nationmaster.com
Columbia Gazeetteer of North America Gazetteer Place Names National Atlas.gov
Countries of the World Maps in the News Portals to the World
Country Insights Map Libraries Topozone.com
Country Studies Map Quest United States Maps (has line maps)
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Combined Health Info Database Findarticles.com Ingenta (pay per article)
Edgar Internet Movie Database
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Biographical Dictionary History of Mathematics Archive The Political Graveyard
Biography--Women Mathematicians Lexis-Nexis Saint's Lives
Biography.com Lives, the Biography Resource U.S. Presidents
Distinguished Women...Past/Present Past Notable Women, Computing &.. World Biographical Index (Denmark)
Find a Grave The Obituary Page World Rulers
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AcqWeb I Saw It on TV Library-Oriented Lists & E-Serials
All Experts.Com KYVL ODLIS:  Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science
American Library Association Librariana Pathfinders from IPL
Bibliofind Library Juice SOLINET
Book Awards Library Land OCLC
BUBL Library of Congress The Searcher Magazine
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News Sources
AP Update Jerusalem Post Online Newspapers of the World
The BBC Kansas City Star The Paperboy
The Christian Science Monitor London Sunday Times PublicRadioFan.com
C-Span Online Los Angeles Times Public Radio International
CNN Louisville Courier-Journal Television News Archive
CNN Breaking News Money Magazine The News Center 
CNN/Money MS-NBC The Wall Street Journal
Dallas Morning News National Public Radio News The Washington Post
Drudgereport New York Daily News Time Magazine
The Economist New York Post USA Today
Editor & Publisher Interactive New York Times U.S. News & World Report
El Mundo New York Times Article Archives (1851-1995) U.S. News Archives on the Web
Houston Chronical NewsLab:  Terrorism Glossary WWW News Resource Page
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Citation Styles
Avoiding PLAGIARISM1 Internet Citation Guide Various Citation Styles
APA Citation Style OWL: Using MLA Format
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Electronic Dissertations (ETD's)
Electronic Theses ETD Digital Library University of Kentucky--Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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Rensearch Electronic Dissertations & Theses VT ETDS from the Digital Library and Archives
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Speeches
American Rhetoric History Channel--Speeches Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents
Great American Speeches  The History Place--Great Speeches Collection Back to Top
Statistics
AgingStats.gov InfoUSA State & County Quickfacts
Agricultural Statistics Service Lewis Mumford Center for Comp/Reg Research State Health Facts Online
Bureau of Justice Statistics National Center for Health Statistics Statistical Abstract of the United States
Census Economic Briefing Rooms OFFSTATS: Official Statistics on the Web Statistical Resources on the Web
FactFinder--United States Census Population Index US Government Statistical Agency Websites
FedStats Poverty--US Census Bureau US Immigration Websites
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