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Almanacs
Baseball Almanac
www.worldalmanacforkids.com
Do-It-Yourself Resources reference desk.com
Biographies
Biography.com
Short biographies of famous people, includes actors, politicians and historical figures
Biography-center
Index for thousands of biographies
Classical composer biographies
Brief listngs, somie with illustrations, includes some informed speculation and editorializing.
Flags Of The World
3D Flags
Calculators
Calculators & Conversion Tools
provides links to community information and to other tools and calculators useful for relocating
Country Travel Reports
Consular Affairs Information and Assistance for Canadians Abroad
Homework Center
Remember to check the local library site!
How Everyday Things are Made
Dictionaries
Webster's dictionary
The on-line dictionary includes the main A-Z listing of the Collegiate? Dictionary, as well as the Abbreviations, Foreign Words and Phrases, Biographical Names, and Geographical Names sections of that book.
Online pronunciation guides + dictionary - ESL + 9 languages
guides for language study and accent reduction with instant mouseover sound: 7 varieties of English, 10 languages, over 40 native
Referenced Resources-ForeignLanguages
WWW Language Guides are the definitive guide to language resources on the web.The widest and deepest set of language dictionaries.
Student Travel
Learn how to talk the talk with phrase books
Dictionaries
includes dictionaries, language guides for travelers, newspapers and magazines, information on countries, cities, tourist sites, literature, music
Dictionary Chinese-search.html
Searches can be conducted by Chinese (using either the Big5, or GB encodings), pinyin, or English. Results will show the Chinese word, the pinyin representation of the word, and the English definition
Dictionaries-by-subject.htm
Great list of dictionaries .... if we didn't have a list here then this would be one of the favourites
Wordweb.info
Thesaurus/dictionary, word and anagram finder
LibrarySpot.com- Encyclopedias, maps, online libraries, quotations ...
Games
Educational Games
they are fun, interactive, and accessible from any internet-ready computer.
BridgeBuilder-Game.com
The concept of Bridge Builder is simple yet brilliant. The task is to build a bridge which has to support a passing train and stay undamaged. The process is simulated using a fairly realistic physics engine and rendered in real time.
Geography Maps - reference desk.com
Encyclopedia
LibrarySpot.com
Reference collection including dictionaries, encyclopedias, newspapers, maps, reading lists, and quotations.
Internet Public Library- Encyclopedias
An annotated listing of subject-oriented encyclopedias available on the Web. Encyclopedia Smithsonian
Assorted Encyclopedias on the Web
Assorted Encyclopedias on the Web. Biology - Environment - Medicine. Botany, The Encyclopedia of Plants; Dictionary of Cell Biology
Encycl. & Dictionaries:
The Canadian Encyclopedia represents the co-operative efforts of over 3800
Encarta.msn.com/reference
Encarta offers 17,000 articles from their CD-ROM encyclopedia, hundreds of related multimedia clips, a talking dictionary, a world atlas, and Schoolhouse (a resource for educators
Quotable online - Famous quotes, famous quotations, quotable ...
And just for fun...
Amazing facts, fun trivia, interesting facts, useless facts.
Today's Best Political Cartoons
Graphic Novel Reviews
The Online Books Page
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