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Acronym Search - Your source for acronyms and abbreviations

Alternative Dictionaries - Dictionary of international slang. Over 70 different languages, 3000 different words and phrases.

Ask Oxford - Oxford Dictionaries specialises in word games but also carries wrting tips and English.

Biographical Dictionary - Information on 19,000 notable people from ancient times to the present day.

Computer Jargon Dictionary - Wondering what a RAID is? Find out here.

Dictionary - Free online English dictionary, thesaurus and reference guide.

Hypertext Webster Interface - Search the online webster for words like Anomaly...

One Across - Search for crossword puzzle answers PLUS anagram finder, cryptograms, and online crossword puzzles.

Onelook - Search dictionary web sites for words and phrases.

Thesaurus - Free online Roget's Thesaurus of the English Language.

What Is - A whole lot of definitions and information on all that is computers, Internet, and technology.

Encyclopædias

Britannica - Includes the complete, updated Encyclopædia Britannica, articles from some of the world's top magazines, as well as news and a web directory. Really comprehensive, and now free.

Free Internet Encyclopedia - "This is an encyclopedia composed of information available on the Internet." And hey, it's free! On the real, this thing is packed with links.

FunkandWagnalls - Contains a full encyclopædia, dictionary, thesaurus, atlas, multimedia gallery, world news.

Encyclopedia - A free encyclopedia with some pictures and brief articles.

Information Please - On-line dictionary, internet encyclopædia, & almanac reference. "...facts on thousands of subjects..." including current events.

Internet Movie Database - Facts, trivia, reviews and multimedia about almost every movie, including old classics.

Kids Almanac - A little out of the ordinary with lots of useful facts about topics from the longest rivers to the largest desert and various lifestyles.

'Lets Find Out' - Science, dinosaurs, aviation, art and the body are just a few of the 16 sections.

Microsoft Encarta - For a great online encyclopaedia, this is the concise version. Search by category or go straight to the article you're looking for.

Question Answering

Allexperts - Ask an expert a question for free: Entertainment, Computers, News, Medical, Travel, Legal, Cars, Religion, more, more, more.

Ask An Expert Page - Links to "Ask An Expert" pages grouped by subject including: Medicine, Computing, College Advisors, and of course more.

Ask Jeeves - Such as "How many bones are there in my body?", "Which was the largest dinosaur?", and Jeeves will do his utmost to come up with an answer.

BrainMania - Ask a volunteer your question, and get an answer usually in a day. Grouped by subject. Also has a student message board, live chat, and a place to "check your work".

Cat in the Net - Real people who search the 'net for answers to your questions (commercial and free options available).

Plasmodium - Another service that "does the research for you." Also has some nice (free) grammar and essay-writing tips.

Xpertsite - "It's questions. It's answers. It's real people giving advice, for free." Many subject areas, rated experts, and related expert websites.

UK Driving Maps

5 Minutes Away - List pubs, services and hotels five minutes away from a major motorway junction.

AA - the Automobile Association European route planner and travel watch with email updates.

Euroshell - Register first to work out your European route planner.

Get Me There

Green Flag - Similar to the RAC but uses smarter postcodes.

Map24

Mapquest

Mappy

Maporama - Plan a trip to anywhere in Europe from the UK.

Multimap - Local maps and directions require exact postcodes.

RAC - Easy to use and fast at getting data for you routes.

Streetmap - Online street maps more for curiosity than planning.

UK Gatsos - Speed trap camera locations.

Miscellaneous

Acronym Finder - Searchable database of acronyms, abbreviations and meanings. Also has "Reverse lookup".

Art History Resources on the Web - Dizzying number of links to art history websites, grouped by era.

Babelfish - Translate to and from English to French, German, Italian, Portugese, and Spanish.

Biography - Web site based on the A&E T.V. show. Archiving tons of biographies on all sorts of people. Searchable too.

Canada's SchoolNet - Info on schools in Canada. Lesson plans, post-secondary info, homeschooling.

CRAYON - Have a custom newspaper delivered each day to your e-mail box.

DCIS/WWW - By Category - A huge (~180kb) list of links intended for historians, but usable by anyone. Culture, history, sociology, and the like.

Education World - Tasty site devoted to educators. Lesson plans, new headlines, powerful search engine of educational sites.

Electronic Reference Shelf - Various encyclopædias, almanacs, and dictionaries.

Electronic Text Center - A lot of classic books, digitized & posted on the 'net.

Free Translation - Free Translation from English to Spanish, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese and Norwegian.

Home Maintenance and Repair - Full text articles and visuals on topics of home maintenance and repair. Searchable.

How Stuff Works - In depth articles, photos, diagrams, and related links to how stuff works. Incredibly large archive, a great resource for just about any class.

Internet FAQ Consortium - Find a Frequently Asked Questions file on absolutely anything. Wide range of links to FAQ databases on the Internet.

Library of Congress - The worlds biggest library. Anything and everything government (U.S.) and way more.

List of Internet Sites - A list of various Internet services i.e. mailing lists, FTP sites, etc.

Lives, the Biography Resource - Links to many biography-related sites, including autobiographies, journals, letters, diaries, memoirs, and collections.

Merriam Webster - Provides a free, on-line dictionary (with audio pronunciations), thesaurus, Word of the Day, word games, and other English language resources.

National Geographic - Great library for all things culture, travel, computers, politics, society, and business.

News Info Search - Search everything on Canoe.ca: including Canuck newspapers, magazines, entertainment, & sports.

Palindrome - A word, phrase, verse, or sentence that reads the same backward or forward.

Project Gutenburg - Literally, a bookshelf. Actually an ongoing effort to computerize classic works into normal text files.

Research Paper - An idea directory, writing tips & techniques for research papers, and advice about online research.

STD Telephone Codes - Find out who was the last person to telephone.

Snoopa - Another place to search from.

Strategis - Incredibly large Canadian business resource. Information, statistics, and more links for many industries.

Time and Date - around the world.

Toronto Star - Canada's most read newspaper - online; now starting to archive back issues

Travlang's Translating Dictionaries - Translate words or phrases between French, German, Dutch, Danish, Spanish, Finnish, Portuguese, Esperanto, and Afrikaans.

UK Children's Directory - is a comprehensive web directory of children's activities and services throughout the UK. A site for all the family.

UK Postcode Finder - Finds area postcodes, from the Royal Mail.

UK Postcode Finder - Hopewiser's alternative to the Post Office site.

Uk Weather Forcast - Warnings, 5 day forcast, select-a-town, satellite pictures and animations, UV sunburn factor risks, world weather and lots of other meteorological aspects supplied by the official 'Met-Office'.

U.S. Congress Documents - Bunch of documents from U.S. congress.

Voila - Search Engine

Virtual Museums - Directory of museums on the web.

Welcome to the Virtual Hospital - Learn all sorts of stuff about medicine and such.

Why Files - Superb Pages with clear yet informative information and diagrams on all sorts of stuff.

World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Subject Catalogue - An ongoing project to bring a library on the web.

Yell - Telephone and addresses, film finder, travel information and weding guides.

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