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Academic OneFile (Library Resource)
    Academic OneFile is the premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, researchers are able to find accurate information quickly. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. Updated daily.

General OneFile (Library Resource)
    A one-stop source for news and articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images. Updated daily.

Gale Virtual Reference Library (Library Resource)
    Gale Virtual Reference Library includes encyclopedias and specialized reference sources covering business, environment, history, medicine, multicultural studies, and science.

Bartleby.com
    Publishes the most up-to-date collection of reference works, as well as classic works of reference, fiction, nonfiction and verse—all free of charge. Features a searchable database containing over 370,000 web pages, including the largest database of quotations ever published (over 86,000 quotations), as well as the largest freely available verse database (over 10,000 poems).

Fact Monster
    An ideal reference site for kids ages 8-14 that provides entertainment and educational resources. It combines the contents of an encyclopedia, a dictionary, an atlas, and several almanacs loaded with statistics, facts, and historical records. A single search engine allows you to search all these sources at once.

FindArticles
    Gives you free access to millions of articles from thousands of top publications, including leading academic, industry and general interest publications organized by major categories.

Google Scholar
    Provides a simple way to broadly search across many disciplines and sources to identify scholarly articles, government and museum websites, and book reviews. This site is run by Google.com so you can use a traditional keyword search. However, Google Scholar is not influenced by advertisting.

Guinness World Records Online
    A selection of records chosen from the GWR database of over 40,000 records!! You'll find information on the Guinness World Records categories that you are familiar with as well as images of amazing superlative facts and feats.

MapQuest
    Helps people find places, get there, and find places nearby. With over 40 million unique visitors each month, MapQuest.com is consistently ranked as the #1 mapping site and #1 directories site as well as a Top 10 US Web brand.

MSN Encarta Online
    Has a searchable encyclopedia, thesaurus, dictionary, and world atlas. When you type a keyword or question in the Search Encarta box, the search results may include encyclopedia articles, audio clips, photos, maps, and tables.

OnlineConversion.com
    Convert just about anything to anything else. Over 5,000 units, and 50,000 conversions. Converts length, weight and mass, volume, and more!

Visual Dictionary
    Uses images to explain objects, listing all their parts in English and French. Detailed views show all relevent details. Every image and term is fully defined.

World Factbook
    Online version of the World Factbook, produced annually by the CIA. Has become the ultimate, authoritative source for information on all nations of the world. It provides current data for more than 250 countries and territories, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.

Yahoo! Education Reference
    Offers a handy selection of searchable reference materials to help you find the information you need. Look up the definition of a word in the Dictionary, find its synonym in the Thesaurus, or translate it into Spanish. Search for facts and information in the Encyclopedia, find country and regional maps and flags in the World Factbook, and much more.

YourDictionary
    A free online dictionary and thesaurus with all of the English language features you really need: definitions, thesaurus, audio pronunciation and grammar usage. Maintains the most comprehensive and authoritative language portal on the web with more than 2500 dictionaries and grammars in over 300 languages, games that build language skills, and a forum for discussing language issues with the logophile community.

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