Reference Sites

Abbreviations

• Acronym Finder - abbreviations and acronyms about computers, technology, telecommunications and military.
• Acronym Server - comprehensive database of acronyms.
• Medi Lexicon - medical, pharmaceutical, biomedical and healthcare acronyms and abbreviations.

Almanacs

• Farmer's Almanac - weather, gardening, astronomy, best days and more.
• Info Please - almanac, encyclopedia, atlas and dictionary.
• The Old Farmer's Almanac

Books & Magazines

• Books in Print - Find books in various formats. Search for in print, out of print or forthcoming titles. Search by country, author, title, subject and more. Sign up for BIP Alert Service and more.
• Ulrich's Periodical Directory - Look up periodicals by subject, keyword, title, place of publication or ISSN. Includes newspapers. Good for finding information about a particular publication or just finding out what publications exist.
• WorldCat- Find books, periodicals and other materials in libraries worldwide. If we do not own the item you need we can request it through interlibrary loan.

Calendars

• American Secular Calendar - Shows holidays observed in America.
• Perpetual Calendar - Find out upon what day of the week a particular date occurred.
• More Calendars...

Dictionaries

• American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
• Roget's Thesaurus - find synonyms and definitions for words
• Oxford English Dictionary - find definitions and etymologies for words.
• More Dictionaries...

Encyclopedias

• Art Cyclopedia
• Botany - The Encyclopedia of Plants
• The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Encyclopaedia Britannica Online
• Encyclopedia Mythica - Mythology, Folklore and Religion
• Gale Medical Encyclopedia - Click on Medical Encyclopedia
• McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
• The Mystica - Occult, Mysticism, Magic, Paranormal..
• World of Mathematics

Handbooks

• CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics

Maps & Directions

• AtlaPedia Online - Find information about various countries including physical and political maps.
• MapQuest - Look up addresses, find directions.

Quotations

• Bartlett's Quotations
• LitQuotes - Quotes from the great works of literature
• Natural Science - A dictionary of scientific quotations
• More Quotations

Telephone & Address

• Reverse Phone Directory - Search by name, phone number or address.
• Switchboard - Search by name or phone number.
• Zip Code Directory - US Postal Service

Comprehensive Reference Sites
These directories include subject directories in every academic discipline. They also include basic reference sites to answer factual questions. You will find abbreviations, almanacs, calculators, calendars, dictionaries, encyclopedias, statistics and maps and more!

• Library of Congress Virtual Reference Shelf
• Internet Public Library Reference Center
• Refdesk