The Virtual Reference Desk
http://thorplus.lib.purdue.edu/reference/index.html

The libraries of Purdue University maintain this site. It provides links to federal and state government documents; dictionaries, thesauri, almanacs, and acronym guides; maps and travel information; the Periodic Table of Elements; phone books and area codes; and much more.

Acronym Finder
http://www.acronymfinder.com/

A searchable database containing common acronyms and abbreviations about all subjects, with a focus on computers, technology, telecommunications, and the military.

AskERIC-Education Information with the Personal Touch
http://askeric.org

AskERIC provides education information to teachers, librarians, counselors, administrators, and parents. it includes a Question & Answer Service, which provides you with the most up-to-date information; a Virtual Library; and the ERIC Database, containing more than 950,000 abstracts of documents and journal articles on education practice and research.

Awesome Library Reference Links
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Library/Reference_and_Periodicals/Reference_and_Periodicals.html

This U.S. Department of Education funded organization provides only resource links that have been reviewed and found to be of high quality for users.

Britannica
http://www.brittanica.com/

Britannica.com includes the complete, updated Encyclopædia Britannica, the oldest and largest general reference in the English language.

DMOZ Open Directory Project
http://dmoz.org/Reference/

The Open Directory Project's goal is to produce the most comprehensive directory of the web, by relying on a vast army of volunteer editors.

Dictionary.com
http://www.dictionary.com

This site offers several resources on the same site: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, WordNet®, The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, Jargon File, The Elements, Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary, Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary, U.S. Gazetteer, The CIA World Factbook, and The Free Online Dictionary of Computing.

EducationAtlas.com Study Skills Guide
http://www.educationatlas.com/study-skills.html

Encyclopedia Proteus
http://rtiess.tripod.com/proteus/encyclopedia.htm

Search the best encyclopedias on the web.

Funk & Wagnall's
http://www.funkandwagnalls.com/

Information Please
http://www.infoplease.com/

Librarians Information Online Network
http://www.libertynet.org/lion/ready.html

LION is an Internet information resource for school library staff throughout the nation.

Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov

The Library of Congress Web Site features services for researchers, publishers, and Kindergarten through 12th Grade educators. It provides information on legislation, the Congressional Record, and Committee Information (THOMAS), as well as exhibitions information in its online gallery and a "Today in History" section. Online historical collections are included in the following categories: Agriculture, Art and Architecture, Business and Economics, Education, Languages and Literature, Performing Arts, Philosophy and Religion, Political Science and Law, Geography, History, Recreation and Sports, Social Sciences, and Technology and Applied Studies. There are also documents, maps, motion pictures, photos and prints, and sound recordings.

OneLook Dictionaries
http://www.onelook.com/

A comprehensive dictionary site that searches 589 indexed dictionaries.

On-line Dictionaries and Glossaries
http://www.rahul.net/lai/glossaries.html

This site is a listing of dictionaries and glossaries online sorted by language and subject. A wide range of foreign language dictionaries is included as well as the more familiar resources like Roget's Thesaurus.

On-line Reference Works
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/references.html

Carnegie Mellon University offers hyperlinks to a useful collection of online references. Some links are several English and foreign language dictionaries, acronym guides, maps, thesauri, U.S. Census information, bibliographies, quotations, encyclopedias, bibliographies, and phone books.

RealWorld Research
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/2428

Presents the best and most informative links on the Internet. Includes sections containing search engines; news and weather links; and reference which includes a writer's resource center, a magazine rack, and movie listings.

StudyWeb
http://www.studyweb.com

StudyWeb ® is a free, comprehensive index that categorizes educational and reference Web sites, and links users directly to their desired information. ® is a free, comprehensive index that categorizes educational and reference Web sites, and links users directly to their desired information.

Travlang's Translating Dictionaries
http://dictionaries.travlang.com/

This site provides multilingual online dictionaries. Use this site to translate a single word from one language to another.

Yahoo! Reference
http://www.yahoo.com/reference

A great reference page with wide range of categories. It includes links to many useful sites, and it also includes calendars, dictionaries, encyclopedias, flags, libraries, maps, journals, and much more.