Reference, Dictionaries, Encyclopedia, Maps, Genealogy, and Public Records
Academia.edu – a platform for sharing academic research
Altapedia – Physical maps, political maps, statistics
Ancestry.com – geneaology site
Any Who Directory
Atlas of the Biosphere – Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison
Biography.com
CampusTours – Virtual college tours.
Canadian Encyclopedia, The
CollegeNET – Guide to Colleges, Universities, Graduate Programs. Go to college, change the world.
Consumer Reports Online
Core Knowledge – Information for educators and parents about education and curriculum.
dictionary.com
Creative Commons Search – CONTENT YOU CAN SHARE, USE, AND REMIX
Digital Collections – New York Public Library
Digital Public Library of America
Directory of Open Access Books
Dogpile – Search the internet using many search engines at once.
Ecosia – search engine that plants trees
Encyclopedia.com
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Mythica – of mythology, folklore, and religion
Encyclopedia of Life
exploratorium – Museum of Science, Art and Human Perception
FamilySearch – geneaology site
Free Dictionary, The
Gale – academic tools and research
Goodreads – largest site for readers and books
Google Books – most comprehensive index of full-text books
Google Scholar – search academic level materials
Harvard Library research guides
How Stuff Works
Information Please Almanac
Internet Archive – An internet library providing universal access to human knowledge.
Internet Archive Scholar
JSTOR – digital library of academic articles
Legacy.com – search obituaries
LexisNexis – Legal, news, public records and business information.
Library of Congress
Lycos search engine
MapQuest (Maps)
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Micropedia of Microagressions, The
MyHeritage.com – Geneaology site
National Archives and Records Administration
New York Public Library Research
nolo.com – Everyday law for everyday people. Self-help legal guide.
OneSearch search engine
Open Culture
Open Library – free ebooks
Princeton Review, The
Project Gutenberg – free ebooks
ProQuest – academic level research
Qatar Digital Library
Quora – a social Q&A site to share knowledge
Rand McNally
refdesk.com – Reference Desk
ReferenceDesk.org
RootsWeb.com – Oldest and largest free geneaology site by Ancestry.com
Sources – for Journalists, Writers, Researchers & Information Seekers
SuperPages.com – Search for U.S. Businesses in the Online Yellow Pages
SYMBOLS.com – Encyclopedia of graphic symbols.
UMass Amherst Library research guides
unpaywall – making scholarly research more open, connected, & reusable
Urban Dictionary
U.S. Census Bureau
United States Postal Service
WikiBooks – free textbooks in many languages
Wikipedia – Encyclopedia
wiredscholar – The Planning for College Destination
WolframAlpha – knowledge base powered by AI
World Book Encyclopedia
WorldCat – world’s largest library catalog
WWW Virtual Library, The
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