Online Reference Materials (Dictionaries, etc.)
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Types of Reference Materials On This Page Include the Following
Acronym and Jargon Finders
Dictionaries
E-Mail Address Books
Encyclopedias
Internet Searches
Glossaries
Language Translators
Libraries
News
Manual of Styles (APA, Chicago,
etc.)
Phone Books
Quotations
Reference “Desks” (sites with multiple types of reference
information)
Thesaurus
Acronym and Jargon Finders
Acronym Finder
another Acronym Finder
Computer and Internet Acronyms
Dictionaries
Online Dictionaries
18 – Online specialized dictionaries
American Heritage Dictionary
Oxford English Dictionary
Accounting, Business Studies and Economics Dictionary for Students
E-mail Address Books
Large Email Directories
Finding Email Addresses on the Web
Encyclopedias
Wikipedia
Encyclopedia Britannica Online
The Canadian Encyclopedia
An I.T. encyclopedia
Glossaries
Glossary of Business
Terms A-Z
Business Thesaurus Glossary
Language Translation
Google Translate
Free Online Language Translator
Free Translation Online
Library
lib-web-cats
(includes access to 4,000 libraries)
On-Line Sources to Get Up-to-Date National and International News
Media “Watchdogs”
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
News from around the World
Media Research Center
Media Matters for American
Business News
New York Times Business News
Wall Street Journal
CNN Money
Forbes Financial
Bloomberg News
Business Wire
Business Week
World News
BBC World News
CNN World News
New York Times World News
MSNBC World News
USA, including international focus
Reuters (with focus on financial and business news)
CNN
Google News
ABC News
USA Today
NSNBC News
CBS News
Phone Books
Telephone Directories on the Web, Phone Books,
White Pages, Yellow Pages
International Telephone Directory
Switchboard for US and Canada
Quotations (general)
Creative Quotations
Quoteland.com
Quotations Page
Creativity Quotes
Reference “Desks” (sites with multiple types of reference information)
Reference Desk
CWL Publishing Enterprises
Online Reference Desk
used to be the Ask Dr. Jeeves and now has a new face
Thesaurus
Merriam Webster thesaurus
Getty
Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Thesaurus (an Ask.com service)
Internet Searches
Google
DuckDuckGo
Search Engine Watch
International Directory of Search Engines
Base Bones 101 — Basic Tutorial on Searching the Web
25 Free People Search Engines to Find Anyone