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Abbreviations & Acronyms

Journal Abbreviation Sources Access to full titles of journal abbreviations. Subject areas include agriculture, biosciences, business and economics, c hemistry, computer science, engineering, history, mathematics, etc.
Acronym Finder Defines abbreviations such as acronyms--words formed from each of the first letters of a descriptive phrase, such as NATO and IBM.
WWW Acronym & Abbreviation Server Searches acronyms and words used in acronyms.

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Information Please Contains definitions, maps, quick facts, and statistics. Includes information from Time Almanac and Columbia Encyclopedia.
Old Farmer's Almanac Has long-range regional weather forecasts, recipes, and gardening tips.
Cool Quiz Trivia (including 'Today in History')
Any Day in History Search by month and day for worldwide historic dates and events. Includes birthdates, deaths, reported MIAs in Vietnam, events, holidays, religious observances, religious history facts.
50 States of the US: Capital Cities & Information Links
Fast Facts

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Webster's New World Dictionary, via YourDictionary.com
Published by John Wiley & Sons, Webster's New World Dictionary is the official desk dictionary of the Associate Press and the New York Times.
Merriam-Webster Online
The direct descendant of Noah Webster's original.
Encarta World English Dictionary (with audio pronunciations).
From Microsoft and Bloomsbury Publishing.
American Heritage Dictionary

YourDictionary.com A portal to a wide-ranging list of specialized dictionaries and lexical resources.
OneLook Dictionaries searches many dictionaries at once and then provides links to the definitions on each.
Internet Dictionary Project provides translations from one language to another. Note the warnings there.

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Columbia Encyclopedia
Encarta Encyclopedia
Online Dictionaries, Glossaries & Encyclopedias
This contains links to a vast number of useful reference tools. Unfortunately, it hasn't been updated in about 4 years, and many of those links are no longer valid. Many still are, though, so it might be worth a look. We'll try to replace it with something more current ASAP.
LibrarySpot Encyclopedias

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