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Thesaurus.com

http://thesaurus.reference.com

Merriam Webster Online: Dictionary and Thesaurus

http://www.m-w.com/

Visual Thesaurus

http://www.visualthesaurus.com/

Dictionaries

American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language

http://www.bartleby.com/61/

 Merriam Webster Online: Dictionary and Thesaurus

http://www.m-w.com/

 General Encyclopedias

 Columbia Encyclopedia

http://www.bartleby.com/65/

 Encyclopedia Center from Encarta

http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/artcenter.aspx

Specialty Encyclopedias

 Enclyclopedia Mythica: Gods and goddesses

http://www.pantheon.org/

 The Encyclopedia of World History

http://www.bartleby.com/67/

 The World Factbook, 2002

http://www.bartleby.com/151/

The U.S. government’s complete geographical handbook, featuring 267 full-color maps and flags of all nations and geographical entities.

Biographical Dictionary

http://www.s9.com/biography/