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American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language

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

Merriam Webster Online

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

Dictionary and Thesaurus

General Encyclopedias

Columbia Encyclopedia

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

6^th edition, 2001, Limited but useful. This is the online version of the popular one-volume encyclopedia.

Encyclopedia Center from Encarta

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

Thousands of articles: good for very basic reference

Specialty Encyclopedias

Enclyclopedia Mythica

http://www.pantheon.org/

Gods and goddesses

The Encyclopedia of World History

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

Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Sixth Edition

More than 20,000 entries. Easy to use

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. Each country profile tracks such demographics as population, ethnicity and literacy rates, as well as political, geographical and economic data.

Biographical Dictionary

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

This dictionary covers more than 28,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day.