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General Reference Sites

EBSCO - See your teacher or someone in the media center for your password. 

NC Wise Owl - NC WISE OWL is a Web site that has, as its centerpiece, several subscription databases.  Wise Owl is sponsored by the NC Department of Public Instruction.

Refdesk.com - Very good all in one reference site. Provides a great deal of information and links to other useful reference site.

InfoPlease.com - A site loaded with information from almanacs, encyclopedia, and dictionary.

Probert Encyclopaedia - Encyclopedia covering a wide range of topics.

Specialty Encyclopedias

Artcyclopedia - This site provides an encyclopedia of over 6,000 artists complete with a short biography and links to their works. Nice.

Atlapedia - Contains useful demographic information and maps of the world's nations.

CIA World Factbook - Probably the most up to date information on the world's nations to be found. Lot's of maps, political information, and demographics.  Great for social studies research.

Encyclopedia Mythica - An encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, and legend.  Contains over 5500 articles, 300 illustrations, maps, genealogy tables, and much more. Very detailed.

The Encyclopedia of the Orient is a one-stop online resource which covers all countries and cultures between Mauritania in the west and Iran in the east, Turkey in the north and Sudan in south.

Dictionaries & Thesauri

One Look Dictionaries - This is a word power search engine.  It searches over 550 dictionaries for the word or phrase you enter.

Acronym Finder - Look up 118,500 acronyms/abbreviations & their meanings.

American Sign Language Dictionary - This is a very nice dictionary of signing. Rather than just describing the sign or giving you a still picture, this dictionary actually shows you the word being signed in full motion video. COOL

A Web of On-line Dictionaries - This website indexes on-line dictionaries, thesauri, and such.

Dictionary.com - Contains dictionary, fun and games, and even a foreign language translator.

Merriam-Webster OnLine Dictionary & Thesaurus - Besides the dictionary this site contains lots of fun stuff.

Roget's Internet Thesaurus - Full thesaurus.

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