Dictionary.com
Have a question about words, grammar of language, ask Doctor Dictionary.
Also contains a language translator, other language dictionaries, writing
resources (usage, style and more), and access to online magazines, newspapers and books.
Provides the world's most comprehensive, and authoritative portal for language, and language-related products and services on the world wide web.
yourDictionary.com has the widest and deepest set of dictionaries on the web (more than 1500 dictionaries
representing more than 230 languages).
WordNet is an online dictionary that you can explore in different directions, finding
words that mean the same, are more general, more specific - as well as getting a brief
description. Synonym, and antonym search.
Lexical FreeNet Connected
thesaurus
Find words related to the first word, connections between the words, find
words reachable within __ links, words reachable from both words, find related
words that rhyme, find words spelled similarly to the first, words containing
the first as a substring. Allows synonym links, antonym links, rhyme
links, sounds-like links, anagram links, occupation links, nationality links,
birth/death year links, and also known as links.
Encyclopedia.com One-stop site to begin your research and answer basic questions. Composed of
high-quality articles from The Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Third Edition,
the site links 17,000 diverse articles to the resources available on Infonautics' popular
online research service.
Living
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and Research Machines PLC are proud to bring you a great new reference
resource — an online research tool, rich in quality content, providing
searchable, curriculum-relevant articles to use in classrooms and at home.
Welcome to Living Library! Living Library contains hundreds of
thousands of articles from such great reference sources as: World
Book Encyclopedia, Time.com for Kids, Oxford University Press, Corbis
Photos, Bartlett's Quotations, Plus almanacs, dictionaries, Web
links, sound and video clips, encyclopedias, and much more! You will
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Links to thousands of biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, diaries, letters,
narratives, oral histories and more. * Individual lives of the famous, the infamous, and the not so famous. * Group biographies about people who share a common
profession, historical era or geography. * Also general collections, resources on
biographical criticism and special collections.
Biography.com Search over 20,000 personalities. Read this month's feature from Biography Magazine.
Biographies Contains data regarding historical persons related to American History.
Anecodotes
from Yeats to Gates Anecdotage is home to several thousand anecdotes.
Webster's Collegiate Dictionary defines an anecdote as "a usually short
narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident."
Anecdotage is chock-full of just such. According to them, their scope is
largely confined to biographical incidents as well as "origin stories,
mythological tales, practical jokes, and wisecracks of the Oscar Wilde-Groucho
Marx variety." If you need a quick quip for a speech or maybe some
catalyst to get your creative juices flowing, this might be the place.
Searchable.
K-12 students looking for information on the
Internet for a report or project can use KidsConnect to get help from a volunteer
librarian, usually within a few days. From the American Association of School Librarians
(AASL), a division of the American Library Association.
Welcome to Researchpaper.com - the Web's largest collection of topics, ideas, and
assistance for school related research projects. The Internet is a tremendous resource.
We'll show you how to make the most of your time online. Find the best information
available, eliminate frustration, and get better grades.
The Smithsonian Institution receives a great many public inquiries covering a wide
range of topics. Encyclopedia Smithsonian features answers to frequently asked questions
about the Smithsonian and links to Smithsonian resources from A to Z.
Online English Grammar, from the Lydbury English Centre in Britain, is an extensive
grammar site. Rules of grammar can be looked up in the Table of Contents or the alphabetic
Subject Index.
Thousands of photos available:3D Art, Adventure Sports ,Animals, Art,
Biking and Running, Blue Mountain Arts, Cats and Kittens, Dogs and Puppies, Field and
Stream, Military, Misc. Sports, Nature Scenes, Ocean Life, People, Religion, Seasonal, Snow
Sports, Space, Specialty, Travel, Water Sports, Wheels. Free wallpaper and screen
savers available also.
While we intend to index pictures of all types, the following topics are particularly
well represented at this time: Aircraft; American Cities; Animals; Architecture; Astronomy
Images; Civil War People, Places, and Things; Dinosaurs; Famous Actors and Actresses of
the 20th Century; Famous 20th Century African-Americans; Gems and Minerals; Hubble Space
Telescope Images; Maps of Continents and Countries; Maps of the 50 States; Military
Equipment; National Parks and Monuments; Paintings and Famous Works of Art; Patterns and
Shapes; Portraits and Photographs of 19th Century Writers; Presidents of the United
States; Rock Musicians and Singers; Trees and Plants; Twentieth Century World Leaders;
United States National Parks; Washington DC Monuments and Buildings; Weather and
Meteorological Phenomenon; and World War II. An North Central Regional Technology in
Education Consortium (NCRTEC) Index to Graphical Resources on the Internet.
Enter a keyword like "panda" or "cathedral" and AltaVista provides
thumbnail results that link to the photo or art image. You'll need permission to use
most images.
Do you need a ZIP Code for an address? This is the place to look. Also, you can find
out what cities and ZIP Codes are associated with each other or use the Official
Abbreviations link to see the correct abbreviations for states. People Search Yahoo! People Search: email and telephone.
FreeAdvice is the "leading legal site for consumers and small businesses."
With general legal information to help people understand their legal rights in 100 legal
topics, including education, the site offers simple explanations in an easy-to-use format.
Michigan State University's ASL Browser Web site allows you to look up thousands of
ASL signs. Each sign includes a QuickTime video clip and interesting explanation.
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