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Encyclopedias & Dictionaries: Encyclopaedia Britannica online; Oxford Reference Online; Oxford English Dictionary (OED); Oxford Dictionary of National Biography; Biography Resource Center; Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (free version); Bartleby Reference - encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, etc.; NetLingo - dictionary of internet terms and slang; Online Slang Dictionary; Encyclopedia of Associations (Associations Unlimited); International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (IESBS); more . . . Encyclopedias & Dictionaries - choose the Encyclopedias and Dictionaries subsection

Directories (includes telephone): AllPages.com - search by state or topical category; Anywho - nationwide white pages, yellow pages, reverse lookup, toll-free directory; Click411.com - United States and Canada; Encyclopedia of Associations (Associations Unlimited); Superpages - nationwide yellow pages, white pages; Switchboard - nationwide yellow pages, white pages; teldir.com - links to telephone directories worldwide; Directories help; Area code locations; Area Codes map; HowtoCallAbroad.com - international calling guide w/dialing instructions

Almanacs, Facts, and other Ready Reference: AskNumbers.com - conversions of various units; Calendar Zone - historic, religious, celestial, etc.; CityTownInfo.com; Common Equivalent Weights and Measures; Fast Facts - links to websites of factual information; Foreign Exchange Currency Converter; Information Please Almanac; Kelley Blue Book; Official U.S. Time; Time Zone Check - check times in other parts of the world

Online Reference Collections: Oxford Reference Online; Librarians' Index to the Internet; Martindale's The Reference Desk; I-Tools - quick access to dictionaries, translation tools, quotations, etc.; DeskRef: Sources for Quick Answers; the Internet Public Library Ready Reference Collection; refdesk.com

Other Libraries, Catalogs & Universities on the Web: American Universities; Braintrack University Index (International); Central Coast Museum Consortium - The Consortium includes the libraries of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, and the Santa Barbara Historical Society.; College Source OnLine - College Catalogs; Libdex - The Library Index; Libweb: Library Servers via WWW - from the Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE.; Other Libraries and Library Catalogs; Santa Barbara Public Library

Web Search Engines: Search Engines - a guide (University of Southern Maine); Search Tools Chart (InFoPeople); Tool Kit for the Expert Web Searcher

Evaluation of Resources: Evaluating Sources of Information; Web Evaluation; How Do I Know What's Good on the Web? (Evaluating sites); Website Examples for Evaluation; Evaluation Criteria (New Mexico State University Library)

Help with Citing Resources: Basic Citation Formats - for both MLA and APA; Sources - great quick quide to citing all kinds of sources in APA, MLA, and Science styles (Dartmouth); APA Style Resources; CBE Citation Guide (Ohio State University Libraries); MLA Citation Guide (Ohio State University Libraries); Using APA Format (Purdue Online Writing Lab); Using MLA Format (Purdue Online Writing Lab); Uncle Sam - Brief Guide to Citing Government Publications (University of Memphis); How to Cite tutorial; Citing Sources - a tutorial to help with identifying different parts of a citation, when to cite, and how to avoid plagiarism; Citing Internet Sources; Citation Styles Online (guide to citing electronic sources using several style guides); The Columbia Guide to Online Style, second edition; APA Style/Electronic Sources (Northern Michigan University); MLA Style/Electronic Sources (Northern Michigan University); Beyond the MLA Handbook: Documenting Electronic Sources on the Internet (Harnack, Andrew and Kleppinger, Gene); Uncle Sam - Brief Guide to Citing Government Publications (University of Memphis)

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