The Index - Reference

Argus Clearinghouse
The Internet's Premier Research Library. A selective collection of topical guides.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
Directory of quotations. Originally published in 1901 as 'Familiar quotations: a collection of passages, phrases, and proverbs traced to their sources in ancient and modern literature.'

FAQ.org
Searchable directory of links to FAQs. The FAQs are sorted by subject category.

Internets - Your Global Link to 1,000's of Databases
Large, searchable collection of links to online databases. The links are sorted by subject category.

Learn2.com - The ability utility
This site offers useful tutorials on a multitude of subjects. Categories include food/drink, healthier living, hobbies, communication skills, household fixes, computers and automotive/cycling.

Librarians' Index to the Internet
Annotated, searchable directory of internet resources.

Unit Conversion
Convert any unit to any unit with this useful script. Converts units of length, pressure, weight, temperature, time, force, density, velocity etc.

My Virtual Reference Desk
Searchable directory of reference resources.

Research-It! - Your one-stop reference desk
Search dictionaries, library tools, geographical tools, phone lookup, currency conversion, stock quotes, zip codes and more.

The World Wide Holiday and Festival Page
This page lists holidays and special dates for specific countries and religions.

Consumer reports

Dictionaries and language resources

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
(S iy . Eh m . Y uw . P r ah n aw n s ih ng . D ih k sh ah n eh r iy)
Type an English word and get the proper pronunciation for it.

Language identifier
Enter some text and this program will try to guess which language (of 12 Romance and Germanic languages) it is.

Merriam-Webster WWWebster Dictionary

MLTT: Language Identifier
Type in a word or a short sentence and this program determines what language it is. This language identifier can currently identify 33 different languages.

Online Dictionaries and Translators
Directory of links to online dictionaries in all kinds of languages, multilingual dictionaries, free online translation services, language software and free online language courses.

On-Line English Grammar
Searchable English grammar reference site.

Rhyming dictionary
A semantic rhyming dictionary. Type a word and find a perfect rhyme, match on last sound only, or find homophones.

Roget's Internet Thesaurus
Look up synonyms for English words in the online version of this popular thesaurus.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Wordbot
Load a page through Wordbot and you can click on any word to look up its meaning in a dictionary. This includes English translation of words from a number of languages.

Encyclopedia

FREE Internet Encyclopedia

Microsoft Encarta Online
This is a concise version of Encarta, the multimedia encyclopedia.

Statistics

Statistical Resources on the Web
Meta-index to statistical web sites and individual statistical publications, arranged by subject category.

Linking to The Index

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