Online Reference Shelf - General Reference Links

English Language

Dictionary (Merriam-Webster)
http://www.m-w.com/

Roget's Internet Thesaurus
http://www.thesaurus.com/

Biography

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
http://bioguide.congress.gov/

Biographical Dictionaries
http://www.s9.com/biography/
Search by name, keyword and date.

A Million Lives
http://amillionlives.com/
A guide to biography sites on the web.

Encyclopedias & Almanacs

Encyclopedia.com
http://encyclopedia.com/
Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia sponsored by Electric Library.

Encyclopedia Smithsonian
http://www.si.edu/resource/

Information Please Almanac
http://www.infoplease.com/

Maps/Gazetteers

World of Maps
http://www.maps.ethz.ch/
A gateway for maps and mapping

Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/tgn/

Writing Guides

Elements of Style
http://www.bartleby.com/141/index.html
Online version of the ultimate style guide by William Strunk, Jr.

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