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General

Almanacs & Atlases

Biographies

Conversion Tables

Dictionaries/Thesauruses/Glossaries/Handbooks

Encyclopedias -- General

Encyclopedias -- Specialty

News -- Local & National

News -- International

Quotations

Statistics -- General

Statistics -- Specialty

General -- multiple references at one site

• Answers.com
• Bartleby.com
• InfoPlease
• The Virtual Reference Desk -- Stanford University Library

Almanacs & Atlases

• Altapedia
• Graphic Maps Clip Art
• Flags of the World
• National Geographic Maps & Geography
• World Atlas of Maps, Flags & Geographical Facts
• World Gazetteer

Biographies

• Biographical Dictionary
• Biography.com
• Freeality Biographies
• Herstory

Conversion Tables

• Convert-Me.com
• OnlineConversion.com
• The Universal Currency Converter

Dictionaries/Thesauruses/Handbooks/Glossaries

• AskOxford.com
• DictionaryLink.com
• Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names
• FreeDictionary.com
• Glossary of Rhetorical Terms
• Handbook of Rhetorical Devices
• One Look Reverse Dictionary
• Online Etymology Dictionary -- the meaning and origin of words
• Specialty Dictionaries
• Thesaurus.com
• YourDictionary.com

Encyclopedias -- General

• World Book Online -- For home use, get a password at the library desk.
• Encyclopædia Britannica
• Encyclopedia of British Columbia -- For home use, get a password at the library desk.
• The Canadian Encyclopedia
• Columbia Encyclopedia
• Wikipedia

Encyclopedias -- Specialty

• The Encyclopedia of Days
• The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

News -- Local & National

• Canada.com
• CBC News
• CBC:  News in Review -- archives
• Cowichan News-Leader
• Globe and Mail

News -- International

• BBC News -- Britain
• CNN News -- United States
• News Voyager   -- world newspapers

Quotations

• Bartlett's Quotations

Statistics -- General

• The CIA World Fact Book
• Statistics Canada
• E-stat Research   (Stats Canada) -- username: fkssfac         password: estat

Statistics -- Specialty

• Baby Names
• Behind the Name
• Name Statistics