REFERENCE SITES

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ACT RESOURCES  (SEE COLLEGE RESOURCES.)

ALCOVE 9: AN ANNOTATED LIST OF REFERENCE WEBSITES

ALMANAC RESOURCES

                 ALMANAC LINKS (PREPARED BY JOYCE VALENZA) 
                OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC

ASK A LIBRARIAN SITES

          LIBRARY OF CONGRESS: ASK A LIBRARIAN

          VIRTUAL REFERENCE DESK: AskA+ LOCATOR

          VIRTUAL REFERENCE SHELF

ASK AN EXPERT

ATLAS RESOURCES (SEE MAP RESOURCES FOR THE UNITED STATES AND MAP RESOURCES FOR THE WORLD.)

ATLAS OF ENGLISH

BARTLETT'S FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS

BEAUCOUP: THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF FREE INFORMATION

BIOGRAPHY RESOURCES

BOOLEAN SEARCHING

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CALCULATOR RESOURCES

                CALCULATOR.COM: ONLINE FRACTIONS, SCIENTIFIC, CURRENCY, TIME, & UNIT CONVERTER CALCULATORS
                CALCULATOR AND CONVERSION LINKS (PREPARED BY JOYCE VALENZA)

CALENDAR, HOLIDAYS, AND THIS DAY IN HISTORY RESOURCES (SEE ALSO ONLINE RESOURCES, HISTORICAL NEW YORK TIMES FOR THIS DAY IN HISTORY.)

                MULTICULTURAL CALENDAR 
                SCOPE SYSTEMS: HISTORIC EVENTS & BIRTHDATES 
                THIS DAY IN HISTORY
                TODAY IN HISTORY: YAHOOLIGANS

CITATION GUIDES RESOURCES 

DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM RESOURCES

                 DEWEY BROWSE 

DICTIONARY  & THESAURUS RESOURCES

                AMERICAN HERITAGE DICTIONARY
                AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE DICTIONARY
                DICTIONARIES & THESEAURI LINKS (PREPARED BY JOYCE VALENZA)  
                DICTIONARY.COM
                DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN REGIONAL ENGLISH
                LEXICAL FREENET (LINKS TO RHYME ZONE, ONE LOOK DICTIONARY SEARCH, SHAKESPEARE SEARCH, CINEMA FREE NET)
                MERRIAM-WEBSTER DICTIONARY ONLINE
                THE PHRASE FINDER
                ROGET'S THESAURUS 
                A WEB OF ON-LINE DICTIONARIES
                WEBSTER'S ONLINE DICTIONARY (ROSETTA EDITION)

DIGITAL LIBRARIAN

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eHOW

ELECTRONIC REFERENCE DESK (includes Acronymn Dictionary, Citing Electronic Resources, College/Higher Ed. Resources, Date/Time Servers, Dictionaries, Electronic Publications, Encyclopedias, Geographic Information, Government Info and Data, Historical Information, Phone/Area Code/Travel Data, Postal Codes & Information, Other Reference Sites, Scientific Data Sources, Thesauri, World News & Weather)

ELECTRONIC TEXT CENTER (UNIV. OF VA)

ENCYBERPEDIA

ENCYCLOPEDIAS

                ENCYCLOPEDIA LINKS (SCROLL DOWN, PREPARED BY JOYCE VALENZA)

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EXPLORE THE INTERNET: THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

FIRST NAMES AND WHAT THEY MEAN

A GLOSSARY OF LITERARY TERMS

GRAMMAR (SEE ALSO VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR RESOURCES.)

GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS ONLINE

HOMEWORK HELP ON THE NET

                HOMEWORK HELPER

HYPER HISTORY ONLINE

INFORMATION PLEASE

INTERNET PUBLIC LIBRARY

GREAT WEB SITES FOR KIDS

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LAW RESOURCES

LIBRARIANS' INDEX TO THE INTERNET

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

THE LIT. ENGINE

LOCATOR RESOURCES

                ANYWHO.COM
                FINDLAW.COM
                555-1212.COM
                REVERSE PHONE DIRECTORY
                WORLDPAGES.COM

NATION, STATES, & TRAVEL LINKS (PREPARED BY JOYCE VALENZA)  

SEE ALSO UNITED STATES RESOURCES, CURRENT EVENTS AND NEWS RESOURCES, FLAGS OF THE UNITED STATES, FLAGS & ANTHEMS OF THE WORLD, MAPS & ATLASES FOR THE UNITED STATES RESOURCES, MAPS & ATLASES FOR THE WORLD RESOURCES, GEOGRAPHY RESOURCES, AND GOVERNMENT RESOURCES.

NEW JERSEY STATE LIBRARY CYBERDESK

NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY

NEW YORK TIMES ON THE WEB 

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THE OFFICIAL U.S. TIME 

ONLINE LITERARY CRITICISM COLLECTION

PINAKES: A SUBJECT LAUNCHPAD

PRINTS & PHOTOGRAPHS ONLINE CATALOG: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

PSAT RESOURCES  (SEE COLLEGE RESOURCES.)

Q AND A NJ.ORG (free live, interactive search assistance)

QUESTIA: THE ONLINE LIBRARY

QUOTATION RESOURCES

                APHORISMS GALORE
                BARTLETT'S FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS
                CREATIVE QUOTES
                INTERNET MOVIE DATABASE: QUOTES
                LITERARY QUOTATIONS
                MOVIE QUOTES
                ONLINE DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS
                QUOTATIONS PAGE

                QUOTELAND
                QUOTEWORLD
                ROCK WISDOM
                SHORT DICTIONARY OF SCIENTIFIC QUOTATIONS
                USELESS MOVIE QUOTES

REFDESK.COM

REFERENCE  PORTALS (PREPARED BY JOYCE VALENZA)

RESEARCH IT!

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SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY

SAT RESOURCES  (SEE COLLEGE RESOURCES.)

SPEECH & AUDIO RESOURCES

                AUDIO LINKS
                SPEECH AND TRANSCRIPT CENTER
                VINCENT VOICE LIBRARY (MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES)

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TELEPHONE LISTINGS (SEE LOCATOR RESOURCES ABOVE.)

VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARY (TORONTO PUBLIC LIBRARY)

VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR RESOURCES

WEATHER RESOURCES

WORLD FACTBOOK 2005

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THE WRITING CENTER'S WRITER'S HANDBOOK

WRITING RESOURCES

    Cherry Hill High School East also offers paid subscriptions. You can access these through ONLINE RESOURCES. 

 

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