Reference

DICTIONARIES & ENCYCLOPEDIAS:

Encyberpedia Dictionary & Glossary
http://www.encyberpedia.com/glossary.htm
Although the graphics and advertisements on the opening page go on for too
long, the links that follow take you to an incredible range of general and
specific dictionaries and glossaries.

Foreign Language Dictionaries
http://www.june29.com//HLP/
Foreign language-English translating dictionaries are available at the Human
Languages Page. Choose Languages and Literature.

Rhyming Dictionary 
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dougb/rhyme.html
If you enter a word, the server will return a list of rhyming words.

Web of Online Dictionaries
http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/rbeard/diction.html
Includes links to 330 dictionaries in 100 languages.

WWWebster Dictionary 
http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm
An excellent hyperlinked dictionary and thesaurus, based on the
Merriam-Webster dictionary. The search engine supports wildcards and
right-hand truncation.

ATLASES

Map Machine
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/maps/

The National Atlas of the United States 
http://www-atlas.usgs.gov/ 
From the U.S. Geological Survey, this site provides a comprehensive,
 map-like view into a wealth of data collected by the Federal Government. 
This  interactive map of the United States allows the user to display airports, federal lands, urban areas, water  features,  parkways, rivers, railroads, roads, volcanoes and seismic events. 
 

STOCK MARKET INFORMATION

Dow Jones Industrial Average Database
http://ipl.org/ref/stocks/
Provided by the Internet Public Library, this site provides quick and easy
access to corporate and stock information for the companies in the DJIA.

1996 Fortune 500
http://pathfinder.com/fortune/fortune500/

Global 500:
http://pathfinder.com/fortune/1997/specials/g500/intro.html
Courtesy of Fortune Magazine, these two sites offer detailed information,
including rankings, on the Fortune 500 and the Global 500 companies.
Business and stock market news is also available.

Hoover's Online
http://www.hoovers.com/
Hoover's offers a searchable database of 10,000 major public, private, and
international companies. Search the corporate directory by ticker symbol,
name, industry, sales, or location.
 
 

OTHER USEFUL RESOURCES

Internet Library for Librarians 
http://www.itcompany.com/inforetriever
Though much of this site focuses on librarians, there is a substantial reference section which links to the following: almanacs, biographical tools, dictionaries including language and subject dictionaries, grammar and style guides, thesauri, books of quotations, directories, phone books, maps, travel guides, news, and weather.

The New York Times
 http://www.nytimes.com
This site is searchable as well as browsable, thus permitting the reasearcher to search by keyword.  It  requires an initial registration, but is mostly free.  Searching in both  Todays News and Extended Search is free; one must purchase articles from the 365 Day Archive. 

Roget's Thesaurus
http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/ROGET.html
The University of Chicago's ARTFL Project now includes Roget's Thesaurus
(the 1911 edition, currently being updated). Although classified as
experimental, this is a good reference tool for writers.

Occupational Outlook Handbook, 1996-1997 
http://stats.bls.gov/ocohome.htm
Published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the complete text of the OOH is
available online and seachable by keyword

Geographic Names Information System 
http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form
Provided by the U.S. Geological Survey, this is a searchable database for places in the U.S. by feature, state or county name, feature type, population or elevation range.

Zip Codes
http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/
The zip code directory site is provided by the US Postal Service.

Associations on the Net
http://ipl.org/ref/AON/
From the Internet Public Library, this is a searchable annotated guide to
more than 550 home pages of prominent organizations and associations.

FAQ Finder 
http://ps.superb.net/FAQ/
This is a comprehensive guide to more than 1800 FAQ (Frequently Asked
Questions) files available on the Internet, arranged by category.

The Kelly Blue Book
http://www.kbb.com/
Guaranteed to interest high school students, this searchable database is an
excellent source of information about the value of new and used cars.

The National Address Server
http://www.cedar.buffalo.edu/adserv.html
Given a valid U.S. postal address, this server rewrites the address in the
proper format along with the ZIP+4 code. You can retrieve a Postscript or a
GIF file of the address for printing, with a barcode! You can also view a
street map of the address, from 2 different Internet map sites (MapBlast and
MapQuest).

Phone Books & Directories
http://thorplus.lib.purdue.edu/reference/phone.html
Courtesy of Purdue University Libraries, this site provides links to phone
books and directories from around the world.