There's an invaluable amount of reference material
on the Internet, if we know where to look.
Sub Categories
Complete Bible
Genealogy:
The site contains 3087 biblical characters with details such as who were their parents,
brothers, sisters, spouses, concubines and children.
Currency
Converter:
Find out how much your money is worth abroad.
DictSearch:
Use this global dictionary to search in 275 dictionaries on the Internet. Translate from
69 source languages into 73 target languages - 400 language combinations.
Foreign Word:
Access 20 on-line machine translation systems from a single screen. Have various online
machine translation systems translate your texts simultaneously, compare the results and
select the one that best suits your needs.
Infoplease:
Find answers through the online almanacs, encyclopaedia and dictionary. A great place to
go to find out more about something you didn't really know you were looking for. Isn't
that what surfing the web is about?
Internet Public Library:
The first public library of and for the Internet community. Founded by the School of
Information and Library Studies at the University of Michigan, in 1995.
KnowX:
Run a background check, locate assets, verify property value using public records compiled
from official data sources.
Legal Information Institute:
The Legal Information Institute (LII) is a research and electronic publishing activity of
the Cornell Law School.
Merriam-Webster:
Free online dictionary, thesaurus, audio pronunciations, Word of the Day, word games and
other English language resources.
Old Farmers Almanac:
Since 1792, The Old Farmers Almanac has been publishing tide tables, sunrise tables,
planting charts, recipes and weather forecasts.
PCL Map Collection:
The Perry-Castaņeda Library Map Collection, hosted at the University of Texas.
Rulers:
Contains lists of heads of state and heads of government (and, in certain cases, de facto
leaders not occupying either of those formal positions) of all countries and territories,
going back to about 1700.
Thesaurus:
Free online Rogets Thesaurus of the English Language.
World
Factbook:
The CIA's World Factbook is updated every two weeks. Find the latest information about any
country in the world.
World History International:
A collection of world history related essays, documents, maps and music.
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