Directory of References
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Maps
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Phone Directory Philadelphia
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Search engines
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Yellow Pages
Directquest Business Directory
People Search
Postal Addresses
Web Site Search
Finding someone by Domain name
Geneaolgies
Encyclopaedic Type Reference
Britannica – Web sites, magazines & the encyclopaedia – free
Britannica Online – There is a charge for use of these services
OnLine Refence Works
Yahoo Encyclopaedias
Bartleby – reference , poetry, fiction books on the web
Books/ Libraries
Reference Books Information Super Library
The Library of Congress
Bartleby – reference , poetry, fiction books on the web
Dictionaries
Bartleby – reference , poetry, fiction books on the web
Flags
History
History info
American Memory historical collections from the Library of Congress National Digital Library
The History Channel . com
Homework
Encyclopedia – Britannica’s site will help you with those special projects!
The Learning Planet-activties for K-6. books, websites, printable coloring pages.
National Geographic – world information and science.
Yahoo Reference Search – dictionaries , quotations, maps, measurements.
Geography
DirectQuest Directory of Area InfoCommunities, Cities & Towns,
States, Counties, Countries, etc.
Maps
Science & Technology
Astronomy
Robotics JPL Robotics
Biotechnology WWW Virtual Library : Biotechnology
Botany Botanical Glossaries
Chemistry Web Elements
SciQuest – Science Products Many Vendors in one place
Social Science & Humanities:
The Institute of Social & Cultural Anthropology
Internet Services List
Reference Shelf
www.nova.edu/Inter-Links/reference.html
Yellow Pages
Search engines
www.directquest.com/IntSearchEngines.htm
Business Search
https://www.directquest.com/Business
People Search
Web Site Search
Internic http://www.internic.net/ Finding someone who has a Domain name
http://rs.internic.net/cgibin/who
General Encyclopaedic Type Reference
Brittannica Online www.eb.com/eb.htm – this is by subscription – haven’t found a non-subscription site
Tell us if you know of one.
Yahoo Encyclopedias – http://www.yahoo.com/Reference/Encyclopedia/
Books/ Libraries
The Library of Congress
http://lcweb.loc.gov/homepage/lchp.html
Dictionaries
Dictionary – OnLine Refence Works
History
American Memory
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ historical collections from the Library of Congress National Digital Library
Geography
Geography.com
Cities Lycos City Find USA – http://www.lycos.com/pplfndr.html
Maps
https://www.directquest.com/reference/maps/
Science & Technology
Astronomy
Robotics JPL Robotics http://robotics.jpl.nasa.gov
Biotechnology
Botany Botanical Glossaries
Chemistry
Social Science & Humanities
The Institute of Social & Cultural Anthropology www.rsl.ox.ac.uk/isca/index.html