Reference Materials
ALMANACS/FACT BOOKS
Bartleby Factbook 2000
CIA World Factbook
National Atlas of the United States
Presidents of the United States (IPL)
Space Almanac
U.S. Census Factfinder
ATLASES
Maps.Com Atlas
World Atlas
DICTIONARIES
American Heritage
Cambridge
Dictionary.com
Funk & Wagnalls.com
Infoplease Dictionary
Mirriam-Webster (English)
Acronyms/Abbreviations
Acronym Finder
Acronym Search
Acronym Server Simplified
Acronym Server
Acronyma
Reverse /phonetic dictionaries
Rhyming dictionary
Chinese/English Dictionary
French/English Dictionary
German/English Dictionary
Spanish/English Dictionary
Your Dictionary (multi-language)
ENCYCLOPEDIAS
Brainy Encyclopedia
Britannica.com
Columbia Encyclopedia/Bartleby
Encyclopaedia of the Orient
Encyclopedia Smithsonian
Encyclopedia.com
EncycloZine
Encarta for Interactive Learning
Information Please
Wikipedia
GENERAL REFERENCE
Bartleby Reference Works Online
THESAURUS
Mirriam-Webster
Roget's Thesaurus
Thesaurus.com
MISCELLANEOUS
Barlett's Book of Familiar Quotations
Dictionary of Quotations
Elements of Style (Strunk)
Phrase Finder
Robert's Rules of Order
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Research Resources
ONLINE
Bibliomania
CIA - The World Factbook
Find Articles
Internet Public Library
Librarians Internet Index
Library of Congress
Library Spot
Open Directory
Public Record Finder
AREA LIBRARIES
Des Moines Public Library
Drake University Library
Cedar Rapids Public Library
Grimes Public Library
Iowa City Public Library
Iowa State University Library
Grimes Public Library
RESOURCES FOR EDITING
AP Style Book
Bartleby - Strunk's Elementary Rules of Style
Blue Book of Grammar (also punctuation)
Government Agency Abbreviations
JCU Study Skills Online
Sentence Structure - Canadian site
SharpWriter.com
Word Crafter - general tips
WriteContent - bibliography resource
BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS
Ragan Communications
Shel Holtz
PUBLIC RELATIONS
PR News Wire
PR Week
WRITING / WRITERS
National Association of Women Writers
Writer (The) magazine
Writers Digest
WritersMarket (subscription)
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