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Global News World News Disaster and Global Emergency Environmental Crisis and News Science News Space News
Sky and Weather The Sky Primary Weather Sites Satellite Images Other Weather Resources Severe Weather Climate Data Weather Equipment
Reference Special Topics Books On-line Encyclopaedias On-line Time and Times Timelines
Family Kids Parents Child Safety Seniors Death, Dying, and Grief Fellow Travellers
Life and Leisure Food and Drink Consumer Services Entertainment Health and Medicine Home and Garden Media Money Recreation
Home Computing Help and Technical Support Antivirus Resources Hardware: Building/Buying a PC GNU/Linux and Open Source Microsoft Windows Internet Connectivity History of Personal Computing Forums, Periodicals, and Programmes
Internet Forums Chat E-Journals E-Mail Mailing Lists Newsgroups
Portals Webcasting Web Rings
Web Weaving Accessibility Hypertext and HTML Web Style: Writing for the Web

Reference

Special Topics
Books On-line
Encyclopaedias On-line
Time and Times
Timelines

For internet search tools, see Internet Search.

Academic Info: The Reference Desk (Mike Madin)

Academic Resources Net Online Research and Reference

Alcove 9: An Annotated List of Reference Websites
(U.S. Library of Congress)

AllExperts.com: Ask a Question!

AllRefer.com

Al's Catalog of Links (Alison C. Phillips)

-- Netcenter Mirror

Anders Library Page

Andilinks Information Sector Database (Andrea Silver)

Andrew's Online Reference (Andrew I. Breidenbaugh)

TheAnswerbank.co.uk

AnswerBus Question Answering System (Zhiping Zheng)

Answers.com (GuruNet)

AOL Reference Desk Home Page

AQ Reference (AweQuest.net)

Ask an Expert (Pam Blackstone, WebLens)

Ask the Foreview Experts

Ask a Librarian (EARL)

Ask a Librarian (Library of Congress)

AskA Services - The Virtual Reference Desk

-- AskA+ Locator

AskAway (Government of British Columbia)

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Ask.com

Enter your question here:

Advanced Search Options

The Ask.com Blog

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Ask Me Help Desk

AskNow! Virtual Reference Desk (Council of Australian State Libraries)

AskScott - Your Guide to Finding It on the Internet (Scott Nicholson)

Askville (Amazon.com)

Ask Yahoo!

Authors and Experts - The source for Experts, Speakers & Authors

The Awesome Library: Reference and Periodicals (Jerry Adams)

Awesome Lists (John Makulowich)

Bartleby.com Reference

BC Yellow Pages - Reference Links

Bernie Sloan's Digital Reference Pages

BibMe Automatic Bibliography Maker (MLA, APA & Chicago)

Big Guide to Online Reference

BloomsburyMagazine.com - Research Centre

Carol's Guide to Reference Sources (Carol Oakes)

ChaCha Search Inc. (Scott Jones & Brad Bostic, Indianapolis)

CircleUp (Newport Beach, California)

Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium (Larry Sanger et al.)

-- Introduction to CZ for Wikipedians

CiteULike: A free online service to organize your academic papers (Richard Cameron)

Collaborative Digital Reference Service (CDRS, Library of Congress)

Collaborative Live Reference Services (Bernie Sloan)

Collaborative Reference Work in the Blogosphere (Jeffrey Pomerantz, Reference Services Review 34(2):200-212, Jul 2006)

CompletePlanet - Directory References

Connotea Online Reference Management Service
(Nature America, New York)

'Core' or Essential Reference Tool Surveys
(Diane K. Kovacs et al., Brunswick, Ohio)

CredoReference (formerly Xrefer)

CrossRef - The Central Source for Reference Linking

Cyber Reference Desk (Nancy L. Stegall)

CyberTimes Navigator: A Selective Guide to the Internet
(Rich Meislin, New York Times)

Deb and Jen's Land O' Useless Facts
(Deborah Henigson & Jennifer Godwin)

DeskRef (RCLS Internet Guides)

DeskRef: Quick Reference Links (Jerry Kuntz)

Desktop Reference Tools (UW)

Digital Librarian: Directories

Digital Librarian: Reference

Digital Reference (D-Lib Magazine, February 2003)

Digital Reference Services: A Bibliography (Bernie Sloan)

-- Supplement

Digital Reference | The Teaching Librarian
(Stephen Francouer)

Download Free eBooks and Searchable Databases from askSam

DREI - Digital Reference Education Initiative
(The Virtual Reference Desk)

EasyBib.com - Easy Bibliography Formatting, Alphabetizing, and Storing

eGroups: Reference

eHow

Electronic Ready Reference Shelf (Rutgers Research & Reference Gateway)

Electronic Publishing Reference Resources on the Internet
(Marian Dworaczek, University of Saskatchewan)

Electronic Reference Sources (University of Haifa, Israel)

ENC : Web Links : Reference Sources
(Eisenhower National Clearinghouse)

eCUIP : The Digital Library : Reference Desk (Chicago)

Essential Reference Resources on the Web | The Teaching Librarian
(Stephen Francouer)

EXP.Com $

ExpertCentral.com

Expertise Database (National Research Council of Canada)

Experts.com Online Expert Registry

Experts Exchange

Fact City

Fact Index (Wikipedia)

Fagan Finder

Fast Facts: Almanacs/Factbooks/Statistical Reports & Related Reference Tools (Gary D. Price, GWU)

Findability.org (Peter Morville)

FindArticles.com Online Article Archive (LookSmart)

Find Experts (JournalismNet)

FindIt (The Resource Discovery Network, UK)

Find-It! ... The Information Beat

Findout.tv $

Firdol - Useless Information and Trivia

Freebase (Cyberkix, UK)

Frequently Asked Reference Questions (Internet Public Library)

Galaxy: Reference

Gale Group - Reference Reviews

GATES, Global Access to Educational Sources - Reference (J. Kasper)

General Reference (CRUISE)

General Reference (Robert Teeter)

General Reference Desk (Andy Holt Virtual Library)

General Reference Resources (Education Index)

Geniusfind Reference

Global Reference Center (Encyclopaedia Britannica, Chicago)

Gopher Jewels: General Reference Resources (Galaxy)

GotFacts.com

Great Web Sites for Kids: Look it Up!
(American Library Association)

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GuruNet Reference Answer Engine

GuruNet Kids

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HelpWiz

Hints and Things (June Jackson)

The Hints-n-Tips Website

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Official Earth Edition
(Douglas Adams et al., h2g2, BBC Online)

Honest Intellectual Inquiry: Reference Pages on the Net(Carol De Priest)

Hotlist: Reference (Franklin Institute)

How To (About.com)

How To Do Things (ed. Liz Smith et al., HowToDoThings.com, Seattle)

The Infography (Fields of Knowledge)

InfoJunkies Anonymous (Bob Morse)

InFoPeople - Finding Information

Information Please Home Page

InfoRocket $

The Info Service

InfoSpace - The Ultimate Directory

Infostry $

Internet Apps and Reference Materials (Axinar's Universe)

The Internet Collegiate Reference Collection (Bloomsburg University)

Internet Reference Resources (UF Libraries)

Internet Resources: Research and Reference Index (Kirk W. Smith, CWGH)

Internets

Interview.com (Ulf Unbehaun)

IPConexions Directory: The Global Directory of Fee-based Researchers, Information Brokers & Competitive Intelligence (CI) Professionals

IPL Ready Reference Collection

IPL Ready Reference Collection: Reference

John McDonnell's Researcher's Toolkit

A Journalist's List of Expert Lists (Global Beat)

JournoList Bookmarks (John Morrish)

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators : Education and Reference Tools

Kevin Savetz's Page o' Stuff

Kids' Almanac: On-Line Dictionary, Encyclopedia, and Homework Help (Information Please)

KidsClick! Facts/Current Events

Kids Web - References

Knowledge Hound: The How-To Hunter

KnowPlay? Reference

KnowPost.com: The Knowledge Commons

LANL Research Library: General Reference

LearningNetwork.com - Reference

Librarians' Index to the Internet - Reference Topics

LibrarySpot

LinkMaster Search: REFERENCE

Live Digital Reference Case Studies: A Bibliography
(Bernie Sloan)

LiveKnowledge $

LiveRef | A Registry of Real-Time Digital Reference Services
(Gerry McKiernan, Iowa State University)

LookSmart Reference Shelf

The Lookup Center

Maplesquare - News and Reference

MCLS Reference Center (Metropolitan Cooperative Library System, Los Angeles)

MeL Reference Desk (Richard Hathaway, Michigan eLibrary)

Melissa Data Free Online Lookups

MetaWiki (Wikimedia Foundation)

Microsoft Library - Reference Tools

The Most Useful Reference Tools (SearchBug.com)

MrKnowItAll! (Stephen Ashworth et al., UK)

My Virtual Reference Desk (NSTA)

The National Registry of Experts (US)

Needle in a CyberStack (John Albee)

NetGuide: Reference Shelf

NetRef: NISO Committee AZ -- Networked Reference Services
(US Library of Congress)

Net Squared Reference Desk

NFAIS Guiding Principles: Reference Linking (US National Federation of Information and Abstracting Services, 2003)

NISS - Reference

100 Unbelievably Useful Reference Sites You've Never Heard Of (Laura Milligan, Teaching Tips, 7 Jul 2008)

1Up Info - Encyclopedia & Reference Resource

Online Reference Tools (USC Science Library)

On-line Reference Works (CMU)

Open Directory - Reference

Open Stacks - Best Bet Internet (Shirl Duglin Kennedy, ALA)

Oxford Reference Online (OUP) $

Péter's Digital Reference Shelf
(Péter Jasco, Gale Group)

Pitsco's Launch to References for the Classroom

Power Reporting | Resources for Journalists

ProfNet

Project Wombat: The Difficult Reference Question Mailing List (formerly Stumpers-L)

QuestionAuthority (Digital Reference Education Initiative)

QuestionPoint - Ask a Librarian (National Library of Scotland)

QuickFindit.com

Quick Reference (University Library, Nebraska)

Quick Reference Collection (UTLink)

Quick Reference - Internet (Jan Cook, DPIE, Australia)

R and R Railway, Reference Station

Ready for Reference Virtual Reference Desk (Alliance Library System)

-- Project Report (Bernie Sloan)

Ready Reference (Microfusion, Australia)

Ready Reference Using the Internet (Ellen Berne)

RealHHG - The REAL Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (ed. Dave Hodges)

Real-Time Information (ResourceShelf)

Refdesk.com (Bob Drudge)

Reference (The English Server)

Reference (Laura Cohen, University at Albany Libraries)

Reference (MFIRC)

Reference by Subjects and Languages (Vianne Tang Sha)

Reference Center @ SchoolAtlas.com

Reference.com

The Reference CyberLibrarian (Margaret Adamson Fincannon)

Reference Databases @ Internets

The Reference Desk (James G. Martindale)

Reference for Students (Gale Reference Reviews)

Reference Information (MSN)

Reference Information (Web Central)

Reference Internet Resources (Academic Resources)

Reference Management Software | The Teaching Librarian
(Stephen Francouer)

Reference Materials (CLN)

Reference Materials - Internet Links (ICE)

Reference Resources (FIS, U of Toronto)

Reference Resources (New School Libraries)

Reference Reviews (Gale)

References (PowerLinks)

Reference Shelf (Fran Littorio)

Reference Shelf (Inter-Links)

Reference Shelf (UCSB Gopher)

Reference Shelf (UCSD InfoPath)

Reference Shelf for the CTR

Reference Sites (Susan Brooks & Bill Byles, Internet4Classrooms)

Reference Sites (Tammy Payton)

Reference Sources (UCSB InfoSurf)

Reference Tools (CMU)

Reference Tools (netTrekker)

Reference Tools (JournalismNet)

Reference Tools (UW Libraries Information Gateway)

Reference Tools and Indexes (Columbia U Digital Library Collections)

Reference Works (Dudley Knox Library, USN)

Reference Works (NISS Directory of Networked Resources)

RefWorks Web Based Bibliographic Management Software (US)

Research & Reference Gateway (Rutgers University Libraries)

Research Central : Reference (Amer Neely)

Research Institute for the Humanities - Reference

Research-It!

Research Links (Constitutional Rights Foundation)

Research, Reference & Resources (Charlene Elizabeth Fairchild)

Resource Central - Reference Sites

Resources for Reference (Shirley Branden, University of Delaware)

RingWorld: Miscellaneous | Reference (Webring)

ResPool (Robert J. Tiess)

The ResPool Internet Guide

Road Map to the Internet - Reference

Search-It-All: The Ultimate Reference Tool (Andrey Polyakov)

Search Reference (Internet Sleuth)

Search-22 Reference Search Engines

SearchtheWeb.com - Reference

Selected Internet Resources: General Reference (BARD)

SelectSurf -- Reference

SiteYouNeeded.com (Marvin Onia, UK)

Slider Search - Reference

Sources and Experts (Kitty Bennett)

SoYouWanna.com home

The Spire Project (Davik Novak)

-- Australia Mirror

-- UK Mirror

Study Web: Reference

The Teaching Librarian (Stephen Francoeur)

Top Lookup Resources of the Web (John December)

24/7 Reference | Real-Time Library Reference Services
(MCLS Reference Center) $

Union Institute Research Engine -- Reference Desk

Useless Information Home Page (Steve Silverman)

Useless Knowledge | Trivia, Quotes, Quizzes

Val Harper's Information Sources

Virginia Tech Libraries: General Reference

Virtual Information Center (UC Berkeley Library)

Virtual LRC Reference (Michael Bell)

Virtual Reference

Virtual Reference Canada (Library and Archives Canada)

Virtual Reference Collection (MIT Libraries)

The Virtual Reference Desk

Virtual Reference Desk (Public Libraries of British Columbia)

Virtual Reference Library (The British Library)

Virtual Reference Library (ISLMC)

Virtual Reference Resources (LSSI Virtual Reference Desk)

VRL - Virtual Reference Library (Toronto Public Library)

Web.com Reference

Web Desk: The Internet Reference Librarian (James Greene)

WebGEMS: Reference

Webhelp.com

Web Reference Sources (University at Buffalo Libraries)

WhatIs.com

WikiAnswers FAQ Farming Community (GuruNet)

Wikiverse - A World of Knowledge (Wikipedia)

Wired Source: Reference Desk

wiseGEEK: Clear Answers for Common Questions

Wondir

The World Almanac (New York)

WordIQ

WorldWide Guide to References

Writers Free Reference

Yahoo! Answers

Yahoo! - Reference

Zeal.com - Reference

See also Into the Deeps: Internet Resources

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