World Wide Web Reference

Dictionaries and Language Sources

Dictionary.Com  http://www.dictionary.com
Dictionary.Com provides definitions from a variety of sources which are cited with the definition.  Links are included to other internet word sites.

WWWebster Dictionary  http://www.m-w.com/
 The online version of the Merriam-Webster dictionary is based on the print version of Merriam-Webster's CollegiateŽ Dictionary, Tenth Edition.

Your Dictionary.Com  http://www.yourdictionary.com
This portal for language & language-related products links to more than 1800 dictionaries in 250 languages.

OneLook Dictionaries http://www.onelook.com/
OneLook searches for your word in over 740 online dictionaries:  including medical, technical and sports dictionaries.

Wordsmyth:  The Educational Dictionary-Thesaurus  http://www.wordsmyth.net/
Wordsmyth provides simple definitions with links to synonyms for each meaning of a word.  A "spelled-like" button makes it easy to look up words even if you aren't sure how they are spelled.

Yahoo Babel Fish  http://babelfish.yahoo.com/?fr=avbbf-us
In this free translation service you may translate up to 150 words or an entire web page.

AF Acronym Finder  http://www.AcronymFinder.com
AF is a searchable database of more than 210,000 abbreviations and acronyms about computers, technology, telecommunications, and military acronyms and abbreviations.

Bartlett's Quotations  http://www.bartleby.com/100
This site contains the tenth edition of Bartlett's Quotations published in 1919.

Roget's Thesaurus, 1911  http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/ROGET.html
At this site it is possible to search the headwords or full text of Roget's Thesaurus, 1911, version.

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Directories, Addresses & News

Yahoo Maps  http://maps.yahoo.com
Popular site for directions which includes the feature of reversing the directions for the directionally challenged.

AnyWho  http://www.anywho.com
AT&T's directory service.


A directory of foreign phone numbers which allows the searcher to select individual countries for searching.

Post Info http://postinfo.net/html/
Find a postal code for a foreign country by selecting a country for information.

United States Postal Service http://www.usps.com
The Postal Service provides mailing and shipping information and an excellent zip code look-up.

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News

News Media AJR News Link  http://ajr.org/
Both news stories and links to many types of media are found here.  The site is published by the Philip Merrill School of Journalism at the University of Maryland.

Newslink   http://newslink.org/menu.html
This directory of the American Journalism Review has 18,000 news media links.

1st Headlines  http://www.1stheadlines.com
1st Headlines provides headlines from many different sources for the user to scan or to selelt a subject and scan the headline.  The headlines are linked to the actual online article.

Total News  http://totalnews.com
Total News is a search engine and directory of news sites.

Media Links Online Media Directory  http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/index.jsp
This web site of Editor & Publisher Magazine contains links to local and international newspapers.

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle  http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage
This is the digital version of our local newspaper.

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Other Reference
 

The Library of Congress  http://www.loc.gov
The Library preserves a collection of nearly 121 million items.  The web site provides access to many of these items in facsimile, video, or audio formats.

U.S. Government  http://www.usa.gov
usa.gov is the official U.S. Government portal to 30 million pages of government information, services, and online transactions.  Usa.gov  features a topical index, online transactions, and links to state and local government.

FedStats  http://www.fedstats.gov/ 
This is the portal to U.S. government statistics.  The alphabetical list provides easy subject access to the statistics.

Kathy Schrock's Home Page  http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/ e
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth.

Librarians' Index to the Internet  http://lii.org/
LII is a searchable, annotated subject directory of more than 7,900 Internet resources selected and evaluated by librarians.

The American Secular Holiday Calendar  http://www.smart.net/~mmontes/ushols.html
This site list U.S. holidays and how they are determined.  It has links to ecclesiastical calendars.

Calculator.com  http://www.calculator.com/
Calculate anything from mortgage payments to temperature conversions through this calculators page.

CIA World Factbook  https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
The World Factbook, prepared by the Central Intelligence Agency for the use of US Government officials, is a good source of information about the countries of the world.

Occupational Outlook Handbook  http://stats.bls.gov/oco/home.htm
The Bureau of Labor Statistics guide to career information.

New York State Department of Motor Vehicles  http://www.nydmv.state.ny.us/index.htm
The DMV provides information about all types of licenses as well as many useful forms.

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