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Reference Sources

General Reference Web sites
Almanacs, Factbooks, and Encyclopedias
Biography
Dictionaries and Thesauri
Directories
Maps
Meta-Searcher
Publishing
Quotes
Religious Texts
Style Manuals and Writing Guides
Travel
Weather

General Reference Web sites

University of Virginia Libraries: Internet Reference Sources
Bibliographies for Virginia Research
Internet Public Library (IPL) Reference Center
Jefferson-Madison Regional Library: Internet Resources
refdesk.com

Almanacs and Encyclopedias

Almanacs, Manuals, and Factbooks

Fast Facts: Almanacs/Factbooks/Statistical Reports & Related Reference Tools
The Old Farmer's Almanac
The United States Government Manual

Encyclopedias

Britannica.com
Columbia Encyclopedia
Beazley Dictionary: This source contains illustrated explanations of names, technical terms, and other vocabulary relating to Greek history, myth, geography, art, and architecture.
Encarta
Encyclopedia Mythica: An Encyclopedia on Mythology, Folklore, and Legend
Information Please
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
xrefer: Search encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, and quotations all at once. The titles cover art, science, law, music, history, literature, and more.
Webopedia: An online resource for computer and Internet technology terms.

Biography

Biography.com (A&E)
Biographical Dictionary
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present
Dictionary of Virginia Biography Classified Index
Encyclopedia of British History: MPs 1750-1820
The Political Graveyard: A Database of Historic Cemeteries
World Biographical Index 7: A database of 2.8 million names that provide citations to biographical sources. These sources are available on microfiche at Alderman Library (University of Virginia).

Dictionaries and Thesauri

English Dictionaries

American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Ed.
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
One Look Dictionaries: Searches more than one online dictionary at a time.

Foreign Language Dictionaries/Translators

Free Translation: Type in or paste in text and it will translate it into Spanish, French, German, Italian, and others.
Research-It: Translator

Maps

Meta-Searcher

Research-It: Search dictionaries, quotes, maps, shipping and mailing tools, and others all on one page.

Publishing

Copyright and Intellectual Property

Conference on Intellectual Property in the Digital Environment: Related Links: A list of the major sites dealing with copyright, fair use, and intellectual property ownership in the digital medium.
Copyright Clearance Center
Fine Arts Library, University of Virginia Technology, Media and Culture: Related Links: Selected links dealing with copyright issues.
U.S. Copyright Office

Electronic Publishing and Digital Projects

Arts and Humanities Data Service: A British service for the academic community to collect, preserve and promote re-use of the electronic resources which result from research in the arts and humanities.
Association for Computers and the Humanities
Coalition for Networked Information (CNI): An organization to advance the transformative promise of networked information technology for the advancement of scholarly communication and the enrichment of intellectual productivity.
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR): A public-interest alliance of computer scientists and others concerned about the impact of computer technology on society.
Consortium for the Computer Interchange of Museum Information (CIMI): This group of institutions and organizations encourages open standards-based approach to the management and delivery of digital museum information.
Digital Content for Culture: A European based initiative to establish a technical, operational and commercial basis for trans-European electronic access for culture objects.
Digital Heritage and Cultural Content: A European based organization to expand the contribution of libraries, museums, and archives, including economic, scientific, and technological development.
Directory of Digital Collections: This site aims to offer a listing of major digitized heritage collections an on-going digitization programs worldwide.
Electronic Frontier Foundation: A member supported organization whose main goal is to protect rights and promote freedom in electronic medium.
The Foundation for Digital Archive: A not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to promote and support digital culture and art online.
Full-Text Classics: Links to sites that users can download full text works.
International Database of Digital Humanities Projects: From the National Initiative for a Networked Cultural Heritage.
The Journal of Electronic Publishing: Published by the University of Michigan Press.
Library and Archival Exhibitions on the Web: A comprehensive listings of URLs sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution Libraries.
Making of America II: UC-Berkeley's site on a project to create a digital library object standard.
National Initiative for a Networked Cultural Heritage (NINCH): A coalition of organizations to assure leadership form the cultural community in the evolution of the digital environment.
Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography
Subject Index to Literature in Electronic Sources of Information: A list of monographs, articles, electronic texts, and Web sites dealing with electronic publishing. The author, Marian Dworaczek, also created a bibliography.
Visual Arts Data Service: Part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service, this service is geared to providing, preserving, and promoting quality digital resources for the visual arts.