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Search Dictionary, Thesaurus, Encyclopedia
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Libraries / Museums Online |
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Learn about art, history or science, search Smithsonian's vast archive of knowledge, or read out latest exhibits and events. |
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Information and pictures on the computer and its impact on society from 1934 to the present. |
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World's largest library with information on almost any topic. |
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Internet's first public library, has 20,000+ books available for free |
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Lists library and reference sites |
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Home of some of the most famous paintings and artwork in the world such as Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa. Take online virutal tour of museum. |
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Searchable database of 20,000+ entries, links to info on Web |
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Free E-book versions of thousands of public domain works. |
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Encyclopedias / Dictionaries / Thesauruses |
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Enormous, free, and reliable encyclopedia |
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Very popular visitor-edited encyclopedia containing info on wide range of topics. |
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Has dictionary of quotations, search encyclopedia that has 50,000+ entries, look up word synonyms with Thesaurus. |
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Search several large dictionaries at one time to find word definitions. |
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Find out meaning of medical, legal, financial and other types of terms. |
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Look up words in dictionary, view world history timelines, take a quiz on your favorite topic. |
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Dictionary of computer and Internet terminology. |
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Search most popular Thesaurus reference for synonyms and antonyms to words. |
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Answers to questions concerning business, health, travel, science, entertainment, history and many more. |
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Time |
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See time of most major cities in the world. |
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The official time of any U.S. time zone. |
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Provides current time for any time zone in world plus convert time between time zones. |
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Finding People / Genealogy |
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90+ million U.S. war records from the first English settlement at Jamestown in 1607 through the U.S. war with Iraq. Has large database of names and family histories. |
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Billed as largest collection of free family history, family trees and genealogy records in the world. |
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Search for info on people, property, death records, etc. |
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Miscellaneous Reference Sites
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Do quick conversions between different units of volume, weight, length, temperature, cooking measurements and so on. |
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Archive of 85+ billion Web pages going back to at least 1996. |
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Translate words and phrases between major world languages. |
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How To / Repair Sites |
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Find out how to repair dishwashers, air conditioners, microwave ovens, stoves, washers, dryers and other appliances. |
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Giant visitor-edited How-To manual on everything from maintaining a garbage disposal to saving a wet cell phone. |
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How To videos in categories such as autos, crafts, food, hobbies, pets and sports. |
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Learn how everything like batteries, computers to business works. |
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Government-Related Reference Sites |
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U.S. government's official web portal that allows the public to get U.S. government information and services on the web. |
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Search engine that allows users to search U.S. and state government sites, independent agencies and local government sites. |
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Reports recalls and safety warnings on consumer products. |
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See clock of current number of residents in the U.S.A. and the entire world, income and housing data plus other fascinating data taken from census data. |
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Info and yearly financial data for U.S. 501(c)(3) public charities. |
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