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                                                    REFERENCE RESOURCE LINKS 


            

  
                       BARTLETT'S FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS:  Passages, Phrases and Proverbs traced to their 
		sources.
                       BUTTERFLIES ON THE WEB: 
              
                       CONVERT IT:  Simple, easy-to-use interface for figuring out how many feet are in a 
		meter, the Celsius equivalent for   degrees Fahrenheit, and just about every other 
		metric conversion that you can think of.  

                       DICTIONARY OF UNITS:   A Dictionary of Units of Measurement
		Written by: Russ Rowlett, Director,Center for Mathematics and Science Education 
					               University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

                       eHOW:  Step-by-step tips on just about everything at this comprehensive site including
		computer help.    
			 
                       The ELEMENTS OF STYLE:  The Bible of correct grammar and  usage.  Also includes the 
		following: Words and expressions commonly misused  AND  Words commonly 
		misspelled.

                       ENVIRONMENTAL SCORECARD:  Scorecard is an environmental information service 
		provided by the environmental defense fund.  Search the site or simply type in the 
		zip code for the area you would like to view.

                       ALL ABOUT EXPLORERS:  Explorers of the land, ideas, sky, and art.
             									 
                       FLAG ETIQUETTE:									 

                       HOW STUFF WORKS:  Have you ever wondered how something  works?  Do you want to 
		know all about chocolate?  What makes the inside of your refridgerator cold?  This 
		site has many categories to choose from.

                       INFORMATION PLEASE ALMANAC:  
                       
                       INTERNET PUBLIC LIBRARY: 

                       LANGUAGE HELP:  This well organized language dictionary site  includes an index of 
		online dictionaries, where each index entry is a link to one or more on line dictionaries 
		in that language. This site resides at Bucknell University.   

	       LIBRARY SPOT:  This site features a wealth of reference resources.   Virtually everything 
		you want or need to know.	

	       LITERATURE.ORG:  Free classic literature that you can access for free.   Great fiction for 
		free by authors like Lewis Carroll, The Bronte sisters, Jack London, Mark Twain, 
		Charles Dickens and many others.

                       MAP QUEST:  City maps of the United States.  Zoom in on sections or the street of a 
		particular town or city or even the street.

                       MAPS OF THE WORLD:  The Perry-Castaneda Map Collection at the University of Texas 
		in Austin has a collection of more than 200,000 maps, many of which were created by 
                                government agencies like the CIA.   The Current Interest section helps you keep up 
		with the geography of areas in  the news, and there are collections of topical maps 
		that cover the demographics of different  parts of the world.  Due to the quality, maps 
		are quite slow but worth the wait.

                       MIRRIAM-WEBSTER ONLINE:  Searchable Dictionary & Thesaurus.  Also contains language 
		information, bookstore, slang, word-for-the-day.
                       
                       PATENTS:   Free Patents Online.  Information on Patent Applications.  Search for Patents. 

                       PATENTS:    SumoBrain features full-text cross-collection searching of US & EP patents and applications  

                       RESEARCH-IT!  Vast resources including dictionaries, thesaurus, language translator, 
		French conjugator, acronyms, biographies, religion, quotations, maps, telephone 
                                directory, 800 numbers, currency converter, stock market, zip codes, geography 
		and much more.

                       UNITED STATES VITAL RECORDS: Find out where to obtain vital records information for 
		each state.  
												  
                       VIRTUAL ENCYCLOPEDIA:  Search just about any topic including but not limited to: 
		Automotive, Education, Geography, US Government, History, Magazines,  Military, 
		Politics, Science, and Weather.

                       VIRTUAL REFERENCE DESK:  One of the best reference resources on the web. Includes 
		news, sports scores,  stock quotes,  maps, people search, yellow pages,  dictionary,
		thesaurus, encyclopedia, search engines, homework helper, calendars, comic strips, 
		and many more options too numerous to list.  FAST FACT section has a multitude of 
		information for virtually everything, including the Old Farmer's Almanac, Maps, 
		Top Physicians, etc.
					


                        
			
                                                         
                                RESEARCH TOPICS of INTERESTS FOR ALL AGES

            AMERICAN HISTORY: Covers American History beginning with the Colonial Period.


                        ANCIENT WORLD CULTURES: Exploring Ancient World Cultures is an intro to ancient 
                                cultures  and is written by a university professor. Includes: Near East, India, Egypt, 
                                China, Greece, the Roman Empire,  the Islamic World, and Medieval Europe.


                        BUTTERFLY WEBSITE: Has a great picture gallery of butterflies.    


                        CIVIL WAR: Civil War related Web Links Index. 


                        EARTHQUAKES: USGS National Earthquake Information Center: Features earthquakes 
                                 worldwide 

                             INSECTS IN 3-D

                        THE NINE PLANETS: Multimedia Tour. 


                        RAIN FORESTS:


                        SOLAR SYSTEM: Views of the Solar System.


                        SOLAR SYSTEM DYNAMICS:  This NASA site is maintained by the Solar  System Dynamics 
                                 Group of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. 


                        TITANIC:  The Grave of the Titanic   
                        
                        TITANIC:  RMS TITANIC, Inc... the story told 


                        TITANIC:   The official Titanic site by Paramount Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox

                     
                        VOLCANO WORLD: A great source of volcano information from around the world (past and present)