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Virtual Library

 

ASD Union Catalog (online catalog of all library holdings)

Almanacs
Geography
Biography
How to Cite Online Resources
Dictionaries
Miscellaneous
Encyclopedias
Statistics

 

  Web-Based Research Tools -New 5/07

 

Almanacs

Information Please Almanac
CNN Almanac Archive
FactMonster
50 States.com States and Capitals

Biography

Biography.com
Infoplease.com People
Biographical Dictionary
The Time 100

 

Dictionaries

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
Cambridge Dictionary Online
Merriam-Webster Online (includes thesaurus)
OneLook Dictionaries (includes foreign Languages)
yourdictionary.com
Roget's Thesaurus

 

Encyclopedias

Encarta Online Encyclopedia
Britannica
Columbia Encyclopedia

Dorling Kindersley Encyclopedia

How Stuff Works Encyclopedia
Why Files Science Encyclopedia
 

Geography

 National Atlas
World Factbook
Country at a Glance
How far is it?
Maps of the United States
          Alexandria Digital Library
  World Climate

  Portals to the World  (Library of Congress)

Statistics

            Statistical Abstract of the U.S.
  Fast Facts for Congress
  American Factfinder
Fedstats
U.S. Census Bureau World Population Information
United Nations Social Indicators
United Nations Statistics Division
World Trade Organization Statistics

 

Miscellaneous

  Allentown School District Planetarium
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations
Holt, Rinehart & Winston Researcher
Xrefer
FindArticles.com
CNN
United Nations Cyberschoolbus Infonation

Portals to the World       (Library of Congress)

Old Magazines Articles.com

 

How to Cite Online Resources

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Facts.com
Sirs
ProQuest
Gale Research
Grolier Online
Allentown School District Style Sheet for Writing the Research Paper

MLA Citation Style

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