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Starting a research project? Got a question nagging you? Search for answers in these resources.

ALMANAC
:: AFRO-American Almanac
:: Baseball Almanac
:: CIA World Factbook
:: Farmer's Almanac
:: Information Please
:: The Living Almanac of Disasters
:: Olympic Almanac
:: World Almanac for Kids

BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
:: APA Style: Style Tips
:: Citation Guides for Electronic Documents
:: How to Compile a Bibliography
:: IMSA Citation Wizard
:: University of Chicago Library: Citation Guides and Help Pages

DICTIONARIES & THESAURI
:: Acronym Finder
:: AllWords.com
:: Askoxford.com
:: Biographical Dictionary
:: Dictionary.com
:: Dictionary of Computing
:: Merriam-Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus
:: Roget's Thesaurus
:: The Semantic Rhyming Dictionary
:: SYMBOLS.com
:: Thesaurus.com
:: AlphaDictionary
:: WordCentral.com (Merriam-Webster Student Dictionary)
:: Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus

ENCYCLOPEDIAS
:: Columbia Encyclopedia
:: Encyclopedia.com
:: Encyclopedia Smithsonian
:: Encyclopédie de Diderot (CPS–Access Only)
:: Wikipedia

INSTRUCTIONAL GUIDES
:: How Stuff Works
:: How-to-Study.com
:: Study Guides and Strategies

MAPS & ATLASES
:: Maps 1544-1999
:: National Geographic Map Machine
:: US Geological Survey Maps
:: WorldAtlas.com

ONLINE JOURNALS
:: Directory of Electronic Journals, Newsletters and Academic Discussion Lists

QUOTATIONS
:: Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
:: Simpson's Contemporary Quotations

ON-LINE LIBRARIES
:: Chicago Public Library
:: CPS Department of Libraries and Information Services
:: Education Place
:: Internet Public Library
:: KidsClick!
:: Library of Congress American Memory
:: LibrarySpot
:: Refdesk.com
:: The University of Chicago Library
:: WWW Virtual Library

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M O R E
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:: Chicago Web Guide
:: Fine Arts Web Guide
:: Language Arts Web Guide
:: Mathematics Web Guide
:: Science Web Guide
:: Social Studies Web Guide
:: Technology Web Guide

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