Reference/Research

• A Research Guide for Students - All the necessary tools for students to conduct research and to present their findings
• Abreviations.com - The world's largest directory and search engine for acronyms, abbreviations and initialisms online
• AccessMyLibrary - Free access to millions of articles from top publications available at your library
• Acronym Finder - Find out what any acronym, abbreviation, or initialism stands for
• AllBiographies - Search or browse through thousands of biographies on people in a variety of subjects
• Arts & Letters Daily - A regularly updated listing of articles, books, essays and ideas from The Chronicle of Higher Education
• Axioma Search - Interactively increase the relevancy and context of your searches
• BookRags - Over 4 million pages of literature summaries, biographies, literary criticism, essays, encyclopedias, and eBooks
• Citizendium - An open wiki project aimed at creating an enormous, free, and reliable encyclopedia
• Cliche Finder - A searchable database of cliches
• ClicheSite - The largest collection of cliches, phrases and sayings with definitions and explanations
• Common Errors In English - An extensive list of common errors made in (American) English
• Complore - A social research tool
• Confusing Words - A collection of words that are troublesome to readers and writers
• Cooperative Research - Conduct grassroots-level research and investigations on any issue
• Daily Grammar- Free grammar lessons emailed to you Monday through Friday, with a quiz on Saturday
• Dr. Grammar FAQ - Answers to questions previously asked of Dr. Grammar that may provide help with your grammar questions
• edocr- A knowledge exchange where users can upload, convert and share documents
• English Club- Many resources for English educators and students
• Factbites - What do you get if you cross a search engine with an encyclopedia?
• FAQ Alert - A human-edited, question and answer directory
• Find Articles - Free access to millions of articles from thousands of top publications
• Free Management Library - Comprehensive resources regarding the leadership and management of large or small for-profit or nonprofit organizations
• Free/Open Source Research Community - A research community in which information will be freely exchanged
• FreeLunch - Free economic, demographic & financial data
• FreePatentsOnline - A powerful, fast and easy-to-use patent search engine
• Glossary of Linguistic Terms - An extensive living glossary of linguistic terms
• Google Directory - The web organized by topic into categories
• Google Scholar -Broadly search for scholarly literature
• Greek Gods Family Tree - A unique tree graphing the genealogies of the Greek Gods
• HighBeam Encyclopedia - Search or browse over 57,000 articles from the Columbia Encyclopedia
• ibiblio -Conservancy of free information, including software, music, literature, art, history, science, politics, and cultural studies
• INFOMINE -A virtual library of resources relevant to faculty, students, and research staff at the university level
• Infoplease - Free online reference, research and homework help
• Internet Public Library - The first public library of and for the Internet community
• Intute - Web resources for education and research
• Jim Kalb's Palindrome Connection - A collection of palindromes and links to similar resources
• JournalistExpress - News and research portal for reporters
• KartOO - A metasearch engine with visual display interfaces
• LEO APA Documentation - General guidelines for APA Reference Page Citations
• LEO MLA Documentation - The system of documentation used in the fine arts and humanities
• Library Research Guides - Informs you how to use a variety of print and electronic resources
• LibWorm - A search engine, a professional development tool, and a current awareness tool for people who work in libraries
• LocalCensus - Free statistical information about the United States of America and all of its cities, zip codes, and counties
• LoveToKnow Classic Encyclopedia - Based on the 1911 Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica
• Mendeley - Organize, sync, share and discover research papers
• Mythography - Presents resources and reference material about mythology including lexicons that explain Greek, Roman, and Celtic terms.
• Nexplore - A visually engaging, interactive search engine with a multi-media interface
• Newspaper Index - Free access to newspapers from all over the world
• NoodleTools - Software that teaches students and supports teachers and librarians throughout the entire research process
• Open-Site - A free Internet encyclopedia that is edited by volunteers, freely available under the GNU Free Documentation License
• Paper of Record - Building the world's largest searchable archive of historical newspapers with over 21 million images collected so far
• Quintura Search - A visual map of tags or hints contextually related to your search query
• refbase - Web-based, platform-independent, multi-user interface for managing scientific literature & citations
• Refdesk - Reference, facts, news, search and resources
• Research Channel - Direct access to the work of researchers who are helping to understand our world and shape our futures
• Research Matters - Explore Harvard research discoveries as they occur
• Resources for School Librarians - A list of learning, teaching, and administration resources for librarians
• Schoolr - Many types of reference and research tools in one handy location
• Silva Rhetoricae - Helping beginners, as well as experts, make sense of rhetoric
• Symbols.net - Directory of signs, glyphs, flags and symbols and their meanings
• Symbols.com - A searchable index containing more than 1,600 articles about 2,500 Western signs
• Teachers' Domain - Multimedia resources for the classroom and professional development
• The Elements of Style - A classic reference book for students and conscientious writers
• The Free Library - A free, searchable archive that provides access to a daily-updated collection of 4 million articles from classic works of literature and leading periodicals
• The OWL Family of Sites - Handouts on writing, research, grammar, and MLA and APA, free consultations and more
• The Phrase Finder - A reference guide pertaining to the meanings and origins of phrases
• ThinkExist - Finding quotations was never this easy
• Tools for Reading, Writing, & Thinking - To help students engage in rigorous thinking
• Viewzi - A visual search engine that provides fun, effective, and entertaining results
• Votetocracy - Resources to learn about government as well as take many forms of action
• Webgrammar - Free writing tips and grammar advice
• Wikibooks - A collection of free content textbooks that you can edit
• Wikiquote - A free online compendium of quotations from notable people and creative works in every language
• Wikisource - The free library that anyone can edit
• World Digital Library - Multilingual site that provides significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world
• Ziipa - A search engine that delivers great content in a visual way that is simple to use
• Zotero - A Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources

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