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Dictionaries
Babel Fish Translations
http://babelfish.altavista.com/translate.dyn
English to and from French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
French to and from German
Russian to English
Bilingual Canadian Dictionary
http://www.ctv.es/USERS/alberfon/dicsear1.htm
Business Glossary
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/business/specials/glossary/index.html
Cambridge Dictionaries
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/
Dictionaries of English; American English; Idioms, Phrasal Verbs.
Dictionary.com
http://www.dictionary.com/
Includes a thesaurus, translator, and writing resources.
Economic Glossary
http://www.amosweb.com/gls/
Finance Glossary
http://www.finance-glossary.com/
"Cross-referenced, keyword searchable terms with links to related streaming video, events, and web sites."
Investopedia Financial Glossary
http://www.investopedia.com/
"A free financial dictionary with thousands of terms and buzz words in all areas of business, investing, and finance."
Investor Words
http://www.investorwords.com/
"With over 5,000 definitions and 15,000 links between related terms, InvestorWords is the most comprehensive financial glossary you'll find anywhere, online or off."
Merriam Webster Online
http://www.m-w.com/
Includes Thesaurus and Spelling Help features.
Roget’s Thesaurus
http://www.thesaurus.com/
Statistics Explained – The Internet Glossary of Statistical Terms
http://www.animatedsoftware.com/statglos/statglos.htm
Glossary of terms organized according to learning order for those unfamiliar with the subject, and also an alphabetical list for already familiar with statistical procedure
yourDictionary.com
http://www.yourdictionary.com/
1800 dictionaries including 240 Languages; 80 Technical Glossaries (Business, Finance, Law etc.); 10 Language Tools (Antonym, Phrase, Rhyming etc.)"
Encyclopedias
Britiannica
http://www.britannica.com/
"A free knowledge and learning center for people who seek thoughtful and engaging context to today's affairs. Only Britannica.com lets users simultaneously search the world's most respected encyclopedia, expert reviews of the Web's best sites, timely articles from leading magazines, and related books."
Canadian Encyclopedia
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/
Encyclopedia
http://www.encyclopedia.com/
Encyclopedia Britannica Online
http://www.eb.com/
A subscription-based advertising-free learning environment.
Probert Encyclopedia
http://www.probert-encyclopaedia.co.uk/
"Serious reference source with over 60,000 fully hypertext linked entries covering the entire spectrum of human knowledge. Content is aimed at journalists and researchers."
Maps
Map Blast
http://www.mapblast.com/
"Maps, Driving Directions, Yellow Pages and Traffic Reports"
Map Quest
http://www.mapquest.com/
"Driving Directions, Maps, Live Traffic Reports"
Toronto Maps
www.city.toronto.on.ca/torontomaps
Worldwide Country Maps
http://www.weatherhub.com/maps.htm
Etc.
Acronym Finder
http://www.acronymfinder.com/
The Acronym Finder is a searchable database of more than 100,000 acronyms, abbreviations and meanings. Covering: common acronyms, computers, science, technology, government, telecommunications, and military acronyms.
Bartleby
http://www.bartleby.com/
"The preeminent Internet publisher of literature, reference and verse providing … unlimited access to books and information on the web, free of charge. Combines contemporary and classic quotations collections into a searchable database of over 20,000 entries"
Calendar Zone
http://www.calendarzone.com/Interactive/
Perpetual calendars, multi-year calendars, etc.
Biography
http://www.biography.com/
Brief biographies of 25,000 personalities; also sells videos, DVDs and gifts.
Oanda Currency Converter
http://www.oanda.com/convert/classic/
Universal Currency Converter
http://www.xe.com/ucc/
World Biographical Index
http://www.biblio.tu-bs.de/acwww25u/wbi_en/
"Free access to a large biographical database containing over 2 million references to persons. Search by name (or part of name) in combination with occupation, year of birth or death, year cited, and biographical archive."
The World Factbook
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
"Produced by The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), The Factbook is a comprehensive resource of facts and statistics on more than 250 countries and other entities."
Updated January September 2007 | 
