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General Encyclopedias

Fact Monster by grade
Info Please current topics
Wikipedia 
 Encyclopedia search by word or letter.
 Online Encyclopedia useful contemporary topics
Business and Economics
Career Links By College Major

Almanacs
 Infoplease Almanacs-- world, US history/government, biography, sports, arts/entertainment, business, society/culture, health/science

 Fast Facts-- statistics primarily on the United States and Canada   

50states.com/ almanac information for the 50 states, 
commonwealths,  and territories

 

Dictionary/Thesaurus/Glossary
 Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary and Thesaurus
Glossarist
Financial Dictionary from Investo Word 
FOLDOC Computing Dictionary
 Dictionary of the History of Ideas
quotation spage 		 

 

Atlases
 Atlas from InfoPlease-- features maps and detailed profiles of all 193 countries and  the 50 U.S. states.

 Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection maps by location, history topics, current events, and an extensive list of map internet sites.


Encyclopedias-Subject Specific
The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics
Encyclopedia of Law and Economics
History of Economic Thought
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy