• The Farmers' Almanac
• Information Please Almanac
• The Old Farmer's Almanac
• World Factbook

• Alpha Dictionary Language Directory ~ A foreign language and translation dictionary for several hundred languages.
• The American·British/British·American Dictionary for English Speaking People ~ Click on "Dictionary" on the left to search. This dictionary of American to British and British to American includes a comprehensive introduction with details on differences in spelling, pronunciation, and usage, as well as a brief history of the English language.
• The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language ~ This is the online version of the fourth edition of this dictionary, originally published in 2000. From Bartleby.com
• AskOxford.com ~ Includes a word of the day for vocabulary building, quotations, definitions of grammar and literary terms ("Jargon Buster"), guides to better writing and presentation, crossword puzzles and other word games, how English is used around the world, articles about learning other languages (primarily European), and a history of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED).
• Double-Tongued Word Wrestler ~ This site "records words as they enter and leave the English language. It focuses upon slang, jargon, and other niche categories which include new, foreign, hybrid, archaic, obsolete, and rare words. Special attention is paid to the lending and borrowing of words between the various Englishes and other languages."

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• The Internet Picture Dictionary ~ "The Internet Picture Dictionary is a completely free, online multilingual picture dictionary designed especially for ESL students and beginning English, French, German, Spanish and Italian language learners of all ages."
• Online Medical & Bioscience Dictionaries, Glossaries and Terminologies ~ "MedBioWorld™ is one of the largest medical and bioscience information resource and reference portals on the Internet. The portal provides access to medical and bioscience journals, associations, databases and other medical resources, with more than 35,000 active links."
• The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) ~ Contains a history of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), related articles from the 1800s, prefatory material from the print edition, a description of researching and writing an entry, and facts about the Dictionary. Note: online edition of the OED requires a fee.
• RhymeZone: Rhyming Dictionary and Thesaurus ~ This rhyming dictionary finds rhymes to searched words and also allows searches for definitions, synonyms, homophones, similar-sounding words, consonant matches, similar spellings, related words, and phrases.
• YourDictionary.com ~ "Language portal ... with more than 2500 dictionaries and grammars in over 300 languages, games that build language skills, and a forum ... for discussing language issues with the logophile community."
• WordSpy ~ "This Web site is devoted to lexpionage, the sleuthing of new words and phrases. These aren't "stunt words" or "sniglets," but new terms that have appeared multiple times in newspapers, magazines, books, Web sites, and other recorded sources."

~ The subscription-based online version of Encyclopedia Britannica. Includes an extensive index of articles, maps, images, and more. A Maine South LRC subscription database. See the Databases page for home access instructions.

Columbia Encyclopedia: Sixth Edition ~ This is the sixth edition, 2001, of this well-known one-volume desk encyclopedia. This online version is searchable as well as browsable. Contains brief entries with keywords hyperlinked to related entries. From Bartleby.com.

~ Compton's Encyclopedia. An easier-to-read encyclopedia than it's cousin, Britannica, Compton's also has an extensive index of articles, maps, images, and more. A Maine South LRC subscription database. See the Databases page for home access instructions.

Columbia Gazetteer of North America 2000 ~ "With 50,000 entries, this most comprehensive encyclopedia of geographical places and features will prove invaluable to anyone for whom places hold fascination and who require accurate data about them. It covers every incorporated place and county in the United States, along with several thousand unincorporated places, special-purpose sites, and physical features, as well as Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean."

~ Click the REFERENCE tab to access a dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, almanac, and atlas. A Maine South LRC subscription database. See the Databases page for home access instructions.

• AFI's 100 Years: 100 Movie Quotes ~ Great movie quotes from the American Film Institute.
• Bartlett's Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs ~ "This tenth edition of 1919 contains over 11,000 searchable quotations and was the first new edition of John Bartlett’s corpus to be published after his death in 1905—the new editor, however, choosing more to supplement than revise the work of the first name in quotations."
• Quoteland.com ~ Quotations by Topic, Literary Quotations, Humorous Quotations, Random Quotations, How to Identify a Quote, Discussion Groups ["Who Said It?" and "I Need A Quote!"], a FAQ, and Internet Resources.
• Quoteworld.org ~ A collection of close to 14,000 quotations that can be searched by title, author, quote, or exact words.
• Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations: The Most Notable Quotations: 1950–1988 ~ "With over 9,000 quotations from 4,000 sources organized into 25 categories and 60 sections, this comprehensive reference work contains words of wit and wisdom from such modern notables as Ezra Pound, Henry Kissinger, George Orwell, Dorothy Parker, and Desmond Tutu."
• Women's Words of Wisdom: Thoughts over Time ~ "This interactive presentation features quotations from women such as Nellie Bly, Rachel Carson, Amelia Earhart, Ella Fitzgerald, Mary Harris Jones, Annie Oakley, and Harriet Tubman. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress."

Acronym Finder ~ "Contains more than 3 million acronyms and abbreviations, including: most common abbreviations, information technology, military, government, science, medicine, engineering, organizations, schools, colleges, business, finance, accounting, popular culture, slang, chat and many more."