Resources for Reference: Online Dictionaries ... etc.

Abbreviations	Current Awareness	Music
Acronyms	Dictionaries & Thesauri	Philososphy & Psychology
Almanacs	Directories	Quotations
Art	Downloads	Religion
Biographies	Encyclopedias	Science
Business	Food	Search Engines
Conferences/Exhibits	Geography/Maps	Social Science
Converters	Health/Medicine	Speeches
	History	Statistics
	Language	Style Guides
	Law	Technology
	Literature	Translators

Abbreviations

General

• Acronyms, Initialisms & Abbreviations Dictionary   (via Gale Virtual Reference - )
• All that JAS (Journal Abbreviation Source) - Collection of journal abbreviation directories from Iowa State University.
• The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary (via Credo Reference - )

Subject-Specific

• Dictionary of Communications Technology: Terms, Definitions and Abbreviations  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Dictionary of Foreign Phrases and Abbreviations (via Credo Reference - )
• Dictionary of Medical Acronyms and Abbreviations (via Credo Reference - )

Acronyms

• Acronym Finder - Acronym-to-full-name expansions.
• Acronyms, Initialisms & Abbreviations Dictionary   (via Gale Virtual Reference - )  
• Abbreviations and Acronyms of the U.S. Government - Alphabetical list with links to corresponding office.
• Dictionary of Medical Acronyms and Abbreviations (via Credo Reference - )

Almanacs and Fact Books

• CIA World Factbook - Annual political and economic information on the world's countries, territories, and possessions.
• Fast Facts - Almanacs, factbooks, statistical reports, and related reference tools.
• Statistical Abstract of the United States - PDF version of print work, 1995-present.

Art

•  A Biographical Dictionary of Artists, Andromeda  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Chambers Film Factfinder  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Miller's Antiques Encyclopedia  (via Credo Reference - )
•  The Bloomsbury Guide to Art   (via Credo Reference - )
•  The Bridgeman Art Library Archive (via Credo Reference - )
•  The Cambridge Guide to Theatre (via Credo Reference - )
•  The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of 20th Century Architecture (via Credo Reference - )
•  The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of 20th Century Design and Designers (via Credo Reference - )
•  The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Art Terms (via Credo Reference - )
•  The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Art and Artists (via Credo Reference - )
•  The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of British Art (via Credo Reference - )
•  The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Fashion and Fashion Designers (via Credo Reference - )
•  The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Graphic Design and Designers  (via Credo Reference - )
• The Thames & Hudson Encyclopaedia of Impressionism   (via Credo Reference - )
  

Biographies

General

• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress - All members from 1774 to the present.
• Information Please Biographies - First-stop sketches.
• Lives, the Biography Resource - Individual biographies and links to biography collections.

Subject-Specific

• The Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Chambers Biographical Dictionary (via Credo Reference - )
•  Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (via Credo Reference - )
•  Debrett's People of Today 2006  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Marquis Who's Who in America  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Marquis Who's Who in the World  (via Credo Reference - )
•  The Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography  (via Credo Reference - )
•  The Macmillan Dictionary of Women's Biography  (via Credo Reference - )
•  The Penguin Biographical Dictionary of Women  (via Credo Reference - )

Business

•  BUSINESS: The Ultimate Resource - Dictionary of Business and Management  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Capstone Encyclopaedia of Business  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Collins Dictionary of Business  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Collins Dictionary of Economics  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Dictionary of Accounting   (via Credo Reference - )
•  Dictionary of Business, Peter Collin Publishing   (via Credo Reference - )
•  Dictionary of E-Business  (via Credo Reference - )
• Dictionary of Economics, Wiley   (via Credo Reference - )
•  Dictionary of Finance and Investment Terms, Barron's  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Dictionary of Financial Engineering  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Dictionary of Human Resources and Personnel Management  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Dictionary of Information and Library Management  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Dictionary of Leisure, Travel and Tourism  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Dictionary of Publishing and Printing  (via Credo Reference - )
•  The New Penguin Business Dictionary  (via Credo Reference - )
•  The Penguin Dictionary of Economics  (via Credo Reference - )
•  The Penguin International Dictionary of Finance  (via Credo Reference - )
  
•  The Ultimate Business Library, Wiley  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Wall Street Words  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary via Credo Reference -

Conferences/Exhibits

• ExpoWorld.Net - Planning and running meetings, conferences, and conventions.
• Trade Show News Network - Searchable database in wide range of industries.

Converters

• Metric Conversion Chart - Formulas for converting between English and Metric measures.
• Time and date.com - Time zones, calendars, and countdowns.
• Universal Currency Converter - Up-to-the-minute conversion rates.

Current Awareness

• Philly.com - News, opinion, and culture from selected local media, including the Inquirer.
• Refdesk.com - News, current events, factbooks, almanacs, and commonly used reference tools.
• Reuters - Breaking news and financial information.
• Speech & Transcript Center from Gary Price - Historical speeches; large collection of recent newsworthy transcript. [Reviewed]

Dictionaries & Thesauri

General

• American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language - In-depth definitions.
• Academic Info's Reference Desk Dictionaries - Foreign languages, specialized dictionaries, and glossaries.
• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress - All members from 1774 to the present.
• Bloomsbury Thesaurus  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Chambers 21st Century Dictionarynbsp; (via Credo Reference - )
•  Collins English Dictionary  (via Credo Reference - )
• Information Please Biographies - First-stop sketches.
• Lives, the Biography Resource - Individual biographies and links to biography collections.
•  Merriam-Webster's Collegiate(R) Dictionary  (via Credo Reference - )
• Merriam - Webster's Collegiate Dictionary - Includes thesaurus.
• Microsoft Encarta Dictionary - North American edition.
• OneLook Dictionaries - Definitions from multiple sources.
•  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus  (via Credo Reference - )
•  The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language  (via Credo Reference - )
•  The Macquarie Dictionary  (via Credo Reference - )
•  The Penguin English Dictionary  (via Credo Reference - )

Subject-Specific

• The Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography  (via Credo Reference - )
• Glossary Agent - Collection of glossaries of terms used in insurance and finance related fields.
• TechEncyclopedia - Terms relating to computers and information technology.
• Wordsmyth Educational Dictionary-Thesaurus - One search provides definitions and related terms.
•  Business French Dictionary, Peter Collin Publishing  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Business German Dictionary, Peter Collin Publishing  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Business Spanish Dictionary, Peter Collin Publishing  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Collins French Dictionary  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Collins German Dictionary  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Collins Irish Dictionary  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Collins Italian Dictionary  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Collins Latin Dictionary  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Collins Portuguese Dictionary  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Collins Spanish Dictionary  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Dictionary of Spanish Law, Peter Collin Publishing  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Harrap's-Dalloz French-English Law Dictionary  (via Credo Reference - )
•  The New Penguin Business Dictionary  (via Credo Reference - )
•  The New Penguin Dictionary of Music  (via Credo Reference - )
•  The Penguin Dictionary of Economics  (via Credo Reference - )
•  The Penguin Dictionary of Sociology  (via Credo Reference - )
•  The Penguin International Dictionary of Finance  (via Credo Reference - )
  

Directories

• Switchboard
• Yahoo People Search 
• Infospace Directory
• AnyWho (from AT&T)
• WhoWhere

Downloads: Software, Plug-ins, etc.

• Google Freeware Directory
• Microsoft.com Download Center
• MemoWare - An online collection of PDA-readable documents.
• Netscape Downloads
• Tucows Downloads
• ZDNet Free Downloads

Encyclopedias

General

• Britannica Concise - Short, informative versions of articles from Encyclopedia Britannica.
•  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia  (via Credo Reference - )
• Columbia Encyclopedia, sixth edition - Online version available from Bartleby.com.
• Free Internet Encyclopedia - Provides brief articles and web links.
•  Philip's Encyclopedia  (via Credo Reference - )
•  The Crystal Reference Encyclopedia  (via Credo Reference - )
•  The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia including Atlas  (via Credo Reference - )
•  The Macmillan Encyclopedia  (via Credo Reference - )

Subject-Specific

• Encyclopedia of American Poetry: The Twentieth Century  (via Credo Reference - )
• Encyclopedia of the United States in the Nineteenth Century  (via Credo Reference - )
• Miller's Antiques Encyclopedia  (via Credo Reference - )

Food

•  Benders' Dictionary of Nutrition and Food Technology  (via Credo Reference - )
•  International Dictionary of Food and Cooking, Peter Collin Publishing  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Oddbins Dictionary of Wine  (via Credo Reference - )
•  The New Food Lover's Companion, Barron's  (via Credo Reference - )
•  The New Wine Lover's Companion, Barron's  (via Credo Reference - )

Geography/Maps

• Map Machine - From the National Geographic Society.
• Mapquest - Street maps and driving directions nationwide.
•  Brewer's Britain and Ireland (via Credo Reference - )
•  CIA World Factbook  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Cassell's Peoples, Nations and Cultures  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Holidays, Festivals, and Celebrations of the World Dictionary  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Penguin Encyclopedia of Places  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Philip's World Geo-Factbook  (via Credo Reference - )
•  The Collins World Atlas Gazetteer  (via Credo Reference - )
•  The Dictionary of Human Geography  (via Credo Reference - )
•  The Dictionary of Physical Geography  (via Credo Reference - )
•  The Houghton Mifflin Dictionary of Geography  (via Credo Reference - )
•  The Hutchinson World Weather Guide  (via Credo Reference - )

Health/Medicine

•  Baillière's Midwives' Dictionary  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Black's Medical Dictionary, 41st Edition  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Churchill Livingstone's Dictionary of Nursing  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Collins Dictionary of Medicine  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Dictionary of Medicine, Peter Collin Publishing  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Dictionary of Optometry and Visual Science  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary  (via Credo Reference - )
•  International Dictionary of Homeopathy  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Macmillan Dictionary of Toxicology (via Credo Reference - )
• Map Machine - From the National Geographic Society.
• Mapquest - Street maps and driving directions nationwide.
•  Merriam-Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Mosby's Dental Dictionary  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Mosby's Dictionary of Complementary and Alternative Medicine  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Mosby's Emergency Dictionary  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Mosby's Handbook of Herbs & Natural Supplements  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Mosby's Medical, Nursing and Allied Health Dictionary  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Natural Medicine Instructions for Patients  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Pharmaceutical Medicine Dictionary  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary  (via Credo Reference - )
•  The American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary  (via Credo Reference - )
•  The Royal Society of Medicine Health Encyclopedia  (via Credo Reference - )
•  The Royal Society of Medicine: Medicines  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Webster's New World™ Medical Dictionary  (via Credo Reference - )

History

•  A Dictionary of Contemporary History - 1945 to the present  (via Credo Reference - )
• A Guide to the Ancient World, H.W. Wilson (via Credo Reference - )
•  Andromeda Encyclopedic Dictionary of World History  (via Credo Reference - )
• Black Firsts  (via Credo Reference - )
•  Chambers Dictionary of World History  (via Credo Reference - )
• Concise Atlas of World History, Andromeda  (via Credo Reference - )
• Dictionary of British History  (via Credo Reference - )
• Encyclopedia of North American Indians, Houghton Mifflin  (via Credo Reference - )
• Encyclopedia of the United States in the Nineteenth Century  (via Credo Refe