Describes itself as the pre-eminent Internet publisher of literature reference and verse providing students, researchers and the intellectually curious with unlimited access to books and information on the web free of charge. Take a look for yourself. www.bartleby.com
The idea of the site is that you enter either a British or American word; press the relevant flag for the corresponding American or British equivalent. www.peak.org/~jeremy/dictionary/dict.html
Described as the living encyclopaedia, this site is displayed as a directory that is organised by subject and topic into categories and sub categories. Whilst not as comprehensive as the Encyclopaedia Britannica site; it is never the less a further source of information for research purposes. www.encyberpedia.com/ency.htm
Do you want to avoid being verbigerative and be succinct instead? Search the Hutchinson Dictionary of Difficult Words' A-Z index of over 13,900 difficult words to increase your vocabulary or just find out what those words really mean! www.lineone.net/dictionaryof/difficultwords/
This site is a subscription service for libraries, so now your local library may be able to provide you with Central Reference Library calibre information if they have subscribed to this site. It provides key information about the people, institutions and organisations of the United Kingdom. It brings together in a single electronic source some of the most authoritative reference materials in any library, from Who's Who to Hansard. Want to know about all the state visits planned, then take a look at the National Events Calendar. www.knowuk.co.uk
This link holds over fifty works on language, linguistic theory and structural linguistics. It also has many dictionaries in classic and modern languages as well as foreign. www.eserver.org/langs/
This is the one of largest in the world with also a great thesaurus. They also have a great web site with masses of information data. www.merriam-webster.com
This guide provides general advise and a number of links to various other Web sites including a direct link to a Web site on general information about English Usage and Grammar. The site provides examples of citing various online sources and some detailed notes about what to look for when noting resources. www.quinion.com/words/articles/citations.htm
Another of those useful Word sites; includes Dictionaries, Thesaurus; Language Converter; Language identifier; French Conjugator and of course a ubiquitous anagram section. Great for all you crossword/puzzle experts. www.itools.com/research-it
This site is presented as a Roget's Thesaurus search form. It is based on the out of copyright 1911 version. This type of search is less frustrating than looking for a "headword" in the hard copy thesaurus, finding it's not there and having to guess, where it might be in order to establish the alternative words. www.thesaurus.com
You can find linguistic trivia in at this site. It demonstrates the BBC Online's ability to add value content to superb traditional content, discussing material used on the network as well as answering listeners' questions. For example, when asked what language Braveheart would have spoken, a researcher replied that Wallace would have grown up speaking Gaelic and learnt Scots later. www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/routesofenglish
Describes itself as the single best source for facts on the net. US site, which includes amongst its content various dictionaries. It is also contains a wealth of factual resource including Facts of the Day. To give you a flavour of the site; mix Top news by Reuters, with the atomic clock and Astronomy Picture of the day. www.refdesk.com
Not strictly a dictionary or encyclopaedia, this site is more a directory of acronyms. You can search for an acronym and see what it means; search for a word and see what acronym it is used in, or simply add a new acronym to the database. www.ucc.ie/info/net/acronyms/acro.html
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