~ REFERENCE ~

DICTIONARIES:
OneLook.com ~ Online Dictionaries.
Urbandictionary.com, a slang dictionary.
YourDictionary.com, the last word in words.

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GENEALOGY:

FamilyTreeMagazine.com's Ethnic Tool Kits.
FamilyTreeMagazine.com's Downloadable forms.
www.windsorlockslibrary.org/genealogy.html. , genealogy resources

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GEOGRAPHY:
ePodunk.com, everything you always wanted to know about America's towns
50 States.com ~ States, capitols, etc.
NationalAtlas.gov, printable U.S. maps plus a map maker!.
U.S. Geographic Names Information System.
World Fact Book from www.cia.gov

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HISTORY:
Best of History Sites ~ History sites rated for accuracy and usefullness.

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LIBRARIES:
Connecticut Library Catalogs.
Connecticut Library Web Sites.
Connecticut State Library - authoritative information on the state and library service and resources in Connecticut.
ICONN.org/ provides access to articles,a virtual reference desk, Internet tutorials, Spanish language resources.
Internet Public Library., the first public library of the Internet, offers quality information resources.
Librarians' Index to the Internet, Information you can trust.
Library of Congress, the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States.

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LITERATURE & READING:
Bartleby Library: Great Books Online
Bibliomania.com
CliffNotes.com.
Cozy Library ~ a web site for "cozy" fiction lovers.
Findarticles.com ~ Full text articles on a variety of topics are available going back to 1998.
iCONN.org ~ Articles, newspapers, readers' advisory, reaserach, & more!
Literary Criticism from Internet Public Library.
PinkMonkey.com, literature summaries for middle school & up.
Project Gutenberg ~ Free electronic books!
SparkNotes.com
WindsorLocksLibrary.org/Booklists, our own readers' advisory web page.

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QUOTES:
FamousQuotesandAuthors.com ~ Famous quotations for all occasions.

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REFERENCE - GENERAL:
BabelFish.com multilanguage translator.
ConvertMe.com online weight and measurement converter.
ERIC databases.
Guinness Book of World Records.
Libraryspot.com/, a free virtual library resource center for everyone.
Old Farmer's Almanac.
Quotation Collection from Bartleby.com
RefDesk.com ~ for fact lovers!
Roget's Thesaurus from Bartleby.com.
Shmoop.com - To make learning and writing more relevant in the digital age.
Statistical Abstract of the United States.
University of Michigan Documents Center Web Site Directory ~ alphabetical list of web resources on every imaginable research topic.

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WEB DESIGN RESOURCES:
WebMonkey.com, the web developer's resource
HTMLGoodies.com
W3Schools.com, the largets web developers' site on the net
Complete HTML Color Chart

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Updated 9-23-2009

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