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News & Headlines

Washington Post | USA Today | CNN | FindLaw - Legal News & Updates

General Reference Sites

Bartleby.com
A plethora of links to everything from quotations to literature, to dictionaries to etiquette. Check it out!

Directories - Find People and Businesses

411.com
find people, places, things, register URL (fee based)

Switchboard Directory
Residential and business listings - Searchable by person, business or product

Telephone Directories On the Web
Yellow Pages, White Pages, Business Directories, Email Addresses and Fax Listings

Yahoo. Finding People

Dictionaries

Dictionary.com
See other dictionaries link for an extensive list of foreign language dictionaries.

Symbols.com

The WorldWideWeb Acronym and Abbreviation Server

Galaxy dictionaries
Provides the following links (Also allows members to list additional links):
Acronyms-Antonyms-Synonyms-Thesauri | Colloquialisms and Slang | Humorous | Language | Legal | Medical | Music | Technical

Thesaurus.com

One look dictionaries
Provides a searchable index to many dictionaries. Can even use a wildcard character to search for words that you do not know how to spell.

Yourdictionary.com

Encyclopedias
The Internet Public Library. Encyclopedias Resources
A great list of online encyclopedias. Lots of good information on "everything".

A few others are:
Infoplease | TechEncyclopedia

Maps & Weather

Mapblast.com

Maps.com
Map directions, Plan a trip, etc

US Geological Survey
Maps, weather and more

Weather.com
from The Weather Channel.

WeatherUnderGround.com

Shopping
Dealtime.com - rated by SquirrelNet.com
best rates on comparison shopping

My Simon
Simon does the comparison shopping for you online. He checks on a pool of over 2500 online stores' products when you tell him what you want to buy.