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Ready Reference Resources

• Reference Portals
• Almanacs
• Dictionaries
• Encyclopedias
• Maps and Atlases
• Quotations (Bartleby.com)
• Telephone Directories
• Thesaurus - Roget's II (Bartleby.com)
• Web Search Engines and Directories
• Zip Code Look-up (U.S. Postal Service)

TOPICAL DETAIL SECTION
This section provides more selection options for the topics listed above:

Reference Portals:

• Bartleby.com: Reference
• National Archives and Records Administration: Archives Library Information Center (ALIC) Reference at Your Desk
• University of Michigan School of Information: Internet Public Library

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Almanacs:

• Information Please®
• The Old Farmers' Almanac

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Dictionary:

• Merriam-Webster Dictionary

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Encyclopedias:

• Encyclopaedia Britannica
• Information Please®: Columbia Encyclopedia

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Maps and Atlases:

• Google™: Maps
• Mapquest®
• Maps, Geographical and Geological Resources on the Web
• National Atlas of the United States
• National Geographic Map Machine

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Telephone Directories:

• AT&T: AnyWho
• DEX® Phone Book and Yellow Pages

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Updated: 12/29/2009