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Acronym Finder
The Acronym Finder is an abbreviations and acronyms dictionary. It's a world wide web searchable database of more than 4,199,000 abbreviations, acronyms, and initialisms about computers, technology, telecommunications, the military and more.
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Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Although this hypertext edition is taken from the 1898 edition of the book, many of the phrases and fables we encounter today will appear in this classic source. The text is easily searched by keywords.
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Dictionary.com
Dictionary.com is a multi-source dictionary search service that also provides links to a thesaurus, encyclopedia and web search service.
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Encyclopedia of Life
Comprehensive, collaborative, and ever-growing the Encyclopedia of Life is an ecosystem of websites that makes all key information about all life on Earth accessible to anyone, anywhere in the world. Pictures, scientific descriptions, maps, habitats, and
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Explore Ohio
ExploreOhio staff search the Internet for links to information about Ohio arts, business, education, history, government, travel, attractions, jobs, science, sports, and much more. These links are then organized to make browsing and searching easy. It's a great way to explore Ohio!
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Farmer's Almanac
Provides five-day and long-range weather forecasts, gardening tips, solar and lunar events, and weekly advice.
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Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
Provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries. Provided by OPLIN. Must have an Ohio library card to access from home.
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Global Road Warrior
The Global Road Warrior is an international resource for social, cultural, travel, and business information. The database covers 175 countries and territories and includes information on demographics, economy, holidays, currencies, visas, climate, passports, immunization, entry and departure, emergencies, internal travel information, country and regional maps, airports, international dialing guides, and more. Research a country for a report, or plan to travel internationally.
Tags: Travel,Country Project,Geography,Cultures,Maps,
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Grolier Online
Search Grolier's encyclopedias, The New Book of Popular Science, Lands and Peoples, America the Beautiful. Provided by Cleveland Heights-Univeristy Heights Library. Must have a CHUH library card to access.
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Historical Dictionary of American Slang
Historical Dictionary of American Slang presents a unique way for studying slang. It contains over 2200 slang words with the centuries in which they were first printed.
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Knowplay?
KnowPlay is a collective search engine that is kid-friendly and allows users to search dictionaries, thesauri, rhyming dictionaries, encyclopedias and more, from a single page.
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Merriam-Webster Online
Look up words in Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary or Thesaurus.
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netLibrary
Additional downloadable e-content; the digital version of books, journals, and reference resources. Accessible 24 hours a days, seven days a week.
Tags: Books,Reading,Literature,Reference,Journals,E-Books
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OneLook Dictionary Search
Over 12,000,000 words in more than 1,000 dictionaries are indexed here.
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Oxford English Dictionary
In addition to offering comprehensive information on the OED, this site is also the home of OED Online, "the internet's biggest, most prestige-laden reference book" (The Guardian). Provided by Heights Libraries. Must have library card.
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Oxford Reference Online
Oxford Reference Online brings together 100 language and subject dictionaries and reference works - containing well over 60,000 pages - into a single cross-searchable resource. Provided by Ohio Web Library. Must have an Ohio library card to access at home.
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Portals to the World (Library of Congress)
The Library of Congress put together a portal which provides reliable websites about countries and cultures.
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Rhyming Dictionary
Rhymer offers more than 93,000 words.
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Roget's Interactive Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus of English words and phrases allows the user to find a word's synonyms.
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Science Online
Online Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. A wide range of scientific topics, biographies, and news. Provided by Ohio Web Library. Must have an Ohio library card to use this database.
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Skeptic's Dictionary - Skepdic.com
"From abracadabra to zombies", the Skeptic's Dictionary covers urban legends, myths and other controversial topics and seeks to explain the plausibility and origins of these phenomena.
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Student Research Center (EBSCOhost)
EBSCO's Student Research Center makes it easy for students to search by keyword or by topic to find the most useful search results. Results can be easily sorted by source type - -magazines, reference books, photos, flags, etc.
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Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
If the stress of worrying if a Wikipedia article is factual and accurate is getting you down, take a break and check out Uncyclopedia; it promises to be content-free. It's easy to lose a few hours laughing at the nonsense presented with a straight face he
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VisuWords
Check out this amazing dictionary that shows you visually how words are related to each other.
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Weather Channel
News, Weather, Driving Conditions, Satellite images
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Weather Underground
Weather, forecasts, satellite imaging.
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Webopedia
An online dictionary and search engine for computer and Internet technology.
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World Almanacs (WorldAlmanac)
(İOCLC) Offers a fundamental reference source for students, library patrons, library reference staff, and scholars alike. Includes biographies, encyclopedia entries, facts, statistics. Sources: Funk & Wagnall's New Encyclopedia, The World Almanac and Book of Facts, The World Almanac of the U.S.A., The World Almanac of U.S. Politics, and The World Almanac for Kids.
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World Book en Espanol
World Book Encyclopedia available in a Spanish edition. Paid for by Ohio Web Library. Must have an Ohio Library card to access from home.
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World Book Kids
Intended for grades K-8, World Book Kids is a fun and interactive way to introduce younger students to the world of online learning. Searching is simple and can be done by keyword or by choosing a general subject that breaks down into specific topics. The encyclopedia also provides images, diagrams, maps and activities tied to national curriculum standards.
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World Book Online
World Book Online is a research tool that includes encyclopedia, dictionary, atlas, and primary source databases, fully integrated in a single search. News, images and "today in history" are additional features.
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World Book Reference Center
World Book Encyclopedia articles form the foundation of this expansive reference database that includes the World Book Dictionary, the World Book Atlas, an extensive multimedia collection, thousands of editor-selected Web sites, correlations to state and provincial curriculum standards, and much more.
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