Dictionaries

Beazley Archive - The Dictionary contains illustrated explanations of names, technical terms, and other vocabulary relating to Greek history, myth, geography, art and architecture. It is constantly being updated and expanded.

Biography.com – Biographical dictionary

Catholic encyclopedia

Encyberpedia - An encyclopedia of Internet resources.

Encyclopaedia of the Orient

Encyclopedia Iranica

Encyclopedia Mythica - An encyclopedia of myth, folklore, and legend.

Encyclopedia of Days

Encyclopedia of psychology

Encyclopedia Smithsonian - The Smithsonian Institution receives a great many public inquiries covering a wide range of topics

Glossary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology – by David M. Glick

Glossary of Internet terms – by Matisse Enzer

Interactive Mathematics Dictionary

The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

JewishEncyclopedia.com - This website contains the complete contents of the 12-volume Jewish Encyclopedia, which was originally published between 1901-1906. The Jewish Encyclopedia, which recently became part of the public domain, contains over 15,000 articles and illustrations.

SYMBOLS.com -- encyclopedia of Western signs and ideograms

SYMBOLS.com: Links

Whatis.com - Definitions for thousands of the most current Information Technology -related words.

Webopedia - The only online dictionary and search engine you need for computer and Internet technology.

Special subjects

Library and Information Science

Ariadne - Ariadne magazine is targeted principally at information science professionals in academia

Citation machine – a free web tool of the landmark projet

Odlis: Online dictionary of library and information science

Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography - This bibliography presents selected English-language articles, books, and other printed and electronic sources that are useful in understanding scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the Internet. Most sources have been published between 1990 and the present; however, a limited number of key sources published prior to 1990 are also included. Where possible, links are provided to sources that are freely available on the Internet.

Science and Technology

Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology – Engineering sciences, life sciences, medicine, physicial sciences, mathematics…

Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology – Life Science - Bacteriology

Reference

Best Information on the Net - the Best Information on the Net (BIOTN) chosen by librarians at O'Keefe Library,… appropriate for college students, faculty and administration

BUBL Link - a catalogue of selected Internet resources covering all academic subject areas. All items are selected, evaluated, catalogued and described. Links are checked and fixed each month. LINK stands for Libraries of Networked Knowledge

Desktop reference – Encyclopedias, Maps, Dictionaries,

Familiar Quotations – Bartlett’s quotations…

Internet help guides

iTools – quick access to the best internet tools. Language tools, search tools, map tools…

Librarian’s Index to the Internet - a searchable, annotated subject directory of more than 10,000 Internet resources selected and evaluated by librarians for their usefulness to users of public libraries. Lii.org is used by both librarians and the general public as a reliable and efficient guide to Internet resources.

LibraryLand: Index to Resources for Librarians

Quad-Linc Virtual Reference

Social Sciences Information Gateway. Sociology, Politics, Statistics…

Subject Index to Literature on Electronic Sources of Information

The Columbia Guide to Online Style - presents a guide to locating, translating, and using the elements of citation for both a humanities style (i.e., MLA and Chicago) and a scientific style (APA and CBE) for electronically-accessed sources.

The Scout Report - The Scout Report is a weekly publication offering a selection of new and newly discovered Internet resources of interest to researchers and educators

WWW Virtual Library

Books reviews

Booklist - Booklist has been the librarian's leading choice for reviews of the latest books and (more recently) electronic media

Gale group – Reference reviews, Free resources