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General Reference Tools

Bartleby.com - The preeminent Internet publisher of literature reference and verse, providing students, researchers and the intellectually curious with unlimited access to books and information on the web, free of charge. Includes Gray’s Anatomy of the Human Body and the King James Version of The Holy Bible.
CIA World Factbook - The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 266 world entities. Our Reference tab includes: maps of the major world regions, as well as Flags of the World, a Physical Map of the World, a Political Map of the World, and a Standard Time Zone of the World map.
Thesaurus.com - The largest and most trusted free thesaurus on the web.
Foreign Language Dictionaries - The WordReference Dictionaries are free online translation dictionaries.
Conversion Tool - Convert just about anything to anything else. Over 5,000 units and 50,000 conversions.
Information Please Almanac - A free, authoritative, and respected reference for Internet users; provides a comprehensive encyclopedia, almanac, atlas, dictionary, and more.
Canada.ca - Government of Canada website

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Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com - The largest and most trusted free thesaurus on the web.
The Encyclopedia of Earth - an electronic reference about the Earth, its natural environments, and their interaction with society. The Encyclopedia is a free, fully searchable collection of content contributed by scholars, professionals, educators, practitioners and other experts who collaborate and review each other's work. The content is presented in a style intended to be useful to students, educators, scholars, professionals, as well as to the general public.

APA Formatting and Style Guide (Purdue Online Writing Lab)
APA Tutorials - Free online tutorials on APA citation (American Psychological Association)
Chicago Manual of Style - (Purdue Online Writing Lab)
MLA Documentation - (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
Critical Evaluation of Resources (University of California, Berkley). A comprehensive guide on how to evaluate content for research purposes including books, articles and web sites.
Evaluating Information found on the Internet - (Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries)
Research and Documentation Online (Bedford/St. Martin's Publishing)
Avoiding Plagiarism
Canadian Intellectual Property Office - Copyright Information

Dictionary of Abbreviations and Acronyms
Abbreviations.com
Acronym Finder - Acronym Finder is the world's largest and most comprehensive dictionary of acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms.
Internet Acronym Finder - A collection of acronyms from all over the Internet for the better part of two decades

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