Reference Desk

REFERENCE DESK DICTIONARY and THESAURUS Merriam-Webster Dictionary Online, based on Merriam-Webster's Collegiate(R) Dictionary Merriam-Webster Thesaurus Merriam-Webster Student Dictionary  Your Dictionary.com ENCYCLOPEDIA Britannica.com Encarta Online Deluxe Encyclopedia Smithsonian features answers to frequently asked questions about the Smithsonian and links to Smithsonian resources on subjects from A to Z.     Additional Resources almanac Refdesk.com Daily Almanac The Old Farmer's Almanac atlas/maps Encarta Atlas Online Driving Directions    Maps Map Games etiquette Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics, and at Home by Emily Post (Bartleby.com) math Math Help Desk presidents Our Presidents quotations Bartlett's Quotations (Bartleby.com) Simpson's Contemporary Quotations (Bartleby.com) search engines Search Engines for Kids Education Search Engines (refdesk.com) Metacrawler:  searches several search engines at the same time telephone directory AnyWho Telephone Directories, AT&T's comprehensive listing of over 100 million listings with reverse lookups, street proximity listings for business or residential numbers, 'sounds like' match for last name lookups, and maps of the address from MapsOnUs Telephone Directories on the Web, complete index of online phone books, with over 350 links to Yellow Pages, White Pages, Business Directories, Email Addresses and Fax Listings from over 150 countries all around the world translations Translate Anything: translate short passages from English to French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish, and back again, or type in any URL (with http://) to see the page translated into the language of your choice writing and style  English Reference Desk Elements of Style (Bartleby.com) Guide to Grammar and Writing Principles of Composition

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