Online Reference Resources

This guide provides online sources of reference type information. Click on "Websites" to view the categories & resources.

Starting Points

Bartleby.com

Britannica

WWWebster Dictionary

Websites

Acronyms and Abbreviations

Acronym Finder

All that JAS (Journal Abbreviation Sources)

Awards

Academy Awards- Oscars

Nobel Prize

Colleges & Universities

Cape Fear Community College

The 17 Campuses of The University of North Carolina

North Carolina Community College System

North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities

Index of American Universities

American Community College System

Black Collegian Online

College Rankings

Graduate School Rankings

Peterson's Education Center

College News Online

Consumer Information

Edmund's

Kelley Blue Book

Consumer World

ConsumerSearch.com

Online Zipcode Lookup

Dates/Calendars/Time

Calendarzone

Official U.S. Time

World Time Server

Dictionaries & Thesauri

American Sign Language Dictionary

yourDictionary.com

Includes foreign language dictionaries and specialized subject dictionaries.

Word2Word

online dictionaries and translators

Thesaurus.com

Encycolpedias & Almanacs

North Carolina Encyclopedia

50 States and Capitals

Old Farmer's Almanac

Infomation Please Almanac

Symbols

Health and Medicine

Healthfinder

Human Anatomy Online

Internet Public Library

Mayo Health Oasis

Centerwatch

RXList

North Carolina Health Services Directory

DocFinder

Virtual Hospital

Measurement

Calculateme.com

Currency Converter

Digital Dutch Unit Converter

Measurement Converter

Quotations

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations

Quotations Page

Reference Sources

Buros Institute of Mental Measurements

Internet Public Library

U.S. Copyright Office

My Virtual Reference Desk

Telephone Directories

Telephone Directories on the Web

555-1212.com

Any Who: Toll Free Listings

Big Book (Yellow Pages)

Reverse Phone Directory

Switchboard

Weather: National, State, Local

Weather Channel

Daily Planet

National Hurricane Center

National Weather Service Forecast Office: Wilmington, NC

UM Weather

Weather Underground- Tropical

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