Web Resources
Dictionaries, Encyclopedias and Thesauruses

Artcyclopedia
One of the best sites for art information on the Internet. Artist, artwork, art museum, and other searches are available.

Bartelby.com
Online library books, speeches, and reference materials including the Columbia Encyclopedia, the American Heritage Dictionary, Roget's II Thesaurus, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, King James Bible, and the World Factbook.

Britannica.com
Browse Britannica online, or use the Merriam-Webster online dictionary and thesaurus.

Columbia Encyclopedia
Good general encyclopedia containing over 50,000 entrees with 80,000 links.

Dictionary of Units
Measurement information including history, definitions, and formulas.

Encyclopedia Mythica
Information on mythology, folklore, and legends. Over 20 cultural mythologies are covered.

InfoPlease
General Almanac Source

Merriam Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus
Merriam Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus online contains the unabridged version, including a kids dictionary, word a day, and more.

Wikipedia.org
This encyclopedia is offered in over 10 different languages.

Your Dictionary.com
Dictionaries for hundreds of world languages, as well as English-language thesauri, quotation dictionaries, rhyming dictionaries, and dictionaries of synonyms and antonyms. There are also specialty dictionaries for many different topics such as art, botany, computers, economics, engineering, and politics.