GENERAL REFERENCES
Almanacs/Fact Books
Almanacs - Access the Old Farmer's Almanac, Computer Almanac, Guinness World, CIA World Fact book, etc.
CIA World Fact book - Facts about 165 countries on lands, people, government, economy, weather, water, etc.
Guinness World Record - Over 40,000 records of facts and feats as well as images from human body to sports and games, and science and technology to amazing feats.
Infoplease - Covering all major knowledge from almanacs, dictionary, encyclopedia. atlas, quizzes, etc.
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Atlases
Atlas of Canada - Facts and maps about Canadian economy, people, health, environment and much more.
World Atlas - Maps and geography of the world, flags, maps, country information, etc.
Dictionaries, Thesaurus and Quotations
Bartleby - Internet publisher of literature, reference and verse.
Merriam-Webster - Is based on the print version of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. It includes abbreviation, foreign words and phrases, biographical and geographical names.
World Dictionary - French, Italian and Spanish translation dictionaries.
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Encyclopedias
Canadian Encyclopedia - Available in English and French; 14,000 articles on wide variety of subjects including history, people, places, art, First Nation, etc.
Catholic Encyclopedia - Full and authoritative information on Catholicism and the humanities.
Encyclopedia Britannica - Thousands articles on specific persons, places, things and ideas.
Encarta - Search more than 4,500 articles on the world of knowledge.
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Magazines and Newspapers
New Internationalist - reports on issues of world poverty and inequality, and debates and campaigns for radical changes.