Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

 Encyclopedias

• Britannica - for CNC users
• Britannica - off-campus; abridged, pay-for-articles
• Britannica 1911 edition - complete text!
• Canadian Encyclopedia Online - full-text
• Encyclopedia of British Columbia - for CNC users
• Columbia Encyclopedia
• Encyclopedia.Com - Electric Library
• Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (in Ebsco) - for CNC users
• Information Please - almanac, encyclopedia, dictionary 
• Wikis
• Wikipedia: free content online encyclopedia
• QWiki: visual compilation of info from Wikipedia, Google, flickr, and YouTube
• Citizendium: free content online encyclopedia with article authors ('experts') identified
• Conservapedia: free content online encyclopedia created by conservatives vs wikipedia 

 Dictionaries

• Acronym Finder - look up over 91,000 acronyms/abbreviations
• Acronyma: search for over 450,000 acronyms and abbreviations
• American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
• Cambridge Dictionaries Online
• Dictionary.com - dictionaries, thesaurus, quotes, style manual
• Dictionary of Newfoundland English Online
• Dictionary of PC Hardware and Data Communications Terms
• Dictionary of Slang (UK)
• E-Cyclopedia: glossary of new words
• Emily Post Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home
• Eric Weisstein's World of Science Encyclopedia
• Foreign Languages for Travelers - translating dictionaries
• Forvo: pronunciation guide for many languages - http://www.forvo.com/
• Free Dictionary
• Glossary of Social Science Computer and Social Science Data Terms
• Human Language Page - translating dictionaries, language lessons
• iTools - search dictionaries, thesaurus, word unscramblers
• Merriam-Webster OnLine - dictionary, thesaurus
• Omniglot: a guide to 150+ world alphabets, syllabaries, writing systems including Carrier
• Online Etymology Dictionary: word derivations and meanings
• OneLook Dictionaries - many dictionaries, general and by subject
• Rhyme Zone: find rhymes/synomyms for words/phrases
• Skeptic's Dictionary - paranormal and other events from skeptical viewpoint
• Thesaurus.com - Roget's and other thesauri
• Visual Dictionary  - learn words by images and associations
• Visual Thesaurus (free trial) - an exploration of sense relationships within the English language
• A Web of On-Line Dictionaries
• Word Reference for French German, Italian, Spanish - translate a word or download free software
• XRefer - search Oxford and other dictionaries, encyclopedias, reference works