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=Dickson College Library: Reference= Encyclopedias | Dictionary and Thesaurus Links | Maps, Atlases and Fact Finders | News Reports | Other Reference Links | The Wikimedia Foundation Links | eBooks  include page="HTML_boxopen"**Encyclopedias**include page="HTML_div_close" [|Britannica.com] [|HighBeam Encyclopedia] [|State Library of New South Wales : Dictionaries, Encyclopedias and Almanacs Links] [|Wikipedia] media type="custom" key="904093"

 include page="HTML_boxopen"**Dictionary and Thesaurus Links**include page="HTML_div_close" [|OneLook Dictionary Search] - search 993 online dictionaries: media type="custom" key="7999820"media type="custom" key="7999826"Examples: bluebird, blue*, *bird, bl????rd, bl*:snowmedia type="custom" key="7999824" [|The DICT Development Group] Visuwords http://www.visuwords.com/ - Visual/mapping dictionary and thesaurus [|Lexipedia] http://www.lexipedia.com/ - Visual/mapping dictionary and thesaurus VocabGrabber: Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus http://www.visualthesaurus.com/vocabgrabber/ [|Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary and Thesaurus] [|Thesaurus.com] [|yourDictionary.com] - English and other languages [|MedicineNet.com] - Click Dictionary [|List of Dictionaries]

 include page="HTML_boxopen"**Maps, Atlases and Fact Finders**include page="HTML_div_close" [|Whereis Street Atlas] [|ACT Locate] [|Outline Maps] [|Google Maps] [|MapMachine] - National Geographic [|WorldAtlas.com] [|Xpeditions Atlas] - suitable for printing [|Cornell Digital Earth] [|How far is it?] [|The World Factbook (CIA)] [|Interactive World Fact Book] [|InfoNation] [|Foreign Governments / Statistics] [|Australian Bureau of Statistics] [|Statpak: Australian Bureau of Statistics] [|Flags of all Countries] [|Flag Identifier]

 include page="HTML_boxopen"**News Reports**include page="HTML_div_close" [|ABC News] [|The Sydney Morning Herald] [|The Canberra Times] [|The Age] [|The Australian] [|Koori Mail] [|The Financial Review] [|New York Times] [|CNN Interactive] [|BBC Online] [|Newsweek.com] [|EurekaAlert!] - Science news by subject, including current press releases [|Newspaper Index] http://www.newspaperindex.com/en - newspapers in all countries

A great resource that links to news from many different sources. Look for: Top Stories Different subject areas - Science & Technology, Sport, World... People in the news News from specific countries Don't forget the Advanced Search to find more exact news items (eg. news from Finland in 2004).
 * Google News** []

Cool tool: You can customise the news page & add news from subject areas you are interested in eg. Soccer news, Gadget news etc. Look for the **Add a section tab** on the top right of the home page. Examples: []

http://news.google.com/newspapers Search and explore information from historical archives dating back over 200 years & see a timeline.
 * Google News Archive Search**

Even when you are not in Google News, you can check out a news timeline eg. on the ordinary Google home page, type "Wikileaks" in the search box, then look in the menu bar on the left and select More seach tools. In the drop-down box you can choose Timeline and see when news on Wikileaks was revealed.
 * Google Timeline**

http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/
 * Thousands of world newspapers at your fingertips: Online newspaper directory for the world**

An online video news service that presents the world's news from many different sources. The video clips are about 3 minutes long.
 * Newsy** []

[] US news website with world news, reports from experts in many fields and many blogs.
 * The Huffington Post**

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 include page="HTML_boxopen"**Other Reference Links**include page="HTML_div_close" [|Open access databases] [|White Pages] [|Yellow Pages] [|Online Reference] - Charles State University [|Search.com: Reference] - choose fact sites, then metasearch. [|Guinness Book of Records] [|Behind the Name: The Etymology and History of First Names] [|Encyclopedia of Western Signs and Ideograms] [|Martindale's The Reference Desk] [|Ipl2 : Information You Can Trust] Internet Public Librarian [|Process guides: Student guides] Includes: Brainstorming, Building consensus, Evaluating web page content, Using primary source documents, Viewing a photograph, Interview techniques, Time management and Persuasive Arguments.

 include page="HTML_boxopen"**The Wikimedia Foundation Links**include page="HTML_div_close" [|Wikipedia] (Free encyclopedia) [|Wiktionary] (Free dictionary and thesaurus) [|Wikinews] (Free content news source) [|Wikisource] (Free source documents) [|Wikispecies] (Directory of species) [|Wikibooks] (Free textbooks and manuals) [|Wikiversity] (Free learning tools) [|Wikimedia Commons] (Shared media repository) [|Wikiquote] (Collection of quotations)

 include page="HTML_boxopen"**eBooks**include page="HTML_div_close" Digital Book Index Union catalog, includes Internet Archive, Project Gutenberg, Google. eBooks at Adelaide (University of Adelaide)

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