Dictionaries

• Dictionary.com
• Merriam-Webster Dictionary
• American Heritage Dictionary
• OneLook Dictionaries
• Thesaurus.com
• Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
• On-line Medical Dictionary
• Newbury House Dictionary of American English
• NetLingo - The Internet Dictionary

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Encyclopedias

• Encyclopædia Britannica
• MSN Encarta
• Columbia Encyclopedia (Sixth Edition)
• Encyclopedia.com
• Encyclopedia Smithsonian
• Wikipedia
• Academy of Achievement
• Information Please

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Library Catalogs

• OCLC WorldCat (on-campus only)
• Library of Congress
• LibDex - The Library Index
• Yale Law School
• Harvard University
• U.C. Berkeley Law School

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Search Engines

• Google
• Yahoo!
• MSN
• A9.com
• Ask.com
• AltaVista
• Excite
• About.com

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News and Weather

• Las Vegas Review Journal
• Las Vegas Sun
• New York Times
• Washington Post
• Wall Street Journal
• CNN
• MSNBC
• The Weather Channel
• Weather Underground

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Directories

• AnyWho - AT&T Internet Directory Assistance
• Infospace - White and Yellow Pages
• Bigfoot - Find people and businesses
• Zip Code Lookup (USPS)
• Airport Information Directories (QuickAID)

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Maps

• Google Local
• Mapquest
• Yahoo Maps
• Microsoft Expedia Maps
• CIA World Fact book
• Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection (Univ. of Texas)

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Other General Reference Sites

• Refdesk
• Librarians' Index to the Internet
• Ready Reference Collection (Internet Public Library)
• UNLV Library Web, Subject Pages
• Yahoo! Reference Links
• WWW Virtual Library

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