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Luther North Online Library
Library Spot
One of the best reference sites on the Web!  Links to all types of libraries, reference desk,
homework helps, Top 100 lists, reading room, & web of poetry.

iTools
Search tools, language tools, research tools, general knowledge references --
encyclopedias, newspapers, & magazines, biographies, quotations, & topic lists

Internet Public Library Reference Desk
All of the basic research tools, such as dictionaries & encyclopedias, that you expect to find in
a library -- & more

Fast Facts
Almanacs, calendars & time, dictionaries & thesauri, directories of  people & places,
electronic texts, encyclopedias, entertainment, Internet, grammar & style, languages, libraries
of data, magazines, news sources, politics & gossip, quotations, sports, statistics, travel,
weather, & weights & measures

Librarians' Index to the Internet
Information you can trust! Save time -- go with sites that have been recommended by
professional librarians.

Information Please
Combining the contents of an encyclopedia, a dictionary, & several up to the minute
almanacs loaded with statistics, facts, & historical records,
Information Please places the
resources of an entire reference information center at your fingertips.

Reference Desk
One of the best sources for finding facts on the Web. If you need information, you'll probably
find a link here.

Virtual Reference Shelf
Selected Web resources compiled by the Library of Congress

Encarta
MSN's Encarta site includes an encyclopedia, dictionary,  thesaurus, world atlas, multimedia,
quizzes, Top 10 lists, & homework help

Visual Thesaurus
An experiment in language & interface, Visual Thesaurus is both an artistic exploration & a
tool to explore, study, & analyze the structure of language. By displaying the interrelationships
between words & meanings as spatial maps, the
Visual Thesaurus translates language into
a visible architecture.