General Reference Links

1 Encyclopedias
Ref Desk;... A number of links to different Encyclopedias
Thefreedictionary.com... A very good dictionary /encyclopedia..
Bartleby.com... Proverbs, Quotations,Roget�s Thesaurus,English usage etc. A very useful reference source ..
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3 Masterlines;...Canadian based site - with a World Gateway to encyclopedic information
5 UK Weather ... Met Office Weather Site
6 AA UK Travel ...AA Road Traffic Report
7 Dictionaries
Cambridge online Dictionary... Cambridge Dictionary (English)
Thesaurus.com... Thesaurus (English)
Dictionary.Com... English and Foreign Language Dictionaries (American ?)
8 How stuff Works...Explains in plain language how things work , very good pictures
9 Telephone Directories;
192.com... Addresses/ map/Number/electoral register
UK Yellow Pages... For Business Numbers
Allpages ..US Yellow Pages... For Business Numbers
British Telecom... ->Directory Enquiries..Better than Directory Enquiries
10 Maps/ Area Information
National Geographic...Very Good general View Atlas
Bing maps... Worldwide street maps, Clever scrolling system, Routefinder etc. (Microsofts )
Google Map... Excellent UK map + directions (without timing) + arial views.
Upmystreet... Detailed statistics about local areas.
11 Search Engines;
Yahoo.Com... Very comprehensive
Bing.Com... Fast and efficient
google... Fast and efficient
12 British Rail Timetables... British Rails Timetables ;
The Trainline Com;... British Rails Timetables/Booking ;
13 UK Airports... UK Airport Information , Links to Flight Information;
14 Acronym Search...A large database of acronyms
Acronym Genie...A downloadable acronym database
15 BabelFish...An Online Translation Service
16 CompletePlanet.com;...over 70,000+ searchable databases and specialty search engines
17 Worldinformation ... Information on all of the countries in the world
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19 Names
Kabalarians ... A site devoted to names and their meanings
20 UK Parkers Guide...UK Used/New car prices Advise on Purchasing
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22 FT.com...Financial Information including share and fund prices
23 BBC NEWS...Up-to-Date source of News
24 Instructions Manuals...Any Instruction manual you need
25 UK Parliament ... Cabinet, Shadow cabinet etc

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