ABP1 (Source for all kinds of information)
Aerial photos (From TerraServer, Can you find your house?)
Aerial photos (From GlobeXplorer)
All Experts (Ask an expert)
All Refer (Reference source for many topics)
American Institute of Philanthropy (Check on your charity)
American Memory (This day in history)
Answer Bag (Questions and answers; some right, some wrong)
Answer Pool (Read for free or register and ask a question)
Answers (Answers to many questions from travel to people)
AOL Reference (General reference source)
Arborwood (Links to all kinds of information)
Ask an Expert (Experts in all fields answer your questions)
Ask Me Help Desk (Experts in all fields answer your questions)
Ask MetaFilter (Paid registration but answers are public)
Ask Philosophers (Ask your philosophy question)
Barbara's News Researcher's Page (No longer updated but still some good information)
Best Free Reference Websites (ALA)
Better Business Bureau
BUBL (Internet resources on many subjects)
CATHS (Cinema And Theatre Historical Society)
Cato Institute (non-profit public policy research foundation)
CD and Video Search
Columbia Encyclopedia
Common Craft (Easy explanations to complex problems)
Desk Ref (Best choice for quick answers)
Easy Bib (Great for students making a bibliography)
Encyclopedia of Life (Data about every species on Earth, a work in progress)
Encyclopedia Smithsonian (Information from the collection)
Free Information Library (Interesting reading to keep you busy)
Give.org (Check on your charity)
Gov Track (Transparency in Government)
Greetst Room (Source for all subjects)
GuideStar (National database of Nonprofit Organizations)
Homework Spot (Help for all grade levels and reference tools)
Information Please
Interfaith Calendar (Calendar of events for any faith)
Jobster (Find that next job)
Kids Click (Rated #1 by librarians)
Know It Now (Ohio public library live online reference service)
KnowledgeHound (Find out about a lot of things)
Librarians Index to the Internet (Information you can trust)
Library Index (Directory to all kinds of information)|
Library of Congress  (References: Assorted dictionaries, libraries and newspaper archives can be freely tapped)
Library Spot (Library References on the Web)
Federal Election Commission
Fund Race (See who has contributed to political campaigns)
The Reference Desk (Martindale's, the most extensive reference site on the web)
Maps of the World (From Embassy World)
MIT Open Courseware (Courses materials from MIT)
Mr. Smarty Pants (Fun and informative facts)
Museum of Television & Radio
NMPFT (National Museum of Photography, Film & Television)
Old Farmer's Almanac
Preferred Consumer (Articles about all kinds of things)
Public Record Finder (Search public records by state)
Refdesk.com (Quick facts online)
Reference Center (The Internet Public Library)
Research Library (Hundreds of sources for information)
Rules of Thumb (User contributed rules to live by)
Secret Free Place (Index to many types of sites)
So You Wanna.com (Directory to all sorts of things)
UClue (Pay for research but answers are public)
US Postal Service
Visual Dictionary (From Marriam-Webster)
Whatis? (A useful site to answer all kinds of questions)
Where To Do Research (An excellent gateway to all kinds of information)
The Why Files
Wise Geek (Over 14,000 articles from gardens to history)
Yahoo Answers (Ask answers and rate the answers)

Calculators, Translators and Unit Converters [back to top]

Ask Dr. Math (Math formulas)
Abacus (The first counting machine)
Calendar (Perpetual 10,000 year calendar)
Calendars Through the Ages (Calendars of the past)
Convert Me (Unit converters)
Calculators (From DollarTimes: mortgage, personal finance, and investments)
Calculators (From Dr. Calculator: All kinds of them)
Calculators (Mortgage, retirement, debt etc. calculators)
Calculators (From My ParenTime: some serious, some fun)
Converters (From Allchin Files: calculators, conversions of measure, and such)
Converters (From Convert World)
Converters (From Joshmadison: a converter you can download and customize for free)
Converters (From Lenntech: conversions of measure from our Dutch friends, a nice history lesson too)
Converters (Language, distance, country locator, and many other reference sources)
Converters (Length, cooking measurements, volume etc.)
Converters (The best from Smashing Magazine)
Currency Converter (Exchange rates across the world from XE)
Currency Converter (Exchange rates across the world from Forex Flower)
Inflation Calculator (Past and future)
Measure 4 Measure (List of calculators, converters, estimators, translators etc.)
Morse Code and Phonetic Alphabets (Translates code and alphabets)
On Line Conversion (Convert just about anything to anything else)
Roman Numerals (Conversion to or from or calculate numbers)
Roman Numerals (Conversions)
Roman Numerals (Conversion tool and an explanation)
Rough Equivalents (Are you worth your weight in gold?")
Sunrise - Sunset (For anywhere in the world)
Text Translator (What you said in another language)
Text Translator (From Applied Language Solutions)
Time (Times in any time zone)
Time (In any country or city)
Time & Date (What time is it in another country right now)
Torque Converter (Never know when you'll need to torque)
Translating Dictionaries
Translator (From Google)
Units & Measures Converters
Weather Calculator (Wind chill, relative humidity, heat index, and F-C)
Web Math (Calculations and formulas for most everything)

Historic and Factual Sources [back to top]

Ask Asia (Maps, facts, and language questions answered)
America's Story (Fun site from The Library of Congress)
American Cultural History: 19th Century (From Kindwood College Library)
American Cultural History: 20th Century (From Kindwood College Library)
American Presidents (From University of Virginia)
Amusing Facts (Newsletter available)
Anthropology Collection Database (California Academy of Sciences)
Atmospheric Optics (Photos of odd atmospheric effects)
Bartleby (Dozens of reference sources)
Baseball Stats (This Great Game from 1900)
Best Online Documentaries (View online documentaries)
Big Band Library (Information about The Big Bands)
Birthdays (What happened on your birthday)
Best History Sites (Collection of sites by time period)
Castle Garden (Trace immigrants that arrived at Castle Garden, before Ellis Island)
Celebrity Names (Who were they before they were famous)
Cemetery Project (Where are they buried?)
Census (Information about Stark County)
Civil War: Governor Morton Telegraph Books (Searchable transcripts)
Common Cause (Holding power accountable)
Common Place (From the American Antiquarian Society)
Court Records (Free Public Records)
Cylinder Music (Music from old wax cylinders,  U of C, Santa Barbara)
Dead or Alive (Find out if a famous person is still alive)
Dead People Server (Ever wonder if someone was dead or still alive?)
Digital History (For teachers and students)
Digital Library (Video on the net)
Docu Ticker (Look up documents quoted in the news)
Doo Wop Music (Listen to the past)
Ellis Island Records (Trace immigrants that arrived at Ellis Island)
Explainer (From Slate, over 800 explanations of things)
Eye Witness To History (Eye witness accounts to historic events)
Fact Check (Check the facts of your politicians)
Fact Finder (Source for all kinds of references)
Family Search (Genealogy site)
Fed Stats (statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies)
Find A Death (The life and death of celebrities)
Find a Grave (Celebrities last bow)
Flags of the World (Flags, flags everywhere)
Footnote (Documents from the National Archives)
Foreign Affairs (World events and organizations)
Freaky Secrets of the Presidency (I always thought Washington was the first president)
Fund Race (Find out who has contributed to political campaigns)
Games We Play (An historic look at games of yesteryear)
Genealogy (Volunteers providing genealogy links)
Genealogy (Over 206,800 links to genealogy sites)
Genealogy Sites (From Cyndi's List)
Glass Booth (Learn about your candidates)
God Checker (Compare ancient Gods and religions)
Greek Gods (A guide to Greek Gods, Spirits, and Monsters) 
Guinness World Records (Perhaps this should be on the Fun Stuff page)
History Channel (Look up a day or event in history)
History of Nations (History of every nation in the world)
History of Paper (How it's made and used)
The History Place (The past into the future)
History of the Monarchy (England & Scotland from 1603)
History World (Huge site with multiple ways to search information)
Hyper History Online (Covers the major epochs of world history)
Inventors (Everything about inventions and inventors)
League of Nations (Photo archive and information)
League of Women Voters (a nonpartisan political organization)
Little Known Facts (True tales of common place things)
Live Science? (Reports on animals, humans, technology, nature, history, believe if you will)
Longest List of Whatever (From the longest domain name)
McKinley Assassination Inc (History of President McKinley assassination)
Modern Mecanix (Blog with historic ads and innovations)
Morse Telegraphy (A tribute)
Musipedia (The Open Music Encyclopedia for those who can't name that tune)
Nation Masters (Compares statistics on countries around the world)
National Anthems (From all over the world)
National Archives (Online documents)
Nationwide Gravesite Locator (Veterans Benefits & Services)
Old Bailey (London court proceedings 1674-1834)
Political Graveyard (Politicians of the past)
Radio History (Old radio shows and history of radio)
Renaissance Collection (Learn about the Renaissance period)
Retro Future (Pop culture and SciFi of the past)
Roman Empire (Pictures and facts)
Science Fiction Database (Index to articles for Sci-Fi and Fantasy research)
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (Count them)
Shorpy (Photo blog of life 100 years ago)
Spirit of Now (A clock with population and consumption info)
Stark County Ohio Genealogy (History of Stark County)
State Information (Including court records)
Statistical Resources on the Web (Offering an enormous selection of national statistics,  a long list of government sites)
Structurae (Fascinating look at buildings and bridges etc. and how they are made)
Swing Years (Listen to the music of the past)
Text Archive (Religious texts online from all religions)
Theban Mapping Project (History and excavation of Egyptian tombs)
Tree Of Life web project (That's an interesting bug. Wonder if its poisonous)
TV Tomb (History of television programs)
U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. Historical Documents (In chronological order from the University of Oklahoma)
U.S. History (Short accounts and timelines from Online Highways)
Vintage TV Sets (Old TV's...collect them all)
Virginia Watchdog (US legislators public private information)
Vital Records (Order birth certificates etc.)
Vote Smart (Keep track of your politicians)
Walk Through Time (From NIST Physics Laboratory; a look at time)
Wikipedia (Free encyclopedia written by readers)
Wikipedia Edits (Find out who changes the entries)
Wikirage (Find the Wiki top stories)
Winged Sandals (Greek facts and mythology)
Women In World History (Biographies of historic women)
World Fact Book
World Freedom Atlas (For a better understanding of the world)
World Statesman (Historical and current leaders, monarchs and dictators)
World War I (Trenches on the Web)
World War II (In color pictures)

Language and Linguistics [back to top]

A Word A Day (Just what it sounds like)
100 Mispeled Misspelled Words (And how to remember to spell them correctly)
Abbreviationz (Abbreviations and acronyms)
AbbreviationBiz (With links to organizations)
Acronym Finder (BYOW -Bring Your Own Words)
Acronym Finder (For a variety of subjects from John Wiley & Sons)
All But Forgotten Oldies (Lyrics, articles and bands from the 60s & 70s)
Alpha Dictionary (Etymology, grammar, and translations)
American Heritage (Book of English Usage)
American Heritage (The most revered dikshunairy)
American Rhetoric (Speeches from the past)
Anagram Server (Have fun arranging-rearranging words)
Babel Fish (Language translator)
Banished (Words and phrases from Lake Superior State University)
Bartleby (Dictionaries and Encyclopedias)
Bible search (Search for a verse on line)
Big Dog Grammar (Take a bite out of grammar)
Book Crossing (Tens of thousands of book reviews)
Chiasmus (Reversal in the order of words)
Cliché Finder (Paste your text and see the clichés)
Common Errors in English (Learns you to right good)
Complete Works of Shakespeare (Tragedy & Comedy)
Confusing Words (Defines confusing words)
Crossword Links (Links to crossword puzzles and crossword solvers)
Crossword Puzzles (From One Across)
Define It Fast (You can even download it)
Definr (The fastest dictionary on the net)
Dictionary Link (Links to dictionaries, thesauruses, translators, and many more)
Double Tongued (Slang dictionary)
English Grammar (Rules and quizzes)
English to American Dictionary (Queen's English to American)
Etymology Dictionary (Origins of words)
Expressions & Sayings (Origins of expressions)
Language Tools (Translate entire web sites)
How J Say (Hear the words you type)
Idioms (From Go English)
Idiom Site (Behind the idioms we use)
Fairy Tails (Annotated)
Fallacy Files (A collection of fallacious, or otherwise bad, arguments)
Foreign Language Lessons (At least foreign to Americans)
Fun With Words (A celebration of the English language)
Language converter (From Systran)
Language Museum (Everything you wanted to know about languages)
Last Words (The last words of real people)
Lexical FreeNet (Online lexicon and thesaurus)
Lost In Translation (See how English looks to others)
Love Poems (Reader contributed)
Merriam-Webster OnLine
Merriam-Webster (Visual Dictionary Online)
Misspelled Words (The most common ones)
Mother Goose (Stories from Mother Goose)
Nija Words (Great little dictionary)
No Slang (Internet slang dictionary and translator)
Nursery Rhymes (With knock knock jokes and an online story of Ferdinand)
Ohio Bookbinders (And other book related links)
One Across (Crossword help, anagrams, cryptograms)
OneLook Dictionaries (Includes multiple languages)
Palindrome List (Lists of palindromes)
Phobia List (A listing of known phobias)
Phrase Finder (Trace the origin of phrases)
Quotations Page (Quotes for every occasion) 
Quote Project (Quotes are the embodiment of self-expression - R. Davis)
Quotes (From Brainy Quote, quotes of famous people)
Quotes (From Crystal Clouds)
Quotes (Personal page but hundreds of quotes)
Quotes (From Lit Quote)
Quotes (From Think Exist)
Quotes (From World of Quotes)
Quotes (From Quote World)
Quotes & Proverbs (and a few other things thrown in)
Quotes Place (From the Bart (Simpson) to the Bard)
Read To Me (Free service for the blind)
Research-It (Dictionaries, thesaurus, search engines, translators)
Reverse Dictionary (Describe a concept and get a word) 
Rhyme Zone (From Lycos with synonyms, antonyms, quotes, famous documents and much more)
Roget's Thesaurus (What's another word for thesaurus)
Sacred Text Archive (Devoted to religious tolerance of the worlds religions)
Scrabble Cheat-O-Matic (What words can you make from random letters)
Sign Language Browser (From Michigan State University)
Slang Dictionary (Translates internet slang)
Slang Site (Slang, webspeak, made up words, and colloquialisms)
Spell Check (An online spell checker)
Spelling Tests (Spelling tests, tips on spelling, Books about spelling)
Teen Chat Decoder (Chat room slang dictionary)
Today in Literature (Find out about your favorite author)
Urban Dictionary (Know what your kids are saying)
Word Count (How word usage ranks)
Word Detective (Humorous language and words explained)
Word Oddities (The name says it all)
Word Oddities (The name says it all)
Word Origins (Word and phrase origins)
Word Play (List of sites dealing with words)
Word Spy (Coined words and phrases)
Wordsmyth (Vocabulary builder, dictionary, crossword helper, login required)
WorldCat (Largest online library database)
World Wide Words (From Michael Quinion)
Writing and Researching Resources (From Brough's Links)
yourDictionary (Many dictionaries, translators, languages)

Computer and Specialized Topics [back to top]