Reference Links
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The most popular search engine on the web with access to more than 10 billion (yes billion!!) websites.
Yahoo!
The second most popular search engine on the web with extra features including news and entertainment. Also features email and community facilities.
MSN
A hybrid search engine / news & entertainment site. Has the useful feature of allowing you to search the 'Microsoft Encarta' encyclopedia at the same time as searching the rest of the web.
IWant2Know
A really useful resource designed for young people with the aim of answering many of the important questions you may find yourself asking. Everything from how to buy your first car to where to go for information on eating disorders. It has in depth answers for many as well as well researched links and contact details for other organisations. Well worth a look.
Spartacus Encyclopaedia
British online encyclopaedia (targeted at young people) with a firm focus on history. It's actually more of a links collection than encyclopaedia but covers a good range of historical topics anyway.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/
Wikipedia
The ultimate repository of collective knowledge on the web. This encyclopaedia is a free online resource that relies on the input of its users for the creation of its pages. Need to know something. Check the Wikipedia.
Project Gutenerg
Project Gutenberg is a project to put books online and make them freely available to the world (17,000 books and counting).
Google Maps
Google's answer to all the other mapping sites. This has to be one of the best looking. It also does directions and local facilities listings.
Multimap
Another mapping site...
Streetmap
Yet another mapping site...
Roget's Thesaurus Online
The online 'Roget's Thesaurus'. Put online thanks to Project Gutenberg, this is a very useful tool for creative writers, or anyone struggling to find a different way of saying the same thing!
Online Dictionary
A dictionary, thesaurus and encyclopaedia online
http://dictionary.reference.com/
Rhyming Dictionary
Online rhyming dictionary.
Babelfish - Translation Tool
Babelfish is Altaivsta's online translation tool offering translations between any of eleven languages. Very handy but before you go doing you're French homework on it you should know that it's not perfectly accurate (works better on short phrases than long sentences).
http://babelfish.altavista.com/
Yellow Pages Online
The Yellow Pages online. Useful for finding business' and services in your local area.
Up My Street
For some localised information this site could be useful. Also gives you some worrying stereo-types if you enter your postcode and then look at your neighbourhood profile.
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