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Reference Material

General

Dictionaries, Thesauri, Quotations

• Cambridge Dictionaries online -- searches several Cambridge dictionaries
• Merriam-Webster Online -- Their Dictionary and Thesaurus (and, for subscribers only, the Merriam-Webster Unabridged)
• Oxford English Dictionary (Available to ANU staff and students)
• Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged -- 1993 edition
  (Available via Literature Online (LION) Database to ANU Staff and Students
  -- scroll down to Websters ...)
  
• Hypertext Webster Gateway -- multidictionary search
• Multilingual Dictionary The LOGOS Group
• Thesaurus.com
• Bartlett's Quotations -- Bartleby.com also offers search of other Quotations collections
• A Dictionary of Scientific Quotations naturalSCIENCE
• The Quotations Page
• KnowPlay? - Offers quick lookup boxes to a variety of reference sources

Encyclopedia

• Encyclopedia.com -- Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.
  
• Encyclopaedia Britannica Online (detail of entries requires subscription to their Premium Service)
• Encyclopedia Mythica
• The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Directories

• ANU Directories Page
• Australian Postcode Database Search Australia Post
• White Pages (Telstra)
• Yellow Pages (Telstra)

Reference Gateways

• BUBL Link - General Reference -- Free Internet-based information service for the UK higher education community
• Digital Librarian: A Librarian's Choice of the Best of the Web Reference
• Encyberpedia - authoratative list of dictionaries, glossaries and thesauri
• Internet Public Library -- "An annotated collection of high quality Internet resources, selected by IPL staff ..."
• Refdesk.com
• UCSD Libraries Reference Shelf -- University of California San Diego Libraries
• Yahoo Reference Section including Dictionaries and Quotations

Places

Australia

• Australian Commonwealth Government Entry Point
• Australian Department of Environment and Heritage
• AusFlag
• Australian Flags
• Australia's Cultural Network -- Australian Government culture and recreation portal
• Fabulous Facts About Australia Geoscience Australia -- Maps, dimensions, landforms, etc
  
• The PANDORA Archive The National Library of Australia and Partners

World

• Embassies DFAT -- details of Australian embassies and missions overseas
• Index of Foreign Embassies in Australia DFAT
• Flags of All Countries Information Technology Associates (ITA) -- also quick facts
• How far is it? - distances between cities indo.com
• International Organization Web Sites, Union of International Associations
• List of Addresses of the Politicians of the World
• World Fact Book US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
• International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS): Charters and Other Instruments
• World Monuments Fund - 100 Most Endangered Sites

Travel & Tourism

• Australia. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, including
  • Hints for Australian Travellers
  • Travel Advisories
• Australian Tourism Net
• Tourism Australia
• Australian Travel and Hotel Accomodation
• The Hotel Guide -- for information and to make online reservations (international)
• Lonely Planet Online -- including
  • Destination Australia
• TravelASSIST - US focus
• TravelHUB
• Yahoo!Travel -- including
  • Oceania - South Pacific Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

Maps

• Map Machine National Geographic Society
• MapQuest: Maps search
• Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection University of Texas at Austin
  
• WorldAtlas.com
  
  
• Maps of Australia Embassy World -- annotated list of map links
• Expedia.com - Find a map: Australia

Quick look-up

Weather

• ACT Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology
• Australia Australia, Bureau of Meteorology (latest image)
• Rain or Shine
• Weather & Global Monitoring Charles Sturt University

Dates & Times

• Australian School and Public Holidays Travelpromote.com.au
• The World Clock (browse by city)
• Timezone Converter
• World Time and Dialling Codes search by country: state/province
• World Timezones (maps)
• Ecclesiastical Calendar
• Information Please Almanacs
• Islamic calendar convertor Saudi Arabia Ministry of Islamic Affairs
• Islamic Calendar and Calendar links National University of Singapore page
• Today's Calendar and Clock Page -- links to calendar and time websites

Weights, Measures, Standards

• A Dictionary of Units
• Measure 4 Measure -- Calculators, converters etc (sections on: Science/Math, Health, Finance, All 'Round the House, etc)
• Martindale's Calculators Online Center
• Measurements Converter
• ISO Country Codes
• Widely Used Standards ISO
• World Standards Services Network (WSSN)

Currency Converters

• Currency Converter Australian Travel Search
• OANDA: The Currency Site
• Xenon Labs: Universal Currency Converter

Other

Biography

• Living Legacy Awards: Biographies and photos Womens International Center (WIC)
• Nobel Prize Winners Nobel Foundation
  
  
• Bright Sparcs Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre -- Australian Scientists
• Composer biographies Australian Music Centre

Business and Finance

• Australian Business Online Australian Business Limited
• Australian Stock Exchange
• Australian Stock Market Index Charts The Privateer
• Money World Chase de Vere Financial Solutions, UK -- independent financial advisers
• Yahoo! Business and Economy

Science

• Mathematical Tables Math2.org
• Measurements Converter Convert-me.Com
• Periodic Table WebElements
• Constants, Units and Uncertainty US National Institute for Standards
• Scientific and Technical Acronyms, Symbols and Abbreviations Wiley-Interscience
• Selected Internet Reference Sources for Science - General Science

Style Manuals

Grammar and Language Usage

• Grammar and Styles Notes
• English Grammar: Wikipedia
• OWL - On-line Writing Lab Purdue University

Style Manuals

• American Psychological Association (APA) - Style for Electronic References
• Referencing: ANU Academic Skills Centre
• IFLAnet Citation Guides for Electronic Documents
• Paradigm: Online Writing Assistant
• Writing for Multimedia
• Yale Web Style Guide

Library related

Libraries, Archives, etc.

• Australian Libraries Gateway NLA
• Australian University Library Web Sites CAUL
• Directory of Archives in Australia Australian Society of Archivists Inc
• Picture Australia NLA
• Register of Australian Archives and Manuscripts (RAAM) NLA
  
  
• CoOL - Conservation Online Stanford University Libraries
• Gabriel - Gateway to Europe's National Libraries
• National Libraries Around the World University of Queensland Cybrary
• Repositories of Primary Sources University of Idaho Library

ISBN and ISSN Information

• National Library of Australia - Information and Services for Publishers Information and links about international standard numbers (ISBN, ISSN, etc), Cataloging in Publication (CIP), and other issues for print and electronic publication
• ISBN Agency Australia Thorpe-Bowker