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General Directories

Academic Info
http://www.academicinfo.net

Web master Mike Madin intends site to be a directory of Internet resources tailored to a college or advanced high school audience.

Argus Clearinghouse 
http://www.clearinghouse.net/
Site offers academic researchers an opportunity to view some of the best topical guides on the Web.

Best Information on the Net (BIOTN)
http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/alpha.htm

Site contains a directory of academic resources, maintained by librarians at St. Ambrose University. 

BUBL Link
http://bubl.ac.uk/link/
Selected Internet resources covering all academic subject areas. Site organized by the Dewey decimal Classification.

Fast Facts
http://www.freepint.com/gary/handbook.htm

A guide to find "fast facts"  like those you find in an almanac or statistical abstract. 

Information Please
http://www.infoplease.com
Site contains basic information about a variety of subjects. 

Internet  Library for Librarians
http://www.itcompany.com/inforetriever/

This site provides links to ready reference resources such as almanacs, biographies, dictionaries, directories, encyclopedias, maps, news, thesauri and weather.

INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections
http://infomine.ucr.edu/

Site offers an annotated collection of scholarly Internet resources arranged in nine broad topical sections.

LibrarySpot.com
http://www.libraryspot.com/

Site contains reviewed links to Almanacs, Associations, Ask an expert, Biographies, Business, Calculators, Calendars, Countries, Current Events, Dictionaries, Directories, Encyclopedias, Genealogy, Government, Grammar/Style, Historic Documents, How To, Images, Legal, Maps, Medical, Music, People, Public Records, Quotations, States, Statistics, Thesauri, Time, White Pages, Yellow Pages, Zip Codes and more.

Martindale's "The Reference Desk"
http://www.martindalecenter.com
Weekly updated site organized in categories.

Northern Light
http://www.northernlight.com/
Northern Light indexes not only Web site but also a Special Collection of more than 3,400 journals, reviews, books, magazines, and newswires not readily found on the Web. There is a reasonable cost for full-text articles.

RefDesk
http://www.refdesk.com/
Site links to Reference Site of the Day, Facts of the Day, Headline News, Reference Resources, Facts at a Glance, Facts Search Desk, Help and Advice, Subject Categories, and more.

Research-It! 
http://www.iTools.com/research-it/

Site is a one-stop electronic resource for many Web-based reference tools.

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