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Brunswick Library's Quick Reference
Merriam
Webster's Online Dictionary - Quick way to look up a word, or use a thesaurus.
dictionary.com and its parent reference.com - fast access to reference works
Reference Desk - Busy interface, advertiser supported, but quick links to popular services and a lot of references available
DeskRef - "DeskRef is intended to be a quick way to find resources on the Internet that answer reference questions frequently asked by patrons in public libraries. The most popular links have been added to the category descriptions found on the main page and other category pages, so that the most frequently used resources can be accessed with minimal clicking and scrolling."
Internet
Public Library Reference
Center - In addition to classified links, you can submit questions for
volunteer reference librarians to answer.
Librarian's Index to the Internet - "is a searchable, annotated subject directory of more than 7,900 Internet resources selected and evaluated by librarians for their usefulness to users of public libraries. It's meant to be used by both librarians and non-librarians as a reliable and efficient guide to described and evaluated Internet resources."
MedlinePlus - from the National Library of Medicine - "a gold mine of up-to-date, quality health care information from the world’s largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health. Both health professionals and consumers can depend on it for accurate, current, medical information. There is no advertising on this site, nor does MEDLINEplus endorse any company or product."
FirstGov - "offers
a powerful search engine that searches every word of every U.S. government
document in a quarter of a second or less. FirstGov.gov also features a topical
index, online transactions, links to state and local government, options to
contact your government, and other tools so you don't have to know the name
of the government agency to get the information you want."
Thomas - "Legislative
Information on the Internet, a service of the Library of Congress" - extensive
information about the United States Congress, including full-text search of
bills (going back several sessions of Congress), and a Congressional directory
Links to other libraries' reference sites:
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