Dictionaries

• Little Explorers English-Spanish Dictionary
  • This is the English - Spanish version of our Picture Dictionary with links. 1,327 illustrated dictionary entries! Click on a letter above and you'll see words that start with that letter. The word on the top is in English, the word directly under it is in Spanish. Click on a picture or an underlined word, and you'll link to a great web site related to it.
• Little Explorers Spanish - English Dictionary
  • This is the Spanish-English version of the same dictionary. 1,327 illustrated dictionary entries! Click on a letter above and you'll see words that start with that letter. The word on the top is in Spanish, the word directly under it is in English.
• Mirriam-Webster WordCentral
  • You can look up words in the student dictionary, build your own dictionary and learn daily buss words.
• Yahooligans American Heritage English Dictionary
  • Over 200,000 entries feature 10,000 new words and senses, 70,000 audio word pronunciations, 900 full-page color illustrations, language notes and word-root appendixes.
• Yahooligans American Heritage Spanish Dictionary
  • Featuring American English and Latin American Spanish, it contains 70,000 entries, with more than 120,000 meanings. Nuevamente revisado e actualizado para el siglo 21, The American Heritage Spanish Dictionary, Second Edition es indispensable para estudiantes, turistas y gente de negocios.

Encyclopedia

• Encyclopedia.com
  • Encyclopedia.com, the Internet's premiere free encyclopedia, provides users with more than 57,000 frequently updated articles.
• Columbia Encyclopedia (Yahooligans)
  • The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia contains almost 52,000 entries (marshalling six and one-half million words on a vast range of topics), with more than 84,000 hypertext cross-references. Columbia Encyclopedia is among the most complete and up-to-date electronic encyclopedias ever produced.
• Fact Monster
  • The Fact Monster site is unique in combining essential reference materials (Atlas, Almanac, Encyclopedia), fun facts and features, and individualized homework help for kids. From the solar system to spelling tips to the latest on Harry Potter, Fact Monster has the information kids are seeking, all in one easy-to-use, searchable site.
• Kidopedia
  • An encyclopedia by and for kids.

Atlas

• NationalAtlas.gov
  • The Atlas includes easy-to use online interactive maps. You can use your favorite Web browser to display, print, and query custom-made maps. These maps include links to related sites on the Internet for more up-to-date, real-time, and regional data information. The new Atlas also includes dynamic multimedia maps designed to animate and illustrate our changing Nation. Finally, the National Atlas includes both documentation for the each map layer and articles that describe why the data were collected and how they have been used.
• World Atlas
  • An atlas of maps, flags, geography facts and more, on most every destination on the planet!

Almanac

• World Almanac for Kids Online
  • This is the website companion for the book World Almanac for Kids.
• Daily Almanac
  • This is a Daily Almanac sponsored by Pearson Education.
• Fact Monster Almanac
  • The Fact Monster site has the information kids are seeking, all in one easy-to-use, searchable site.

Other

• Biographical Dictionary
  • This dictionary covers more than 28,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day.
• Yahooligan's Reference
  • Containing Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, The Oxford Shakespeare, World Factbook and Weights and Measures