Reference Sites - A list of free sources of reference information available over the Web. This includes Dictionaries, Book Reviews, Calendars, News sources and more.

• Online Reference Resources (Hebrew)
• Reference resources available for TAU users only

General Reference Sources

• LIbrarySpot
• Internet Library for Librarians
• Librarians' Index to the internet
• Digital Librarian
  
  

Acronyms and Abbreviations

• The  Acronym Dictionary
• Acronym Finder
• Acronym Dictionaries (yourDictionary.com)
• Stands4.com
• Great Three Letter Abbreviations Hunt
• JAS - Journal Abbreviation Sources
• Yahoo! Directory Acronyms and Abbreviations
  
  

Almanacs/Fact Books

• CIA World Factbook
• E-Conflict World Encyclopedia
• Information Please Almanac
  
  

Address, Telephone and Email Directories

• Internet Address Finder
• Yellow Pages
• 144 Bezeq
   

Ask an Expert

• Ask Yahoo!
• Ask Jeevs
• AskA+ Locator

Biography Sources

General

• Bubl - Biographies
• Biographical Dictionary
• Biography.com
• Biography Center
• Biographie.Net  (French)
• AllPerson
• ACRL Biography Resources
• Lives, the Biography Resource
• LII.org  -- Collected biographies
• Who's Who Online
• Who2?
• Namebase Index -- People in the arts, politics, etc., from books and articles.
• 42explore2.com
• Infoplease Biography
• Lists of people
   

By Subjects

• Actors and Actresses::Yahoo's index
• Artists --Yahoo's guide.
• Union list of Artists name online
• ArtNet -- Artists' Biographies
• Library Spot-- General and by type
• Internet Library for librarians --General and by subject
• Eric Weisstein's World of Science - Scientific Biography
   

History

• Major Figures in Ancient/Classical History
• Who is Who in Medieval history 
• Great warrior/Leaders/Thinkers
• A Biographical Dictionart of Ancient, medieval' and modern Freethinkers
• Dictionary of art historians-- Biographical Dictionary of Historians, Museum Directors and Scholars of Art
   

Literature

• American Authors -- Bibliographies and links to works online.
• Gale's Literary Index
• Great Writers
• Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature
   

Musicians

• Classical Music Page --Find musicians by period or musical form
   

Women

• 4000 Years of Women in Science
• Women's Biography Sites.
• Women of the Century: 100 Years of American Heroes
• Women International  Center (WIC) Biography index
  
  

Book Reviews

• AcqWeb: Directory of Book Reviews on the Web
• BookBrowser--has all kinds of useful book info--reading lists, by genre, author, series, sequels, or Oprah
• Book Reviews --Yahoo's index.
• Books in Depth -- reviews in selected journals and newspapers
• New York Review of Books
• BookSpot
• Online Literary Criticism Collection --from the  Internet Public Library
• H-Net Reviews -- An online scholarly review of titles in the humanities and social sciences
  
  

Calendars/Days/Time

• Calendar/Timeanddate.Com's Calendar Page  -- Creates a calendar for any year or month.
• Convert Between Civil and Hebrew Dates  -- Displays the Hebrew dates in English and in Hebrew. Converts civil dates to Hebrew dates.
• Conversion of Islamic and Christian dates
• Local Times Around The World

Major Style Manuals
 

The Chicago Manual of Style

• Complete Manual is available at the Reference department 029.6 CHI
• Basic Chicago style is covered in Research and Documentation Online
• Questions and answers about Chicago style and tools to help you with Chicago style
• Also, see A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations by Kate Turabian for Chicago style for students. Available at 029.6 TUR
   

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers

• Complete handbook available at 029.6 MLA
• Basic MLA style is covered in Research and Documentation Online
• Frequently Asked Questions about MLA Style
• MLA Guide
• MLA Citation Style
• Bibliographies: MLA format
   

Sites with Links to Additional Resources and Styles

• BUBL LINK
• Library of Congress: How to cite Electronic sources
• Citation Style Guides From Condordia University Libraries in Montreal
• Citing Electronic Resources
• Citing Print and Electronic Sources
• Citation Style for Research Papers
• Sources From Dartmouth College
• How to cite Articles?
• ONLINE! Citation Styles: Index
• Guide to style manuals
• Citations Styles
  
  

Concordances

• Web Concordances -- Concordances to selected English poetry
   

• All-Conferences.net -- Directory of conferences, conventions, exhibits, seminars, workshops, events, trade shows and business meetings, includes calendar, dates, location, and registration.
• Mind : The meetings Index

Conversion Tools

• Currency Converter
• Historical Currency Converter -- 1990 to the present
• How many? -- Dictionary of units of measurement
• EH.net - How Much is That? --Includes historical data on purchasing power and exchange rates of the British pound
• English Weights and measures: Conversion Factors
• OnlineConversion.com
• Roman numerals converter -- To convert between Arabic and Roman numerals
• Current Value of old money
   

Popular Dictionaries

• American Heritage -- Fourth edition has 90,000+ entries.
• Cambridge Dictionaries -- Includes phrases and idioms.
• Dictionary.com -- Definitions from Webster's and more.
• Merriam-Webster -- Familiar, fast and easy dictionary.
• OneLook Dictionaries -- Search many dictionaries at once.
• World English Dictionary -- Includes audio pronunciations.
• yourDictionary.com -- Dictionaries for 230+ languages.
• Glossarist.com -- A glossary directory to 20+ topics.
  
  

Language dictionaries

• Language Dictionaries
• WWWebster Dictionary-- is an on-line version of the 10th edition of Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.
• OneLook : General Dictionary sites
• Oxford English Dictionary
• Morfix Dictionary -- An English-Hebrew, Hebrew-English dictionary.
   

Special dictionaries

• The Alternative Dictionaries
• A Semantic Rhyming Dictionary of Slang
• Genealogy Dictionary
• Media Services: Glossary
• ODLIS: Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science
  
   

Etymologies

• Etymology dictionaries
   

Quotation Dictionaries

• Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
• The Quotations Page
• Simpson's Contemporary Quotations
• Quoteland.com -- Quotations on every topic
• http://www.libraryspot.com/quotations.htm
• Yahoo Guide to Quotations Pages
• WWW Searchable Bible

Online Encyclopedias

 Encyclopedias-Directories

• Search engine to 6 Encyclopedias simultaneously
• Librarians' Index to the Internet
• LibrarySpot Encyclopedias
   

General Encyclopedias

• Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
• Encyclopedia.com
• Encyclopidia of Diderot & d'Alembert
• Free Internet Encyclopedia  
• Yahoo! Reference  
• Encarta  
• Encyclopedia Smithsonian
• Encyclopedia Britannica
• Webopedia  
• www.1911encyclopedia.org
   

Subject-specific Encyclopedias

• Cambridge History of English and American Literature
• Encyclopedia Mythica
  An encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, and legend. Non-refereed articles.
• Encyclopedia of World History
• Encyclopedia of the Celts
• Bushido history and philosophy of Bushido
• Mooma
  Hebrew Encyclopedia for music
• Encyclopedia of Television
• Encyclopedia for theatre
• HyperHistory
• The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Mesoamerica
• Instrument Encyclopedia
• Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• Jewish Encyclopedia
• Literary Encyclopedia
• Musicals101.com: The Cyber Encyclopedia of Musical Theatre, TV and Film
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• The ORB Encyclopedia: A Topical Index -- Medieval studies
• Encyclopedia of the Orient
  With photos and sound; specializes in North Africa and the Middle East .
• Perseus Project
• Spartacus - including British history 1700-1950, and two separate works for World War I
• SYMBOLS.com: Encyclopedia of Western Signs and Ideograms
  Online version of Carl G Liungman's book Thought Signs: The Semiotics of Symbols--Western Ideograms (1995).
• TechEncyclopedia
  
  

Alphabetical Order 

• Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts
• American Verse Project :An electronic archive of volumes of American poetry prior to 1923.
• ARTFEL Project
• ATHENA : Authors and Texts
• Avalon Project  Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy
• Bartelby.com: Great Books Online
• Bibliomania Free Online Literature and Study Guides
• Bibliotheca Augustana
• Black Drama
• Classical Poems
• The Curiae Project United States Supreme Court records and briefs
• Digital Book Index links to  title records from commercial and non-commercial publishers, universities, and various private sites.
• Electronic Books page for the University of Texas at Austin
• Electronic Resources for Classicists
• Electronic Text Archives  DMOZ Open Directory
• The Electronic Text Center Collection (Virginia University)
• Electronic Text Collections and Archives
• The English Server (eserver.org) over 30,000 works in the arts and humanities free of charge to readers online
• European Literature - Electronic Texts
• French Resources (Virginia University)
• Gutenberg Project  Electronic books (eBooks or etexts) Most of them  are older literary works.
• Hebrew Books
• De Humani Corporis Fabrica
• Humanities Text Initiative Online access to full text resources since 1994
• Internet Sacred Text Archive (There is a list of topics)
• Librarians' Index to the Internet: E- Books
• List of E Text Archives
• The Online Books Page
• The Online Medieval and Classical Library (OMACL)
• The Online Texts Collection (Internet Public Library.)
• Online Library of Literature
• Page By Page Books: Hundreds of classic books and documents.
• Poetry Archives
• Plagiarist Poetry
• Search eBooks : A specialized search engine for e-books.
• SparkNotes
• World eBook Library
• Yahoo! Directory: Electronic Literature

• מאגר ספרים סרוקים- ספרייה לאומית
• ספרים און-ליין
• פרויקט בן יהודה
• ספרים: אוסף קישורים לספרים מקוונים
• כתבי היד והדפוסים הקדומים של חיבורי הרמב"ם
• מורה נבוכים לרבנו משה בן מימון :הנוסח המלא של מורה נבוכים כפי שתורגם מערבית ע"י מיכאל שורץ
  
   

• Amico
• Art Images
• Alltheweb pictures
• Searching the Internet for Images
• AltaVista image search
• British Association of Picture Libraries and Agencies
• Google image search
• Heritage Image Partnership -- A selection of images from the collections of British museums and institutions
• Image resources
• Images online
• Picsearch
• Artcyclopedia: the Guide to Museum-Quality Art on the Internet
  
  

Maps & Gazetteers

• How Far Is It? -- Uses University of Michigan Geographical Name Server to find the distance between two locations.
• Mapquest
• Yahoo! maps -- includes maps, driving instructions, distances, and more
• Atlapedia Online -- Key information on every country of the world.
• World Gazetteer

Museums

Indexes

• Guide to Museums and Cultural Resources.   Links to over 1000 international museum and museum-related WWW sites.
• World Wide Web Virtual Library Museums page
• Yahoo Museums List
• WebMuseum Network.   A virtual museum with illustrations of famous paintings
• ILMuseums.com  Information about Israel museums.


Some Special museums

• Israel Museum
• U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
• Smithsonian Institution- Includes links to many museums
• Louvre ( Paris , France )
• British Museum
• Salvador Dali Museum
• Museo National del Prado
  
  

• News and Newspapers On-line -- Links to newspapers and news sites world-wide.
• YAHOO: News and Media
• Newspapers.Com.  -- Links to newspapers world-wide, classified by country and subject.
   

Israeli Newspapers

• Globes --Israel business newspaper.
• Haaretz --selection of the day's top stories,editorials and features.
• The Jerusalem Post
• Israel Line --Israeli Newspapers Clippings
• Maariv
• Ynet (Yediot)

Arabic Newspapers

• Arabic2000.com
• Arabic Newspapers
• Asharq Al Awsat
• Annahar

Foreign Newspapers and Newsmagazines

• Le Monde
• Der Spiegel
• USA Today
• The Wall Street Journal
• Die Welt
• The New York Times on the Web
• New York Times Archive
• New York Times Book Reviews
• The Times On-line
• TIME  Magazine Archive 1923-Present

Broadcasting News

• Associated Press
• CBS News
• NBC News
• ABC News
• CNN

On-line Bookstores

• Worldwide Books (Exhibition Catalogs)
• Amazon Books and CDS
• Barnes & Noble
• Dibook Hebrew Bookstore

Publishers

• Publishers' Catalogues
  The Publishers' Catalogues website provides links to the websites of more than 7,500 publishers worldwide.
• PubList: The Internet Directory of Publications
   

Search Strategy

• Librarian index to the internet
• Digital Librarian
• About.com
• WWW Virtual Library
   

Signs & Symbols

• Symbols -- Encyclopedia of graphic symbols
• World flag database

• NASA Thesaurus
• WWWebster Thesaurus (Merriam Webster)
• Roget's Thesaurus
• WordNet Vocabulary --Provides homonyms, synonyms, and coordinate terms. Helper
• The CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (Carnegie Mellon)
• The Semantic Rhyming Dictionary --Use for rhymes, to spell check, to find synonyms, etc.
• Controlling your language - links to metadata vocabularies

Theses & Dissertations

• American and Canadian Dissertation and Theses
• Australian Dissertations and Theses
• African American Theses and Dissertations
• South Asian Diaspora Bibliographic Guides
• Southeast Asia Theses and Dissertations
• Foreign Doctoral Dissertations
• Current Research
• French theses