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Discover a world of knowledge including encyclopaedias and dictionaries, facts and practical know how, a chance to ask the experts and mythology and urban legends.
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Dictionaries, maps, timelines and an encyclopaedia |
About.com - practical advice and solutions from experts
Answers.com - articles from sites and journals
Ask a Librarian - online reference service from the Library of Congress
Banglapedia - national encyclopedia of Bangladesh
CIA World Factbook - population, government, military and economic information
Earth Tools - find places, latitude / longitude, sunrise / sunset times, elevation and local time zones
Easytide - tidal data for over 6,000 ports worldwide
Encyclopedia.com - search 49 encyclopedias and 73 dictionaries
Encyclopedia Mythica - mythology, folklore and religion
Encyclopedia Smithsonian - Everything from art to zoology
Factbites - find the most relevant search results
HyperHistory - discover over 3,000 years of world history
How to Clean Anything
ibiblio - library and digital archive of information including software, music, literature, art, history, science, politics and cultural studies
Information Please Almanac - health and science section of this US site is highly recommended
Intute - web resources evaluated by subject specialists, Science & Technology, Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences and Health & Life Sciences
Library Spot - library resources as well as links to other authoritative sites and encyclopaedias online
Omgili - an opinion and discussion search engine for groups, forums, user product reviews and live current conversation
One Look - access to over 900 online dictionaries
Perseus - Greek history and mythology
Scientific American - ask the experts questions about technology, space and physics, health, mind, nature, biology, archaeology and palaeontology
Scholarpedia - every article is written and edited by an expert in the field
Snopes - unravel a host of urban legends
Symbols - find information about thousands of symbols
WikiHow - the Wikipedia of how-to manuals
