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Evaluating Information Atlases Australian Information*
Citing Information Biographies Booksellers/Publishers
Research Help Calculators/Converters* Calendars / Events
Internet Search Tools Dictionaries*/Thesauri* Directories*
Internet Searching Tutorial Embassies Encyclopedias*
What are Literature Reviews? E-Reference Collections* E-Books/Web Book Reviews
Copyright Information Gazetteers/Country Info. Glossaries/Phraseology*
Postgraduate Services Government Information* Heraldry
Archives/Theses* Holidays, Festivals & Flags Inventions
Library Related Sites News* /Weather/Time* Patents
Scouting Services/Listservs/Weblogs* Quick Facts/Handy Tools* Quotations*/Concordances
Universities Guides* Statistics* /Technical Data* Translations*

* These sites either contain links to or are, of themselves, reference directories or portals.


Archives/Theses*

A2A (Access to Archives) - The English Strand of the Archives network
Archives (University of Melbourne)
Archives around Australia
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Australian Digital Theses Project
International Archives*
Internet Archive - The Wayback Machine
National Archives of Australia
Public Record Office Victoria
Repositories of Primary Sources
Special Collections (University of Melbourne)
UNESCO Archives Portal

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Australian Information*Australia/Victoria/Melbourne

Australia
Australian Government: Culture & Recreation Portal*
Australian Libraries Gateway - Pathways to Australian Information*
Australian Subject Gateways to Internet Resources*
Aussie.com (Business information)
Fabulous Facts about Australia
Guide to Australia*
Hints for Australian Travellers (DFAT)
Victoria
VICNET (Victoria's Network)*
Victoria's Virtual Library
Visit Victoria
Melbourne
City of Melbourne (Local Government)
Melbourne CitySearch*
Melway's Melbourne Street Directory

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Booksellers/Publishers*

Abebooks.com
AddALL
Alibris
Amazon.com
Australian Bookweb*
Bestseller Lists Lists: 1900 - 1995
Bibliofind
Bibliophile
Bibliopoly
BibliOz: the Booksearch Wizard
Books, Publishers*
Felicity Books (Australian Rare Book Supplier)*
Melbourne University Bookroom
Melbourne University Press
Publist
World Wide Web Virtual Library: Publishers*

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Internet Search Tools (Newsgroups/Search Engines/Subject Directories/Image Search Engines)*

Newsgroups
Google/Deja Usenet*
Tile.Net*
Search Engines
Anzwers
Ask Jeeves!
AskScott
Excite
Go.com (Infoseek)
Google
HotBot
Internet Archive - The Wayback Machine
Lycos
MetaCrawler
Northern Light
Sensis (GoEureka)
Vivisimo
WebCrawler
Subject Directories
About.com*
Galaxy*
Looksmart*
Pinakes*
Subject Gateways (NLA) *
VICNET*
Yahoo!*
Image Search Engines
Google Image Search
Picsearch
Yahoo! Picture Gallery

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Government Information (Worldwide/Australian/Victorian)*

Worldwide
Governments on the WWW*
Parliaments on the Web*
Australian
Australian Electorial Commission
Australian Commonwealth Government Entry Point*
Australian Commonwealth Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)
Australian National Library's Guide to Government Information*
Parliament of Australia: Home
Parliament of Australia: House of Representatives
Parliament of Australia: Senate
Prime Ministers of Australia

Victorian

Law Reform Committee
Parliament of Victoria
Vicnet's Government Page*
Victorian Auditor-General's Office
Victorian Electoral Commission
Victorian Hansard
 

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Scouting Resources/Listservs/Weblogs*

ALG's Australian library related discussion lists*
Ariadne
Current Cites (Digital Library SunSITE)
Free Pint
Internet Resources Newsletter
Internet Scout Weblog
Ozlists: Australian Electronic Mailing Lists
Research Buzz
ResourceShelf (Gary Price's daily weblog)
Scout Report
Search Engine Watch
Topica, the mailing list directory

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E-Reference Collections *

Academic Info: Your Gateway to Quality Educational Resources*
ANU Library: Reference*
Bartleby.com*
DeskRef*
Digital Librarian*
fossick.com*
Internet Public Library*
Internet Quick Reference (Indiana University)*
Librarians' Index to the Internet*
Martindale's Reference Desk*
Michigan eLibrary Reference Desk*
NoodleLinks*
RefTools*
Research-It (iTools)*
University of Queensland's: Virtual Reference Library*
Virtual Reference Desk*
Yahoo! Reference*
 

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E-Books/Web Book Reviews (E-Books/Web Book Reviews) *

E-Books
Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts
Banned Books Online
Classic Reader
ConnecText Catalog: A Registry for Online Textbooks
Electronic Books: a select list (Baillieu Library's list)
Library of Congress Electronic Texts and Publishing Resources
On-line Books Page
Online Literature Library
Project Gutenberg
Web Book Reviews
BookBrowser

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Library Related Sites (Union Listings/Other)

Union Listings
Libraries Australia (Kinetica)
HYTELNET
COPAC: Union Listing for UK & Ireland
Other
Australian Libraries Gateway*
British Library
CyberDewey
Gabriel : Gateway to Europe's National Libraries
Internet Library for Librarians*
Librarian.net
Librarians' Index to the Internet*
Library Land*
Library Link : current awareness for the information professional
Library of Congress
The Lipstick Librarian!
Victoria's Virtual Library

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Acronyms & Abbreviations

Abbreviations in Education
Acronym Finder
Acronym Search
Acronym Server
AGRICOLA journal abbreviations
All that JAS (Journal Abbreviations Sources)
Dictionary of Abbreviations and Acronyms in Geographic Information Systems, Cartography and Remote Sensing
ISI Journal Abbreviations Index
JAKE

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Almanacs *

CIA World Factbook
InfoPlease: On-Line Dictionary, Encyclopedia, & Almanacs
Old Farmer's Almanac

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Atlases

Atlapedia
Expedia (Interactive Atlas)
Maps of the Roman Empire
Periodical Historical Atlas of Europe (AD 1 - AD 1700)
World Atlas.com

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Biographies* (General/Specialised)

General
Biographical Dictionary
Biography Center
Biography.com
Dead People Server
Indiana University: Biography Links
Lives, the Biography Resource
Who's Alive - Who's Dead
Who2: Find Famous People Fast
Specialised
Bright Sparcs - Explorers & Scientists
British Monarchy
Find a Grave
Historians and Philosophers
De Imperatoribus Romanis: an online encyclopedia of Roman Emperors
Internet Movie Database
The Nobel Prize Internet Archive
Ozlife: Australian Biography and Book Review Index
Popes through the Ages : the complete list of popes
Women's biographies: Distinguished Women of Past and Present

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Calculators/Converters *

Bank of Canada Currency Converter
CalculateMe.com
Calculator.com

Current Value of Old Money
Dictionary of Units
English Weights & Measures (Imperial Metric Converter)
Free Online Calculators
Google's Calculator
How Many?: A Dictionary of Units of Measurement
Historical Currency Converter
Interbed Currency Converter
Measure 4 Measure*
Measurements Converter
Nutrition Calculator
OANDA Currency Converter
Online Conversion
Roman Numerals Converter
Temperature Conversion Calendar
Universal Currency Converter
Word Frequency Indexer

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Calendars / Events (Calendars / Events)

Calendars

Calculation of the Ecclesiastical Calendar
The Calendar Zone
Perpetual Calendar
Perpetual Calendar (University of Notre Dame)
10,000 Year Calendar
This Day in History
Yahoo Calendars*

Events

Australian Govt Culture & Recreation Portal: Festivals & Events & listing
Australian Govt Culture & Recreation Portal: Exhibitions
Melbourne CitySearch What's On Search database
University of Melbourne: Events
Visit Victoria: Events
Visit Victoria: What's On

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Copyright

Australian Copyright Council
University of Melbourne

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Encyclopedias* (General/Specialised)

General
Encarta
Encyclopædia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica - 1911 edition
Encyclopedia.com
Funk and Wagnalls
InfoPlease: On-Line Dictionary, Encyclopedia, & Almanacs*
Wikipedia
Yahoo Encyclopedias*
Specialised
Art Cyclopedia
Catholic Encyclopedia
Herbal Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia of Australian Shipwrecks
Encyclopaedia of British History: 1500-1980
Encyclopaedia of the Orient
Encyclopedia Mythica
De Imperatoribus Romanis: an online encyclopedia of Roman Emperors
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Occultopedia
TechEncyclopedia
Webopedia

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Dictionaries* (General/Specialised/Thesauri)

General
All Words*
Dictionary.com
Hutchinson Dictionary of Difficult Words
Hyperdictionary (English, Computer, Dream, Medical & Thesaurus)
InfoPlease: On-Line Dictionary, Encyclopedia, & Almanacs*
Macquarie Dictionary
OneLook Dictionaries*
Webster Dictionary
Wordsmyth
The Wordspy
Yahoo Reference Dictionaries*
Your Dictionary*
Specialised
All Words*
Australian Slang Dictionary
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable
BuzzWhack
Computing Dictionary
Dreaming@swoon
Duhaime's Law Dictionary
Esperanto Dictionary
Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language
Free Online Dictionary of Computing
Glossary of Internet Terms
Grove Dictionary of Music
Hyperdictionary (English, Computer, Dream, Medical & Thesaurus)
Internet Picture Dictionary
Language Tools (iTools)*
NetLingo : the Internet Dictionary
Oxymoron List
Phobia Guide
Phobia List
Skeptics Dictionary
Smileys Dictionary
SMS Glossary
Superior Words
TechEncyclopedia
Webopedia
Whatis?com
Yahoo Reference Dictionaries*
Your Dictionary*
Thesauri
All Words*
Hyperdictionary (English, Computer, Dream, Medical & Thesaurus)
Roget's Thesaurus
Visual Thesaurus
Webster Thesaurus
Wordsmyth
Your Dictionary*

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Directories* (Phone/Postal/Other)

Telephone
Australian White Pages
Australian Yellow Pages
University of Melbourne Internal Phone & Email Directory
International Phone Directories*
Telephone Directories on the Web (Infobel)*
Postal Information
Australia Post : Postcode Lookup
PostInfo - Address management on the web*
Zip Code Lookup and Address Information
Other
Internet Address Finder
Lycos People Search
Melway's Melbourne Street Directory
Yahoo! People Search

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Gazetteers/Country Information*

Australian Government - Geoscience: Place Name Search
Country, Economic & Regional Information (Australian Dept.of Foreign Affairs & Trade)
Country reports.org
Excite Travel
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
How far is it?: Bali & Indonesia on the Net
iTools (Research mode)
Oddens bookmarks*
Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
UK Street Map
U.S. Gazetteer

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Glossaries/Phraseology*

All Words*
Glossarial DataBase of Middle English
The King's English (Fowler)
Library Basics (University of Melbourne - Information Division)
WORDLAB - Inverting the English Language

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Heraldry

Heraldry Links
Pimbley's Dictionary of Heraldry

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Embassies

Australian Embassies, consulates and missions websites around the world
Embassy World

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Holidays, Festivals & Flags

Bank Holidays of the World
Flags of the World
World Flag Database

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Inventions

eHow
How Stuff Works
whatis.com

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Quick Facts/Handy Tools*

DeskRef: Sources for Quick Answers*
Gary Price's Fast Facts*
De Imperatoribus Romanis: an online encyclopedia of Roman Emperors
International Phonetic Alphabet
Morse Code Translator
Periodic Table of Elements
Refdesk.com*
Rulers
Superstitions
UlrichsWeb
Wayback Machine : the Internet Archive

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Quotations/Concordances

Quotations*
All Words*
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
Quoteland
Simpson's Contemporary Quotations
Concordances
Die Bibel (Martin Luther translation)
Bible (King James Version)
Book of Mormon
Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse
HTI Public Domain Modern English Collection
The Koran
Michigan Early Modern English Materials
The New Testament (Rheims 1582)

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Patents

Canadian Patent Database
European Patent Office
Intellectual Property Australia
UK Patent Office

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Statistics*

Australian Statistical sites on the Internet*
Global Statistics*
Statistical Resources on the Web*

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Technical Data*

Engnetbase: CRC Engineering Handbooks Online*
Periodic Table of Elements
Technical Data Reference Tables
WebElements

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Citing Information

APA documentation style
Chicago/Turabian referencing style
Citation Styles within the University of Melbourne
Cite them right - how to organise bibliographic references
Online! (Tutorial)
University of Melbourne Style guide

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Universities - Guides*

BrainTrack Worldwide University Guide*
Links to other Universities*
Peterson's

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News* / Weather / Time *(Online News Services/Internet News Services/Weather/Time)

Online News Services
ABC News (Australia)
ABC NEWS (U.S.)
BBC News (U.K.)
CNN (U.S.)
Yahoo News (U.K. & Ireland)
Internet News Services *
NewsTrawler*
News (Yahoo)*
Weather
Bureau of Meteorology, Australia
Victorian Forecasts
World Climate: Weather rainfall and temperature data
Time *
Koalanet
Time and Date
World Time Server*
Worldtime: interactive atlas, time info, public holidays*

Translations*

All Words*
Babel Fish (AltaVista)
Dialectizer
Esperanto Dictionary
FreeTranslation.com
Google's Translator
Latin Dictionary
Travlang's Translating Dictionaries*
Word Anywhere (Hindi Translation)
Whoohoo
Your Dictionary*
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