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REFERENCE

Dictionary: The Newbury 
house dictionary of American 
English
                   
http://nhd.heinle.com/Home.aspx
Thesaurus: 
 
http://thesaurus.com
Maps and Atlases: Perry-Castanada Library 
at the University of Texas | Map Collection   http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/

Encyclopedia: Search by 
keyword or browse by letters 
of the alphabet.  This is a 
reference desk with links to dictionaries, thesaurus, 
almanacs and additional encyclopedias. 
www.encyclopedia.com
Perseus- Greek, Latin, Classics, English Renaissance  Perseus 
is an evolving digital 
library from the classics department at Tufts  
University .
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/
Scout Research Report- History    The project’s 
reports are published 
every Friday through the coordinated work of the computer science and 
library departments at the University of Wisconsin . 
This is an archive of 
information of valuable 
online resources.
       www.scout.wisc.edu
CIA World Fact Book
Current events, History    
Search by country name. 
This is a collection of maps, government, people, economy 
and transnational issues for 
countries of the world. ww.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook
Newspapers and  
Magazines
:
Search world 
news by country www.world-newspapers.com  

Search 4000 Online Newspapers and 2500 magazines easily by using
  this advanced search 
engine.  www.metagrid.com