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What is the state flower for Nebraska? The words of the state song for Nevada?  View a concise overview of important information and quick facts for each state.  Includes sports teams, schools, state parks, license plates, government representatives, state symbols and more.

US government profiles of countries and territories around the world.  Includes information on geography, people, government, transportation, economy, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues.  A special section, Flags of the World, features color images of the countries' flags.

Explore a variety of topical almanacs with information on sports, history & government, business, health & science and more.  The Information Please Alamanacs originated as a radio quiz show where the public would ask questions of a panel of experts.  Listeners wrote in questions on topics ranging from performing arts to natural history.   The show's creator later published a reference book with these answers and the Information Please Almanacs were born.  This site also features an online dictionary, thesaurus and encyclopedia.

The dictionary covers more than 33,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day. The dictionary can be searched by birth and death dates, positions held, professions, literary and artistic works, achievements, and other keywords.
S9.com is a Wikipedia type system and everyone can edit biographies or even make their own.

Features Biosearch, a search engine of 30,000+  biographies that gives you easy access to multiple entries on a particular person (e.g., the site offers three separate bios on Lincoln—from the dictionary, almanac, and encyclopedia).

Bartleby.com hosts an online search engine for the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. The fourth edition's more than 90,000 entries feature 10,000 new words and senses, 70,000 audio word pronunciations, 900 full-page color illustrations, language notes and word-root appendixes.

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth edition, at Bartleby.com contains nearly 51,000 entries (marshalling six and one-half million words on a vast range of topics), and more than 80,000 hypertext cross-references.

Wikipedia is a multilingual, Web-based, free content encyclopedia project. Wikipedia's articles provide links to guide the user to related pages with additional information. Wikipedia is written collaboratively by volunteers from all around the world. Anyone is welcome to add information, cross-references or citations. Since its creation in 2001, Wikipedia has grown rapidly into one of the largest reference Web sites.

Online version of the popular annual Time Almanac. You can browse by topic or search. All-in-one encyclopedia, almanac, dictionary, thesaurus, atlas, and biography reference! Includes the Random House Webster's College Dictionary and the Columbia Encyclopedia.

"GovSpot.com is a non-partisan government information portal designed to simplify the search for the best and most relevant government information online. This free resource offers a high-utility collection of top government and civic resources hand-selected by our editorial team for their quality, content and utility."

FedStats provides access to the full range of official statistical information produced by the Federal Government without having to know in advance which Federal agency produces which particular statistic. With convenient searching and linking capabilities to more than 100 agencies that provide data and trend information on such topics as economic and population trends, crime, education, health care, aviation safety, energy use, farm production and more, FedStats is your one location for access to the full breadth of Federal statistical information.

The APA Style website provides online guidelines for commonly asked questions concerning electronic references. It is an auxiliary companion to the APA reference book, The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.

A compilation of one English professor's postings to the newsgroup alt.usage.english in response to questions about English grammar.

This website contains links to various sections of the online tutorial Guide to Grammar and Writing, which is sponsored by the Capital Community College Foundation.

A short list of FAQs about the MLA Style Manual from the Modern Language Association.

The English Department at the University of Calgary provides this tutorial on grammar, covering parts of speech, sentence elements, punctuation, and word use. It includes a section on marking, and links to related resources.

"A collection of passages, phrases, and proverbs traced to their sources in ancient and modern literature....This tenth edition of 1919 contains over 11,000 searchable quotations."

Search by person, keyword or exact words. Browse by category. Ask a question about a quotation or contribute an answer to the extensive forum.

A small, interesting archive.  You can search or browse by author or subject.  Users can also submit quotes for inclusion in this dictionary.

Containing 35,000 synonyms and over 250,000 cross-references in an easy-to-use format, this thesaurus features succinct word definitions and an innovative hyperlinked category index. A Bartleby.com selection.