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Reference Materials

http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Dictionaries_and_Reference_Materials/

Dictionaries
Tell us the definition of a word, its various uses and connotations, how to pronounce the word, and the correct spelling.

http://www.allwords.com/

http://www.bartleby.com/61/s0.html

American Heritage Dictionary

http://dictionary.reference.com/
Dictionary.Com

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Dictionary.html
Enchanted Learning

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/

Free Dictionary

http://www.m-w.com/

Meriam Webster Online

http://www.wordcentral.com/

http://www.etymonline.com/

Entymologies- Explanations of words

http://nhd.heinle.com/Home.aspx

Heinle's Newbury House Dictionary

http://www.ultralingua.net/

Online Dictionary for French, English Spanish, German, Portuguese

http://www.infoplease.com/dictionary.html

Info Please

http://www.onelook.com/

http://www.yourdictionary.com/

http://www.wordsmyth.net/

http://www.rhymezone.com/

Definitions, Rhymes, Antonyms, Synonyms, Homophones etc.

http://www.askoxford.com/?view=uk

Oxford Dictionaries

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

Cambridge International Dictionaries

http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/dictionaryhome.aspx

Encarta

Encyclopedias
give summaries of various topics.

http://www.bartleby.com/

http://www.britannica.com/

Britanica

http://www.bartleby.com/65/
Columbia Encyclopedia

http://www.dke-encyc.com/

E encyclopedia

http://encarta.msn.com/artcenter_/browse.html
Encarta

http://www.encyclopedia.com/

Encyclopedia.Com

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/

http://auth.grolier.com/cgi-bin/authV2?bffs=N

Grolier Encyclopedia

http://www.shagtown.com/days/

Holiday Encyclopedia

http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/index_a.html

Hutchinson Encyclopedia

http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/
Info Please

http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/
Love to Know Encyclopedia

http://www.wikipedia.org/

Multi Language Encyclopedia

http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/start.htm
Smithsonian Encyclopedia

http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Login?ed=wb

http://www.worldbook.com/wc/wbSearch?st1=lizard

World Book

Thesaurus
Tells synonyms and antonyms of words.

http://www.m-w.com/

Meriam Webster Online

http://www.bartleby.com/62/

Roget's ll The New Thesaurus

http://www.plexoft.com/SBF/thumbtabs.html