Encyclopedias

• XRefer    Best place to start. Many sources at once:
  

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• Bartlett's Quotations               Got a snippet of a famous quote and just can`t remember who said it or when? Check it out here.
• Britannica Online         No more lugging around all those heavy volumes of Encyclopedia Brittanica ...
• Purdue's Reference Desk          Links to phone directories, government databases
• My Virtual Reference Desk         One intrepid cybernaut has compiled one of the best listings or reference books. A good place to start
• Funk & Wagnalls.com
• Knowledge Adventure Encyclopedia - student encyclopedia, mostly science topics
• Encylopedia Smithsonian - topical entries from the Smithsonian Institute
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - updated quarterly, refereed
• Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
• The Quotations Page
• PC Webopaedia   For tech terms
• Encyclopedia.com