Reference Sites

Dictionaries & Thesauri

American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
The Compact Oxford English Dictionary
Infoplease: Dictionary
Merriam-Webster Online (Dictionary & Thesaurus)
OneLook Dictionary (View multiple dictionary definitions in one simple search)
Oxford English Dictionary (Subscription resource through VIVA — RBC faculty, staff and students working from home must log in.)
Oxford Reference Online (Subscription resource through VIVA — RBC faculty, staff and students working from home must log in.)
YourDictionary.com: Speciality Dictionaries

Directories

Associations Unlimited (Subscription resource through VIVA — RBC faculty, staff and students working from home must log in.)
CollegeBoard (College directory)
College Search (Peterson's directory of colleges)
Dissertation Express (UMI — search for and order dissertations)
Occupational Outlook Handbook (Career info)
Verizon Super Pages (Yellow Pages, White Pages, People Finder)
Zip Code Lookup (Zip code directory from the U.S. Postal Service)

Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia Britannica (Subscription resource through VIVA — RBC faculty, staff and students working from home must log in.)
Gale Virtual Reference Library (Subscription resource through VIVA — RBC faculty, staff and students working from home must log in.)
Infoplease: Encyclopedia
Medline Plus Medical Encyclopedia
Oxford Reference Online (Subscription resource through VIVA — RBC faculty, staff and students working from home must log in.)

Facts & Figures

Conversion Calculator
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (Subscription resource through VIVA — RBC faculty, staff and students working from home must log in.)
Information Please Almanac
Farmer's Almanac
Oxford Reference Online (Subscription resource through VIVA — RBC faculty, staff and students working from home must log in.)
Periodic Table of Elements
Stock Market (CNN)
Timelines from Information Please Almanac
U.S. Census Bureau
Weather

Geographic Information & Maps

Quotations

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
The Columbia World of Quotations
Oxford Reference Online (Subscription resource through VIVA — RBC faculty, staff and students working from home must log in.)

Additional Reference Information

Encyclopedia Smithsonian - Links to resources available through the Smithsonian Institution.
Internet Public Library Ready Reference - Evaluated and annotated Internet sites organized by subject.
Refdesk.com: The Single Best Source for Facts on the Net - Links to ready reference in a wide range of topics, including currency conversion, quotations, zip code finder. Features a "Site-of-the-day" and Alltheweb and Google search engines.
Navigator: A Selective Guide to the Internet - This site features separate sections for students, teachers and parents. Links organized by broad subject area.
Oxford Reference Online (Subscription resource through VIVA — RBC faculty, staff and students working from home must log in.)
Virtual Reference Shelf - From the Library of Congress - Selected Web resources compiled by the Library of Congress.

For other useful web sites, try the library's A-Z listing of recommended web sites and the library's subject guides to RBC courses.