Reference Desk

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Dictionaries, thesauri, etc.
- Thesaurus
- Merriam-Webster Dictionary
- 675 dictionaries working together to help you be right about stuff
- Your Dictionary (multi-lingual options)
- Online Etymology Dictionary
- UsingEnglish.com English usage rules
Traditional-style reference works
- Encyclopedia
- Encyclopedia Britannica
- Encyclopedia Mythica
- Biography
- The 1908 Catholic Encyclopedia Careful!
- 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica The last edition in the public domain
Internet-age reference works
- Info-Please All around reference site
- Reference Desk Online
- Snopes. Double-check tall tales and urban legends.
- All Music Guide
- Internet Movie Database
- Wikipedia Enormous user-edited on-line reference
News and current events (Note: These are publications and resources that this document's editor finds to be consistently interesting and reasonably accurate. In no way does Everything2 endorse their publishers' views and opinions)
- Global news agencies
- Traditional print media
  - New York Times (United States)
  - Washington Post (United States)
  - The Guardian (U.K.)
  - Christian Science Monitor (United States)
  - Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
  - Jerusalem Post (Israel)
  - Houston Chronicle (United States)
- On-line and broadcast media
  - British Broadcasting Corporation (U.K.)
  - Independent Online (South Africa)
  - Al-Jazeera (Qatar)
  - Deutsche Welle (Germany)
  - AllAfrica (Mauritius)
  - Hindustan Times) (India)
Other