I love to look for things. My mother and I are both information junkies. Because of this, I have decided to create a page exclusively for reference. My goal is to have the information of the world at my fingertips all in the same place. I guess that you can use it, too...

Search Engines

General Reference

• Dictionary.Com - It's a really good basic dictionary.
• Roget's Thesaurus Online - Just like a real one, only online!
• Grammar Online - Everyone needs it...trust me. No one's perfect, except them.
• Study Web - It's the closest thing that I could get to an encyclopedia without giving out a user name and password on the page.
• Magellan Maps - I love maps. I love to look at all of the places around the world that I'll probably never really see. I also like to look up where something is if it's in a novel. It helps to visualize...
• Maps On Us -From time to time, everyone needs directions to get somepalce. Just plug in the destination address and they'll show you the way.

English Reference

• Robert Renew's Little Collection of Author Links -This is a friend's site devoted to literary research. It has a wide variety of authors and some misc. library links, too.
• Voice of the Shuttle Homepage - If it has to do with Literature, it'll most likely be here. Nicely organized, too.
• ResearchPaper.Com - Do you need MLA or another format? What the hell IS the right form for bibliographies? It's all here. It even has ideas for papers!
• Bartlett's Familiar Quotations - Have you ever wanted to start off on the right tone? Ever think of using a quote? This is probably the most noted source for quotations, other than the original sources.
• Guide to Writing Research Papers: MLA - Exclusively devoted to the MLA style, this page is maintained by a professor from Connecticut.
• Works of the Bard - This is the best search engine there is devoted totally to the Bard himself, Shakespeare.
• Encyclopedia Mythica - This is a nice index of all that comes from myths. You'd be suprised who alludes to a myth when writing and how obscure the reference can be.
• Index of Poetry Online - If you have to take a poetry class, it helps to be able to get info other than in the Norton Anthology.
• Literature and Medicine - This is through NYU. They came up with this database through their Medical Humanities Dept. It's like Cliff's Notes Online. DO NOT USE THIS EXCLUSIVELY FOR AN EXAM!!!!!!

Book Searches

• Library of Congress - Every book that has ever been published has a LOC Number. You may even be able to get excerpts from the books.
• Amazon Bookstore - One of the largest bookstores on the WEB (you know...AMAZON!) and has pretty reasonable prices.
• Internet Public Library - Ever needed to find a book to only borrow? Try the library. It's over the 'net, too, so it's convenient!