Reference

Dictionaries, Encyclopedias Libraries and Research Websites.

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Reference.com - Includes a dictionary and thesaurus
Theory of the State - Theory of the State explains what the state is and is not, what it can and cannot do, and the true interests underlying its actions.
MSN Encarta - The most authorative encyclopedia online. sorry wikis.
RefDesk.com - Reference, Facts and News. A family friendly resource.
Conservapedia - A politically conservative, wiki style, encyclopedia. Wanted Pages.
About.com - About everything... really.
HowStuffWorks - Learn how stuff works.
The Best of British - The American's guide to speaking British. A funny, well done website of interest to those of us (Americans) that enjoy BBC programming.
UrbanDictionary.com - User updated slang. Warning, you can look up some pretty nasty stuff here, but you have to look it up.
Wikipedia.org - The internet's free socialist encyclopedia. See revisionist history in real time! Learn more at Wikipedia Watch.

CIA World Factbook - An excellent geographical reference from our good friends at the Central Intelligence Agency.
NationalAtlas.gov - Maps of America.
TeachingAmericanHistory.org - The Teaching American History Document Library. Letters, speeches, documents, web sites, books, and articles on signifcant people and events in American political thought and history.
NARA - The National Archives
HistoryBuff.com - R. J. Brown and the Newspaper Collectors Society of America.
Project Gutenberg - The first and largest producer of free electronic books

FactCheck.org - Annenberg's political fact check. A nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that seeks to reduce the level of deception in U.S. politics.
Snopes.com - Debunking urban legends, common fallacies, old wives' tales, news stories, rumors, celebrity gossip, and more. ( Snopes is the family name of a set of malicious characters who appear throughout the works of writer William Faulkner. )
FedStats - Official statistical information produced by the U.S. Government from over 100 Federal agencies. Data on economic and population trends, crime, education, health care, energy use, farm production and more.