Reference
Dictionaries, Encyclopedias Libraries and Research Websites.
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
- Reference.com - Includes dictionaries, a thesaurus, an atlas, lots of almanacs and more. If you subscribe for $19.95 a year you won't have to endure the most and annoying banners and pop-up advertising I've ever seen.
- 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.
Libraries
- 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
Fact Checkers
- 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.
