General reference

Biography

• Biographical dictionary
  Wikipedia style dictionary giving concise coverage of over 33,000 notable people.
• Use your library card to access Who's Who

Dictionaries and language 

• Anagram finder
  Word or phrase searcher.
• English
  Cambridge Dictionaries online.
• Business Jargon Buster
• Finance Jargon Buster
• Fonetiks
  Pronunciation guide to foreign languages
• Free Dictionary
  Free online dictionary covering sixteen languages.
• Free Language Courses
  Online directory of language courses worldwide.
• My Language
  Search engines, web directories and news in over sixty languages
• Omniglot
  Writing systems and languages of the world.
• Pseudonyms
  Aliases, nicknames, pen names, noms de plume...etc.
• Quotations
  40,000 quotations searchable by theme or keyword
• Reverse Dictionary (OneLook)
  Find a word from its definition
• Sign language
  British sign language.
• Thesaurus
  Web version of Roget's 3rd edition to finding that word.
• Translating
  Comprehensive language web portal.
• Translating - Google Translate
  Web translating service.
• Webopedia
  Computer and internet technology definitions

Maps and Travel

• Web sites related to maps and travel

Radio

• BBC Radio
  Listing of BBC radio stations.

Newspapers

• Newsplan
  Database of local newspapers.
• UK
  Local, regional and national titles.
• Worldwide
  All countries and languages.

Use your library card to access national newspapers and the Times archive

Sport

• Sport England
  Official organisation supporting participation in sport.

Telephone and postcode directories, and people finders

• 912.com
  Over 630 million records of people, businesses and places.
• UK Codes - Code locator
  Telephone codes located.
• UK Postcode Finder
  Address and postcode finder service.
• UK Telephone Directories – BT
  Alphabetical business and residential listings.
• UK Yellow Pages
  Find a service or product supplier.
• World Telephone Directories
  Extensive international coverage.

World

• Central Intelligence Agency
  Includes World Fact Book and Directory of chiefs of state and cabinet members.
• Embassies
  International directory.
• Flags of all countries
  Coloured illustrations.
• Gazetteer; International
  Links to "Collins World Atlas Gazetteer online"
• Gazetteer; Great Britain
  Place names from Ordnance Survey website
• Guinness World Records
  Online version of the famous annual.
• Measuring Worth
  Financial differences historical and worldwide
• Statistics - infoplease.com
  International coverage of topics.
• Statistics - nationmaster.com 
  Handy way to graphically compare nations.
• Tide tables
  Log yourself in to get full predictions or download next seven days for free
• Time Zones
• World Clock
  Current times and time converter.

                
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