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Dictionaries and Thesauri

Lexicool
This directory has links to over 500 translation dictionaries and glossaries.
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary & Thesaurus
This is the dictionary of choice. Its features include cross referencing, biographical and geographical names, and names of plants and animals.
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
The 3d Edition of Roget's Thesaurus contains 35,000 synonyms and over 250,000 cross-references in an easy-to-use format.
Your Dictionary.com
This site provides access to over 1000 links to online foreign language dictionaries in over 190 languages. This outstanding site is for anyone learning a foreign language.
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Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia.com
This encyclopedia contains more than 14,000 articles from The Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Third Edition. This is a great place to find background information or a general overview of any given topic.
Encyclopaedia Britannica
EB Online includes the complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and the Britannica Book of the Year. You can also use EB Online to search an Internet directory that includes more than 130,000 links to Web sites selected, rated, and reviewed by Britannica editors.

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