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Dictionaries, Encyclopedias & Handbooks

This guide offers a selection of sites for those looking for ready reference or quick information, such as: definitions, quotations, telephone numbers and abbreviations.
Atlases & Maps Biographies Calculators Dictionaries		Directories Encyclopedias Handbooks Internet Searching & Directories Transportation & Weather

Atlases & Maps	Biographies
The Canadian Atlas Online Google Maps National Geographic: Xpeditions Atlas Perry Castaneda Collection: Map-Related Web Sites National Atlas of Canada Online Canadian Geographical Names	Biography.com Nobel Prize Internet Archive Calculators Online Calculator Martindale's Calculators
Dictionaries	Directories
Available only to Kwantlen community: Oxford English Dictionary Oxford Reference Online: over 175 English, bilingual and topical dictionaries Free sources on the web: Acronym Server Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary & Thesaurus OneLook Dictionaries Roget's Thesaurus II Visual Dictionary Online Webster's Online Dictionary: Rosetta Edition yourDictionary.com	AnyWho Online Directory myTelus Phone Book Canada Post Switchboard.com Information Services Vancouver: Red Book International Calling Codes Canada 411 infobel.com USPS Address and Zip Code Information Infospace
Encyclopedias	Handbooks & Almanacs
Canadian Encyclopedia CIA World Factbook Encyclopedia of British Columbia (available only to Kwantlen community) www.scholarpedia.org Wikipedia - 7 things you should know about Wikipedia before you use it as a source	Bartlett's Familiar Quotations Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable The Nobel Foundation NIST Physical Reference Data Old Farmer's Almanac Rulers of the World XE.com: The Universal Currency Converter Unit Converter Holidays & Festivals
Transportation & Weather	Internet Searching & Directories
BC Ferries BC Transit Online Drive BC Traveller Information System VIA Rail Canada Environment Canada Translink	Ask.com dmoz - Open Directory Project Google Google Scholar Yahoo

Updated: 09/02/2011
Updated by: LR