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Conversion tables & calculators
Libraries, directories & databases
- Ask a Librarian - will send an answer within two working days
- Bibliomania - free online literature & study guides, including classic texts, notes & biographies, study guides, reference books including Roget's Thesaurus
- BUBL Information Service - search engine & directory of UK curriculum areas
- CataList - the official catalogue of LISTSERV mailing lists
- COPAC - on-line public access catalogue to UK university research libraries
- Devon College Libraries - on-line curriculum links for FE (Further Education college) students
- Encyclopaedia Britannica Online
- Guide to Grammar & Writing - including sections on quizzes, word & sentence level, paragraph level, essay & research paper level, peripherals & powerpoints, US site
- HE & Research Library Catalogues - HERO - UK links
- InfoPro Alliance - tools, examples & templates to support information professionals, also good links to international associations, publications & research tools from Factiva.com
- Institute for Employment Research - UK site, including occupational classifications & economics & politics links
- LibrarySpot - huge range of specialist & general libraries, reference sites, articles, lists, library news & monthly newsletter by email
- PICK: Quality Library Internet Resources - wide range of library & information science information, resources & links from University of Wales, Aberystwyth, search option & site map
- Questia - online library of academic books & articles, very useful for research
- Reference.com - search reference sites, including atlases, dictionaries, encyclopaedias, literature, thesaurus, medical & legal resources
- SLAINTE - Information & Libraries Scotland - resources including Scottish writers & authors
- Social Science Information Gateway - UK large academic & general social science database
- Study WEB - directory & search engine for curriculum resources, US site
- UK Public Libraries - public library Internet activity in the UK, international links
- A Web of On-line Dictionaries - linked to more than 400 dictionaries from over 130 languages
- Which magazine - online site - UK consumer affairs & advice, 30 days free trial
- Yahoo's Directory of Online Libraries
- Yahoo's Directory of Reference sites
English & writing resources
- An Elementary Grammar - UK site
- Indispensable Writing Resources Page - US site with section on reference books, writing style guides, writing & journalism jobs, internet reference resources, writing related websites, writing reference sites on the web & web search engines
- Karla's Guide to Citation Style Guides - mainly American resources, site also has a range of journalism resources
- Mantex - good guidance notes & study skills publications online, links to further resources & reviews of publications, for learners, writers & business, UK site
- OneLook Dictionaries - search for definitions from 180 dictionaries
- OWL - Online Writing Lab - respected US resource on writing skills, covering planning, writing, revising & genres, grammatical issues, exercises & employment & business writing information
- Paradigm Online Writing Assistant - extensive resource US site on choosing what to write, organising your writing, revising, editing & docucumenting resources, covering informal essays, thesis/support essays, exploratory & argumentative essays
- Synonyms Dictionary - Canadian site
- yourDictionary.com - language dictionaries, glossaries, language resources, word translation service, puzzles
- WordNet - US site, online synonym sets
- the Writing Center - useful guidance on citation styles, cover letters & resumes, types & styles of writing for different purposes including studies, US university site, online synonym sets
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