Reference.com is a website which is basically a massive
encyclopedia.
Want to
know about an obscure
celebrity?
Look in the Celebrity Almanac.
Want to know who won the 1966 World Cup? Look in the Sports Alamanacs.
In fact, any bit of useful or useless information can be found on this
site.
The site has a number of different sections: almanacs, atlases and
maps, business
resources, legal resources, medical and health
resources, literatary texts and resources, and even a
section of last
years most looked up words - guess what it was....starting with s and
ending in x! There's a good 'On this
day' section, for those of you who
are really bored at work or studies: did you know for example that on
this day in 1189 Richard the Lionheart was crowned at Westminster
Abbey! In addition there's access to thousands of online encyclopedias,
even Encyclopedia of the Orient.
From the site you can also get to thesaurus.com and dictionary.com and
also a comprehensive web directory. In short, whatever information you
need, you can find it here (well, nearly everything!) By the way, if
you wanna pay subcription you can find out even more!
My only problem with the site is it takes a lot of clicking til you
find exactly what you're looking for. Sometimes it's better to google
instead, but you decide for yourself!
Published: September 04, 2006
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