Reference Tools
Abbreviations & Acronyms
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- Acronym Finder
The world’s largest and most comprehensive dictionary of acronyms, abbreviations and initialisms.
- Acronym Finder
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- The Acronym Server
Formerly known as the Internet Acronym Server that provide definition of acronyms.
- The Acronym Server
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- Acronym Search
Over 50,000 acronyms and abbreviations in many categories. - NetLingo List of Chat Acronyms & Text Shorthand The world’s largest and most comprehensive dictionary of acronyms, abbreviations and initialisms.
- Acronym Search
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Almanacs & Yearbooks
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- Information Please Almanac
Online version of the Time Almanac that “allows searching along with the contents of an encyclopedia, a dictionary, an atlas, and several almanacs containing statistics, facts, and historical records.”
- Information Please Almanac
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- Guinness Worlds Records
Formerly known as the Internet Acronym Server that provide definition of acronyms.
- Guinness Worlds Records
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- The Old Farmer’s Almanac
This site contains “astronomical events, weather conditions and forecasts, recipes, and gardening tips.“
- The Old Farmer’s Almanac
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- The CIA World Factbook
Provides information on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
- The CIA World Factbook
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- The Yearbook of the United Nations
The authoritative reference work on the UN System
- The Yearbook of the United Nations
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Atlases & Geography
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- Atlapedia Online
Contains full color physical maps, political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world.
- Atlapedia Online
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- Columbia Gazetteer of the World
The renowned geographic encyclopedia.
- Columbia Gazetteer of the World
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- Maplandia
The searchable world gazetteer based on Google maps.
- Maplandia
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- Map Quest
Provides standard interactive road maps and driving directions. If you click on “Outside U.S. and Canada” you may retrieve roadmaps of the rest of the world.
- Map Quest
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- National Geographic Maps
Offers a series of a travel maps to suit unique travel needs.
- National Geographic Maps
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- World Atlas
Complete lists of continents, countries, lakes, oceans, mountains, etc.
- World Atlas
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Biographies
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- Almanac Biography
Includes 30,000 short entries from Infoplease.
- Almanac Biography
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- Biographical Dictionary
A Wikipedia type system and everyone can edit biographies or even create their own.
- Biographical Dictionary
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- Biography.com
Includes over 7,000 biographies and daily features that highlight connection.
- Biography.com
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- Biography Online
Biographies of the famous, influential, and inspirational.
- Biography Online
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Country Information
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- Altapedia Online: Countries A-Z Provides facts, figures and statistical data on geography, climate, people, religion, language, history, economy and many more.
- The World Factbook Provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
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Encyclopedias
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- Art Encyclopedia
Includes 9,000 famous painters, sculptors and photographers, at art museum sites & image archives worldwide.
- Art Encyclopedia
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- Catholic Encyclopedia
Provides full and authoritative information on the entire cycle of Catholic interests, action and doctrine.
- Catholic Encyclopedia
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- Encyclopedia.com
Consists of more than 100 trusted sources, including encyclopedias, dictionaries, and thesauruses with facts, definitions, biographies, synonyms, pronunciation keys, word origins, and abbreviations.
- Encyclopedia.com
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- Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
Provides a comprehensive, scholarly, and critical guide to science fiction in all its forms. All 16,500+ entries are free online.
- Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
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- Holocaust Encyclopedia
Includes holocaust-related articles published by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
- Holocaust Encyclopedia
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- Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science
A hypertext dictionary for library and information science professionals, university students and faculty, and users of all types of libraries.
- Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science
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- On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequence
Get information about a particular number sequence.
- On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequence
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- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Each entry is maintained and kept up-to-date by an expert or group of experts in the field.
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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Quotations
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- Quotations from Bartleby.com
Includes 120,000 most authoritative quotations on the web, with 50,000 other short selections.
- Quotations from Bartleby.com
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- BrainyQuote
One of the oldest and most established quotation sites on the web.
- BrainyQuote
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- The Quotations Page
Consists of 8,000 quotations online from over 3,400 authors, and more are added daily.
- The Quotations Page
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- ThinkExist.com
Includes more than 300,000 quotations by over 20,000 authors.
- ThinkExist.com
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Statistics & Demographics
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- Country STAT Philippines
A web-based system that integrates national food and agricultural statistical information to ensure harmonization of national data and metadata collections for analysis and policy making.
- Country STAT Philippines
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- PSA Decent Work Statistics
Contains data from 1995 to the latest available from the source agencies at the time of compilation.
- PSA Decent Work Statistics
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- OECD.Stat
Includes 120,000 most authoritative quotations on the web, with 50,000 other short selections.
- OECD.Stat
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- PIDS Economic and Social Database
Keeps various Philippine economic and social data both at the national and sub-national levels and in long time series for some.
- PIDS Economic and Social Database
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- United Nations Statistics Division
Provides a global centre for data on international trade, national accounts, energy, industry, environment and demographic and social statistics gathered from national and international sources.
- United Nations Statistics Division
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- United Nations Global SDG Indicators Database
Provides access to data compiled through the UN System in preparation for the Secretary-General’s annual report on “Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals.
- United Nations Global SDG Indicators Database
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- The World Bank Open Data
Offers free access to more than 2,000 financial, business, health, economic and human development statistics.
- The World Bank Open Data
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- World Health Organization Global Health Observatory
A compilation of health statistics for its 194 member states.
- World Health Organization Global Health Observatory
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- World Statistics
Gives free and easy access to data provided by International Organizations, such as the World Bank, the United Nations and Eurostat.
- World Statistics
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