====== Solving Links and Sites ====== A star ({{misc:star.gif}}) indicates a resource suggested by several Krewe. ===== Standard references ===== See also our [[misc:dictionaries|list of dictionaries]]. * [[http://www.onelook.com|OneLook]]: Search hundreds of dictionaries and other references at once. * [[http://www.m-w.com|Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary]] {{misc:star.gif}} * Online search of [[http://www.askoxford.com/dictionaries/compact_oed/?view=uk>http://www.askoxford.com/dictionaries/compact_oed/?view=uk|Compact Oxford English Dictionary]] * [[http://www.lycos.com/referenceroom/|Lycos Reference Room]] * [[http://www.yourdictionary.com/|yourdictionary.com]] * [[http://www.itools.com/research-it/research-it.html|research-it]] * [[http://www.lineone.net/dictionaryof/difficultwords/|Dictionary of Difficult Words]] * [[http://www.infoplease.com|Infoplease]] {{misc:star.gif}} (Their searchable dictionary appears to be RH2; there's also an encyclopedia and other searchable references.) * [[http://www.bibliomania.com|www.bibliomania.com]] {{misc:star.gif}} (Includes fully searchable 1913 [[http://www.bibliomania.com/Reference/Webster/NoFrames.html|Webster's unabridged]], also an old [[http://www.bibliomania.com/Reference/PhraseAndFable/|Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable]], as well as online texts of classic books) * [[http://www.bartleby.com/|Bartleby.com]] * [[http://www.refdesk.com/|Reference Desk]] {{misc:star.gif}} * [[http://www.shu.ac.uk/web-admin/phrases/|Phrase thesaurus]] * [[http://www.symbols.com/|Symbols dictionary]] * [[http://www.brittanica.com/|Encyclopedia Brittanica]] * [[http://www.biography.com|Biography]] * [[http://www.sls.lib.il.us/reference/|Suburban Library System]] in Burr Ridge, Illinois, USA * [[http://www.chambersharrap.co.uk/chambers/wordgames/index.php|Chambers Dictionary On-line]] * [[http://www.urbandictionary.com|Urban Dictionary]] * [[http://www.dictionary.com|www.dictionary.com]] ===== Entertainment ===== See also [[#awards|Awards]] ==== Music ==== * [[http://www.lyrics.ch/|The International Lyrics Server]] {{misc:star.gif}} (not as useful for lyrics now, but has names of bands and songs) * [[http://www.allmusic.com/AMG.html|All-Music Guide Main Page]] * [[http://www.muze.com|Muze]] ==== Movies ==== * [[http://us.imdb.com/|Internet Movie Database (US site)]] {{misc:star.gif}} * [[http://uk.imdb.com/|Internet Movie Database (UK site)]] ==== Television ==== * [[http://www.tvgen.com/|TV Guide Entertainment Network]] * [[http://www.cbs.com/|CBS]] * [[http://www.nbc.com/|NBC TV's Home On The Web]] * [[http://www.fox.com/|FOX ONLINE]] * [[http://www.abc.com/|ABC]] * [[http://www.upn.com/hmupn.htm|UPN.com]] * [[http://www.thewb.com/|The Warner Brothers (WB) Network]] * [[http://www.pbs.org/|Public Broadcasting System (PBS) Online]] ==== Theater ==== * [[http://www.playbill.com/|Playbill On-Line]] * [[http://www.on-broadway.com/|OnBroadway WWW Information Page]] ===== Books and literature ===== see also [[#awards|Awards]] * [[http://www.amazon.com/|Amazon.com]]! Earth's Biggest Bookstore{{misc:star.gif}} * [[http://www.amazon.com/|Amazon.com]] and [[http://www.amazon.co.uk/|Amazon.co.uk]] * [[http://www.barnesandnoble.com/|Barnes & Noble]] The World's Largest Bookseller Online * [[http://www.digital.library.upenn.edu/books/|On-Line Books Page]] (author and title searchable, links to on-line texts) * [[http://www.bartleby.com/99/|Bartlett's Familiar Quotations]] * [[http://www.gh.cs.su.oz.au/~matty/Shakespeare/Shakespeare.html|Shakespear]] * MIT's [[http://www-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/search.html|Shakespeare search]] * [[http://www.cybercomm.net/~dcon/drbible.html|The Holy Bible]] (Douay version) * [[http://www.hti.umich.edu/relig/kjv/index.html|The Holy Bible]] (King James version) * [[http://www.cbn.org/bibleresources/theology/easton/bibledictionary/index.asp|Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary]] (not searchable, unfortunately) ===== Sports ===== * [[http://www.majorleaguebaseball.com/|The Official Site of Major League Baseball]] * [[http://www.nba.com/|National Basketball Assoc (NBA)]] ===== Science and Nature ===== * [[http://www.chemfinder.com/|Chemfinder]] * [[http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/|Chemistry]] (at NIST) * [[http://www.geologylink.com/glossary/|Geology References]] {{misc:star.gif}} * [[http://209.51.193.54/scripts/search.exe|Mineral search]] * [[http://www.uky.edu/Projects/Chemcomics/|The Comic Book Periodic Table of the Elements]] "This is a lot of fun, is usually good enough, and has links to more serious sites if needed" * [[http://www.astro.virginia.edu/~eww6n/math/math0.html|CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics]] * [[http://www.sisweb.com/math/tables.htm|Dave's math tables]] * [[http://www.horticopia.com/plantlist/index.html|Horticopia]] (plants) * [[http://www.inform.umd.edu:8080/EdRes/Colleges/LFSC/life_sciences/.plant_biology/fam/famlistindex.html| Plant index]] * [[http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/help/faq/names/names.htm|Animal groups]] * [[http://www.bigchalk.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/WOPortal.woa/wa/BCUtilDA/pageNamed?name=PortalMain|Homework Central]] * [[http://www.graylab.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?action=Home&query=|Medical dictionary]] ===== Awards ===== * [[http://www.tonys.org/|Tony Awards]] * [[http://www.oscar.com/|Oscars]] * [[http://www.emmys.org/|Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] * [[http://www.ala.org/alsc/caldecott.html|Caldecott Medals]] (to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children) * [[http://www.ala.org/alsc/newbery.html|Newbery Medals]] (to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children) * [[http://www.erols.com/malice/|Agatha Awards]] (Malice Domestic) * [[http://www.readersread.com/awards/anthony.htm|Anthony Awards]] (Mystery writers) * [[http://www.mysterynet.com/mwa/|Edgar Awards]] (Mystery Writers of America) * [[http://www.lsi.usp.br/~rbianchi/clarke/ACC.Award.More.txt|Clarke Awards]] * [[http://worldcon.org/hugos.html|Hugo Awards]] * [[http://www.sfwa.org/awards/|Nebula Awards]] * [[http://www.pulitzer.org/|The Pulitzer Prizes]] ===== Government ===== * [[http://www.house.gov/|United States House of Representatives]] * [[http://www.senate.gov/|The United States Senate]] * [[http://www.nps.gov/|ParkNet: Gateway to the National Park Service]] * [[http://www.50states.com|State capitals and other information]] ===== Miscellaneous ===== * [[http://www.lineone.net/dictionaryof/difficultwords/|Dictionary of Difficult Words]] * [[http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/|Welcome to the Comic Zone]] * [[http://www.uexpress.com/ups/comics/|Syndicated Comic Strips and Funnies from UExpress]] * [[http://sunsite.unc.edu/wm/|Webmuseum]] * [[http://www.sca.org/heraldry/loar/1994/07/mp_tent.html|Heraldry - "important arms"]] * [[http://www.pantheon.org/mythica/|Encylopedia Mythica]] * [[http://www.webopedia.com/|Computer and Internet Dictionary]] * [[http://www.logophilia.com/jargon/jargon.html|Computer Jargon file]] * [[http://www.sightconnection.com/games.html|www.sightconnection.com]] has games and puzzles in Large Print and Braille for people with vision impairments. * [[http://www.confusingwords.com/|www.confusingwords.com]] is a site that disambiguates confusing terms. ===== Puzzle solving tools ===== * [[http://www.scrambledwordsolver.com/solver.shtml|Scrambled Word and Crossword Solver]] * [[http://www.wordsmith.org/anagram/index.html|Anagram tool at Wordsmith]] {{misc:star.gif}} * [[http://fly.hiwaay.net:8000/~kdunn/problems/ciphform.shtml|Cryptogram tool 1]] * [[http://www.coastlink.com/users/sbryce/cryptograms/index.htm|Cryptogram tool 2]] * [[http://gt.sodamail.com/cgi-bin/gt/tpl_newsletter_home.html?user=ffffffffffff&content=10&nl_master=20|Panache's crossword column]] (requires registration) ===== Internet Search Engines ===== |[[http://www.google.com|{{images:logos:google_logo_50.gif}}]]|[[http://www.altavista.com|{{images:logos:altavists_logo_50.gif}}]]|[[http://www.yahoo.com|{{images:logos:yahoo_logo.gif}}]]| |[[http://www.askjeeves.com|{{images:logos:askjeeves_logo_50.gif}}]]|[[http://www.msn.com|{{images:logos:msn_logo.gif}}]]|[[http://www.dogpile.com|{{images:logos:dogpile_logo2.gif}}]]| * [[http://www.google.com|www.google.com]] * [[http://www.altavista.com|www.altavista.com]] * [[http://www.yahoo.com|www.yahoo.com]] * [[http://www.askjeeves.com|www.askjeeves.com]] * [[http://www.msn.com|www.msn.com]] * [[http://www.dogpile.com|www.dogpile.com]] -- "All the best search engines piled into one. Including Google, Yahoo!, MSN, and Ask Jeeves." ===== Thanks to: Loki-5, /dev/joe, FOOBAR, 100 Down, Kea, Tahnan, Geneac, Panache, King Frivolity Corrections, broken links, etc to: