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About.com
Specialized guides for over 700 different subjects. Find a company profile, membership information and search tips. 
Acronym Finder
Database of acronyms, abbreviations and meanings. Covers common acronyms and technology, government and military terms. 
AllRefer
Costumer's Manifest
Includes costume photos, renderings, history, and information.
Dewey Browse
Web Sites Classified by the Dewey Decimal Classification System for Grades K-12
Festivals
Guide to art, music, and children's and sports festivals around the world. Search by name, type or location.
FirstFind 
A collection of websites that provide basic information about a wide range of topics - like a library!
Fugitive Fact File
Retrieve hard-to-find and miscellaneous information. Links to related websites are included.
How Stuff Works
Find out how engines, telephones, refrigerators, clocks and toilets work. Includes a newsletter and a question of the day. 
How Things Work
Service providing answers to questions about physics, science, and how things in the world around us work.  
Indispensable Writing Resources
A Complete Collection of Writing Essentials
Information Please
Offering millions of useful and interesting facts on a wide range of topics online.
Information Today, Inc
Newspaper for users and producers of electronic information services. Vendor of other periodicals, books, directories, and online products for libraries information professionals.
Internet Movie Database
Online movie database covering over 200,000 titles and 750,000 people with facts, trivia, reviews plus multimedia links from the earliest films to the latest releases.  
LibrarySpot
Collection of reference and research materials. Provides links to dictionaries, thesauruses, phrase-finders and related resources. 
Old Farmer's Almanac
Tide and sunrise tables, planting charts, recipes, a day in history and the weather are a few of the facts contained in this resource.  
Phobia List
Provides an extensive list of fears.
Ref Desk.com
Guide to Internet news and reference facilities. Includes links to expert advice, homework helpers, weather pages and sports. 
Researchville
Search for a topic in multiple databases and search engines.  
Spark Notes
Offers study guides to major works of literature for students. Read notes or download a printable copy.  
Units of Measurement
Alphabetical guide to measurement units and a list of standard abbreviations. Includes a metric system converter.  
Urban Legends
A compendium of scams, pranks, hoaxes, urban legends, and other unusual items.
Useless Knowledge
Directory of facts, quotations and history tidbits that are trivial and useless. Check for daily quotes and words.