OnLine Reference Sources

DICTIONARY

• American Heritage Dictionary 4th Ed. 2000. – Includes over 90,000 entries, 70,000 audio word pronunciations, 900 full-page color illustrations, language notes, and word-root appendixes.


• Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995 – Containing 35,000 synonyms in an easy-to-use format, this thesaurus features succinct word definitions and an innovative hyperlinked category index by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.


• Information Please – offering millions of useful and interesting facts on a wide range of topics online, also include almanac and encyclopedia.


• Miriam Webster Dictionary – online English dictionary and thesaurus.


• Encarta Dictionary – features audio clips and words pronounced.


• Webopedia – Dictionary on computing


• Computer user – Dictionary on computing


• Techencyclopedia – definitions of computer & technology terms and concepts


• Dictionary of PC Hardware & Data Communication Terms – includes the ability to search on line or to order the actual book.


• A+ Materials Science & Engineering Glossary of terms


• Chemistry & Environmental Dictionary – provide definitions for technical terms & acronyms.

ENCYCLOPEDIA

• Encyclopedia.com – provides more than 17,000 short articles from the concise Columbia Electronic encyclopedia.


• Internet Encyclopedia – encyclopedia composed of information available on the Internet.


• Encyclobeamia – Encyclopedia in Engineering.


• Wikipedia – free, open content, community built encyclopedia with thousand articles on topicsFrom A-Z.

QUOTATIONS

• Quoteland.com – contains a large collections of quotations divided by topic and author as well as the text of historical documents.


• Internet Encyclopedia – encyclopedia composed of information available on the Internet.


• Brainyquote – offers a database of quotations by famous authors and celebrities.

ALMANACS

• Information Please – online almanac.


• Old Farmer's Almanac – fun & practical information for everyday life including moon calendars, weather predictions and more.

FILIPINIANA

• Filipinas Heritage Library – The Library houses over 10,000 contemporary volumes on Philippine history, art, language, religion and the social sciences, and over 2,000 rare titles, rare books on microfiche, and an extensive library of slides and photographs.


• Museo Pambata – is a children's interactive museum, the first of its kind in the Philippines. It is in a sense an alternative to the formal classroom environment where earning resembles a one-way street – the teacher imparts knowledge and the students absorb it.


• Pambata-National Commission for Culture and the Arts – A children’s corner of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts


• Philippine History – Articles on Philippine History during the Spanish period. Some sources came from Blair & Robertsons’ The Philippine Islands.


• Emanila – Is a privately-funded Sydney-based Web site focused on promoting the Philippine Community online. Contain Philippine history, poetry, essays, short stories, recipe, etc.