Reference Tools

Below you will find several helpful links leading you to various libraries, dictionaries, thesauri, and newspapers.

General Areas

Britannica Encyclopedia Online

Info Please

Library of Congress
Merriam Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus
Proquest
Big Chalk

Virtual Library Museums Page

Social Studies

American Fact Finder (US Bureau of Census)

Distinguished Women of Past and Present

Eye Witness To History

Find It! - Washington State

Global Issues

History Link - Washington State

National Geographic Map Machine

Smithsonian Institute

Washington State Library

The White House 

US Department of State - International Topics and Issues

World Language

Diccionarios

French - English Dictionary ARTFL Project

German - English Dictionary

Language Arts

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations

Cambridge History of English and American Literature

 
 
Science
 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
 
Unit Converter


EPA Green House Gas
 

Newspaper Sources
 
BBC News
 
CNN
 
New York Times

PBS - Online News Hour
Seattle Times
Search Newslink
Spokesman-Review
Washington Post