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Annual publications offering lists, charts, and tables of information on various topics.

Answers.com
http://www.answers.com/: An encyclopedia, dictionary, thesaurus and almanac all in one site covering information on anything and everything. (Refers to Wikipedia, a good place to start research but not a good source to cite in papers.)

Fact Monster: http://www.factmonster.com
Easy to navigate reference site including flash cards, multiplication tables , history timelines, biographies of U.S. Presidents and more.

Fast Facts
http://www.freepint.com/gary/handbook.htm: An extensive listing of links to Web sites that provide factual and statistical information, such as would be found in almanacs or statistical abstracts. Resources listed here focus primarily on the United States and Canada, but other areas of the world are represented as well.

The 50 States of the United States: Capital Cities and Information Links
http://www.50states.com/: This site on the fifty states (and the U.S. commonwealths and territories) has information such as: location (latitude and longitude), birds, colleges and universities, constitutions, flowers, genealogical resources, geological formations, geographical features, mottos, national forests and parks, newspapers, nicknames, nonprofit organizations, populations, state and federal representatives, songs, and the date of entry into the union. All facts are linked to over 1529 governmental or authoritative webpages.

Information Please Almanac
http://www.infoplease.com/: Online version of the popular almanac which you can browse by topic or search. Also includes the Random House Websters College Dictionary and the Columbia Encyclopedia.

The Internet Public Library Kidspace: http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace
Educational links, consortium of College and University sites. Needs a science fair idea?

The Old Farmer's Almanac
http://www.almanac.com/: Covers astronomical events, weather conditions and forecasts, recipes, and gardening tips.

Comprehensive, authoritative works containing articles on a wide range of subjects.

Answers.com
http://www.answers.com/: An encyclopedia, dictionary, thesaurus and almanac all in one site covering information on anything and everything. (Refers to Wikipedia, a good place to start research but not a good source to cite in papers.)

The Britannica Concise
http://concise.britannica.com/: This free short-entry encyclopedia does not have as much content as the full Encyclopaedia Britannica (it's based on the one-volume printed Merriam-Webster Collegiate Encylopedia), but it does offer a searchable and browsable collection of more than 25,000 entries on a variety of topics.

The Columbia Encyclopedia: Sixth Edition
http://www.bartleby.com/65/: This is an online version of the current (year 2000) edition of the Columbia Encyclopedia, a one volume, short-entry encyclopedia with over 50,000 entries.

A Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names
http://www.philosophypages.com/dy/: "This is a concise guide to technical terms and personal names often encountered in the study of philosophy. Although its entries are extremely brief, many of them include links to electronic versions of philosophical texts and to more detailed discussions located elsewhere on this site or in other on-line resources."

Encyberpedia
http://www.encyberpedia.com/ency.htm: An annotated listing of subject-oriented encyclopedias available on the Web.

Encyclopedia of North American Indians
http://college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/naind/html/na_00...: This wonderful, specialized encyclopedia contains a number of entries relating to North American Indian history, culture, current events, and more. The entries are thorough and well-written. Great if you’re looking for very specific information, but also very educational for the casual browser.

Encyclopedia Smithsonian
http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/start.htm: "The Smithsonian Institution receives a great many public inquiries covering a wide range of topics. Therefore, the following responses have been compiled to answer frequently asked questions or to provide guidance in finding the requested information. New information will be added continually." Topics covered: Armed Forces History, Anthropology, Mineral Sciences, Musical History, Physical Sciences, Services, Textiles Conservation, Trasportation History, and Vertebrate Zoology.

Encyclopedia.Com
http://www.encyclopedia.com/: "Based on The Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia.com provides current information available in all major fields of knowledge -- from politics, law, art, and history to sports, literature, geography, science, and medicine. More than 17,000 articles provide free, quick and useful information on almost any topic. Through extensive cross-referencing, users have the option of expanding their research through direct links to other articles within the Encyclopedia.com site and to other related web sites." Note: the articles are rather short, and although the basic articles are free, they contain links to materials from HighBeam Research, for which a fee is charged for access.

Factbites: Where results make sense.
http://www.factbites.com/: Factbites is a hybrid of a search engine and an online encyclopedia that provides coherent sentences and links to related topics in the results.

The Free Dictionary
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/: This website provides access to English, Medical, Legal, and Computer Dictionaries, a Thesaurus, Encyclopedia, a Literature Reference Library, and a Search Engine all in one.

How Products Are Made
http://www.madehow.com/: Ever wonder how products are made? Come to this site and learn about the manufacture of things as diverse as chewing gum, blue jeans, vacuum cleaners, paint, fireworks, refrigerators, and artificial snow. This online encyclopedia contains 7 volumes of different items.

Information Please Almanac
http://www.infoplease.com/: Online version of the popular almanac which you can browse by topic or search. Also includes the Random House Websters College Dictionary and the Columbia Encyclopedia.

Kid Info: http://www.kidinfo.com
Discover online dictionaries, encyclopedias and atlases.
LoveToKnow 1911 Edition Encyclopedia
http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/: This free online encyclopedia is based on the eleventh edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica. Each entry, written by an expert in the field, contains a detailed article and bibliography. Users can look for articles alphabetically or search the site.

Microsoft Encarta Concise Encyclopedia
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/artcenter.aspx: "A free concise encyclopedia that contains 16,000 articles and more than 2,200 photos, illustrations, maps, charts, and tables." (Paying subscribers can access the more complete MSN Learning & Research Plus with Encarta, for which a free trial is also available.)

Open-Site: The Open Encyclopedia Project
http://open-site.org/: This website is run by volunteer editors and accepts content submissions from the public. Open-Site's content is freely available to the public. It covers general interest topics ranging from arts to computers to sports. There is also a kid's encyclopedia. The content is available in over 30 languages.

Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page: Begun on January 15, 2001, Wikipedia uses collaborative software to offer this free-content encyclopedia. As defined by the website, "free" means free to add, free to edit, and free to copy and redistribute. Wikipedia is a multilingual open-content online encyclopedia, continually evolving through collaborative development. It is managed and operated by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. In March 2004, it contained over 220,000 articles in English and more than 300,000 in other language

General works containing alphabetical lists, with information given for each term.

AbbreviationZ
http://www.stands4.com/index.asp: This is an online directory and search engine for acronyms/initialisms and abbreviations.

Acronym Finder
http://www.AcronymFinder.com/: "The Acronym Finder (AF) is a world wide web (WWW) searchable database of common acronyms about computers, technology, and telecommunications, with an emphasis on Department of Defense (DoD), Air Force, Army, and Navy acronyms." This site has copyright information, updates, features, contributors, a disclaimer, other engines, and tips for users.

AskOxford.com
http://www.askoxford.com/: THis site is for "questions on English grammar, spelling, and usage; to search a dictionary of words, names or quotations; for help with writing; for crosswords and puzzles; and to learn about language."

The Free Dictionary
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/: This website provides access to English, Medical, Legal, and Computer Dictionaries, a Thesaurus, Encyclopedia, a Literature Reference Library, and a Search Engine all in one.

Dictionary.com
http://dictionary.reference.com/: This website is a multi-source dictionary search service provided by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC, a leading provider of language reference products and services on the Internet.