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• American Rhetoric

  Database of 5000+ speeches, many with the full text, audio and visual clips

• Ask Oxford

  Search the Compact Oxford English Dictionary online; get answers to questions on English, language, grammar, spelling, quotations, and usage and more on this site from the Oxford University Press...

• Citizendium - the citizen's compendium

  A "citizens' compendium of everything," is an open wiki project aimed at creating an enormous, free, and reliable encyclopedia. Improves on the Wikiipedia model by adding "gentle expert oversight...

• Common Errors in English

  Hundreds of the most common errors made by writers.

• Foreign Word.com

  Translate words from dozens of languages online.

• Guinness Book of World Records Online

  Search the online version of this famous book for the smallest, largest, shortest, longest, most, least and etc.

• Old Farmer's Almanac

  Useful information for all walks of life since 1792.

• Online Conversion

  Convert just about any measurement.

• Superpages.com

  Online resource for finding information and insights on businesses and retailers, from driving directions and hours of operation to Web links and customer reviews.

• Switchboard

  Huge nationwide phonebook.

• SYMBOLS.com

  Online encyclopedia of graphic symbols.

• Webster's Dictionary

  Webster's Dictionary & Thesaurus online.

• WWW Acronym and Abbreviation Server

  From the Network Acronym and Abbreviation Server.

• Zip Code Directory

  From the U.S. Postal Service. Searchable database, tracking packages and address changes.