• Accurate Time for United States Time Zones
• Greenwich World Time Site
• Calendar Converter
• ISO 3166 Country Codes
• Multi-Converter [a number of useful conversion tables]
• Metric Conversion Tables
• Weights and Measures
• Listproc Documentation
• Allrefer: Encyclopedia and Reference Source
  [provides considerable data, but one must know for what one is looking]

• Reference Desk
• Virtual Reference Shelf, from LOC
• Great Books On-Line Bartleby
• On-Line Book Page
• Electronic Texts and Primary Sources, from the Digital Librarian
• The Virtual Reference Library. Toronto Public Library
• The Internet Public Library [useful for library staff and patrons]
• HyperHistory On-Line
• Federal Register for the United States
• Barlett's Familiar Quotations [9th ed. 1901]
• The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, from Bartleby
• Library of Congress Country Studies
• Web Stacks: Electronic Research Library
• World Fact Book C.I.A.
• U.S. State Department Background Notes

• Britannia Lexicon of Mediaeval History
• Castle Terminology
• Encyclopedia of Marxism
• Encyclopedia of Women's History
• Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)
• Mayhew and Skeat Concise Dictionary of Middle English
• Feudal English Wordlist
• Glossary of Medieval Towns
• A List of Medieval Legal Terms
• Pimbly's Dictionary of Heraldry
• USA History: Native American Bibliography
• WWW-VL: USA History Archives
• WWW-VL: USA History Data Bases
• WWW-VL: USA History Electronic Texts
• WWW-VL: Index of Internet Resources for Historians

• Scholarly Societies
• Universities
• History Departments Around the World
• World Statesmen
• People in Power, from Cambridge International Reference on Current Affairs Ltd.

• American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• American Association of Museums AAM
• American Studies Association
• Heritage Foundation
• Historical Association (UK): Beckenham & Bromley branch
• Roots Web (Genealogy)

• Indexes of Biographies
• American National Bibliography
• A&E Biography.com Data Base (over 15,000 biographical entries>
• Biografisch-Bibliografisches Kirchenlexicon
• Congressional Biographical Dictionary from the United States Congress.
• Oxford Biographical Dictionary Search Page
• Kings and Queens of England and Scotland
• Biography Center [over 10,000 biographies in French, English, Spanish. and German]
• Biographical Dictionary
• Biographical Dictionary of the American West
• Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church from the Second Century
• Biografías de líderes políticos [Biographies of Modern world leaders - in Spanish]
• Dirigentes en ejercicio [Biographies of Present heads of Government - in Spanish]
• Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland
• Dutch Royal Genealogy
• Gallery of Achievement
• Historians and Philosophers
• India: Great Indians
• USA History Biography
• World Statesmen Since 1760
• World Biographical Index British Library

• Specialty Dictionaries [an index arrange by subject]
• Acronym Finder
• Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch des 8. Jh.
• The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language (4th ed.), from Bartleby
• Dictionary of Battles
• Dictionary of Old English Project
• Dictionary of PC Hardware and Data CommunicationsTerms
• Etymological Dictionary (English)
• Index of On-line Language Dictionaries
• Merriam-Webster Dictionary of American English
• OneLook Dictionaries, The Faster Finder
• Orbis Latinus [locations of Latin place-names]

• Common Family Mottos
• Latin Maxims
• Michael Moncur's Quotations Page
• The Phrase Finder
• Roget's Thesaurus
• Simpson's Contemporary Quotations. The Most Notable Quotations: 1950-–988, ed. by James B. Simpson, from Bartleby
• Dictionary of Quotations, by John Simone

• Encyclopedias
  • General
    • The Britannica Concise
    • Columbia Encyclopedia 6th Edition, from Bartleby
    • Encyclopaedia of British History, 1500-1950
    • Encyclopaedia of the First World War
    • Encyclopaedia of the Orient
    • Encyclopaedia Universalis [in French]
    • Encyberpedia
    • Encyclopedia.com
    • The Free Universal Encyclopedia and Learning Resource, from GNU
  • Collaborative Internet Encyclopedias
    • Nupedia.Com: The Free Encyclopedia
    • Wikipedia [Multiple languages portal]
  • Specialized Encyclopedias
    • Canadian Encyclopedia
    • Catholic Encyclopedia
    • Computer Desktop Encyclopedia
    • Encyclopedia of the Celts
    • Encyclopedia of the First World War
    • The Encyclopedia of Fun and Trivia
    • Encyclopaedia Iranica
    • Microreference, by Clifton Davis
    • Encyclopaedia of the Orient
    • Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
    • Encyclopedia of Religion and Society, from Spartacus
    • Encyclopedia of Symbols
    • Encyclopedia of Terminology
• Almanacs
  • Afro-American Almanac of Historical Documents
  • Asian-Pacific-Americans
  • Baseball Almanac
  • Eclipses. Six Millennia List of Eclipses,
  • Fast Facts Look-Up
  • Hispanic-Americans
  • Information Please Almanac
  • Old Farmer's Almanac
  • NEA Almanac of Higher Education, 2001
  • The Political Reference Almanac
  • Roman Calendar
  • Wilson's Almanac of Holidays and Festivals
• Indexes
  • Directory of World Wide Electronic Newspapers
  • United States Government Documents: GPO Pathway Services
  • United States Patents
  • Hyperhistory: Information Resource
  • The Population Index
  • Footnotes to History [information on little-known nations]

• Important Information and Useful Tools
  • Travel Warnings & Consular Information Sheets
  • United States Department of State Background Notes
  • Links to United States Embassies and Consulates Worldwide
  • Currency Converter
  • Foreign Language Dictionaries
  • Location of Cities and Towns, getty.edu
• Transportation
  • Directory of the World's Airlines' Web Sites
  • Cruise Liner Directory
  • Directory of Freighters that accept passengers
  • Directory of Busses, Trams, and Trolleys
  • World Auto Rental Guide Car Hire
  • International Driving Permit
• Accommodations
  • Hotelbook
  • World Hotel [international, luxury]
  • Twin Rooms [economy acommodations world-wide]
  • International Camping Links
  • Information for Expatriates
• Safeguards
  • World Health Report
  • Travel Medicine Providers World-Wide
  • International Health Insurance
  • Travel Insurance
• Background Information
  • Amnesty International
  • Human Rights Watch
  • The World Factbook
  • U.S. Library of Congress Country Studies
  • Maps of the World's Nations
  • Global Statistics

• National Library of Medicine
• How Stuff Works
• How Computers Work
• Financial Information, Ohio State University
• Home Improvement Encyclopedia
• Automobile Blue Books
• Automotive Encyclopedia

WWW-VL: History: Reference
URL: http://vlib.iue.it/history/materials/reference.html