General Reference Sources

Dictionaries, encyclopedias and newspapers
Education
Libraries, archives and museums
Maps, postcodes and telephone directories
Official/Government information
Public transport information

• Columbia 2000 Encyclopedia
• Dictionary.com
• Encyclopaedia Britannica
• Encyclopedia Mythica
• Merriam-Webster Online dictionary
• yourDictionary.com
• Thesaurus.com

• The British Academy
• BUBL information service
• ESRC - Economic & Social Research Council
• HERO - Higher Education & Research Opportunities in the UK - Information for education
• History Departments around the World
• H-Net Archives
• JANET
• SARA: Scholarly Articles Research Alerting
• United Kingdom Education

(For details of finding aids, and individual libraries and archives please see Archives & Libraries in the web sites and on-line resources section of History On-Line).

• SASCAT - Library catalogue of the School of Advanced Study
• British Library Catalogue
• British Library Newspaper Catalogue
• COPAC
• Library and related resources
• Library of Congress Catalogue
• M25 Consortium of Academic Libraries
• Museums List
• OPACs in Britain and Ireland
• Unesco archives portal
• University of London Library

• BT phone directory
• International dialling codes
• Ordnance Survey
• Postcodes Online
• Scoot
• UK street maps
• Yellow pages
• World Times

• Directgov
• National Assembly for Wales
• Northern Ireland Assembly
• Scottish Parliament
• UK Parliament
• Europa: The European Union online
• Euroguide
• European Union Internet Resources

• UK Public Transport Information (PTi)
• National Rail Enquiries

August 2004