A selected collection of ready reference resources on the Internet.
Meta sites
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Translation tools
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Atlases
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Biographies
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- Biographical
dictionary
Information on more than 28,000 notable men and women. Search by name, birth
years, death years, positions held, profession, literary and artistic works,
achievements and other key words.
www.s9.com
- Biography
Compiled by InfoPlease.com
www.infoplease.com/people.html
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Catalogues
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Converters
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- Currency
converter
A multi-lingual Foreign Exchange Calculator which provides exchange rates
for over 164 currencies.
www.oanda.com/converter/classic
- World
Time Server
Provides accurate current local times throughout the world. Makes real time
adjustments for Daylight Savings Time. A great resource for determining
any time anywhere.
www.worldtimeserver.com/
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Dictionaries and thesauri
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Directories
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- Australian
directories
Links to organisations (mostly universities and government) that have an
electronic directory service. Useful for finding addresses and emails.
www.mrp.net/phone.html
- Australian
Government Directory
www.agd.com.au/
- Queensland
Government Executive Directory
Provides a guide to Queensland Government at an executive level, including
contact details for key personnel.
www.qgd.qld.gov.au/
- Education
Resource Organizations Directory
Produced by the US Dept of Education to identify and link to US organisations
that provide information and assistance on a broad range of education-related
topics.
wdcrobcolp01.ed.gov/Programs/EROD/
- White
Pages Australia
Includes world time and dialling codes and Australian postcodes, links to
Yellow pages and Where Is Street Atlas.
www.whitepages.com.au/wp/index.jsp
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Encyclopaedias
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- Britannica
Online
Allows users to search and read the full text of Encyclopaedia Britannica.
A search will produce results from the Encyclopaedia, as well as Britannica's
directory of web sites and selected articles from magazines like Newsweek.
www.britannica.com/
- Encyberpedia
An annotated listing of subject-oriented encyclopaedias available on the
Web. Good coverage but often with US focus.
www.encyberpedia.com/cyberlinks/links/index.html
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Facts
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- CIA
World Fact Book
Comprehensive information on the geography, people, government, economy,
communications, defence and global issues for all countries, including area
reference maps.
www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
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History
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- History
of Education - Selected Moments of the 20th Century
Created and maintained by Daniel Schugurensky of the Ontario Institute for
Studies in Education of the University of Toronto, this site offers a nice
collection of short pieces and/ or links to more information on a number
of notable events in education during the 20th century (focusing on the
US). The site is organized by decade, and most of the noted events link
to a short description with links to the sources used and related resources.
A modest but interesting site for anyone in the history of education. [MD]
fcis.oise.utoronto.ca/%7Edaniel_schugurensky/assignment1/index.html
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Legislation
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- AustLII
(Database of the Australasian Legal Information Institute)
Includes cases, legislation and news referring to Commonwealth and Australian
state law. Links to sites for New Zealand, South Pacific, UK and Ireland
(BAILII), and World law.
www.austlii.edu.au/
- Education
Standards Act 2001 (New Zealand Ministry of Education)
rangi.knowledge-basket.co.nz/gpacts/public/text/2001/an/088.html
- Queensland
Bills Online
Compiled by the Office of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel.
www.legislation.qld.gov.au/Bills.htm
- Queensland
Legislation Online
Compiled by the Office of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel.
www.legislation.qld.gov.au/OQPChome.htm
- Queensland Hansard
Provides transcripts of Parliamentary debates, ministerial conferences and
evidence given before parliamentary committees and commissions of inquiry.
www.parliament.qld.gov.au/hansard/index.htm
- Queensland
Government Gazettes
Makes available one month of weekly issues of the Government Gazette and
those from several departments.
www.goprint.qld.gov.au/web/web/index.asp?Pg=31
- SCALEplus
The legal information databases of the Australian Attorney General's Department
including Commonwealth, state and territory legislation and case law plus
historical data.
scaleplus.law.gov.au/
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Statistics
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