W. H. Shaw High School
7579 Raider Way
Columbus, GA  31909
706-569-3638

Dr. Jim Arnold, Principal        jarnold@mcsdga.net



 


                                          

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Reference

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Dictionaries

Acronymfinder.com

...Web's largest searchable database containing about 155,000 acronyms, abbreviations, and definitions.

Dictionary.com

...not only has a "regular" dictionary for your needs but also has other dictionaries, such as foreign languages (French, German, Italian, Latin, Spanish) and a translator.  Other information found at this site are a thesaurus of antonyms and synonyms and language resources, such as grammar usage and style.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus

...search for a word and get definitions, etymologies, pronunciations, and hyperlinks to related words.

OneLook Dictionary Search

...search dictionary websites for words and phrases in 922 dictionaries.

Plumb Design Visual Thesaurus
...type in a word and receive a visual display of the interrelationships between words and meanings as spatial maps.
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Miscellaneous Reference

Dewey Subject Guide

...a subject listing with corresponding Dewey Decimal Classification numbers.

Expedia.com Currency Converter

...find the current conversion rate for many countries of the world.
FirstGov.gov

...start here with millions of pages of  resources whether you want to apply for government benefits, apply for government grants or jobs, find cheapest gas prices, contact elected officials, renew your driver's license, buy surplus government cars, look up zip codes, etc.  This site is the official web portal of the U.S. government.

Infoplease.com

...has dictionaries of all kinds, Columbia Encyclopedia, trivia, 30,000 biographies, almanacs, atlas and geographical information, homework center, and much more.

LibrarySpot: Encyclopedias, Maps, Online Libraries, Quotations, Dictionaries, and More

...links to hundreds of libraries and reference sources, as well as digital exhibits, trivia, lists of all kinds, and timely articles for parents, students, and teachers alike.

New York Times Refdesk: The Single Best Source for Facts on the Web

...great site for all sorts of information, such as news stories and newspaper links; census information; weather; almanacs; facts-at-a-glance; quotations; help and advice; online magazines and columns; perpetual calendar; dictionaries; etc.

The Nobel Prize Internet Archive

...lists winners in all categories with links to related Web sites.

Robert's Rules of Order Revised

...the 1915 version, public domain.

Statistical Resources on the Web

...collections of statistical data on social, economic, and international categories, such as cost of living, health, foreign trade, military, etc.

Yahoo! Reference

...links to all sorts of reference sites, such as weights and measures, Roget's II: New Thesaurus, Gray's Anatomy, Britannica Concise, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, dictionaries, World Factbook, and more.
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Quotations

All-in-One Quotes Page

...search the major quotation databases using their own forms all from one easy-to-use page.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations

...contains over 11,000 searchable quotations from Bartlett's 1919 10th edition.

Quotations Page

...has a searchable database of over 15,000 quotations, Quotes of the Day, Motivational Quotes of the day, collections of quotations by author and by subject, and much more.
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