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Virtual reference collections

Collections Collections of dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopaedias, acronyms, translators, maps and quotations. AllPages.com Bartleby Britannica.com BUBL Information Service Internet Public Library iTools refdesk.com The Reference Desk - Martindale's Wikipedia Yahoo Reference YELL U.K. Yellow Web Directory

Dictionaries & thesauri English language dictionaries, subject dictionaries and thesauri. Grove dictionary of music & musicians - University of Sheffield users only Oxford English Dictionary (OED) - University of Sheffield users only ArtLex Cambridge International Dictionaries Collection of dictionaries ComputerUser High Tech Dictionary Dictionary.co.uk Dictionary of units of measurement Law dictionaries Longman Web Dictionary Merriam-Webster Online NPRIE Probation Thesaurus OneLook Dictionaries The On-line Medical Dictionary Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus yourDictionary.com

Multilingual dictionaries & translators Foreign language tools and online translation services. Babelfish English-Spanish dictionary (Granada University, Spain) Free-translator.com Google language tools Lexicool - Directory of translation dictionaries Logos Multilingual E-Translation Portal Majstro - Multilingual translation dictionary PROMT's online translator travlang's Translating Dictionaries

Acronyms & abbreviations Common acronyms and abbreviations, journal title abbreviations and scientific and technical acronyms. Abbreviations.com Acronym Finder Wiley Scientific and Technical Acronyms, Symbols, and Abbreviations

Conversion tables Currency convertors, time zone convertors and metric convertors. Oanda - the currency site Online Metric Converter Roman Numeral Dates TimeZone Converter The Universal Currency Converter The World Clock

Maps & travel World maps, street maps, tips for travellers and public transport information. Digimap - University of Sheffield users only Foreign and Commonwealth Office iRail map24 Maptech Mapserver Multimap.com National Geographic National Rail Enquiries Ordnance Survey Streetmap University of Iowa global collection of maps and atlases

Weather Local, national and international weather reports. AccuWeather Ant Veal's U.K. Weather Centre BBC Online Weather Centre CNN Weather Intellicast - Ten-day weather forecasts The Met Office Yahoo!: Weather