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A Big List of Sites That Teach You How To Do Stuff
 
Annotated list of "general interest sites that give quality instruction on all sorts of fun and useful projects. Including, sometimes, how to build a deck or bake a cake." Includes links to sites such as Instructables, eHow, and About.com. From ReadWriteWeb, a blog that provides Web technology news, reviews, and analysis.
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/tutorial_sites.php
Topics: Crafts, Ready Reference & Quick Facts
Last updated Jul 15, 2008
eHow: Clear Instructions on How to Do (Just About) Everything
A huge collection of instructions on "how to do things." Features step-by-step directions or advice in the areas of automotive, careers and education, computers, family and relationships, finance and business, food and entertaining, health, hobbies and games, personal care, pets, sports and fitness, and travel. Each entry is written and edited by eHow staff and may include tips, warnings, and a list of items needed to complete the task. Browsable and searchable.
http://www.ehow.com/
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Last updated Nov 23, 2004
Finding Data on the Internet
Intended as a quick resource guide for working journalists, this site will aid anyone looking for links to basic reference data, and statistical sites in agriculture, crime, economics, health, law and politics, and more. Compiled by a professional journalist.
http://www.robertniles.com/data/
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Last updated May 22, 2005
Gary Price's List of Lists
The List of Lists, or LOL, is "a database of ranked listings of companies, people and resources freely available on the Internet." Browse by subject. "The masterlist entry pulls all of a magazine's rankings from all of the different subject headings into one place," arranged alphabetically by title. A resource started by librarian Gary Price and now provided by Specialissues.com.
http://www.specialissues.com/lol/
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Last updated May 20, 2005
Hennepin County Library: Reference & Research
Annotated listings of reference websites and databases for a wide range of subjects of interest to public library patrons, such as automotive, business and investments, consumer information, genealogy, immigration and citizenship, jobs and careers, and parenting and child care. Includes some material specific to Minnesota and Hennepin County Library, but most resources are of general interest. From Hennepin County Library.
http://www.hclib.org/pub/search/Reference.cfm
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Last updated Aug 20, 2008
Knowledge Hound: The How-To Hunter
This site claims to be the "Web's biggest directory of free how-tos. We also offer original content in our 'KH How2s' section." Searchable or browsable by subject, such as arts and humanities, health and fitness, money and law, career and life skills, hobbies and crafts, recreation, the environment, and more. Also includes links to tutorials and tips for holidays and events. Useful despite some dead links.
http://www.knowledgehound.com/
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Last updated Jan 21, 2004
LibrarySpot
This "resource for online research" contains annotated links to Web sites for "educators and students, librarians and their patrons, families, [and] businesses." Topics include libraries, almanacs, dictionaries, encyclopedias, maps, public records, stastics, and magazines. Browsable.
http://www.libraryspot.com/
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Last updated May 22, 2005
Martindale's "The Reference Desk"
This site provides collections of links to websites on numerous subjects, with a focus on measurement and conversion tools. Topics include languages, the Internet, business, vehicles, engineering, travel, maps, cooking, mathematics, and science. The publisher refers users to their local library or appropriate professionals for further information. From an enthusiast.
http://www.martindalecenter.com
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Last updated Apr 27, 2009
Quamut: The Go To How To
"Quamut takes on subjects big and small and presents them on concise printable charts." View material for free online, but requires fee to download and print a PDF. Search, or browse by categories such as house and home, hobbies and leisure, money and business, computers and technology, and mind and body. Topics include bartending, baseball, accounting basics, building a website, and astrology, to name a few. From Barnes & Noble.
http://quamut.com/
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Last updated Apr 30, 2008
Ready Reference Collection (IPL)
Quot;An annotated collection of high quality Internet resources, selected by IPL staff for their usefulness in providing accurate, factual information on a particular topic or topics." Maintained by the Internet Public Library.
http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/
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Last updated Oct 2, 2008
refdesk.com
An enormous, searchable collection of links. "Facts-at-a-Glance" has links to ready reference sites with everything from college rankings to a zip code finder. "Current News/Weather/Business/Sports" includes links to newspapers, magazines, and headline news. "Refdesk Subject Categories" is an alphabetical directory of links by subject. "Top Reference Tools" links to encyclopedias and other sources of facts. Fun and help and advice sections round off the site.
http://www.refdesk.com/
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Last updated May 22, 2005
Reference - Bartleby.com
This site has a combined database of more than twenty respected reference works and several anthologies and individual works of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. In addition to out-of-copyright editions of classic works such as Bartlett's, Bulfinch, and the Cambridge History of English and American Literature the collection also includes recent editions of the Columbia Encyclopedia, The World Factbook, Roget's II: the New Thesaurus, the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, and much more. Searchable.
http://www.bartleby.com/reference/
Topics: Poetry, Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Ready Reference & Quick Facts
Last updated May 20, 2005
Search-22: General Reference Resources
This "directory of search engines" allows "you to write your query one time and get the results from different resources by clicking the different search buttons." Includes dictionaries, almanacs, quotation finders, and more.
http://www.search-22.com/general_reference/
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Last updated May 22, 2005
Virtual Reference Shelf: Selected Web Resources Compiled by the Library of Congress
This site gathers a collection of links to Internet sites organized into about thirty subject divisions, including public and university library links organized by state, city, and county. If you don't find an answer among the links, use the "Ask a librarian" e-mail service for help from a division, specialized reference service, or reading room in the Library of Congress.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/virtualref.html
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Last updated May 22, 2005
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