Reference Resources
Electronic Reference Shelf 
General Reference Tools & Assistance
Encyclopaedias & Dictionaries
Directories (Including telephone)
Travel Information
Graduate Opportunities
Research Funding
Higher Education Courses and General Information
Higher Education Government Sites and Statistics
Learned Societies and Conferences
See also Internet Search Tools
Electronic Reference Shelf
- Bartleby's Electronic Reference Shelf
- Handbook of Latin American Studies
- Merck Manual of medical information, Home Edition
- Oxford Art Online
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- Oxford English Dictionary
- Oxford Music Online
- Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Online
- Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy
- Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory
- Who's Who
- World Fact Book (CIA)
General Reference Tools & Assistance
- Academic Info
- People's Network: Enquire
- Best of the Web - Reference
- British National Formulary
- BUBL Information Service
- Chiefs of State around the world (CIA)
- Citizens Advice Bureau
- Copyright Licensing Agency, Intellectual Property in the UK, Intellectual Property Rights Helpdesk (Europe), World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and also The Watch File
- Credo Reference
- Digital Librarian
- Embassy World see also Rulers
- Intute
- Martindale's 'The Reference Desk'
- Merck Manual of medical information, Home Edition
- National Statistics Online
- NHS Direct
- RefSeek
- Virtual Reference Shelf
- World Clock
- World Fact Book (CIA) see also NationMaster and Atlapedia
Encyclopaedias & Dictionaries
- Oxford English Dictionary
- AbbreviationZ
- Acronym finder
- All That JAS: Journal Abbreviation Sources
- Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (Bosworth)
- Australian Dictionary of Biography Online
- Babel fish (altavista translator)
- Bartleby's Electronic Reference Shelf (Colombia Encyclopedia etc.)
- Biographical Dictionary
- Biography.com
- Cambridge English Dictionary
- Chambers
- Citizendium
- Collins Dictionary
- Dict.org
- Dictionary.co.uk
- Dictionary.com
- Dictionary.net
- Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
- Dictionary of Middle English
- Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
- Dictionary of the Scots Language
- Dictionary of Slang: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
- Dictionary of Spanish
- Digital Dictionaries of South Asia
- Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Encyclopedia Mythica
- English to Latin and English to Greek dictionaries via the Perseus Digital Library
- Forvo
- Free Dictionary
- Glosspost
- Encyclopedia.com
- Is This A Word?
- Leo
- Lexicool.com: Directory of Translation Dictionaries
- Linguee
- Longman
- Macmillan
- Nobelprize.org
- Omnificent English Dictionary In Limerick Form
- One Look Dictionary
- Online Etymology Dictionary
- Oxford Dictionaries
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- Quotationreference
- Roget's Thesaurus and Yahoo Thesauri
- Spanish Dictionary
- Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913 and 1828)
- Wikipedia
- Wiktionary
- Who's Who 1897-1996 available electronically in the Information Centre
- Wordnik
- Wordreference
- Wordweb
- Word Detective
- Words by William Whitaker : Latin to English
Citation Style Guides
- Citing Sources (From Duke Universities Libraries)
- MLA Frequently Asked Questions
- Citation Style Guides: Basic Information
- MLA Style Guide on Purdue Online Writing Lab
- Style Manuals (from Sheffield University)
Directories
- 123people.co.uk
- BSI Standards Catalogue
- Kelly's Directory (search engine for UK industry)
- Literary Market Place (directory of publishers)
- Lycos Who Where People Finder
- Pipl - People Search
- Ultimate Directory - currently down for maintenance
- Who's Who 1897-1996 available electronically in the Information Centre
- Zoom Info
Phone / Yellow Pages (UK)
- BT Directory Enquiries
- Phone directories
- Postcode Search (Royal Mail)
- Thomson Local
- ukphonebook.com
- Yell.com
- 192.com
- 118.com
Phone / Yellow Pages (Overseas)
- Australian Yellow Pages
- BT International Dialing Codes
- Switchboard (USA White Pages)
- WHITE PAGES(tm) Australia
Travel Information
- CDC Travelers' Health
- Deutsche Bahn
- European National Railways and Timetables
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office Travel Advice by country and Find An Embassy
- MapCrow (Distance between cities calculator)
- MultiMap UK
- National Express Bus Information
- National Rail
- Streetmap UK
- Travel Britain: a portal to UK travel and general information
- Travelocity.co.uk
- Traveline (Public transport information)
- Transport for London
- London Bus Routes
- Visit London
- ViewLondon
Exchange rates
- Currency Converter for Cyberian Outpost
- Xenon Labs: The Universal Currency Converter
- Historical Currency Converter
Graduate Opportunities
- Academic360.com
- Careerjet.co.uk
- Careers Advice
- Careers Group (University of London), Online Careers Library and C2
- Do-It
- Graduate Recruitment Bureau
- Graduate UK
- Hobsons UK Careers
- Jobs.ac.uk
- Prospects
- Slivers of Time
- TimeBank
- VSO UK
Research Funding
- Association of Commonwealth Universities and Commonwealth Scholarship Commission
- Arts and Humanities Research Council
- British Academy Research Funding
- British Council
- BUBL Research Funding
- ESRC (Economic & Social Research Council) Funding Opportunites
- Prizes, Fellowships, Awards, American Historical Association
Higher Education Courses and General Information
- Brain Track US College and University Directory
- Find a Phd
- Floodlight (Guide to part-time/evening courses in Greater London)
- GradSource (USA)
- Hobsons Postgraduate Course Search
- LearnDirect
- Library Research Skills Tutorial
- Peterson's: College and Career Information (USA)
- Prospects' Graduate Courses
- Recognised UK Degrees (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills)
- Royal Literary Fund Writing Guide
- Study Overseas.com
- UCAS Home Page
- UNESCO Guide to Studying Abroad
- UNESCO International Association of Universities
- University of London Student Records
- USA best graduate schools ranking (U.S. News and World Report)
Higher Education Government Sites and Statistics
- DEARING Report
- HEFCE: Higher Education Funding Council for England
- Higher Education Statistics Agency
- Guardian University Guide
- Lifelong Learning
- Qualifications and Curriculum Authority
- RAE (Research Assessment Exercise) 2008. See also the June 2002 HEFCE Press Release, and the 2003 Joint funding bodies' review of Research Assessment: final report. RAE 2001, 1996 and 1992.
- Top Universities (THE/QS)
- Universities UK
