General References

Ask.com
Answers.com
Bartleby.com
bigchalk
Desk Ref
iTools
Multnomah County Library
KidsClick! Reference
Internet Public Library
Docuticker (daily updates of gov., etc)
AccessMyLibrary
Spoken & Written Forms of Address
All My Faves (Why search?)
U.S. Gov't Printing Office
U. S. Government Statistics
Life's Little Mysteries

Almanacs

World Almanac for Kids Online
Fact Monster
Infoplease
Old Farmer's Almanac
U.S. Census
U.S. Census Factfinder
How Stuff Works

Atlases

Google Maps
All the World's Maps
American Memory Maps
Geography@About.com
Historical Atlases of the 20th Century
Online Maps
Perry Casteneda Map Collection
Europe Maps - 1A.D. - 1700 A.D.
Medieval Maps
Broer MAP Library
Dave Rumsey's Historical Maps
Owl & Mouse Interactive Maps
Atlapedia

Dictionaries & Thesauri

Dictionary.com
American Heritage Spanish Dictionary
Cambridge Dictionaries
Encarta World English Dictionary
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Merriam-Webster's Word Central
Merriam-Webster Online Language Center
One Look Dictionaries
Dictionary of Symbolism
Rhyme Zone
Write Express, Online Rhyming Dictionary
Skeptics Dictionary
Pronounce It Right
Wordnik

Encyclopedias

Wikipedia
Britannica Concise
Columbia Concise
World Book Encyclopedia (see Premium Databases)
Cambridge Encyclopedia of English and American Literature
Encyclopedia Mythica
Encyclopedia Smithsonian
How Stuff Works
Encyclopedia of Television
Encyclopedia of Days
Encyclopedia Titanica

Quotations

Bartleby
Quoteland
Quoteworld
Brainy Quote

Ender's Game Quotes
Top 10 Sherlock Holmes' Quotes
Chronicles of Narnia Quotes (wiki)

Biographical Dictionaries

Biographical Dictionary
Biography.com
Gale (free resources)
IPL2 Biography Links
Library Spot Biography Links
Nobel Prize Biographies
PBS Biographies
IPL2 - Presidents of the U.S.
Who2?

Calculators & Conversion

Calculator.com
The Ultimate List of Conversions
Metric Conversions
Universal Currency Converter
Ask Numbers (conversions)
Online Conversions

Nations of the World

Library of Congress' Portals to the World
CIA World Factbook
Country Reports
Country Codes

Virtual Museums

Museum List
EField Trips
NASA Mars Field Trip
Create a Virtual Field Trip
Internet4Classrooms
Educational Virtual Museums

Social Issues

Multnomath County Library's Social Page
Public Agenda Online
Public Education Network
Repositories of Primary Sources
Tutorials - Finding USA Gov't Info

Surnames

Genealogy
Behind the Name
Search for Ancestors
USGenWeb (free site)

Newspapers

News Directory
International Newspaper Index
U.S. States Newspaper Index
Historical Newspapers Online
Teen Tribune
Seattle Times
Seattle PI
The Everett Herald