Open Reference Sources
§ Information Please: On-Line Dictionary and Internet encyclopedia
SUBJECT ENCYCLOPEDIAS
§ Guide to Philosophy on the Internet
§ Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
§ Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
§ Symbols.com: encyclopedia of Western Signs and Ideograms
§ LANGUAGE DICTIONARIES
§ Punjabi to English Dictionary
§ Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
§ Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
§ Virtual Library: General Reference Dictionaries
SUBJECT DICTIONARIES
§ Online Dictionary of the Social Sciences
§ Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus
§ Roget’s International Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases
YEARBOOKS, ALMANACS AND HANDBOOKS
§ Guinness Book of World Records
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
§ Biographies: Famous People, Biographical Information…
§ Ready Reference: Biographies
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
§ GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
§ Imperial Gazetteer of India (Maps)
§ Thesaurus of Geographic Names
STATISTICAL INFORMATION
§ Demographic and Health Surveys
§ United Nations Statistics Division
§ UNESCO Institute for Statistics
§ WHO Statistical Information System (WHOSIS)
§ World Bank: Data & Statistics
§ World Trade Organization (WTO)
STANDARDS AND PATENTS
§ Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)
§ Current Awareness Services: Patents and Standards
§ European Patent Office (EPO)
§ United States Patents (USPTO)
INDIAN REFERENCE SOURCES
§ Cookery
§ Department of Ayurveda, Yoga …
§ Gateway to Government of India Info over the web
§ Indian Railway Reservation Enquiry
§ Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA)
§ National Institute of Science Communication & Information Resources(NISCAIR)
SOME — USEFUL SOFTWARE
§ Adobe Reader (for reading pdf documents)
§ Apple iTunes (Jukebox)
§ AVG Antivirus (Antivirus Software)
§ Nvu (N-view) (Web Designing Software)
§ OpenOffice (Office Productivity Software)
§ Picasa (Digital Photo Organizing & Sharing Software)
§ WordWeb (Free thesaurus and dictionary for Windows)
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