General Reference Sources

Dickson College Library: General References Sources

Dictionary and thesaurus

OneLook Dictionary Search - search 993 online dictionaries

Oxford Dictionary

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary and Thesaurus

Thesaurus.com

yourDictionary.com - English and other languages

Maps, facts and statistics

Google Maps

WorldAtlas.com

The World Factbook (CIA)

Interactive World Fact Book

Australian Bureau of Statistics

News reports and online newspapers

ABC News

The Sydney Morning Herald

The Canberra Times

The Age

The Australian

Koori Mail

The Financial Review

New York Times

BBC Online

Huffington Post (US edition) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

Huffington Post (Aust. edition) https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/

EurekaAlert! - Science news by subject, including current press releases

Newspaper Index http://www.newspaperindex.com/en - Newspapers in all countries

http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/ - Online newspaper directory for the world

Newsy http://www.newsy.com/ - Video news service (3 minute clips) presenting world news from many different sources.