Looking for answers? This is the place. There are lots of sources of information here.

• Britannica Online -- You'll have to pay to use this beyond a brief free trial. But it is the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
  
• Or try the Britannica Sample Search, which allows free searches, but only lets you see the first paragraph of articles. (This can be a very handy way to locate information if you have access to a printed Britannica.)
  
• FREE Internet Encyclopedia -- An ambitious project to organize information on the Web in encyclopedic fashion.
  
• WWWebster Dictionary -- Merrian-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary online.
  
• Hypertext Webster Interface, another approach to an online dictionary. Also here.
  
• WebDictionary Not really a dictionary, this is an index to information available on the Web.
  
• MapQuest! -- Home page links to interactive atlas and travel planner.
  
• The World Factbook -- The CIA's guide to nations of the world.
  
• Notable Citizens of Planet Earth -- A biographical dictionary. Short on detail, but plenty of useful basic information.
  
• MedicineNet Home Page -- A good source of medical information.
  
• Knowledge Adventure, Inc. -- An elementary reference library, including an encyclopedia, for children.
  
• Encyclopedia Smithsonian -- a short but growing collection of frequently asked questions about all sorts of subjects, from the Smithsonian Institution.
  
• The Distinctionary -- Not quite a dictionary or thesaurus, this is a collection of synonomies: discussions of the subtle differences between words of similar meaning.
  
• On-Line English Grammar -- A guide to grammar and punctuation.
  
• Michael Moncur's quotations page -- Search the quotation database, or grab a random quote.
  
• The Calendar Zone -- Links to all manner of calendrical information.
  
• Greek mythology -- an online guide to the Olympians.
  
• Background Briefing -- Historical background and a substantial helping of opinion on the causes and origins of current news stories.
  
• Unit Conversions -- A mind-bogglingly complete engine for conversion of weights and measures.
  
• Conversion Table -- Another tool for converting weights and measures. Also includes some software links.
  

• My Virtual Reference Desk -- Practically the canonnical list of reference materials, this site just keeps growing.
  
• Research-It! -- Forms-based links to all manner of searches and lookups.
  
• Xplore Reference -- A single page, densely packed with reference links.
  
• Education Station Multi-Library -- A good collection of links to refererence sources on the Web, intended for teachers but usable by anybody. Includes a transcription (in progress) of a turn-of-the-century encyclopedia, the Volume Library.