These websites offer links to research resources online. There are many directories like this that you can easily find. Colleges, Universities, Public Schools, and many other learning communities typically offer research resources that tend to be freely available for usage.
But what is a research resource anyway? These resources are primary and secondary information sources on whatever subject you might come up with. They are Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Maps and Atlases, Factbooks, even work citation guides.
Directory type websites
(Sites with links to multiple resources for learners).
The Adventures of cyberbee. This website contains links to a massive number of research resources currently available. It says for teachers and students, but links are followable for anyone. It also links to Factmonster.com as well.
Infoplease
A really good learning resource page with a massive number of research links. There are plenty of articles in categories like the day in history, what’s trending?, and real-world research tools, weights and measures.
https://www.coloradovirtuallibrary.org/
The Colorado virtual Library
Under the Technology Tab are lists of online reference resources to be used. There is also a list of free online tools that might be helpful for a lot of people. Tools in the audio category, file conversions, productivity, presentation, coding, and even job hunting.
https://nyslibrary.libguides.com/internet-bibliographies/ready-reference
The New York Library Libguides site. In addition to the typical lists of Encyclopedias and Dictionaries, you will also find links to consumer and economic information, statistics, calendars, and weights and measures.
The Law Library of Congress Law Blog. This Directory is specifically geared to legal questions, but offers up some ready reference materials that others might find helpful as well. Some listed are Guide to Congress, The Statesman’s Yearbook, and state documents bibliographies. So for political information this site can be very helpful.
Encyclopedias, etc.
Links to on-line Smithsonian Resources from Art to Zoology are available. Don’t forget their research resources and archives are also available.
Directory of the Best Online Encyclopedias
This is Refseek’s Encyclopedia Site. It contains a listed Directory of some of the Web’s best encyclopedias, including Britannica, Columbia, Encyclopedia of Symbols, Reference.com, and Wikipedia.
The Occupational Outlook Handbook is the government’s premier source of career guidance featuring hundreds of occupations—such as carpenters, teachers, and veterinarians.
Medicine
THE MERCK MANUAL: The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
Business
Official Kelley Blue Book New Car and Used Car Prices and Values
Let Kelley Blue Book help you find the right car today! Begin your car search at kbb.com, The Trusted Resource. Whats your car worth? Research car quotes, photos, videos, reviews, and more from the automotive industry experts. Blue Book Values you can trust.
Hoovers | Company Information | Industry Information | Lists
Dun and Bradstreet / Hoovers.
Search the world’s largest database of company and industry information. Find contact information, get competitive reports, build targeted lists.
Literature
The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
Welcome to the third edition of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Our aim is to provide a comprehensive, scholarly, and critical guide to science fiction in all its forms.
Literary Encyclopedia | Welcome
Computers
Webopedia: Online Tech Dictionary for IT Professionals
Webopedia is an online dictionary and Internet search engine for information technology and computing definitions. Voted Best Technology Website.
Welcome to the Computer Desktop Encyclopedia
History
The web’s source of information for Ancient History: definitions, articles, timelines, maps, books, and illustrations.
History facts and information | Encyclopedia.com
Find facts and information about History from trusted sources at Encyclopedia.com
An easy-to-use search engine for historical maps in libraries around the world. It allows the user to search for online digital historical maps across numerous different collections via a geographical search. Search by typing a place-name or by clicking in the map window, and narrow by date. The search results provide a direct link to the map image on the website of the host institution.
Allison Sermarini’s Maps of the Ancient World – Home
Encyclopedic entry Index – National Geographic Education