General Research

Encyclopedic Resources	Reference Directories
Britannica	Library Spot
Encarta	RCSL DeskRef
Information Please	Big chalk/Homework Central
Columbia Encyclopedic	Refilesk.com
The Internet Public Library	Yahoo Reference
RCS Library Research Databases	Yahoo Reference

Document Based Research

The Library of Congress	Smithsonian Institution	National Archives and Records Administration
US Historical Documents	Archiving Early America	Afro-American Almanac