General reference – online indexes, dictionaries, thesauri, quotations, & newspapers

AULOTS – Australasian Union List of Theological Serials

AULOTS (3rd edition, 1996) contains entries for 4,620 serials titles held in 95 libraries across Australia and New Zealand. AULOTS consists of a list of serial titles in alphabetical order. For each title, there is a list of libraries with holdings for the title and details of the extent of the holdings for each library. http://anztla.org/Aulots/Aulots.html

Acronyms & Synonyms


Acronym database
  http://www.ucc.ie/acronyms/

Acronym Finder  http://www.ucc.ie/acronyms/

Acronym Finder  http://www.acronymfinder.com/

WordNet (search for synonyms, antonyms)  http://vancouver-webpages.com/wordnet/index.html

Bible Study Tools


Bibles.Net 
http://www.bibles.net

  Christian Classics Ethereal Library http://www.ccel.org/
  Codex Sinaiticus http://www.codex-sinaiticus.net/en/
  ECanon http://rosetta.reltech.org/ECanon/ECanon.html

Goshen Bible Study Tools  http://www.biblestudytools.net/
Interlinear Bible, Parallel Bible, Commentaries, Concordances, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Lexicons, Sermon Helps

N.T. Wright http://ntwrightpage.com/
Articles, lectures, sermons, conference papers and audio/videos by N.T. Wright

Wesley Center for Applied Theology  http://wesley.nnu.edu/biblical_studies/index.htm
Biblical Studies Links, Early English Translations, Greek NT for Beginners, Josephus’ works, Noncanonical Literature, Parables Studies, Peacemakers International (theological resources)

Biographical References

The Biographical Dictionary  http://s9.com/biography/ 
(This dictionary covers more than 28,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day.)

Biographies.com  http://www.biography.com/index.html 
(Popular celebrities & government dignatories)

 

Christian Biography Resources http://www.wholesomewords.org/biography/bio.html

A million lives  http://amillionlives.com/ 
(The largest guide to posthumous biography sites on the Web.)

Who’s Who Online  http://www.whoswho-online.com/ 
(Contains professional and biographical data about individuals of accomplishment who are part of the worldwide Internet community)

Calculators

Calculation of the Ecclesiastical Calendarhttp://www.smart.net/~mmontes/ec-cal.html

Roman Numeral Converter  http://www.novaroma.org/via_romana/numbers.html

Universal Currency Converter  http://www.xe.net/currency/full/

Dictionaries

3D Dictionary [of computer terms]  http://www.maran.com/dictionary/index.html

Allwords – English dictionary with multi-lingual search capacity http://www.allwords.com/

Cambridge International Dictionaries http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

Dictionary of Philosophical terms  http://www.philosophypages.com/dy/

Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names  http://people.delphi.com/gkemerling/dy/index.htm

Dictionary of Symbolism  http://www.umich.edu/~umfandsf/symbolismproject/symbolism.html/index.html

Glossary of Theological terms http://www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/religion/relgloss.htm

Language Dictionaries and Translators  http://rivendel.com/~ric/resources/dictionary.html

Macquarie Dictionary (Australian)  http://www.macquariedictionary.com.au/

Merriam-Webster (American spelling)  http://www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm

One Look Dictionary (search engine for several dictionaries)  http://www.onelook.com/

A Web of On-line Dictionaries  http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/rbeard/diction.html

Your Dictionary.com (dictionaries, thesauri, translators)  http://www.yourdictionary.com/index.shtml

Thesauri

Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names  http://www.ahip.getty.edu/tgn_browser/

Merriam-Webster Thesaurus  http://www.m-w.com/thesaurus.htm

Roget’s Thesaurus  http://www.thesaurus.com/

Rogets II: the new thesaurus 3rd ed.  http://www.bartleby.com/thesauri/

Wordsmyth  http://www.wordsmyth.net/

Quotations

Quotations Page  http://www.quotationspage.com/

Quoteland  http://www.quoteland.com/

Symbols in Christian Art & Architecture  http://home.att.net/~wegast/symbols/symbols.htm

Miscellaneous

Catholic Encyclopedia  http://www.csn.net/advent/cathen/cathen.html

Country Studies  http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html#toc

Ethnologue : languages of the world  http://gamma.sil.org/ethnologue/

The Internet Public Library : Reference  http://www.ipl.org/ref/RR/static/ref0000.html

Martindale’s – The Reference Desk  http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/HSG/Ref.html

RefDesk.com   http://www.refdesk.com/index.html
(Almanacs, calendars, dictionaries, people and places, encyclopedias, and weights and measures)

Roman Numeral Converter  http://www.novaroma.org/via_romana/numbers.html

Symbols  http://www.symbols.com/

Symbols of Christian Art and Architecture  http://www.fastlane.net/homepages/wegast/symbols/symbols.htm

World Fact Book  http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

World Gazateer  http://www.world-gazetteer.com/home.htm 
(Current population figures for cities, towns and administrative divisions of all countries largest cities of the world, images of national flags)

Universal Currency Converter  http://www.xe.com/ucc/

Online Newspapers


Australian local newspapers
  http://www.yourguide.com.au/yourguide.asp

Australian and International Newspapers (listed by the State Library of Victoria) http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/slv/newspapers/internet/

Australian newspapers online (National Library of Australia) http://www.nla.gov.au/npapers/

 

Church of the Nazarene News (Topix.net) http://www.topix.net/religion/church-of-the-nazarene

 

Christian News Online (Australian) http://churchresources.info/christiannewsonline/

 

Church Central http://www.churchcentral.com/nw/s/src/GO0069

 

Crumbs (New Zealand Youth Ministry Magazine) http://www.crumbs.org.nz/

 

Nazarene Communications Network (NCN) http://www.ncnnews.org/

 

New Life: Australia's weekly Christian newspaper http://www.nlife.com.au/

On-line Newspapers  http://www.ipl.org/reading/news/

 

Soul Purpose New Zealand http://www.soulpurpose.co.nz/
(News & features for young people)

 

World Wide Newspapers Online http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/

Statistics by Country


Australia/New Zealand

Australian Statistics Internet Sites  http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/stats.html

Australian Bureau of Statistics site http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/D3310114.nsf/Home/Australian+Bureau+of+Statistics?OpenDocument

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare  http://www.aihw.gov.au/

Australian Institute of Criminology  http://www.aic.gov.au/stats/index.html

Australia Now: a statistical profile of Australia http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/ABS%40.nsf/94713ad445ff1425ca25682000192af2!OpenView

Australian Social Science Data Archives (ANU)  http://assda.anu.edu.au/

Brisbane City Council  http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/business/economic_trends/key_indicators/index.shtml

Child Care (Australian Department of Family and Community Services)  http://www.facs.gov.au/internet/facsinternet.nsf/childcare/services-chldcare.htm

New Zealand Statistics  http://www.stats.govt.nz/

Queensland Statistics  http://www.oesr.qld.gov.au/views/statistics/stats_home.htm

International

Demographic Yearbook (United Nations)  http://www.un.org/Depts/unsd/demog/index.html

Global Statistics  http://www.xist.org/

Human Development Report (UN)  http://hdr.undp.org/

Sources of International Statistics on the Internet http://www.lib.umd.edu/MCK/STATS.html

United Nations Global Statistics  http://unstats.un.org/unsd/

World Health Organisation Global Statistics  http://www3.who.int/whosis/menu.cfm

Statistics by Subject


Education, Culture, Labour

UNESCO Institute of Statistics  http://portal.unesco.org/uis/ev.php?URL_ID=2867&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201
Global and internationally comparable statistics on education, science, technology, culture and communication

World Communication/Information Reports  http://www.unesco.org/webworld/com_inf_reports/index.shtml

World Culture Report  http://www.unesco.org/culture/news/html_eng/index_en.shtml

Human Rights, Crime and Justice

Amnesty International Annual Reports  http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/aireport/

Human Rights Watch World Report 2000  http://www.hrw.org/wr2k/

International Crime Statistics  http://www.crime.org/links_intern.html

Religion and Social Groups

Ethnologue: Languages of the World  http://www.ethnologue.com/

Human Settlements Statistical Databases  http://www.unchs.org/unon/unchs/habrdd/statprog.htm