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MCLS Subject Guide Table 

Reference works for Language Studies

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Columbia Gazetteer of the World
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This site offers a database of names, descriptions, and characteristics of over 165,000 places in the world.
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Ethnologue
http://www.ethnologue.com/web.asp
The Ethnologue is an encyclopedic reference work cataloging all of the world’s 6,912 known living languages. Includes statistics.

EURODICAUTOM
http://europa.eu.int/eurodicautom/Controller
Eurodicautom is the multilingual term bank of the European Commission and was developed to assist translators and other language professionals.

Foreign Exchange Currency Converter
http://www.oanda.com/convert/classic
Converts one kind of currency into another for any day since January 1, 1990. Updated 8 pm daily EST.

Lexicool
http://www.lexicool.com/
Directory of online bilingual and multilingual dictionaries. Currently has links to over 4000 bilingual and multilingual dictionaries and glossaries freely available on the Internet.

Multilingual Computing
http://www.omniglot.com/mlcomputing/index.htm
The Omniglot website provides info on how to type foreign language characters in Windows, Mac O/S, HTML and more.

Omniglot: A Guide to Writing Systems
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/index.htm
A guide to over 200 writing systems, including pronunciation guides for languages.

Oxford Reference Online
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Contains entries from over 100 major discipline-related dictionaries and other publications from Oxford University Press. Coverage includes the sciences, foreign languages, art and architecture, politics, business, literature and more.
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U.S. Embassies and Other Diplomatic Missions
http://usembassy.state.gov/
U.S. State Department links to embassies and consulates of the United States Government all over the world.

World Factbook
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook
Offers demographic information on countries around the world, including description of the country's government, economic development, communications, transportation, population statistics, languages, and ethnic groups.
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World Time Zones
http://www.worldtimezone.com/
World time zone map with current time.