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Editorial, reference and research resources
Cambridge Dictionary Online
Mirriam-Webster Online Dictionary
yourDictionary.com - Hundreds of dictionaries
Thesaurus.com
InfoPlease - Dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, atlas, almanac
Wikipedia - Free encyclopedia
Word Reference - Dictionary and translation to and from several languages
Babel Fish Translation - Translates text and websites to and from many languages
Acronym Finder
Online Conversion - Convert just about anything to anything else
Yahoo Currency Converter
Legal resources
Case Gateway - Legal Abbreviations
Legal 500
Court Service
Daily Law Notes
Legal Lexicon's Lyceum - Law dictionary
LawLinks - Legal information on the Internet from the University of Kent
EurLex - EU Legislation
Acts of UK Parliament and
UK Statutory Instruments
Northern Ireland legislation and
Northern Ireland Statutory Rules
Acts of the Scottish Parliament and
Scottish Statutory Instruments
Welsh legislation and
Welsh Statutory Instruments
Tax and accountancy resources
Inland Revenue
Treasury
Financial Services Authority
Governmental resources
DirectGov - Government information and services
Essential List -
Directory of UK public sector information sources covering UK government, healthcare providers and universities
Publishing information
The British Library
Amazon
The Bookseller
Weekly Publishing Industry Moves
Maps and travel
Multimap
Mapquest
National Rail - Includes journey planner
IT
Microsoft Office Online UK - Useful assistance and online training in Office products such as Word and Excel
Microsoft UK - Info, help, security updates (home use only recommended)
Spychecker - Contains loads of freeware anti-virus and spychecker programmes (home use only recommended)
Skype - Free Internet telephony allows you to call other people on their computers or phones, or send instant messages, free between Skype users (home use only recommended)
Internet search engines