This is a listing of general reference sources available on the web, selected by British Library staff. The focus is primarily on sources in English which have particular reference to the United Kingdom; an indication is given if the source has worldwide coverage. Most of the resources included are freely available on the web; any subscription based sources included carry the information 'Onsite access only'.
A-C
- Abbreviations/acronyms
- Almanacs
- Archives
- Associations/organizations/societies
- Awards/prizes/records
- Biography
- Bookselling/publishing
- Calendars/days/time
- Concordances
- Conversion tools
- Copyright
D-M
- Dictionaries/thesauri
- Encyclopedias
- Government
- Images
- Internet access
- Libraries
- Maps/gazetteers
- Museums
N-Z
- News
- Quotations
- Signs/symbols
- Standards
- Style guides
- Telephone directories/postcodes
- Theses/dissertations
- Translation tools
- Travel
- Universities/colleges
- Weather
