ENCYCLOPAEDIAS

Encyclopaedia Britannica

Abridged version of the Encyclopaedia Britannica

DICTIONARIES

Medline Medical Dictionary

Medline Medical Dictionary

Ask Oxford

Compact Oxford English Dictionary

Merriam Webster Online

Abridged Merriam Webster English Dictionary

Irish Dictionary Online

Irish – English/ English Irish translation

Language Translations

Major European languages translation

Dictionary.com

Searches multiple dictionaries e.g. American Heritage (2000) and Websters Revised Unabridged (1996)

ATLASES, MAPS

All the Worlds’ Maps

Compilation of national and city maps

Atlapedia

Maps, statistics, demographics

Google maps

Country, region, city maps

GOVERNMENT INFORMATION

Irish Government

Information on the Irish State; Government Departments

Central Statistics Office – Ireland

Demographic, economic and social statistics for the Republic of Ireland

Irish Statute Book

Government of Ireland legislative acts

United Nations

Gateway to the United Nations organisations

European Union

Gateway to the countries of the European Union

The World Health Organisation

Website of the World Health Organisation

CIA – the World Fact Book

World facts

NEWSPAPERS

Irish Times

National News

Irish Independent

National News

The Times – London

UK National News

The New York Times

US National News

The Sligo Champion

Local news

The Sligo Weekender

Local News

The Irish Examiner

National/ Local news

BOOKS – FULL TEXT

Bartleby.com Books

Full text books early editions and classics

Project Gutenberg

19,000 books online – full text of books whose copyright has expired in the United States – mostly texts published before 1923