UK250

A great collection of UK Reference websites

REFERENCE Websites  www.referencewebsites.co.uk

Reference: n. A bank of information concerned with news and information, postcode changes and other general issues.

• Design Council online 

  Helping businesses become more successful, public services more efficient and designers more effective.

  http://www.design-council.org.uk

• Macmillan Publishers Ltd 

  Publishers of a number of different dictionaries covering art, science and history.

  http://www.macmillan.com/

• J.M. Duckworth 

  A monster online dictionary of slang from a British perspective.

  http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang

• Ordnance Survey 

  Britain's national mapping agency.

  http://www.ordsvy.gov.uk

• Federation of Small Businesses 

  An online directory catering for the interests of small businesses.

  http://www.fsb.org.uk

• Cambridge Dictionaries Onlne 

  Online search mechanism with dictionaries of definitions, idioms and phrasal verbs.

  http://www.dictionary.cambridge.org

• British Waterways 

  Official site for the British Waterways Board.

  http://www.britishwaterways.co.uk

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission 

  Official site for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

  http://www.cwgc.org

• NetLingo 

  Online dictionary and other services.

  http://www.netlingo.com

• Credo Reference 

  A leading provider of reference services for libraries and information centers.

  http://www.xrefer.com

• The Unclaimed Assets Register  

  The UAR is a unique search service to assist members of the public or their legal representatives to ascertain entitlement to their 'lost' financial assets such as life policies, pensions, unit trusts and dividends.

  http://www.uar.co.uk

• Mantex 

  Features a range of reference books available to order online.

  http://www.mantex.co.uk

• The Met. Office 

  Online UK and world weather including education and research information.

  http://www.met-office.gov.uk

• The History of Advertising Trust 

  Encourages and sponsors the study of all aspects of the development of advertising.

  http://www.hatads.org.uk

• Getmapping 

  A complete, full-colour, digital, aerial photographic map of the UK.

  http://www.getmapping.com

• The Equality and Human Rights Commission  

  Champions equality and human rights for all, working to eliminate discrimination, reduce inequality, protect human rights and to build good relations, ensuring that everyone has a fair chance to participate in society.

  http://www.equalityhumanrights.com

• Wordsmyth Collaboratory 

  Language reference source with search capability meshing dictionary and thesaurus.

  http://www.wordsmyth.net

• Crimestoppers 

  Crimestoppers enables people to call a single nationwide freephone number, 0800 555 111 at any time with information about any crime.

  http://www.crimestoppers-uk.org/scotland/
 

• UK Reference Directory

  Great links in a directory format

  http://www.uk-referencedirectory.co.uk

• UK Websites Directory

  A new directory site well worth a look! Tell all your friends.

  http://www.uk-websitesdirectory.co.uk