EAP links

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Cambridge On-line Dictionaries (On-line access to five learner dictionaries)
FOLDOC (Free online dictionary of computing)
List of Dictionaries (Links to dictionaries from all over the world)
Merriam-Webster Dictionary (On-line version of best US dictionary)
Newbury House Online Dictionary (Best selling Newbury House Dictionary of American English)
On-Line Dictionaries (Links to 400 on-line dictionaries in 130 languages)
Webopedia (Encyclopaedia of computer related terms)

Ask Jeeves (If you want information on anything, ask Jeeves)
Ask Oxford (Online dictionaries from Oxford University Press)
Biography.com (Biographies of 25,000 people including well known personalities)
Britannica (The Encyclopedia Britannica on-line)
Encyclopedia.com (Chambers electronic encyclopedia)
Great Books Online (Reference books, including Columbia Encyclopedia)
How stuff works (How technological things work)
History today (Online library from History Today magazine)
How everything works (How everything works)
National Statistics Website (The latest comprehensive range of official UK statistics and information.)
Roget's Thesaurus (Roget's Thesaurus: Fully searchable)
The British Library (The British Library on the web)
The Library of Congress (The USA's oldest federal cultural institution)
US Census (The latest comprehensive range of official US statistics and information.)
World Atlas (Maps and Geography of the World)
World Fact Book (Regularly updated information available from the CIA!)
world-information.org (country related information on key business sectors in the world’s major markets. )