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Almanacs & Encyclopedias
Access Science is the online version of The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology.
American National Biography is a scholarly biographical encyclopedia that includes web links.
Background Notes includes country information about people, history, land, government,
political conditions, economy, and foreign relations.
CIA World Factbook provides information for more than 250 countries, including geography, map, flag, population, government, economy, communication, transportation, and the military.
Encyclopædia Britannica Online includes the complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and the Britannica Book of the Year.
Grove Dictionary of Art is a comprehensive encyclopedia of all types and periods of art.
Grove Music Online is a comprehensive encyclopedia of all types and periods of music.
Information Please Almanac allows searching or browsing in sports, entertainment, U.S., world, people, living, society, business & economy, or science & technology.
International Encyclopedia of Dance covers all forms of dance, cultural and national overviews, music, costumes and biographies of dancers and choreographers.
NationMaster.com is a one-stop source for country statistics on anything and everything.
Oxford Reference Online includes more than 120 reference books covering art, the sciences, literature, history, law, the performing arts, religion, computing, economics and business, general reference, and much more.
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy covers the full range of philosophical subject matter.
Wikipedia is a multilingual, web-based, free-content encyclopedia that anyone can edit.
World Almanac is the first place to go for fast, authoritative facts on a wide variety of topics.
Biography
American National Biography features with its biographical sketches of famous Americans, thousands of illustrations, more than 80,000 hyperlinked cross-references, links to web sites, and quarterly updates.
Biography Reference Bank Biographical articles of more than 500,000 people.
Biography.Com, sponsored by the Biography Channel, provides a database of over 20,000 brief biographies.
Dictionary of National Biography is an illustrated collection of more than 50,000 biographies of the men and women who shaped all aspects of Britain's past, from the fourth century BC to the year 2001.
Lexis-Nexis Biographical Information contains articles from newspapers and journals that include biographical information. Material is recent rather than historical.
Who's Who On The Web includes biographies of more than 1 million individuals from all walks of life.
Books, Book Reviews & Publishers
Academic Search Complete Search by author or book title for reviews.
Barnes and Noble and Amazon furnish information about books, including reviews and author interviews, and provide an opportunity to purchase books.
Books in Print covers books in print, forthcoming titles, and some out of print materials for all types of books and all subjects, beginning with 1995.
Bookspot brings together some of the best book-related resources on the World Wide Web.
DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals allows users to identify and search free, full-text open-access scientific and scholarly journals.
Literary Market Place is a directory to the American and Canadian book publishing industry.
Publishers' Catalogues Home Page provides links to publishers worldwide.
PubList provides a centralized source of information on more than 150,000 of the world's periodicals.
Ulrich's Serials Directory provides publishing and indexing information for periodicals.
Writer's Digest is a supplement to the printed edition of the Writer's Digest and contains the most current information on publishing, both fiction and non-fiction.
Colleges and Universities
American Colleges and Universities lists home pages for American universities. Provides links to international, Canadian, and community college listings.
College and University Rankings compiles and provides context to various ranking services.
College Catalogs Online has complete catalogs for U.S. colleges and universities.
CollegeNet provides information on all types of colleges and universities, including financial aid and scholarship information, as well as the ability to file on-line applications.
Ranking Systems Clearinghouse is published by the Institute for Higher Education Policy. It compiles links to rankings sources by country and topic.
Dictionaries and Thesauri
Acronym Finder is the largest and most complex online dictionary of acronymns, abbreviations and initialisms.
American Heritage Dictionary, Fourth Ed. offers color illustrations, pronunciation guides and etymologies.
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Ed., allows regular and wildcard searching, so you can find all the words ending in a given suffix.
Oxford English Dictionary contains the entire text of the 22-volume Oxford English Dictionary, second edition, which merges the original OED with the supplements prepared throughout this century.
Oxford Reference Online includes more than 120 reference books covering art, the sciences, literature, history, law, the performing arts, religion, computing, economics and business, general reference, and much more.
Roget's Thesaurus is searchable by headwords or full text.
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Directories for Telephone, E-mail, and Zip Codes
AnyWho Toll-Free Directory listing of 800 numbers in the U.S.
PeopleSearch.Net is the ultimate multi-engine people search. It includes yellow and white pages as well as reverse lookups.
Switchboard Find people and businesses by searching this nationwide directory of over 90 million personal names and over 10 million businesses. Includes telephone numbers and email addresses.
U.S. Post Office Zip Code Lookup allows access to zip codes for any U.S. address.
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Internet Hoax Web SitesUse these sites to check the legitimacy of questionable email messages (petitions, legislation, computer viruses, etc.)
Computer Virus Myths
F-Secure Hoax Warnings
Urban Legends Reference Site
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Language & Quotations
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations is the searchable online version of Bartlett's 1901 collection.
Motivational and Inspirational Quotes provides more than 27,000 quotations, to search by keyword or browse by subject or author.
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Maps, Travel & Country Information
About.com This site covers different types of maps but its strength is the outline maps it provides. You can get a blank outline map for continents, countries, states, or counties.
Amtrak Rail Service includes Amtrak routes, vacation packages and reservation service.
Arthur Frommer's Outspoken Encyclopedia of Travel dispenses excellent travel tips and recommendations.
CIA World Factbook is a one-volume encyclopedia that gives brief information on the government, climate, economics, and other aspects of individual countries.
Fodor's is a well known name in travel guides. This site is packed with information about a variety of travel topics. It has good guides to cities in almost every country, advice on making all types of transportation arrangements, hotel and restaurant recommendations, and tips on everything from packing a suitcase to traveling alone.
Go There Guide online travel guide to the most exciting cities & places in the world. Features city & country guides with quick facts, maps, pictures, and useful travel tools.
Lonely Planet is one of the most user friendly travel guide sites available. A unique feature is something called "Theme Guides" which helps you pick travel destinations based on your interests instead of geographically. Good practical advice is the hallmark of this site.
Map Collections: 1500-2002 Put out by the Library of Congress this site has a wealth of historical maps.
MapQuest provides Interactive maps of any address in the U.S and many international cities, driving directions, and other travel information.
Modern Language Association Language Map uses responses from the 2000 Census to create maps and tables for the number of people speaking certain languages in the U.S.
National Geographic's Map Machine Quality maps including good satellite and relief maps.
Office of International Education Everything you need to know if you are planning on studying and traveling abroad. Includes information on insurance, passport and entrance requirements, and safety advisories.
Perry Castaneda Library Map Collection makes available many world and U.S. maps, as well as historical maps of the United States. Links to other cartographic Web sites are also provided.
USA CityLink Project provides a comprehensive listing of WWW pages featuring U.S. states and cities. Info on a variety of topics from relocation services to local tourism.
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Time, Weather & Calculators
Calculator.Com provides access to all types of calculators -- finance, business, science, health, cooking and various hobbies.
Martindale's Calculators Online contains over 8,000 various calculators.
National Weather Service provides up-to-date U.S. weather information.
Universal Currency Converter allows you to perform interactive foreign exchange rate conversion on the Internet.
Unit Conversion Table gives you a fast way to convert common measurments like kilometers into miles or degrees fahrenheit into degrees celsius.
The Weather Channel is the web version of the popular cable television channel. U.S. and International conditions and forecasts are listed as well as a good selection of weather trivia.
Will Linden's Today's Calendar and Clock Page is a collection of links to information on every conceivable calendrical quotient, many tied in to the current date or time.
Worldclock Times Zones provides local time for many cities worldwide and provides descriptions of time zones in various parts of the world.
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