Reference Web Sites
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Suggestions from the Classroom Connect Conference
*University of Albany Reference http://library.albany.edu/reference/
Absolute Trivia http://www.absolutetrivia.com/
Academic Information http://www.academicinfo.net/index.html
Afterschool http://www.afterschool.to/
Association Central http://www.associationcentral.com
Bartleby.com Reference http://www.bartleby.com/reference/
Best Information on the Internet http://www.sau.edu/CWIS/Internet/Wild/index.htm
B.J. Pinchbeck's Homework Helper http://www.bjpinchbeck.com
Brainmania Homework Help http://www.brainmania.com/
Calculate.com http://calculator.com
DeskRef http://ansernet.rcls.org/deskref/
Digital Librarian http://www.servtech.com/public/mvail/
eHow http://www.ehow.com/home/home.asp
Electronics Tutorials http://www.electronics-tutorials.com
Everyrule http://www.everyrule.com/indextop.htm
Fact Monster http://www.factmonster.com/
Fast Facts (almanac collection) http://gwu.edu/~gprice/handbook.htm
Free Medical Dictionary http://www.medterms.com/
Free Training with Freeskills.com http://www.freeskills.com/
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names http://shiva.pub.getty.edu/tgn_browser/
Glossarist: An Index of Glossaries http://www.glossarist.com/
Guinness Book of World Records http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com
Handilinks http://ahandyguide.com/
Homework Central http://www.homeworkcentral.com
Hot Paper Topics http://www.sau.edu/CWIS/Internet/Wild/Hot/hotindex.htm
HotSheet: Web Quick Reference http://www.hotsheet.com/
How Stuff Works http://www.howstuffworks.com
How Things Work http://howthingswork.virginia.edu/
iFigure (calculators) http://www.ifigure.com/
Internet Public Library Ready Reference http://www.ipl.org/ref/RR/
Knowledge Hound http://www.knowledgehound.com/
Learn2.com http://www.learn2.com/
'Lectric Law Library http://192.41.4.29/ref.html
LibrarySpot.com http://libraryspot.com/
List of Lists http://gwis2.circ.gwu.edu/~gprice/listof.htm
LitEngine.com http://www.litengine.com/
Martindale’s Reference Desk http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/~martindale/Ref.html
My Virtual Reference Desk http://www.refdesk.com/
New York Times Navigator http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/navigator/index.html#ref
Ready Reference Galaxy http://www.einet.net/galaxy/Reference.html
Refdesk.com http://www.refdesk.com/
Reference Shelf http://alabanza.com/kabacoff/Inter-Links/reference.html
Research-It! http://www.iTools.com/research-it/
Researchpaper.com http://www.researchpaper.com
Roman Numeral Converter http://www.binary.net/dturley/js/roman.htm
RDN Virtual Training Suite (Internet training) http://www.vts.rdn.ac.uk/
Scholes Library Electronic Reference Desk http://scholes.alfred.edu/Ref.html
SchoolWork.Org http://www.schoolwork.org
StudyWeb http://www.studyweb.com
Survival Guide http://survivalhandbook.homestead.com/
Symbols.com http://www.symbols.com/
Triviastic http://www.triviastic.com/
Unbound Bible http://unbound.biola.edu/
University of California at Irvine's General Reference Resources http://www.lib.uci.edu/rraz/genref.html
Virtual Reference Desk (THOR) http://thorplus.lib.purdue.edu/reference/
Virtual Reference Desk http://www.vrd.org/
World Factbook http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Write Tools: Editors' and Writers' Toolkit http://writetools.com/
Xrefer http://w2.xrefer.com/
Yahoo Reference http://www.yahoo.com/Reference
Encyclopedias (also visit Catalogs and Databases for subscription services)
Artcyclopedia http://www/artcyclopedia.com
Britannica Online http://www.britannica.com
Catholic Encyclopedia http://www.knight.org/advent/cathen/cathen.htm
Chemistry Encyclopedia http://www.scimedia.com/chem-ed/scidex.htm
Columbia Encyclopedia Columbia Encyclopedia http://www.bartleby.com/65/
Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia http://www.encyclopedia.com/
Dr. Koop's Medical Encyclopedia http://www.drkoop.com/conditions/encyclopedia/
Encarta Concise Encyclopedia http://encarta.msn.com
Encyberpedia http://www.encyberpedia.com/ency.htm
Encyclopedia of British History: 1700-1950 http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/industry.html
Encyclopedia of Women's History http://www.teleport.com/~megaines/women.html
Encyclopedia Mythica http://www.pantheon.org/mythica/
Encyclopedia of Plants http://www.botany.com/
Encyclopedia Proteus (combined free encyclopedia page) http://rtiess.tripod.com/proteus/encyclopedia.htm
Encyclopedia Smithsonian http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/start.htm
Fact Monster http://www.factmonster.com/
Funk & Wagnalls Online Multimedia Encyclopedia http://www.funkandwagnalls.com
Guide to Philosophy on the Internet http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/philinks.htm
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/
Internet Oracle Online Encyclopedias http://www.internetoracle.com/encyclop.htm
Jewish Encyclopedia.com http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/index.jsp
Knowledge Adventure Encyclopedia (for kids) http://www.letsfindout.com
Motorbase - Online Encyclopedia of Motoring http://www.motorbase.com/
Resource Central Encyclopedias http://www.kalama.com/~mariner/qserencyclo.htm
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy http://plato.stanford.edu/
Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology http://www.harcourt.com/dictionary/
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language http://www.bartleby.org/61/index.html
AskOxford.com http://www.askoxford.com/
Babelfish (Altavista's translation service) http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/translate?
Cambridge Dictionaries Online http://www.cup.cam.ac.uk/esl/dictionary/
Chinese-English Dictionary http://easyhosting.ipoline.com/dict-gb.html
Dictionary.com http://www.dictionary.com
Dictionary of Difficult Words http://www.lineone.net/dictionaryof/difficultwords/
Dictionary of Science and Technology http://www.harcourt.com/dictionary/
Dictionary of Slang http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/
Encarta World English Dictionary http://dictionary.msn.com/
Exploding Dictionary http://projects.ghostwheel.com/dictionary/
Figures of Speech http://www.unipissing.ca/faculty/williams/figofspe.htm
Free Medical Dictionary http://www.medterms.com/
FreeTranslation.com http://www.freetranslation.com/
*Glossarist: An Index of Glossaries http://www.glossarist.com/
Glossary of Political Economy Terms http://www.duc.auburn.edu/~johnspm/glossind.html
Language Sites on the Internet http://pw1.netcom.com/~rlederer/rllink.htm
Lexical Freenet (thesaurus) http://www.raisch.com/lexfn/
Life Science Dictionary http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/search/dict-search.html
Little Explorers (picture dictionary) http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Dictionary.html
LOGOS Homepage (international translation portal) http://www.logos.it/
Merriam-Webster's Online http://www.m-w.com
Merriam-Webster's Word Central http://www.wordcentral.com
Nonverbal Dictionary of Gestures, Signs & Body Language Cues http://members.aol.com/nonverbal2/diction1.htm
OneLook Dictionaries http://www.onelook.com
Online Medical Dictionary http://www.graylab.ac.uk/omd/
Roget’s Thesaurus http://www.thesaurus.com
Rogets II: The New Thesaurus http://www.bartleby.com/62/
Semiotics for Beginners http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/S4B/
Strange and Unusual Dictionaries http://blueray.com/dictionary/
Visual Thesaurus - http://www.plumbdesign.com/thesaurus/
Word Reference http://www.wordreference.com/
Word Spy http://www.logophilia.com/WordSpy/
WWWebster Dictionary http://www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
World Wide Words: Exploring the English Language http://www.worldwidewords.org/
*for Mr. Meder
AlternaTime (timelines) http://www2.canisius.edu/~emeryg/time.html
Calculators Online http://calculator.org/
Calendar of Jewish Holidays http://bnaibrith.org/caln.html
Calendar Zone http://www.calendarzone.com/
Calendars through the Ages http://webexhibits.org/calendars/
Convert-me.Com http://www.convert-me.com/en/
Current Value of Old Money http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/current/howmuch.html
* Day in History http://www.historychannel.com/thisday/
Dictionary of Units of Measure http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/
*dMarie Time Capsule http://www.dmarie.com/timecap/
Facts.com http://www.2facts.com
Holidays on the Net http://www.holidays.net/
Measure for Measure http://www.wolinskyweb.com/measure.htm
10,000 Year Calendar http://calendarhome.com/tyc/
*On This Day in History http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/index.html
Online Calculators, Conversion Tools, Measurements & Weights http://www.library.wwu.edu/ref/Refhome/refmeasure.htm
S.O.S. Mathematics Tables and Formulas http://www.sosmath.com/tables/tables.html
Today's Day and Time http://www.ecben.net/calendar.shtml
* Today in History http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/archive.html
* Today in History (Information Please) http://www.infoplease.com/cgi-bin/dayinhistory/
Time and Date.com http://www.timeanddate.com
Time for Technology http://timeline.vcot.com/
WebChron: Historical and Cross-Cultural Chronologies http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/
World Time Server http://www.worldtimeserver.com/
Worldwide Festivals and Holidays http://www.holidayfestival.com/
Abuzz http://www.abuzz.com
Allexperts.com http://www.allexperts.com/
AskMe.com http://www.Askme.com
Virtual Reference Desk http://www.vrd.org/
Jeeves Answer Point http://www.answerpoint.com
KidsConnect send e-mail to: AskKC@ala.org or http://www.ala.org/ICONN/kidsconn.html
Pitsco’s Ask an Expert http://www.askanexpert.com/
Ask An Expert Page http://njnie.dl.stevens-tech.edu/curriculum/aska.html
Ask Dr. Math http://forum.swarthmore.edu/dr.math/
Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections http://www.stolaf.edu/network/iecc/
E-mail classroom Exchange http://www.iglou.com/xchange/ece/
E-pals Classroom Exchange http://www.epals.com
Keypals Main Directory http://www.collegebound.com/keypals/
KIDLINK: Global Networking for Youth 10-15 http://www.kidlink.org/home-std.html
Teachers Help Page http://www.realkids.com/help.htm
International WWW Schools Registry http://web66.coled.umn.edu/schools.html
Accuweather http://www.accuweather.com/weatherf/index_corp
Intellicast.com http://www.intellicast.com/
Live Weather Images http://weatherimages.org/
National Weather Service http://www.nws.noaa.gov/
United States Weather Pages http://www.uswx.com/us/wx
Weather.com (Weather Channel) http://www.weather.com
Weather Underground http://www.wunderground.com/
Reading Weather Maps http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/maps/
Atlapedia http://www.atlapedia.com/
DeLorme Cyberatlas http://atlas2.delorme.com/atlas.asp
Geographia http://www.geographia.com/
Historical Atlas of the 20th Century http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/20centry.htm
How Far is It? http://www.indo.com/distance/
Geography IQ.com http://www.geographyiq.com/
Landform Atlas of the United States http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/states.html
MapBlast http://www.mapblast.com/mblast/index.mb
Map Images http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/digital/
MapQuest http://www.mapquest.com
Map Machine http://www.nationalgeographic.com/maps/
Maps On Us (free but register first) http://www.mapsonus.com/
Mapblast World Maps http://www.mapblast.com/mblast/index.mb
Maps@National Geographic.com http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/maps/index.html
Maps On Us http://www.mapsonus.com/
Maptech Map Server http://mapserver.maptech.com/homepage/index.cfm
MultiMap.com (European cities) http://www.multimap.com
Mining Company World Atlas http://geography.miningco.com/library/maps/blindex.htm
National Atlas of the United States http://www.nationalatlas.gov/atlasvue.html
National Geographic Desk Reference http://geography.about.com/library/misc/blngsdeskref.htm
Outline Maps (Houghton Mifflin) http://www.eduplace.com/ss/ssmaps/index.html
Atlas of the World http://cliffie.nosc.mil/~NATLAS/
3D Atlas Online http://www.3datlas.com/
Tiger Map Server http://tiger.census.gov/
Topographic Map Symbols http://mapping.usgs.gov/mac/isb/pubs/booklets/symbols/
TopoZone http://topozone.com
U.S. Department of State's "Graphic Learning Site" http://geography.state.gov/index.html
United States Maps http://www.homeworkcentral.com/Top8/files.htp?fileid=65128&use=hc
Fact Monster http://www.factmonster.com/
Information Please http://www.infoplease.com
Old Farmers Almanac http://www.almanac.com/
Daily Bleed http://www.eskimo.com/~recall/bleed/calmast.htm
World Factbook http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Baseball Almanac http://www.baseball-almanac.com/
A & E’s Biography.com http://www.biography.com/
Academy of Achievement http://www.achievement.org/mainmenu.html
African American Biographical Database http://aabd.chadwyck.com/
Biographical Dictionary http://s9.com/biography/
Biography Center http://www.biography-center.com/
Biography.com http://www.biography.com/
CelebSite http://mrshowbiz.go.com/celebrities/
Cemetery Records Online http://www.interment.net/Default.htm
Centurions http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/programmes/centurions/
Classical Music All Stars http://www.culturefinder.com/cgi-bin/dbm/content/music/allstar
CNN Newsmaker Profiles http://cnn.com/resources/newsmakers/world/asia/peng.html
Current Justices (Supreme Court) http://oyez.nwu.edu/justices/
Distinguised Women http://www.DistinguishedWomen.com/
Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences http://www.lib.lsu.edu/lib/chem/display/faces.html
Famous Name Changes http://www.famousnamechanges.com/
Film 100 http://www.film100.com/cgi/direct.cgi?m.list
4000 Years of Women in Science http://crux.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/4000WS.html
Gale Group Free Resources (Black History Month Center and Celebrating Women's History, Poets)
http://www.galegroup.com/schools/resrcs/freresrc/index.htm
GoodBye! The Journal of Contemporary Obituaries http://www.goodbyemag.com/
Great Economists and Their Times http://www.frbsf.org/econedu/unfrmd.great/greattimes.html
History Central: Biographies http://www.historycentral.com/bio/index.html
Inventor Hall of Fame http://www.invent.org/book/index.html
Island of Freedom http://www.island-of-freedom.com/
Lives, the Biography Resource http://amillionlives.com/
Mad Monarchs Series http://www.xs4all.nl/~kvenjb/madmon.htm
National Women's Hall of Fame http://www.greatwomen.org/index.html
Nobel Prize Internet Archive http://nobelprizes.com/nobel/header.html
Nobel Prize Laureates http://www.almaz.com/nobel/alpha.html
Nobel Prize Women in Science: Their Lives, Struggles and Momentous Discoveries http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10016.html
Obituary Daily Times (GEN-OBIT) http://www.rootsweb.com/~obituary/
Political Leaders http://web.jet.es/ziaorarr/00index.htm
Time 100 http://www.time.com/time/time100/
Who's Who in Government http://www.lib.memphis.edu/gpo/whos3.htm
Women in Science http://library.advanced.org/20117
World Biographical Index http://www.biblio.tu-bs.de/acwww25u/wbi_en/
Presidents
American Experience:The Presidents http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/amex/presidents/indexjs.html
American Presidency - http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/
American Presidency: A Glorious Burden http://americanhistory.si.edu/presidency/home.html
American Presidents: Life Portraits http://www.americanpresidents.org/
Artful Presidency http://www.archivesofamericanart.si.edu/exhibits/presidents/presidents.htm
By Popular Demand (portraits) http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/odmdhtml/preshome.html
Distinguished Women Past and Present http://www.teleport.com/~megaines/woindex.html
First Ladies http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/glimpse/firstladies/html/firstladies.html
History Central: Biographies http://www.historycentral.com/bio/index.html
Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents http://www.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/inaugural/
Lists of US Presidents http://www.fujisan.demon.co.uk/USPresidents/preslist.htm
Presidents of the United States http://www.presidentsusa.net/
POTUS (Presidents of the United States) http://www.ipl.org/ref/POTUS
Speeches of United States Presidents http://www.ocean.ic.net/rafiles/pres/thelist.html
Presidents Index http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/
Celebrating Democracy: The Presidential Inauguration http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/celeb/celeb.html
Presidential Debates http://www.debates.org/
Presidential Libraries IDEA Network http://metalab.unc.edu/lia/president/
Time and the Presidency http://www.pathfinder.com/offers/presidents/
US Presidents Lists http://www.fujisan.demon.co.uk/USPresidents/preslist.htm
White House Presidents Page http://www2.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/index.html
Chemical Elements.com http://www.chemicalelements.com/
Chemicool Periodic Table http://www-tech.mit.edu/Chemicool/
Chemistry Encyclopedia http://www.scimedia.com/chem-ed/scidex.htm
ChemSoc http://www.chemsoc.org/viselements/
Comic Book Periodic Table http://www.uky.edu/~holler/periodic/periodic.html
Element Tables http://www.cs.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/nph-pertab
Exploratory Science Centre - Periodic Table http://www.exploratory.org.uk/plores/per_tbl/per_tbl.htm
Hyper Chemistry on the Web! - The Periodic Table http://tqd.advanced.org/2690/ptable/ptable.html
Modeling the Periodic Table http://www.genesismission.org/educate/scimodule/cosmic/ptable.html
Periodic Table http://www.csrri.iit.edu/periodic-table.html
The Periodic Table of Elements http://www.edu.uch.gr/~tsigarid/ptoe/
WebElements http://www.webelements.com/
Abbreviations and Acronyms of the U.S. Government http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/subjectareas/gov/docs_abbrev.html
Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids http://bensguide.gpo.gov/
Almanac of Politics and Government http://www.polisci.com/
American FactFinder http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/BasicFactsServlet
Census Statistics http://www.census.gov
Census Subjects A-Z http://www.census.gov/main/www/subjects.html
Census 2000 Resident Population and Apportionment Counts http://www.census.gov/main/www/cen2000.html
Center for Voting and Democracy http://www.fairvote.org/
Congressional Directory http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/106_pictorial/index.html
Congressional Directory (C-SPAN) http://congress.nw.dc.us/c-span/congdir.html
CongressLink http://www.congresslink.org
Criminal Justice Web Links http://www.criminaljusticestudies.com/weblinks/ICJS_Links.htm
Current Justices (Supreme Court) http://oyez.nwu.edu/justices/
Federal Agencies http://www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/fedgov.html
FedForms http://Fedforms.Gov/
FirstGov.gov http://firstgov.gov/
Frequently Used Sites Related to U.S. Federal Government Information http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/central/staff/fdtf.html
Global Statistics http://home.worldonline.nl/~quark/index.html
Global Urban Indicators Database http://www.urbanobservatory.org/indicators/database/
Glossary of Political Economy Terms http://www.duc.auburn.edu/~johnspm/glossind.html
Google Search: Unclesam http://www.google.com/unclesam
Gov Spot http://www.govspot.com/
Government Sites for Kids http://www.westga.edu/~library/depts/govdoc/kids.shtml
Hi Citizen - Your Online Government Resource http://www.coolwebsightings.com/newsletter/hicitizen.html
History of the Federal Judiciary http://air.fjc.gov/history
How to Register to Vote in the United States http://www.registervote.com/states.html
Immigration and Naturalization Service http://www.ins.gov/graphics/aboutins/history/teacher/Resources.htm
Instacase.com http://www.instacase.com/
International Database http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbnew.html
JURIST: The Legal Education Network http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/
Legislative Research Incorporated http://www.lrihistory.com/
LexNotes http://www.lexnotes.com/index.shtml
Locating the Law http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/scall/locatingthelaw.html
Patents and Trademarks: LSU Libraries Webliography http://www.lib.lsu.edu/sci/ptdl/int-prop.html
Search Full-text U.S. Internet Government Periodicals http://198.252.9.95/home/govper.html
State PIRGs Working Together http://www.pirg.org/
Statistical Abstracts of the United States http://www.census.gov/statab/www
Supreme Court of the United States http://www.supremecourtus.gov/
Occupational Outlook Handbook http://stats.bls.gov/ocohome.htm
Tax History Project http://www.taxhistory.org/
THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet http://thomas.loc.gov
ThisNation http://www.thisnation.com/
UNESCO Libraries Portal http://www.unesco.org/webworld/portal_bib/
U.S. Blue Pages http://www.usbluepages.gov/
U.S. Government Information on the Web Subject Index http://library.stmarytx.edu/acadlib/doc/us/subjects/submain.htm
United States Government Manual http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/nara001.html
United States Information Service http://www.usia.gov/usis.html
United States Patent Search http://patents.cnidr.org/access/search-bool.html
USgovsearch http://usgovsearch.northernlight.com/publibaccess/
See also Travel
*See also World News
*See also Catalogs and Databases
*See also Africa Resource Page
*See also Global Affairs
*Facts.com (click on "Country Profiles" bottom right)
**Library of Congress Country Studies http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
*Yahoo! Full Coverage: World http://dailynews.yahoo.com/full_coverage/world/
*Africa Online http://www.africaonline.com/site/
*All Africa.com http://allafrica.com/
*CNN Africa http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/#africa
*Contemporary Conflicts in Africa http://www.synapse.net/~acdi20/welcome.htm#country
American Memory Maps Collections Home Page http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html
*Amnesty International Annual Report http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/aireport/ar98/index.html
*Atlapedia Online http://www.atlapedia.com/
*Background Notes (State Department) http://www.state.gov/r/pa/bgn/
BootsnAll.com http://216.110.36.72/cgi-bin/gt/index.shtml
*CIA World Factbook http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
CityLink http://usacitylink.com
City Net http://www.city.net/destinations/
City Search.com http://www.citysearch.com
Countries and Regions Index (World Bank) http://www.worldbank.org/html/extdr/regions.htm
Countries Theme Page http://www.cln.org/themes/countries.html
Country Profiles (Spire Project) http://cn.net.au/country.htm
CountryWatch.com http://www.countrywatch.com/
Cultures http://www.cultures.com/
Destinations http://www.lonelyplanet.com/dest/dest.htm
Digital City http://www.digitalcity.com
Directory of Religious Centers http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~pluralsm/html/database.html
*E-Conflict World Encyclopedia http://www.emulateme.com/
Economist Country Briefings http://www.economist.com/countries/
Educational Resources on Asia http://www.isop.ucla.edu/eas/Resource.htm
Embassy Web http://www.embpage.org/
Electronic Embassy http://www.embassy.org/
Fifty States and Capitals http://www.50states.com/
Flags of All Countries http://www.theodora.com/flags.html
Flags of the World http://fotw.digibel.be/flags/
Fodor’s Travel Guides http://www.fodors.com/sitemap/
Free Travel Brochures http://www.travelinformation.com/
Frommers http://www.frommers.com/destinations/
Geographia http://www.geographia.com/
Geographic Learning Site http://geography.state.gov/htmls/plugin.html
Getting through Customs http://www.getcustoms.com/omnibus.html
Governments on the WWW http://www.gksoft.com/govt/
History Central: Nation by Nation http://www.historycentral.com/NationbyNation/index.html
History Channel Traveler http://www.historytravel.com/
Human Rights Watch http://www.hrw.org/hrw/worldreport99/index.html
*INCORE: Internet Conflict Data Service http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/cds/countries/index.html
InfoNation (Compare statistics for member nations of the UN) http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/e_infonation.htm
IPL Culturequest http://www.ipl.org/youth/cquest/
*K-12 Africa Guide http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Home_Page/AFR_GIDE.html
LA Times - Travel Sourcebook http://www.latimes.com/travel/sourcebook/
**Library of Congress Country Studies http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
Microsoft’s Expedia http://expedia.msn.com/
National Atlas of the United States http://www.nationalatlas.gov/atlasvue.html
National Forum on People's Differences http://yforum.com/
National Geographic Index http://www.nationalgeographic.com/publications/explore.html
Official City Sites http://www.officialcitysites.org/
Orbitz http://www.orbitz.com/
Planet Rider http://www.planetrider.com/
Political Resources on the Net http://www.agora.stm.it/politic/
Portals to the World http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html
Rough Guides http://travel.roughguides.com/
Savvy Traveler http://savvytraveler.com/
Stately Knowledge http://www.ipl.org/youth/stateknow/skhome.html
*Travel Warnings http://travel.state.gov/travel_warnings.html
Travel.org http://www.travel.org/index2.html
United Nations Cartographic Section http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/english/index.htm
US State Home Pages http://www.globalcomputing.com/states.html
World City Guide http://cityguide.lycos.com/
World Heritage Sites http://www.unesco.org/whc/nwhc/pages/sites/main.htm
World Heritage Sites http://www.unesco.org/whc/nwhc/pages/sites/main.htm
World News Megastories http://www.megastories.com/
WorldSkip.com http://www.worldskip.com/
World Travel Guide Online http://www.wtgonline.com/navigate/world.asp
World Wide Holiday and Festival Page http://smiley.logos.cy.net/bdecie
Yahoo! Regional: U.S. States http://www.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States/
Your Nation http://www.your-nation.com/
Babynamer.com http://babynamer.com/
Baby Names http://babynames.efront.com/
Baby Names and Name Meanings http://goodnames4u.com/firstnames/
Behind the Name http://www.behindthename.com/
Parent Soup Baby Name Finder http://www.parentsoup.com/babynames/lookup/
Acronym and Abbreviation List http://www.ucc.ie/info/net/acronyms/acro.html
Acronym Finder http://www.mtnds.com/af/
Alphabet Soup Explained (acronyms and abbreviations) http://members.aol.com/nigthomas/alphabet.html
Aphorisms Galore! http://www.aphorismsgalore.com
Authors and Illustrators http://www.users.interport.net/~fairrosa/cl.authors.html
Babelfish (Altavista's translation service) http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/translate?
Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation http://www.grammarbook.com/
Brewer Dictionary of Phrase and Fable http://www.bibliomania.com/Reference/PhraseAndFable
British and Irish Authors on the Web http://lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/UK-authors.html
Bulfinch's Mythology http://www.webcom.com/shownet/medea/bulfinch/welcome.html
Collins Cobuild Student Dictionary http://www.linguistics.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/ccsd/
Concordances of Great Books http://www.concordance.com/
Conjugue http://www.puterweb.com/conjugue/
Dictionary of Literary Terms http://www.bell.k12.ca.us/BellHS/Littauer/Literary.Terms.Menu
Dictionary of Slang http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/
Dictionary of Symbolism http://www.umich.edu/~umfandsf/symbolismproject/symbolism.html/
Digital Librarian: Languages http://www.servtech.com/~mvail/languages.html
Duhaime's Law Dictionary http://wwlia.org/diction.htm
Encyclopedia Mythica http://www.pantheon.org/mythica/
Elements of Style by William Strunk http://www.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/strunk/
English and its History http://www.bluerider.com/english/
Etymology of Names http://www.pacificcoast.net/~muck/etym.html
First Names and What They Mean http://www.zelo.com/firstnames/default.asp
Gale Group: Lit Central http://www.gale.com/schools/resrcs/lit_cent/index.htm
Glossary of Literary Terms (Gale) http://www.galegroup.com/schools/resrcs/lit_cent/glossary.htm
Glossary of Poetic Terms http://shoga.wwa.com/~rgs/glossary.html
Go translator service http://translator.go.com/
Great Writers and Poets http://www.xs4all.nl/~pwessel/writers.html
If You Like ... http://www.hennepin.lib.mn.us/pub/reader2reader/iyl.html
Language Sites on the Internet http://pw1.netcom.com/~rlederer/rllink.htm
Literary Critic.com http://literarycritic.com/
Literary Criticism Collection (Internet Public Library) http://www.ipl.org/ref/litcrit/
Literary Index http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/english/flackcj/LitIndex.html
LitEngine.com http://www.litengine.com/
LOGOS Homepage http://www.logos.it/
My Hebrew Dictionary http://www.dictionary.co.il/
One Across (Crossword puzzles) http://www.oneacross.com/
Online English Grammar http://www.edunet.com/english/grammar/index.html
Poet's Corner http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/2012/poems/index.html
Resources for American Literature http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~daniel/amlit/index.html
Semantic Rhyming Dictionary http://www.link.cs.cmu.edu/dougb/rhyme-doc.html
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Visual Thesaurus http://www.plumbdesign.com/thesaurus/
Voycabulary http://www.voycabulary.com
Washington Post Business Glossary http://washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/business/longterm/glossary/glossary.htm
Web of Online Dictionaries http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/rbeard/diction.html
Where Do Languages Come From? http://www.exploratorium.edu/exploring/language/
Wilton's Etymology Page http://www.wilton.net/etyma1.htm
Word Detective on the Web http://www.greenapple.com/~words1/index.html
Word Reference http://www.wordreference.com/
WWWebster Dictionary http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm
Write Tools: Editors' and Writers' Toolkit http://writetools.com/
Xlation.com - More Than Words http://www.xlation.com/
Yahoo Literature http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/Literature/
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Mental Health Net http://www.cmhc.com/
Merck: Online Medical Reference http://www.MerckHomeEdition.com
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National Cancer Institute: Treatment for Patients http://cancernet.nci.nih.gov/clinpdq/pif.html
New England Journal of Medicine http://www.nejm.org
Nutrient Database http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/cgi-bin/nut_search.pl
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PharmInfo.net http://pharminfo.com/
PubMed - National Library of Medicine http://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/
Reuters Health Information http://www.reutershealth.com
Rx List: Internet Drug Index http://www.rxlist.com/
US Department of Health and Human Services http://www.os.dhhs.gov
University of California San Diego (UCSD) Health Guide http://health.ucsd.edu/guide/index.htm
Virtual Human http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html
WebMD http://webmd.com/
Women's Health http://www.healthy.net/womenshealth
Yahoo: Cancer http://www.yahoo.com/Health/Diseases_and_Conditions/Cancer/
YourSurgery.com http://www.yoursurgery.com/
555-1212 http://www.555-1212.com/
All-In-One People Search http://www.peoplesearch.net/
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Area Code Lookup http://www.555-1212.com/area_codes.cfm
ATT Help/Search http://att.com/atoz
Big Book.com http://www.bigbook.com/
Big Foot http://www.bigfoot.com
Big Yellow http://www.bigyellow.com
Internet 800 Directory http://inter800.com
National Address Server http://www.cedar.buffalo.edu/adserv.html
Nedsite the Ultimate People Finder http://www.nedsite.nl/search/people.htm
PostInfo http://postinfo.net/links/
Reverse Phone Directory http://www.reversephonedirectory.com/
SwitchBoard http://www.switchboard.com
Telephone Directories on the Web http://www.teldir.com/
Toll-Free Numbers for Health Information http://nhic-nt.health.org/Pubs/99hfinders/99tollfree.html
Ultimate White Pages http://www.theultimates.com/white/
Who Where? (Lycos) http://www.whowhere.lycos.com/
World Pages http://www.worldpages.com/
Zip2 http://www.zip2.com/
Zip Codes
US Postal Service http://www.usps.gov
Zip Code Lookup http://www.getzips.com/zip.htm
Auto.com (new car reviews) http://www.auto.com/reviews/reviewindex.htm
Autobytel.com http://www.autobytel.com
Autos Yahoo http://autos.yahoo.com
AutoVantage http://www.autovantage.com
AutoWeb.Com http://www.autoweb.com
CarDay (used cars) http://www.carday.com
CarInfo http://carinfo.com/
CarPoint http://carpoint.msn.com
Car and Driver Online http://www.caranddriver.com
CarsDirect.com http://www.carsdirect.com
Carsurvey.org http://www.carsurvey.org/
DriveOff.com http://www.driveoff.com
Edmunds Automobile Buyers Guides http://www.edmunds.com/
Finding Automobile Repair Manuals Online http://www.ipl.org/ref/QUE/FARQ/autorepairFARQ.html
GM Buy Power http://www.gmbuypower.com
Greenlight.com http://www.greenlight.com
Imotors.com http://www.imotors.com
Kelly Blue Book http://www.kbb.com
J.D. Power and Associates http://www.jdpower.com
MechanicNet.com - http://www.mechanicnet.com/
National Automobile Dealers Association http://www.nada.org
Forrester Research http://www.forrester.com
AdCritic.com http://www.adcritic.com/
Catalog Link http://www.coolwebsightings.com/newsletter/cataloglink.html
Find-It! Consumer http://finditconsumer.wa.gov/
U.S.Consumer Gateway http://www.consumer.gov
Better Business Bureau http://www.bbb.org
CompareNet http://www.compare.net
Consumer Information Center http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov
Consumer Information Resources http://www.whats4sale.com/mainlink.htm
Consumer Reports Online http://www.consumerreports.org
Good Housekeeping Institute http://homearts.com/gh/toc/osinstit.htm
Home Improvement Encyclopedia http://www.bhglive.com/homeimp/docs/index.htm
Consumer World http://www.consumerworld.org
Joey Green's Wacky Uses http://wackyuses.com/
National Institute for Consumer Education http://www.emich.edu/public/coe/nice/nice.html
Product Manuals http://www.livemanuals.com/
Product ReviewNet http://www.productreviewnet.com/home.html
RepairClinic.com: Appliance Repair Tips & Help http://www.repairclinic.com/0003.asp
ZDNet http://www.zdnet.com/
All Recipes.com http://www.allrecipes.com/
Betty Crocker http://www.bettycrocker.com
Culinary Connection http://www.culinary.com
Diana's Links to International Recipes http://belgourmet.com/cooking/index.html
Eatethnic: Global Food, Nutrition, and Cooking http://www.eatethnic.com/
Ethnic/Cultural and Special Audience Food Guide Pyramids - http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/etext/000023.html
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