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Directories - addresses, phone numbers, e-mail, zip codes, etc.Anywho - Phone numbers of individuals and businesses, toll free numbers, and "reverse look-up" (enter phone number to find name and address) National Address Server - An area/city/country zip code lookup service. Switchboard - Nationwide residential and business telephone directory. Telephone directories on the Web - worldwide set of links. FindLaw's Legal Directory Yellow Book - Complete local Yellow Pages nationwide. Yahoo! People Search - Look up email addresses & telephone numbers. ZIP code directory - from tthe US Postal Service.
Encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, etc.American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language - 4th edition (2000). American Heritage Book of English Usage - grammar, style, diction, word formation, gender, social groups, and scientific forms. Bartlett's Familiar Quotations - 10th. edition, 1919 (From Columbia University). Columbia Encyclopedia - The complete 6th edition (2000). Encyclopedia.com - from the Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia. Information Please Almanac Internet Acronym Server lexicool.com - Large database of bilingual and multilingual dictionaries. Dictionaries are retrievable by languages, subjects, or keywords. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus Roget’s New Thesaurus - 3rd edition (1995); 35,000 synonyms. Semantic Rhyming Dictionary SYMBOLS.com - encyclopedia of graphic symbols. travlang's Translating Dictionaries - a list of English/OtherLanguage dictionaries. Wikipedia - the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. YourDictionary - English and other languages.
BiographyBiographical Dictionary - "more than 28,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day." Biography Center - Index of biographies available on the web. Note that this is only an index: biography-center does not host biographical content, and does not guarantee the reliability of the content of the sites linked to. Biography.com - Offical site of A&E's Biography television series; 25,000 names from the past and present. Internet Public Library - extensive list of online biographical information sources. Women's International Center - biography index.
Handbooks, tables, conversions, etc.megaConverter - "The Web's best place to figure what equals what." Converts between scales of measurements of all types. OnlineConversion.com - Convert just about anything to anything else. Periodic Table of Elements Weights and Measures - to help with units and equivalencies.
Maps, atlasesGoogle Maps Map made to order - put in an address and get a street map, courtesy of Yahoo. msn maps and directions - Detailed, Interactive U.S. Street Maps. MapQuest - Interactive World Atlas and more. Maps of the U.S. and the world - from the Perry-Castañ Library Map Collection at University of Texas.
Geography - politics and populations.50 states and capitals - Almanac of information about the states and territories of the US. CIA World Fact Book - Latest edition of the CIA's summary of other countries - includes information on geography, people, governments, economics, communications, transportation, and defense. Flags of all countries Politics1 - Information on candidates for federal and state elections. Project Vote Smart - Information on candidates for federal and state elections. U.S. Gazetteer - search for cities and counties (includes maps, census data). World Population Clock
Educational InstitutionsCollege and University Rankings - Index of online rankings of colleges and graduate schools. College Navigator - From the National Center for Education Statistics, this site presents data on tuition and other costs, financial aid, enrollment, and type of programs offered at over 9,000 colleges and universities in the United States. IIE Passport - from the Institute of International Education, a site "to guide you quickly and easily to the information on US education abroad most needed to plan your learning experience." Libraries on the Web - Web access to libraries and library catalogs around the world Petersons.com - "the education supersite" - Schools (from elementary to graduate), education resources and services, etc. Scholarly societies - an international collection of links.
Grants, scholarships, etc.EPA Grant-Writing Tutorial - A guide to applying for grants. fastweb.com - Financial Aid Search Through the Web - An extensive searchable index of over 400,000 scholarships, fellowships, grants, internships, and loans available in the U.S. and Canada. Register (free) for a profile and mailbox to receive scholarship information which fits your profile. FinAid - the Financial Aid Information Page - Information on loans, scholarships, and other forms of financial aid for students, along with an annotated index of links for finding financial aid sources on the web. Financial Aid - section of Yahoo - Extensive index of web sites for grants, scholarships, and loans. Foundation Center - "Your gateway to philanthropy on the World Wide Web." Information on charitable organizations and foundations, the granters of grants. Student Aid on the Web - site from the U.S. Department of Education.
Publishers / publicationsDirectory of Publishers - Lits of publishers, with links to their web sites. Media Finder - Subscription, advertising, and mailing list rates and info for journals, magazines, catalogs, newsletters, newspapers, directories, mailing lists, and other publications. PubList - Publication information for over 150,000 international print and electronic publications including magazines, journals, e-journals, newsletters, and monographs.
Consumer / business / economic informationCurrency Conversion - from Yahoo Finance. Flight Tracker - Real-time updates on the status and location of flights from any airline. Healthnet - Connecticut Consumer Health Information Network. Kelley BlueBook - (value of new and used cars) Publishers' catalogs Recipes of the world - available at the Global Gastronomer. Tax forms and publications - (links to federal and state publications, courtesy of Louisiana State Univ. Government Documents Library). Cost of living comparison calculator - compare the cost of living between U.S. cities. US Patent and Trademark Office - full text and graphics of patents.
Citing web, paper, and other source
- American Psychological Association - (APA)- Bibliography style handbook for paper, online, and other sources.
- American Sociological Association (ASA) - Bibliography style handbook for paper, online, and other sources
- Chicago Manual of Style - Bibliography style handbook for paper, online, and other sources
- Modern Language Association (MLA) - Bibliography style handbook for paper, online, and other sources
- Turabian - Citation styles for social sciences based on Turabian's Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations
- Citing Archival Documents - A Short Guide provided by Wesleyan's Special Collections and Archives.
- Citing Electronic Resources - Index of web sites on citing Internet sites and other computer-based information sources.
- Citing Sites on the Internet - (from "Beyond the MLA Handbook: Documenting Sources on the Internet").
- Sources: Their Use and Acknowledgement - A citation handbook, with a guide to creating citations and many examples of citations in MLA, APA, and the journal Science citation styles, plus links to online sites for other styles.
- Copyright and Fair Use - Consult the Copyright and Fair Use site at Stanford
- Crash course in copyright from a copyright lawyer at University of Texas if you have questions concerning copyright laws and guidelines.
- Grammar, Usage, and Style - Yahoo's index links to guides for grammar.
Other Internet reference collectionsRefdesk.com - An extensive list of sites of all types for finding information on a wide range of topics. Bartleby.com Reference - online versions of contemporary and classic reference sources. Internet Public Library - Ready Reference Collection (developed by the Univ. of Michigan's School of Information and Library Studies) KnowPlay - Integrated interface to a variety of online dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlases, and other reference sources. LibrarySpot - Links to online reference sources, library web sites, and other information sources on the web. Quick Reference - from the University of Texas at Austin. Yahoo's index of reference tools Internet Archive - IA's Wayback Machine is an archive of Web pages from 1996 to the present which allows you to access previous versions of altered or deleted Web pages.