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CIA World
Factbook
U.S. government resource providing detailed information on countries and non-self-governing
territories around the world. Online edition of the World Factbook provides
detailed information on a country's economy, government, people, and geography.
Also provides information on abbreviations, selected international environmental
agreements, international organizations, weights and measures and more.
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Farmers' Almanac
One of America's oldest online publications. Provides extensive information
on gardening, weather and astronomy, including long-range weather forecasts.
Links to many related weather sites.
http://www.farmersalmanac.com
Infoplease
Provides a wide range of information on many subjects, such as government, education,
health, history, science, business, sports, entertainment, biography and much
more. Also includes links to many other topics. Sources include almanacs, atlas,
dictionary, and an encyclopedia (Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th edition).
http://www.infoplease.com/
Anyday
Provides information about historic events and birth dates that occurred on
a selected day of the year.
http://www.scopesys.com/anyday/
Historychannel.com
Provides extensive information about events from automotive history, entertainment
history, Cold War, Civil War, Vietnam and World War II history, Wall Street
history, Old West history, technology history, and much more.
http://www.historychannel.com/
The History Net
Includes a detailed list of events that occurred on today's date.
http://www.thehistorynet.com/today/today.htm
Today in History
Library of Congress site which provides information about events that happened
on today's date throughout history.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/today.html
Edmunds.com
Provides a variety of information on cars. Offers auto reviews, advice on evaluating
and appraising cars, information on road tests, suggestions for buying, selling,
and leasing. Includes information on finance, insurance, warranties, and many
other topics of interest to automotive customers.
http://www.edmunds.com/
Find-It! Consumer
Offers information on over one hundred consumer safety and protection Web sites,
as well as Washington State Library site guides to information and resources
on a variety of topics. Includes up-to-date recalls and new consumer information.
http://finditconsumer.wa.gov/
Frommers.com
A content-oriented travel site where the cost conscious traveler will find authoritative
commentary on and recommendations for the best experiences travel has to offer.
Includes world-wide information on hotels, restaurants, shopping, and other
things of interest for tourists. Provides links to useful travel sites on rail
travel, lowest air fares, cruises, car rentals, etc.
http://www.frommers.com/
Insure.com
Provides insurance information on home, life, business, auto, health, etc. Updated
weekly.
http://www.insure.com/
Kellybluebook.com
A guide for car and motorcycle buyers. Includes information on trade-ins, used
car retail, new car preview, financing, insurance, lemon check, warranties,
etc.
http://www.kellybluebook.com/
Kiplinger.com
A guide to finance and business forecasting information. The site offers information
on saving and investing, taxes, credit, home ownership, paying for college,
retirement planning, car buying, and other personal finance topics.
http://www.kiplinger.com
Money.com
Includes information on stocks, markets, funds, real estate, insurance, retirement
and a number of other topics and links.
http://www.money.com/money/
BuzzWhack
BuzzWhack offers definitions, explanations, and examples of buzzwords and arcane
techie-speak: dedicated to demystifying words.
http://www.buzzwhack.com/
Cambridge Dictionaries Online
Search the Cambridge International Dictionary of English, Cambridge Learner's
Dictionary, Cambridge Dictionary of American English, Cambridge International
Dictionary of Idioms, Cambridge International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/
DOD Dictionary of Military
and Associated Terms
Search or browse three available databases: the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)
Dictionary database, the Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations database, or the NATO
database.
http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/doddict
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
and Thesaurus
Based on Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 10th edition. More
than 160,000 entries. Each entry includes definition, pronunciation, grammatical
function, brief etymology, and hypertext cross references. The thesaurus can
be queried for similar words. Misspellings return suggested spellings.
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Online Dictionaries
A source of online dictionaries prepared by the University of Massachusetts
at Amherst Translation Center.
http://www.umass.edu/transcen/sites/dictionaries.html
Online Dictionary of the Social Sciences
The dictionary includes concise definitions of terms from sociology, criminology,
political science, and women's study with a particular focus on Canadian examples.
http://bitbucket.icaap.org/
Phrase Finder
Phrases, sayings, and clichés with their meanings and origins. Type in
a word and it returns a list of related phrases/sayings.
http://www.phrases.org.uk
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third
Edition. 1995
Online publication of Houghton Mifflin's Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
, 1995 third edition.
http://www.bartleby.com/62
Thesaurus.com
This web site includes a thesaurus and a dictionary of English words and phrases,
as well as writing resources and other useful links.
http://www.thesaurus.com
VoyCabulary
Find the definition or acronym of any word on any web page using English, medical,
acronym, computer, or foreign language dictionary. Foreign language dictionaries
include Dutch, French, German, Japanese, Hungarian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish,
Swedish, and Welsh.
http://www.voycabulary.com
William Strunk, Jr.: Elements
of Style
A standard manual of proper English language usage in writing, often recommended
by teachers of English. Its focus is on the rules and principles of composition
most commonly violated. http://www.bartleby.com/141/index.html
The WorldWideWeb
Acronym and Abbreviation Finder
A database providing searches for both acronyms and words used in acronyms.
http://www.ucc.ie/info/net/acronyms/acro.html
Yourdictionary.com
Includes a number of useful tools such as interactive text translator, Web page
translator, grammars for many languages, specialty dictionaries, foreign language
dictionaries, etc.
http://www.yourdictionary.com/
Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
A general encyclopedia with over 50,000 article entries, 40,000 bibliographic
citations, and over 80,000 cross-reference entries. ( Columbia Encyclopedia
Sixth edition, 2001).
http://www.bartleby.com/65
Encarta
16,000 articles with links to multimedia and related web sites. Includes Encarta
World English Dictionary and an atlas.
http://encarta.msn.com
Encyclopedia.com
More than 50,000 articles taken from the Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia
, 6th edition (The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia 2000). Links to 170,000+
web sites. Also links to 3,000,000 additional premium articles via Electric
Library.
http://www.encyclopedia.com
Encyclopedia Mythica
An encyclopedia of myth, folklore, and legend.
http://www.pantheon.org/
Bigfoot
White page directory. Type in a person's name, city and state. Then select White
pages or email addresses or both.
http://www.bigfoot.com
Infobel.com
International business and residential phone, fax, and e-mail directory, including
the United States. Searches White and Yellow pages and includes maps.
http://www.infobel.com/world
InfoSpace
Access to millions of U.S. and Canadian people, government offices and businesses.
Search for a listing by name, address, business category or do a reverse lookup
by phone number. Embassy information is under the Government section. The site
also includes listings for several European countries and the World Directories
section lists available phone books for the rest of the world.
http://www.infospace.com
InfoSpace Email Search
Millions of e-mail addresses worldwide from the InfoSpace address finder site.
http://www.infospace.com/info/email1.htm
Internet 800 DirectoryInternet
800 Directory En español
Directory of business toll free numbers. Search by company name, product or
service.
http://inter800.com/index.html
SuperPages.com
U.S. business listings searchable by name or category. Special features include
the ability to search by distance, nationwide, and obtain a map and directions.
Yellow-page directories from around the world are also provided.
http://www.bigyellow.com
Telephone Directories on the Web
Telephone directories for countries other than the U.S. Includes links to online
telephone, fax and business directories from around the world.
http://www.infobel.com/teldir/
ZIP Code Search
USPS provides free ZIP Code Look-Up and City/State/ZIP Code Association to assist
the public with their addressing needs.
http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp
Investing
for Beginners
Provides information on a variety of investing topics such as investing in stocks
and bonds, global investing, investment research, estate planning, government
information, and other issues of interest. Also includes a number of related
links to insurance, bad credit repair, credit card ratings, global markets,
etc.
http://www.beginnersinvest.about.com/money/beginnersinvest/
The Universal Currency Converter
The site offers currency services in English, French, and Swedish.
http://www.xe.net/ucc/
Simpson's Contemporary Quotations
Collection of 10,000+ quotes from over 4000 sources ranging from 1950 to 1988,
indexed by both author and subject. Each record includes source, date, and occasion.
http://www.bartleby.com/63
Census 2000 Population
Tables and Reports
Prepared results of the 2000 Census on such topics as race and group quotes.
Includes links to other census sites and American Fact Finder.
http://www.census.gov/main/www/cen2000.html
Consumer Price Index
Published by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
http://stats.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.toc.htm
Economy at a Glance
This site from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics provides figures for unemployment,
employment, average hourly earnings, productivity, the consumer price index,
and the producer price index at the regional, state, and metropolitan levels.
http://www.bls.gov/eag/
Fedstats
Statistical information from more than 70 government agencies organized in a
subject based A-Z index or searchable by keyword. Also organized by agencies
and programs. Includes regional statistics for state, county, and local area
data. Mapstats for state and county data available through a graphical interface.
http://www.fedstats.gov
Geostat
The Geospatial and Statistical Data Center (Geostat) provides an extensive number
of geographical and statistical data, sources, links, Internet-accessible data
extraction tools, computing facilities, instructional material for architecture,
political science, sociology, landscaping, etc.
http://fisher.lib.Virginia.edu/
New York State Statistics
Site includes periodic statistical briefs and an on-line version of multiple
years of the New York State Statistical Yearbook. Includes statistics on population,
education, employment, transportation, agriculture and much more.
http://www.nysstatistics.org/
Population Reference Bureau
Data and analysis on a variety of topics for areas and regions of the world.
Topics include aging, crime, education, environment, HIV/AIDS, and many more.
Includes a Quick Facts Search option. Maintained by the independent organization
Population Reference Bureau.
http://www.prb.org
Stateline.org
This site provides comprehensive and comparative information on the public policies
of all 50 states. It contains current and archived news, a calendar of meetings
and conferences, and background information about the states and their governments.
The information is accessed either by the issues such as health care, education,
welfare reform, transportation, and utility deregulation or by the state. Statistical
data tables include: budget and taxes; crime and prisons; environment, income
and poverty; insurance and accidents; and population, along with the issues
listed above.
http://www.stateline.org
Statistical
Abstract of the United States
Provides extensive statistical facts on broad topics, such as health, education,
employment, prices, income, and science. The complete text is included; the
site also includes versions back to 1995 (Adobe Acrobat Reader needed to view
files).
http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract-1995_2000.html
Statistical Resources
on the Web
Metasite from the University of Michigan Documents Center which contains extensive
statistical resources on the Web including Federal and commercial sites arranged
by subject. Categories include agriculture, business, directories, consumers,
cost of living, demographics, economics, education, energy, environment, finance,
foreign economics, foreign governments, foreign trade, government finance, health,
housing, labor, military, politics, science, sociology, transportation, and
weather.
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html
STATS
The Statistical Assessment Service is a non-profit organization which examines
the way
scientific and social research are interpreted and presented by the media to
the public. Stats Spotlight analyzes current events, issues, and institutions.
http://www.stats.org/
Transportation Trends, Surveys
and Statistics (New York)
Contains aviation, census, highway, transit and freight transportation data.
http://www.dot.state.ny.us/ttss/
United Nations Statistics
Division
Provides economic, environmental, demographic and social statistics, and information
on UNSD publications. Links to national and international statistics, references
for international statistics, national publications, and statistical yearbooks
and current statistics sites.
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/
World Trade
Organization Statistics
WTO statistics on merchandise and commercial services (world and regional) and
historical trade by country, region and economic grouping.
http://www.wto.org/english/res_e/statis_e/statis_e.htm
Daylight Saving Time,
Its History and Why We Use It
California Energy Commission site which provides information on the history
of Daylight Saving Time, and when it begins and ends each year between 1990
and 2004.
http://www.energy.ca.gov/daylightsaving.html
Earth
View
Up-to-the-minute pictures of time around the globe.
http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/uncgi/Earth/action?opt=-p
Greenwich Time
Provides Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and many related documents, such as time
converter, history on GMT, daylight saving time, calendar, the prime meridian,
and world time zone. Links to miscellaneous sites including time quotes, dictionary,
time tracks, books, and travels.
http://greenwichmeantime.com
Horology
Portal for resources on horology on the Internet, categorized by horological
organizations, reference sources on horology, timepieces (clocks and watches),
issues in horology, and the exact time. Includes extensive foreign resources
as well as national resources.
http://www.horology.com
Official U.S. Time
Provides the coordinated universal time, a world map displaying where the sun
is currently shining, time exhibits, the history of Daylight Saving Time, calendars,
clocks and watches, and timekeeping. Provided cooperatively by the Time and
Frequency Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and
the U.S. Naval Observatory Time Service Department. Links to a page with international
time zones.
http://www.time.gov
U.S. Naval Observatory (USNO)
Time Service Department
The official source of time for the Department of Defense and the standard of
time for the United States. Provides the USNO Master clock, USNO clock development,
network time protocol, automated data services, U.S. time conversions, and sunrise/sunset/moon
phase. Links to related sites, such as GPS and National Earth Orientation Services.
http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/time.html
A Walk Through Time
Presents a historic view of the evolution of time measurement. The series begins
with ancient calendars and ends with the atomic age. It includes information
on and pictures of sun clocks and water clocks, mechanical clocks, quartz clocks,
and atomic beam clocks. The site also has information on Greenwich Mean Time
and world time zones. From the National Institute of Standards and Technology
(NIST) Physics Laboratory.
http://physics.nist.gov/GenInt/Time/time.html
World Population
This site provides information about the number of people living at this moment,
as well as on any particular date since 1970.
http://www.ibiblio.org/lunarbin/worldpop
World Time
Zone Map
H.M. Nautical Almanac Office map of standard time zones, corrected to June 2000,
with legend for universal time. Three formats to print (PDF, html and Post Script).
A part of the Astronomical Applications Department of the U.S. Naval Observatory
site, which provides extensive data services including sunrise/sunset/moonrise/moonset/twilight
and dates, products information, U.S. time zone, and Universal Time and Greenwich
Mean Time.
http://aa.usno.navy.mil/AA/faq/docs/world_tzones.html
Convert Me
This site has interactive calculators for many common and exotic measurement
systems, including metric, Ancient Greek, Roman, and old Russian. Measurements
include weight and mass, distance and length, capacity and volume, area, speed,
temperature, time, pressure, energy and work, circular measure, and computer
storage. Also available in Russian (Cyrillic font).
http://www.convert-me.com/en/
A Dictionary of
Measures, Units, and Conversions
Provides a summary of most of the units of measure in use around the world.
Includes length, area, volume, weight, temperature, and speed among others.
A conversion table is also provided to convert one unit into other equivalent
units.
http://www.ex.ac.uk/cimt/dictunit/dictunit.htm
How Many?: A Dictionary of
Units of Measurements
Includes all the units of the International System of Weights and Measures (SIPM);
metric; non-metric scientific units such as the astronomical unit, the electron
volt, and the parsec; the English Customary Weights and Measures; selected traditional
units from cultures other than English; and other measurement terms and notations.
Each unit's definition includes conversion factors.
http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/
Measure Converter
This site offers conversion tables for area, mass and weight, distance and length,
speed, money, percentage, power, pressure, radioactivity, and many other types
of measurement units. Tables are available by unit name or category. Site offers
a two-way converter.
http://www.allmeasures.com/
MegaConverter
A growing collection of weights, measures, and units conversion and calculation
modules. There are several ways of accessing the more than 3 dozen calculators,
but the least complex is from the simplified page for those with older browsers
or who use large type. From here, you also get explanations and definitions.
If you use the dial or list versions, watch out for all the extra open windows.
http://www.megaconverter.com/
Online Conversions
Converts just about every possible measurement, every possible way. Just a few
of the possibilities are: acceleration, area, clothing sizes, cooking, density,
luminance, mass, power, pressure, velocity, voltage, and volume.
http://www.onlineconversion.com/
ProBrewer Brewer's Tools
Includes general calculator tools as well as those specific to brewing. The
Volume Unit Conversion Calculator converts metric to imperial--milliters and
hectoliters to fluid, pints, and ounces. The Mass Unit Conversion Calculator
which converts milligrams, grams, kilograms, and tonnes to grains, drams, ounces,
pounds, stones, slug, hundred weight, and tons, as well as bushels to quarters.
There are also calculators for temperature, volume flow, alcohol percentage,
pressure, hops bitterness, and drink profits.
http://www.probrewer.com/resources/tools/
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