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Almanacs  Top Index

Information Please Almanac-Like its print version, this almanac provides factual information on a wide range of topics. It also includes free access to the Random House Webster's College Dictionary and the Columbia Encyclopedia.

Old Farmer's Almanac-The web version of the Old Farmer's Almanac offers practical and entertaining information such as weather predictions, tide charts, planting tables and other gardening tips, sun, moon or planet rise and set data, household tips and advice, even recipes. Click on "Site Index" to view the list of topics included.

The World Factbook - Offers detailed country information.

Biographies & Criticism  Top Index

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present - Provides biographical sketches of all individuals who served in the Congress.

Contemporary Writers in the UK - Searchable web site contains up-to-date profiles of some of the UK and Commonwealth's most important living writers - biographies, bibliographies, critical reviews, prizes and photographs. Searchable by author, genre, nationality, gender, publisher, book title, date of publication and prize name and date.

Distinguished Women of Past and Present - This site contains links to biographical information on women who made significant contributions throughout the ages.  It can be searched by field of activity or by name. 

LitLink - This site is a product of the Bedford/St. Martin's publisher and deals with literary research.  The main web page presents the different literary genres (fiction, drama, essays, poetry, critical theory), subarranged by author. For each author there is a brief biographical statement and several links to web sites for additional research.  LitLinks also includes a "research room" with information on the research process, interactive tutorials, and other research links.

The Nobel Prize Internet Archive - Focusing on past Nobel Laureates, this site can be browsed by Nobel category or searched by name.  Besides brief biographical sketches, it also provides links to relevant web sites.

Online Literary Criticism Collection - This is an excellent site for biographical information and literary criticism primarily on British and American authors.  This highly selective collection can be browsed by author, by title, or by literary period.

POTUS: Presidents of the United States - This is another highly recommended site for information on the U.S. presidency. "In this resource you will find background information, election results, cabinet members, notable events, and some points of interest on each of the presidents. Links to biographies, historical documents, audio and video files, and other presidential sites are also included to enrich this site."

College Catalogs and Other College Resources   Top Index

CollegeSource Online - This database features over 23,000 college catalogs in complete cover to cover original page format including 2-year, 4-year, graduate, and professional schools. It also provides profiles, links to the colleges web sites, and maps for directions.

CollegeNET - This web site allows you to search institutions by various criteria including geography, major, tuition, and enrollment.  Also includes hotlinks from search results directly to homepages of the schools.

Peterson's Education & Career Center - This web site provides information about thousands of colleges, universities, undergraduate and graduate programs, applications, funding and more.

Contemporary Issues  Top Index

CQ Researcher - A great source for in-depth, objective analysis of contemporary, controversial issues.  Topics range from social and teen issues to environment, health, education and science and technology.  To perform a search on a subject, click on the "Search" link to the left.

Human Rights Watch - This is a searchable web site of the Human Rights Watch, an independent, nongovernmental organization dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world.

Public Agenda Online - Short, fact-based reports on public opinion and public policy issues. Compiled by Public Agenda, a non-profit research organization.

Dictionaries, Acronyms, Thesauri, Etc.  Top Index

Acronym Finder - A searchable database of acronyms, abbreviations and meanings. Covers: common acronyms, computers, science, technology, government, telecommunications, and military acronyms.

AltaVista Translation Service - This site translates words, phrases and web sites from/ to English to/from French, German, Italian, Portuguese or Portuguese.  A word of caution: the translations are not always perfect, especially those of longer texts or idiomatic phrases.

The Nonverbal Dictionary of Gestures, Signs & Body Language Cues - This is a unique dictionary on nonverbal communication!  It includes thousands of entries based on the research work of anthropologists, archaeologists, biologists, linguists, psychiatrists, psychologists, semioticians, and others who have studied human communication from a scientific point of view.

One Look Dictionaries - This site allows you to search silmutaneously several dictionaries for word definitions.

Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases - The Internet edition of Roget's Thesaurus.

WWWebster Dictionary - This easy to use Dictionary and Thesaurus is based on the print version of the well known Merriam-Webster Dictionary.  A handy feature allows you to use wildcard characters ("?" and "*") to help you search words that you are not sure how to spell.

yourDictionary.com - A directory of dictionaries and glossaries available online. Includes dictionaries in languages other than English, specialty dictionaries indexed by subject, translation services, and sites related to word games. A search box for individual word look-up is also supplied.

Directory Information, Maps, Etc.  Top Index

AnyWho - A telephone directory from AT&T.

Area Code Decoder - Search by name of a city, state, and/or country, or a city, area, or country phone code.

FXConverter -164 Currency Converter - FXConverter (Foreign Exchange Currency Converter) is a multi-lingual Currency Converter with up to date exchange rates provided from leading market data contributors and is filtered for validity.

Gateway to Associations - A searchable database with links to over 6,500 professional and scholarly associations located around the globe.

Internet Address Finder  - A directory of email addresses.

MapQuest! - Use for maps, driving directions, or road trip planner.

QwestDex.com - Yellow and White pages online.

Renewable Energy Atlas of the West - Provides a full-color presentation of the renewable energy resources in the West, including newly-released high-resolution wind maps of the Pacific Northwest. The Atlas profiles wind, solar, geothermal and biomass power.

TopoZone - A free source for topographic maps online.

Zip Code Lookup - A zip code directory from the U.S. Postal Service

Encyclopedias   Top Index

Animal info: information on rare, threatened and endangered mammals - This web site presents scientific information solely on rare, threatened, and endangered mammals throughout the world.  A great site to use for serious research!

Britannica.com - This is the free web version of the well-known Encyclopedia Britannica.

Columbia Encyclopedia - Full-text searchable encyclopedia containing thousands of entries and hypertext cross-references.

EncyberPedia - A huge hot-linked listing of online encyclopedias!

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia - This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.

HowStuffWorks - Find out how just about anything works!

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Medical encyclopedia - The National Library of Medicine's encyclopedia includes articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries. It also contains an extensive library of medical photographs and illustrations.

 

Symbols.com - An online encyclopedia of graphic symbols

xrefer - Xrefer is powered by encyclopedias, dictionaries, books of quotations and other reference works. It's designed to help you locate facts backed by trusted publishers such as Penguin and Oxford University Press.

Fact Finding, Statistics, Polls  Top Index

Fast Facts - Although not comprehensive, this is a  useful list of resources for  finding fast facts similar to those included in an almanac or statistical abstract.  Besides the main Subject Guide, at the bottom of the page there is a list of comprehensive resources that may also be of value. 

Citizen Gateway -  Provides federal statistics, reports and other information on a variety of topics.

PollingReport.com - A bi-monthly "independent, nonpartisan resource on trends in American public opinion." The Web site is updated after the release of new polls, which means almost daily.

Statistical Abstracts of the United States - The primary sourcebook for statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States. Selected international data are also included.

Statistical Resources on the Web - This is a great web site for statistics!  Refers you to the best resources for statistical information on a wide variety of topics. 

Style Guides  Top Index

APA Style.org Electronic References - APA's own guidelines for citing electronic sources.

Karla's Guide to Citation Style Guides - A compilation of citation sources.

Research and Documentation - A guide to finding and documenting sources in the Humanities (MLA), Social Sciences (APA), History (Chicago), and Sciences (CBE).

Style Guides (APA, MLA, Turabian) at the University of Southern Mississippi

Uncle Sam - Brief Guide to Citing Government Publications

Virtual Collections  Top Index

Academic Info - This site consists of subject guides to Internet sources selected mainly for college and university students.  You may browse by category or search by keyword.

Internet Public Library - This "virtual" library collection offers links to  a selected list of internet resources in a variety of subject areas such as Science & Technology, Health & Medical Sciences, Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences,  and Business & Economics.  The ready reference collection may also be searched by topic (click on search the collection).

Librarians' Index to the Internet - This quite popular collection includes a searchable, annotated subject directory of more than 10,000 selected and evaluated internet resources.   Feel free to browse or search by words.

LibrarySpot - An award-winning virtual library resource center for educators and students, librarians and their patrons, families, businesses and just about anyone exploring the Web for valuable research information.

RefDesk - A great source of facts, news, or just cool sites!

Yahoo! Reference-This is Yahoo's collection of reference sites - everything from Acronyms to World Population Counts. Under the category "Research Paper" there are some very nice links to guides for writing research reports.