LINKS

• Major Reference Indexes
1. Refdesk - Great reference site
2. Reference.com - searchable directories of newsgroups and mailing lists
3. webreference.com
4. Yahoo's Index of Reference Tools  
5. Merriam-Webster References 
• Specific References
1. AMTRAK on the Web
2. Anatomy Online - over one hundred illustrations of the human body with animations and thousands of descriptive links.
3. Annals of Improbable Research
4. Anyday - Find out birthdays, death dates, and special events that happened any day of the year
5. Argus Clearinghouse - the premier Internet search library
6. Ask Jeeves - site allows you to enter plain English questions, to which Jeeves serves up suggested web pages.
7. ATM Locator
8. Atomic Clock - U.S. Naval Observatory
9. Bank Rate Monitor
10. Bartlett's Familiar Quotations and other books, passages, phrases and proverbs traced to their sources
11. Better Homes & Gardens Home Improvement Encyclopedia
12. Biography.com - searchable database of 15,000 names from A & E Television
13. BookWire - the first place to look for book information
14. Books - Project Gutenburg - 'Fine literature digitally re-published'
15. Books On-line: Authors - an indispensable A to Z index cataloging online texts with authors ranging from Aeschylus to Yeats
16. Books - Classics Archive, The - provides 184 classical works by 17 different authors
17. Books Internet Library
18. Census Bureau Data Maps
19. College and University Home Page- Worldwide
20. Constitutions, Statutes & Codes (including the full US Code)
21. Consulates and Embassies - Yahoo
22. Consumer Price Index
23. Congress - comprehensive contact information for members and committees of the U.S. Congress.
24. Currency Converter - view any exchange rates among the 164 currencies for any day since 1 January 1990 through today. The currency converter is updated daily at 8:00 p.m. EST
25. Dictionaries - over 640,000 words in 109 dictionaries
26. Earthquake Information from the USGS - daily and weekly quake reports, geophysical information on earthquakes, and other background information.
27. Email Directory, The
28. English Grammar - hypertext guide to the parts of speech, words, and their usage
29. FedEx
30. FedNet
31. Fedstats: One Stop Shopping Federal Statistics - statistics and information from more than 70 federal agencies.
32. Financial Advice - Unbiased
33. FindOut - research service - free answers via email to first 100 questions
34. Flags of all Countries
35. Forum One - the Web's search engine for online forums
36. Fundamental Physical Constants
37. GamesDomain - games, games, games, games
38. Genealogy - A Guide to Geneolgy - A guide to getting started in geneology.
39. Genealogy - USGenWeb Project, The - genealogy information for each county in the United States. Organized by state.
40. Genealogy Library - search over 52 million names
41. Genealogy Home Page
42. Geologic Time
43. Google Search
44. Harper's Index - statistics that may surprise you.
45. National Committee for Quality Assurance of Health Care
46. Healthfinder Health - Just about everything to be found on the Internet to do with health is here
47. Hoover's Online - information on more than 10,000 of the largest public and private companies in the US and around the world.
48. Human-Languages Page - best language links on the Internet
49. HYTELNET on the World Wide Web
50. Information & Referral Resource Network, The - lists agencies throughout the United States that provide a wide variety of human services to the public.
51. Infomine - resources of relevance to faculty, students, and research staff at the university level
52. Internet Cafe Guide
53. iTools! - Internet Tools
54. Kelley Blue Book - new and used car pricing
55. Knowledge Adventure Encyclopedia - A good, concise reference work
56. Language - Ethnologue, Languages of the World
57. Law - Excellent one-stop source for legal information
58. Learn2.com
59. LegalDocs - Do your own legal papers
60. Library - Berkeley Index to the Internet - an extensive, classified guide to Internet resources from this California library
61. Library of Congress Home Page
62. LibWeb - over 1428 pages from libraries in 62 countries.
63. Library - Perseus Project, The - detailed searchable library of texts, translations, art and archaeology of Ancient Greece and Rome.
64. Library - Scholarly Journals Distributed - University of Houston Libraries
65. Library - Scholary Journals Distributed - Online University
66. MapQuest!
67. Measurements Converter - friendly JavaScript interface converts length, weight, area, speed, temperature and more, into different units and unit systems.
68. Maps - Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection
69. Maps - TIGER Mapping Service - to provide a public resource for generating high-quality, detailed maps of anywhere in the United States, using public geographic data
70. Maps - CyberAtlas
71. Medicine - CHORUS - A quick reference hypertext for physicians and med students
72. MedicineNet
73. Medicine - PubMed - provides free access to Medline
74. Mensa Home Page, The
75. Merck Manual
76. MetaCrawler
77. Money Daily - enhanced HTML version of Money Daily
78. Morse Code - The History of the Telegraph
79. Morse Code Translator
80. Movie Database - over 1 million filmographies, and information on more than 300,000 actors and actresses.
81. Museum of Modern Art
82. National Address Server - input any U.S. address without its zip code and the server will return the zip + 4 code.
83. Names in America - from the 1990 Census Bureau
84. News - Electronic Newsstand, The - the ultimate magazine site
85. Nine Planets, The - a multimedia tour of the solar system with pictures, text, sound and references to other Net resources.
86. Nobel Prizes - Comprehensive historical list of winners in all categories
87. Occupational Outlook Handbook - reference tool used to research job information and trends
88. Occupation Information Technology Careers - accredited schools offering an IT degree.
89. Old Farmer's Almanac
90. Passport Services
91. Periodic Table - WebElements
92. Peterson's Guide to Colleges - information on undergraduate and graduate education in the US
93. Price Watch - Street Price Search Engine
94. Progress of Nations, The - "The nations of the world ranked according to their achievements in child health, nutrition, education, family planning and progress for women."
95. Pulitzer Prize Web Site
96. Purdue Univ. Online Writing Lab - over 100 handouts available on all aspects of writing correctly
97. Quotes - Wise Old Sayings
98. Reporters Network, The - directory of reporters, editors, freelance writers and other news professionals
99. Research-It! - collection of online research tools. Search dictionaries, translate words, find quotations and more.
100. Rulers - Large listing of heads of state
101. RxList - the Internet Drug Index
102. Smoking Gun, The - exclusive documents -- cool, confidential, quirky -- that can't be found elsewhere on the Web.
103. Statistical - International Data Base - is a computerized data bank containing statistical tables of demographic, and socio-economic data for all countries of the world.
104. Statistical Abstract of the United States - one-stop source for statistical information about the U.S
105. State and Local Government on the Net - guide to government sponsored sites.
106. Statistical Abstract of the United States
107. Study WEB - comprehensive index that categorizes and reviews over 15,000 educational and reference Web sites
108. Sunrise/Sunset Computation - Type in a city name and find out times for sunrise, sunset, and more
109. Swiss Bank Dormant Accounts Web Site - includes the list of accounts and information on how to file a claim.
110. Telecommunications, The History of - Great reference from smoke signals to VolP
111. Telephone - SwitchBoard - find any person or business listed in the phone book
112. Telephone - International White and Yellow Pages - a collection of phone directories from around the world.
113. Telephone - Reverse Lookup - supply an area code and phone number, and get the name & address of the person associated
114. Telephone Directories On The Web - comprehensive current index of telephone books, yellow pages, white pages, fax, residential and business listings, alphabetic and classified directories from all around
115. Telephone - Ultimate White Pages, The
116. Telephone - Ultimate Yellow Pages, The
117. Telephone -WorldPages - more than 112 million integrated white and yellow page listings
118. Telephone - Worldwide Yellow Pages
119. Telephone - WhitePages.com- a global directory and index of e-mail addresses and phone numbers.
120. Today in History
121. Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet
122. Travel - European Rail Fares & Schedule Information - utility for finding train fares and schedules for hundreds of cities in Europe.
123. Travel Information - Health-related travel advisories, vaccine recommendations, and much more.
124. Travel - Fodors - 'Your smart choice for travel'
125. Travel - How Far Is It?
126. Travel - Fare Tracker - Get the best air fare
127. Ultimate Band List, The - huge list of music links.
128. Ultimate Homepage Index, The - easy way to search millions of web pages for any topic imaginable
129. U.S. National Debt Clock
130. U.S. Population Clock
131. U.S. Postal Service - fully featured online version of your local post office
132. U.S. Postal Service Address Quality and Zip Code Lookup
133. Virtual Hospital, The - University of Iowa
134. Virtual Human Project - creating a complete, anatomically detailed, three-dimensional representations of the male and female human body.
135. Virtual Reference Desk
136. Webster Dictionary - the on-line version of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition
137. Web of Culture - information such as capital cities around the world, food, consulates, currency, holidays, languages, religions, etc.
138. West's Legal Dictionary
139. Where is the best place to live?
140. White House, The
141. Who Represents You in Congress? - Project Vote Smart
142. WhoWhere - find email addresses, phone numbers, and addresses, etc.
143. Why Files: Science behind the news
144. World City Guide
145. WorldClimate: Weather rainfall and temperature data - over 85,000 records of world climate data
146. World's Most Wanted Criminals
147. World's Richest People - Forbes will show you how much they've got and where it came from.
148. World Population Clock
149. World Rulers
150. World Resources 1996-97: A Guide to the Global Environment
151. Time Zones of the World
152. Yale Web Style Guide - covers graphic and information design, page layout, site organization, navigation, and multimedia content.
153. ZD-Net Technical News
154. Zip2 - search for over 16 million businesses
155. ZIP Codes
156. ZipFind - calculates the distance in miles as the crow flies between any two U.S. zip codes. Also lets you look up the zip code(s) for any U.S. city.

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