REFERENCE LINKS

  Individual Quick Reference Titles

American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
    ...90,000 entries featuring audio pronunciations, color illustrations, word roots

Area Code Look-Up

Art and Entertainment's Biography
    ...searchable biographical sketches from Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia

Calorie Control Council
    ...calorie counter calculator, health news, weight loss information

CIA World Factbook 2000
    ...extensive information about countries, including maps

Currency Converter

Edmund's Automobile Buyer's Guides

Encarta Concise Encyclopedia
    ...concise Encarta with 16,000 articles, 2,200 photos, ilustrations, maps, charts

Familiar Quotations (John Bartlett)

Farmer's Almanac

FOLDOC: Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

Geographic Nameserver
    ...U.S. Geologic Survey maps, searchable by city, town, zip code

Internet Address Finder

Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents

Kelley's Blue Book

Local Times Around the World

MapQuest
    ...maps, trip planning, distance calculations, driving directions

Occupational Outlook Handbook
    ...Bureau of Labor Statistics' job descriptions, forecasts, requirements, earnings

Roget's Internet Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases

Semantic Rhyming Dictionary
    ...searchable database of perfect rhymes, last sound only rhymes, homophones

Statistical Abstract of the United States
    ...extensive U.S. statistical data for each year from 1995-2000

TIGER Mapping Service
    ...generates high-quality, detailed maps of selected location, surrounding terrain

U.S. Census 2000
    ...U.S. Census Bureau's statistical portrait of America's population

U.S. Gazetteer
    ...U.S. Census Bureau's place name search, locations viewable with Tiger Maps

U.S. Government Manual
    ...comprehensive info on agencies of legislative, executive, judicial branches

U.S. Postal Service Abbreviations

U.S. Postal Service Zip Codes & Address Info

Who/Where People Locator

WorldWideWeb Acronym and Abbreviation Server
    ...searchable by acronym or a word in the acronym expansion

WWWebster Dictionary
    ...searchable Merriam Webster Dictionary

  Collective Reference Resources

Accurate Eye Reference Desk (Australia)
    ...biographies, dictionaries, maps, documents, calendars, more

ALEX: Catalog of Electronic Texts on the Internet

Book Stacks: Electronic Library
    ...electronic texts gathered from other sites, searchable by title, author, keyword

Books Online
    ...searches the Internet for electronic texts by title or author

Federal Government Information Resources
    ...U. Missouri-Rolla's U.S. Govt. Reference Shelf, inc. branches, agencies, depts.

FedStats
    ...statistics from more than 70 U.S. government agencies

Government Printing Office (GPO)
    ...government publications organized by topic

Internet Library for Librarians
    ...inc. extensive links to reference resources

League of Women Voters of California
    ...legislative watch, issues analyses, voter pamphlets, elected officials contact info

Learning Network: Almanacs
    ...A to Z index of 200 sites that answer frequently-asked reference questions

LibDex: The Library Index (library catalogs online)
    ...interlibrary loans are possible at the discretion of the individual libraries

National Library of Medicine
    ...inc. MEDLINE's citations and abstracts from 3,800 biomedical journals

National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
    ...U.S. Government documents ordering

Project Bartleby Archive
    ...literary classics online

Project Gutenberg
    ...reference books and classics online

Project Hermes: Supreme Court Decisions
    ...all decisions rendered since May 1990, 600 other historical decisions

Quotations Page Gateway

References: CMU English Server

Repositories of Primary Sources
    ...2100 sites with manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs

Research-It!
    ...quick reference resources, inc. language translator

State and Local Government on the Net
    ...searchable Piper Resources guide to government sponsored Internet sites

Television Broadcasters
    ...international links to broadcasters' web sites, organized by country

Virtual Reference Desk: Purdue U.

Web of On-Line Dictionaries
    ...searchable site, over 350 dictionaries and thesauri, inc. 100 foreign languages

  Consumer Information

Better Business Bureau
    ...programs and services, advertising review, consumer advisories, contact info

Consumer Information Center
    ...U.S. General Services Admin. site, inc. 1998-99 Consumer's Resource Handbook

Consumer World
    ...search 1500 sites: price comparisons, product reviews, complaint agencies

National Fraud Information Center
    ...National Consumers League: fraud watch news, fraud reporting, advisories

Product ReviewNet
    ...searchable product review excerpts from various publications

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
    ...news, product recalls, referral agencies, unsafe product reporting, publications

United Parcel Service (UPS)
    ...package tracking, cost calculator, other service information