- Acronym Finder
- Stands4.com - Great source for acronyms and abbreviations
- Farmers' Almanac
- Old Farmers' Almanac
- Information Please Almanac
- FactMonster - from Information Please
- GuruNet - the fact finder
- The World Factbook 2002
- CNN Web Almanac
- Computer Almanac
- Geography IQ World Atals
- Hooked on Facts
- American Presidents: Life Portraits
- Biographical Dictionary - 25,000 notable men and women worldwide from past to present
- Biography.com - Includes 20,000+ biographies with video information
- Biography Center - More than 11,000 biographies here
- Famous Birthdays
- Dead People Server
- Dead or Alive? - Is your favorite celebrity dead or alive?
- Celebrity Morgue
- Star Mania - The Ultimate Fan Site
- Celebrity Link
- Find A Grave
- Internet Movie Database - Hollywood Biographies
- Lives: The Biography Resource - Information on individuals or groups, primary biographical source material (images, diaries, memoirs, letters, interviews), and biographical dictionaries.
- Who2 - Find Famous People Fast
- Who's Alive and Who's Dead
- Cemeteries - Cemetery Transcription Library
- Cemetary Junction
- Funny Celebrity Pictures
- Last Wills of Famous People
- World Biographical Index
- Polysearch- biographies search engine
- Book Reviews:
- BookBrowse.com
- BookPage.com - America's Book Review
- Bookreport.com - Where readers and writers click
- Bookspot.com
- BookWire - inside the book business
- Books Reviews by Subjects:
- AllReaders.com
- BookNotes.org - C-SPAN's Booknotes program
- Bartleby.com (Great Books Online)
- ClassicReader.com -Read, search, and annotate great works of literature by authors such as Dickens, Tolstoy, Shakespeare, and many others. New works are added to the collection on a regular basis.
- FindArticles.com - Free archive of full-text articles dating back to 1998 from over 300 titles
- Books Free - borrow unlimited paperback novels
- Internet Public Library - Electronic FULL TEXT Books Directory
- The Invisible Library - An online a collection of books that only appear in other books
- National Academy Press - Full Text Books
- All You Can Read.com
- Penguin Classics - information about books, plays, authors, history, and a number of other things besides, including teachers' guides for introducing students to many of the world's great books
- The Online Books Page
- Histroric Stock Quotes
- Investor Words Dictionary
- International Trade Data
- Thomas Register of American Manufacturers
- Zagut Survey (Subscription needed, but so popular and useful)
- BankRate.com
- BestPlaces.net
- How Much is That Worth Today?
- Calculators On-Line Center
- The Calculator Home Page - Online calculator, including Conversions and Constants
- Martindale's Calculator Center
- Convert It- Calculator & Conversion Center
- Online Coversion
- Measure 4 Measure - Convert anything to anything
- Measurement Converter
- Mega Convertor - Online conversion calculator for virtually every type of measurement
- A Dictionary of Measurments, Units & Conversions
- Roman Numeral Date Conversion Table
- Roman Numeral & Date Conversion Calculator
- Euro Calculator
- The Universal Currency Converter
- Oanda.com - current and historical curreny conversion rates
- Sunrise/Sunset & Moonrise/Moonset Calculations
- Unit Convertor
- Birthday Calculator
- Instacalc Online Calculator
- Calc 5 - Online Graphing Calculator
- Ecalc - the best online calculator
- Web Holiays
- Earth Calendar (A daybook of holidays and celebrations around the world)
- Holidays.net
- Time, Calendar, Holiday Reference Sources
- Worldwide Festival & Holiday Site
- Perpetual Calendar
- Calendar Zone
- Today's Calendar & Clock Page
- Calendars Through the Ages - The History of Calendars
- Encyclopedia of Days - Holidays & Festivals
- Local Times Around the World
- Time Zone Converter
- Timeticker
- Current Date & Time
- Time and Date.com
- Time.gov - The official U.S. Time
- US Naval Observatory Clock
- World Time Server
- The Clock Domain
- The Death Clock - countdown to death!
- The Death Forecast
- Qlock - quick, stylish, simple yet powerful world clock on your desktop
- World Clock
- World Time Engine
- Links and Indexes to Online Dictionaries
- Dictionary.com
- Language Dictionaries and Translators
- Ninjawords - a smart, fast dictionary
- OneLook Dictionaries
- Yahoo Dictionaries
- YourDictionary.com
- iTools - Dictionary, Thesaurus, Translation
- TheFreeDictionary.com - Free Online Dictionary, Encyclopedia & Thesuarus
- English Language Dictionaries
- American Heritage Book of English Usage
- Merriam-Webster Online
- Cambridge Dictionaries Online
- Word Central - from Merriam-Webster
- MSN Learning & Resarch Dictionary
- Online Etyhmology Dictionary
- Ask Oxford Dictionary
- Oxford English Dictionary
- Rhyme Zone
- WordWeb Pro - Thesaurus/Dicitionary & anagram finder
- Internet Anagram Server
- Thesaurus
- Specialized Dictionaries
- Online Encyclopedia of Graphic Symbols
- Buzzwhack Dictionary
- whatis?com (IT-related words)
- All Words.com - including crossword puzzle solver
- American Sign Language Browser
- ASL Fingerspelling
- A Basic Dictionary of ASL Temrms
- Business Dictionaries
- Handspeak: Visual Languages
- Who Named It
- Internet Picture Dictionary
- Glossarist.com - a comprehensive searchable directory of glossaries and topical dictionaries
- The Alphabet in Sign Language
- wordIQ - Online Dictionary and Encyclopedia Definitions
- ObjectGraph Dictionary - auto-suggesting dicitionary
- Paraphrase Rex - thesauraus and paraphrase finder from Lingo24
- The Visual Dictionary
- Word Source - The Social Dictionary
- WordWeb - English Dictionary, thesaurus & word finder software
- Codes
- Area Code Decoder
- Area Codes
- Area Codes Online
- Zip Code Lookup
- National Address Server
- Lincmad - telephone area codes
- GRC Database Information - postal codes
- Zip Express
- Postal Rates Info
- Phone spell - What does your phone number spell?
- General
- AT&T AnyWho Info - includes toll free, reverse telephone lookup
- SearchBug.com--PeopleFinder - includes reverse telephone and address lookup
- Nedsite - the utlimate peolple finder
- Switchboard - nationwide telephone and address directory
- Telephone Directories on the Web - includes international directories
- Yahoo People Search
- White Pages Phone Directory
- The Ultimates - search several directories
- Zip2.com - Infospace - find businesses
- Internet 800 Directory
- Reverse Email Search - Email Address Search
- Free E-mail Address Directory
- Free E-mail Provider's Guide
- Reverse Directory Search - Phone Book for White Pages, Yellow Pages & Reverse Street Address
- People Spot - people search, reverse lookup, people finder, world population and more
- U.S. Blue Pages - Federal Gvernment directory information
- Internet Address Finder
- Argali White & Yellow - phone search software
- PeekYou.com People Search
- Yellow Pages
- Ameritech Smart Pages (Yellow and White)
- SuperPages - Verizon's White & Yellow Pages directory
- The Community Phonebook
- InfoSpace - personal & business directory
- Yellow Pages -Yellow Page Search
- The World Pages
- Go2.com - # 1 Yellow pages on Mobil Phones
- Internet Directories (Organized by library classification schemes)
- BUBL LINK
- Infobel Telephone Dir - telephone directories on the web. Browse international phone directories
- Phonenumbers.net - International phone, fax numbers, e-mail addresses, etc.
- Class Alumni/Reunion
- Assorted Encyclopedias Online
- Britannica.com
- Columbia Encyclopedia
- Encarta.com (MSN)
- Encyclopedia.com
- Encyclopedia Mythica: An encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, and legend
- Grolier's Encyclopedia
- The Household Cyclopedia
- Hutchinson's Encylopedias
- Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
- World Book Encyclopedia
- Family Search
- Ancestry.com
- Ancestry Web
- Roots Web - The oldest and largest FREE genealogy site
- Genealogy
- Genealogy Gateway
- Italian Genealogy
- National Genealogy Society
- What Tree Did You Fall From?
- Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet - links organized in over 140 categories
- GENDEX - Genealogical Index with hundreds of Web databases with genealogical data on millions of individuals.
- USGenWeb Project
- Genealogy Toolbox - well-organized listing of genealogy information sources on the Internet:
- Vital Records Information
- Case Breakers
- ZabaSearch.com - #1 Free People Search and Public Information Search Engine
- MyHeritage - includes Face Recognition software
- Geni - Create Your Family Tree
- History of..
- HyperHistory Online
- Outline of American History
- Today in History - from The History Channel
- Any Day in History
- World History Archives
- HyperHistory
- The History Place - Overviews of U.S. History for students, especially World War II
- General Resources
- Best Doctors
- Center for Diease Control and Prevention
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Health finder
- Health.gov
- Health Link Plus
- Health Scout
- InteliHealth - consumer health site from Harvard Medical School
- MayoClinic
- MEDGle - search your symptoms
- Medline plus - Health Information from the National Library of Medicine
- Merck Manual
- MedBot - Stanford University Medical search engine
- Physicians Plus
- PDR Health
- World Health Organization
- Drug Resources
- Complete Home Medical Guide
- Center For Drug & Evaluation Research
- Consumer Drug Information - basic information about medications recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- Drugs.com
- Drug Digest
- Drug Information Sources
- Drug Infonet
- Drug Store.com
- HealthTouch Drug Index
- Informed Drug Guide
- Internet Grateful Medicine - search 14 National Library of medicine databases
- MedicineNet
- RxList - search for a drug by name, imprint corde, or keyword
- Web MD
- Other Resources
- Virtual Hospital
- Nutrition.gov
- Bloodpresure.com
- Web Anatomy
- Big Hug - Healthcare Users Group
- Creaky Joints - Arthritis
- VA Health Providers
- VA Department of Health Professionals
- VA Health Resources for Seniors
- Washington's Physicans Directory
- Making a difference
- On-line Medical Dictionary
- Martindale's Health Science Guide
- MedTerms.com - Medical Dictionary
- Health Central Library
- Afraid To Ask - medical questions that you are afraid to ask
- Complete Home Medical Guide - the 3rd Revised Edition, from the Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
- American Hospital Directory - Provides on-line data for over 6,000 hospitals
- Avert.org - international AIDS charity brining you information on HIV/AIDS
Homework Helpers & Reference Centers
- Ask an Expert
- Pitsco's Ask An Expert
- BJ Pinchbeck's Homework Helper
- Internet Public Library Reference
- Kid Info - The Web's BEST Homework and Student Reference Resource!
- Multnomah Library Homework Center
- Library of Nashville Reference Links
- UVA Reference Sources
- Kid Clicks - web search directory
- ClassBrain
- Aesop's Fables Online
- Grammar
- Writing
- Writer's Write - The Writer's Resource
- Termpapers.com - help to do term papers
- Fast Papers.com - help with term/research papers and essays
- ABC's of the Writing Process
- Research Paper.com
- Essay Page
- ProCite - manage your references from the net to your bibliographies
- Scholarsaid - the reference processor
- Classic Note by GradeServer - Professional proofreading & editing online
- Absolute Write - freelance writing
- Words
- Wilton's Word & Phrase Origins
- Word Wizard - find the origins of words
- The Word Detective - online version of Words, Wit and Wisdom, a newspaper column that answers readers' questions about words and language
- Style Guides (Citing Eletronic Resources)
- APA - Electronic Reference Formats
- Chicago Manual of Style
- Citing Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism
- EasyBib - Free Automatic Bib;liography Composer
- Using CBE Style (from Online! A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources)
- Using Chicago Style (from Online! A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources)
- MLA Style
- Noodle Tools- Smart Researching
- Researh and Documentation Online
- Style Sheets for citing electronic resources
- Turnitin.com - the world's leading plagiarism prevention system.
- Study Guides
- Cliff Notes
- Sparknotes - An On-line guide like cliff notes
- GradeServer Classic Notes
- NovelGuide - Novel Resource Guide and Literary Analysis
- Pink Money
- Public Libraries - with links to national, state and university libraries
- Public Library Locator - Department of Education
- Libdex - index of libraries
- Libraries, Techonology and the Big Picture - Tame the Web Blog
- Directions
- ADC Maps - the map people
- Excite: Map & Directions
- Expedia Maps
- Google Maps
- Google Earth
- Map Quest
- Maporama
- Maps on Us - A service of switchboard
- MSN Mappoint
- Rand McNally - Get Directions
- Yahoo! Maps & Driving Directions
- Yahoo! Map Maker
- MapLib.net - hosting your maps powered by Google Maps
- Mapshark - Search online maps in over 600 websites
- Maps & Map Collections
- Atlapedia Onlone
- Embassy World - All The World's maps
- Maps.com
- MapTech MapServer
- MapTown - maps, globes, travel guides for the World, Canada and USA
- National Geographic Maps
- National Atlas of the United States
- Perry-Castaneda Library Maps
- StateGuide.com - "Destination Research Made Smiple"
- Quick Maps - maps of the world
- Top Zone - The Web's Topgraphic map
- Historical Atlas of the Twentieth Century
- National Geographic Xpeditions Atlas
- Maps From the Past
- Wayfaring - creative personalized maps of where you go.
- 3D World Map
- Ask Dr. Math
- Math.com
- A+ Math
- Math & Science Gateway
- Math Archives
- Math Type
- The Math Forum
- Eric Weisstein's World of Math
- Math2.org
- Mathematical Atlas
- Mathematical Functions
- Mathlets: Java Applets for Math Explorations
- S.O.S. Math
- AAA Math
- Mersenne Prime Search
- WebMath - solve your math problem
- Equation Wizard
- News
- Headlinespot.com
- News Directory
- Newslink
- Nettizen.com: Online Newspaper Directory - Links to international papers; organized by state
- Newspaper Directory
- Newpaper Archives - An index to the New York Times, the New York Daily Times as well as an ever increasing number of smaller newspapers from around the U. S. and Canada
- Paperboy.com - Online Newspaper Directory
- Today's Front Pages - from the Newseum
- U.S. Newspaper List
- ABYZ News Links - "Your Gateway to Newspapers, News Media, and News Sources"
- National TV News Channels
- ABC News
- CBS News
- CNN
- C-SPAN
- FOX news
- MSNBC News
- Online NewsHour - PBS with Jim Lehrer
- U.S. Television Networks
All About RSS - including links to RSS/ATOM News Readers
- American FactFinder
- FedStats - The gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies
- Statistical Resources on the Web
- Statistics.com
- Systran Soft Translation
- Altavista's Babel Fish Translation
- Babylon Translation
- Foreign Language & Culture
- Foreign Word - The Language Site
- Free-Translator.com
- Free Translation
- Free Translations Online
- LingoWare - translate any application into YOUR language
- Free Translation Online with Lingo24
- iLoveLanguages
- Online Dictionaries and Translators
- Trasparent Language
- Travlang
- Foreign Languages for Travelers
- Word Reference.com - A bilingual dicitonary
- Yamada Laguage Center
- Living Language - From Fodor's Living Language series
- Word Reference.com - A bilingual dictionary from English to Spanish, German, French, or Italian
- The Translation Wizard
- New-Lingo Translation - High quality translation services at excellent prices. Website translation and localization services with operations in the UK and New Zealand
- General Travel
- Yahoo! Trip Planner
- Travel USA - Online Travel Guides, Maps and Directions!
- City Guide - the ulitate travel resource
- Official City Sites
- Concierge.com - Conde Nast Traveler
- Culture Finder
- Frommers
- Lonely Planet Travel Guides
- USA Tourist
- Digital City - Discover your city
- USA Star - traveling down the highway
- CitySearch - Find travel information for major cities around the world
- Road Side America - Guide to off-beat American tourist attractions
- Tours.com
- Travel Channel Online
- Travel Health Online
- Travel Web
- Travel Zoo
- Trip Finder at National Geographic
- Free Trip.com - auto pilot
- TravelPost.com - Store, Search and Share Travel Experience
- Bahamas Holidays
- Not For Tourists.com - guidebooks for major U.S. Cities
- Travelistic - Travel videos from around the world
- Hotel Guides
- Hotel Guide
- PlacestoStay.com - Lists more than 17,000 hotels, inns and bed & breakfasts
- Trip Advisor
- Hotel Shark
- Where to Stay.com
- Hotels By City
- International Travel
- Fodor's Travel
- Frommer's Budge Travel
- WorldSkip -- Worldwide country information
- InfoHub
- Air Fares
- Travelocity
- Cheaptickets.com
- Cheap Trips.com
- Air Fares
- Mile Spree
- Lowest Fare
- Best Fares.com
- Orbitz.com
- HotWire.com
- Sidstep.com - low fare travel search tool
- Qixo.com - largest airfare saarch engine
- OAG - Official Airline Guide
- Flight Tracking
- Bare Bones 101- WWW searching tutorial from the University of South Carolina Library
- Bookmarklets
- Jesse's Bookmarklets
- Looksmart's Furl - your personal favorites from your computer
- Consumer Watch: Building Trust on the Web
- HoaxBusters
- Internet Archive Way Back Machine - turn back time to see old pages!
- Internet 101 by Scott Cottingham. A walk-through of Internet basics
- Internet Scout Project - Pointers to websites so users can "Surf smarter, not longer"
- Internet Traffic Report
- Jakob Nielsen's Useit.com
- Webopedia - online dictionary of computer & internet terms
- Free Online Dictionary of Computing
- Netlingo - The Internet Language Dictionary
- Glossary of Internet and Web Jargon
- Larry's Magic PC Answers - a wealth of down-to-earth information about the Internet
- What is.com - find out computer terms
- Get Net Wise
- Using the Internet - Provides an overview of the Internet and ways to use it
- Neat New Stuff on the Web
- Jube! - Co-surfing reinvented
- Complete History of the Internet
- Internet FAQs Archive
- Acronyms
- Author Yellow Pages - the online author directory
- Best Information on the Net
- 50 States and Capitals
- USA CityLink - a starting point for information about US states and cities
- Contry Watch - Basic data such as population profile, currency, map, and current time, as well as profiles on people, history, economy, agriculture, energy, metals, and environment
- WorldSkip! - Online global info
- Damm Interesting
- eHow.com - "How To" information on a variety of topics
- Free Patents Online
- How To Do Things
- How Stuff Works
- How Things Work by Lou Bloomfield, author of the book with the same title. Look under his "Topical Index of Earlier Questions", or email him a question about a machine or process that he hasn't covered yet:
- How Things Are Made
- I Want To ...
- Learn2.com - learn how to do something
- Library Spot - Links to reference and research websites
- MenuPix - browse restaurant menus from your computer
- U.S. National Archives & Records Administration
- Presentations.com - Online help for creating speeches
- So You Wanna?
- Snopes.com - Urban Legends Reference Page
- StarSpot Network - simply your search for best of the web
- Periodic Table for windows
- Web Elements - The Periodic Table
- A Stalking we shall go
- Anonymizer - surf the web & send e-mail anonymously
- The Stalker's Home Page - A stalking we shall go!
- MadSciNet - including MadLibs
- Phobia List - find your phobia
- Truth or Ficition
- Images Finder
- Cliche Finder
- Questia - Search within books, reference books, and periodical
- Nashville Public Library Web Links
- Vice Presidents.com
- The Resource Shelf
- 10x10 - 100 Words and Pictures that Define the Time
- Ms. Dewey
- Research Beyond Google: 119 Authoritative, Invisible, and Comprehensive Resources
- Daylight Map - See where it is daylight