Ready Reference Web Links
Information Please Almanac
http://www.infoplease.com/almanacs.html
The Old Farmer's Almanac - The Original Farmer's Almanac Since 1792
http://www.almanac.com
On This Day
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/index.html
Today in History
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/today.html
50states.com - States and Capitals
http://www.50states.com
10,000-Year Calendar
http://calendarhome.com/tyc
timeanddate.com
http://www.timeanddate.com
Calendar Generator
http://www.hyperinfo.ca/HyperInfo.CA/Calendar.html
The Daily Globe's World Dates Archive
http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/6293/gljim.htm
Virtual Perpetual Calendars
http://www.vpcalendar.net
B'nai B'rith: 5 Year Jewish Holiday Calendar
http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/ref20.00.00
Interfaith Calendar
http://www.interfaithcalendar.org
calculator.com
http://www.calculator.com
Online Conversions - Conversion of Metric Units at Asknumbers.com
http://www.asknumbers.com
Online Conversion of Weights and Measures
http://www.convert-me.com/en
Convertworld.com - Unit Conversion Online
http://www.convertworld.com/en
Online Conversion - Convert Just About Anything to Anything Else
http://www.onlineconversion.com
Roman Numeral Dates | Conversion Guide
http://www2.inetdirect.net/~charta/Roman_numerals.html
Hydrolic Conversions
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/wgrfc/convert.html
Conversions Table for Engineering Units - English and Metric
http://www.matweb.com/tools/conversion.asp
U. S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov
Geostat Center: Collections: Historical Census Browser
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus
U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/index.html
U.S. Department of Labor: Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://stats.bls.gov
City Population
http://www.citypopulation.de
City Town Info
http://www.citytowninfo.com
County and City Data Book
http://www.census.gov/statab/www/ccdb.html
Geostat Center: Collections: Historical Census Browser
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus
State Fact Sheets
http://www.ers.usda.gov/statefacts
Picsearch - Image Search for Pictures and Images
http://www.picsearch.com
Pics4Learning - Tech4Learning
http://pics4learning.com
Ditto.com – See the Web
http://www.ditto.com
AltaVista - Image Search
http://www.altavista.com/image
Fotosearch: Stock Photography and Stock Footage
http://www.fotosearch.com/clip-art
Countries
Country Studies
http://www.country-studies.com
CIA - The World Factbook
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Countries of the World
http://www.infoplease.com/countries.htm
Country Studies - Federal Research Division, Library of Congress
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/
Country at a Glance
http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation/index.asp
National Geographic Places Directory
http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/places/directory.html
World Flag Database
http://www.flags.net/mainindex.htm
Flags and Maps of the World
http://www.plcmc.lib.nc.us/kids/mow
World Flag Database
http://www.flags.net/mainindex.htm
GeoHive: Global Statistics
http://www.xist.org/default1.aspx
Political Maps of Countries and Territories- World Sites Atlas
http://www.sitesatlas.com/Maps/countries.htm
States
State Government- GovSpot.com
http://www.govspot.com/state
Maps of U.S. States
http://www.sitesatlas.com/Maps/usstates.htm
• English Language Dictionaries
• Foreign Language Dictionaries
• Specialized Dictionaries
• Thesauri
English Language Dictionaries
Merriam-Webster Online
http://www.m-w.com/home.htm
The Free Dictionary
http://www.thefreedictionary.com
AskOxford: Free Oxford Dictionary Resources Online
http://www.askoxford.com/?view=uk
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
http://bartleby.com/61
Foreign Language Dictionaries
Chinese
Chinese-English Dictionary
http://www.mandarintools.com/worddict.html
Chinese Character Dictionary
http://www.mandarintools.com/chardict.html
MDBG Chinese-English Dictionary
http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php
French
English-French Dictionary
http://www.french-linguistics.co.uk/dictionary/englishfrench
German
German ↔ English Dictionary
http://www.ego4u.com/en/dictionary
Italian
R-O-Matic Italian/English Dictionary
http://www.aromatic.com/itaeng
Latin
Latin-English Dictionary
http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/Latin
Latin Dictionary and Grammar Aid
http://archives.nd.edu/latgramm.htm
Spanish
SpanishDICT.com - Dictionary of Spanish and English
http://www.spanishdict.com
Multi-Language
English to French, Italian & Spanish Dictionary - WordReference.com
http://wordreference.com
Online Language Dictionaries and Translators
http://www.word2word.com/dictionary.html
Free Online Dictionary for 40 languages
http://www.lingvosoft.com/free-online-dictionaries
Dictionary.com/Translator
http://dictionary.reference.com/translate/text.html
Dictionaries and Languages
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/refsites/dictionaries.html
Ectaco Online English-Foreign-English Translation System
http://www.ectaco.co.uk/free-online-dictionaries
Specialized Dictionaries
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Internet Acronym Server
http://silmaril.ie/cgi-bin/uncgi/acronyms
Acronym Finder
http://www.acronymfinder.com
Acronyms and Abbreviations
http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com
Acronyms Dictionary
http://eserver.org/langs/acronym-dictionary.txt
Abbreviations and Acronyms of the U.S. Government
http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/subjectareas/gov/docs_abbrev.html
United States Postal Service - Abbreviations
http://www.usps.com/ncsc/lookups/usps_abbreviations.html
State Abbreviations and State Capitals
http://www.acronymfinder.com/stateabbreviations.asp
Art
ArtLex Art Dictionary
http://www.artlex.com
Computers
High-Tech Dictionary
http://www.computeruser.com/resources/dictionary/noframes/index.html
Etymology
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
http://www.bartleby.com/81
Meanings and origins of phrases
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/a.html
Online Etymology Dictionary
http://www.etymonline.com
Measurement and Computing
Units of Measurement
http://www.unc.edu/%7Erowlett/units
FOLDOC - Computing Dictionary
http://foldoc.org
Rhyming
RhymeZone Rhyming Dictionary and Thesaurus
http://www.rhymezone.com
FREE Online Rhyming Dictionary
http://www.rhymer.com
Online Rhyming Dictionary for Poetry and Songwritin
http://www.writeexpress.com/online2.html
Science
Chemistry Dictionary - Chemicool
http://www.chemicool.com/dictionary.html
Social Sciences
Online Dictionary of the Social Sciences
http://bitbucket.icaap.org
Thesauri
Thesaurus.com/Roget's Thesaurus
http://thesaurus.reference.com/Roget-Alpha-Index.html
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
http://www.bartleby.com/62
Roget's International Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases
http://www.bartleby.com/110
Merriam-Webster Online
http://www.m-w.com/mw/thesaurus.htm
ARTFL Project: ROGET'S Thesaurus Search Form
http://humanities.uchicago.edu/orgs/ARTFL/forms_unrest/ROGET.html
MapQuest.Com: Maps, Directions and More
http://www.mapquest.com
Rand McNally
http://www.randmcnally.com
Live Search
http://local.live.com/default.aspx?wip=2&v=2&style=r&rtp=~&&msnurl=home.aspx?%26redirect%3dfalse&msnculture=en-US
Yahoo! Maps, Driving Directions, and Traffic
http://maps.yahoo.com/index.php#mvt=m&trf=0&lon=-98.393555&lat=37.370157&mag=14
YellowPages.com: Maps and Directions
http://www.yellowpages.com/sp/maps/ddform.jsp?From=Branding_mdir_driving_directions
Columbia Encyclopedia: Sixth Edition, 2001-05
http://www.bartleby.com/65
HighBeam Encyclopedia
http://www.encyclopedia.com
Encyclopædia Britannica
http://www.britannica.com
Glossary of Grammatical Terms
http://www.southwestern.edu/%7Ecarlg/Latin%5FWeb/glossary.html
Gale Free Resources: Glossary of Literary Terms
http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/glossary/index.htm
A Glossary of Literary Terms
http://www.virtualsalt.com/litterms.htm
Matisse's Glossary of Internet Terms
http://www.matisse.net/files/glossary.html
Campbell R. Harvey's Hypertextual Finance Glossary
http://www.duke.edu/%7Echarvey/Classes/wpg/glossary.htm
Sports Glossaries
http://www.firstbasesports.com/glossary.html
The American Heritage Book of English Usage
http://bartleby.com/64
The Elements of Style: William Strunk, Jr.
http://www.bartleby.com/141/index.html
Robert's Rules of Order Revised
http://www.constitution.org/rror/rror--00.htm
Cliche Finder
http://www.westegg.com/cliche
Ethnologue: Languages of the World
http://www.ethnologue.com/web.asp
A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices
http://www.virtualsalt.com/rhetoric.htm
Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonists Index
http://cagle.msnbc.com
HowStuffWorks - Learn how Everything Works!
http://www.howstuffworks.com/index.htm
Atlapedia Online
http://www.atlapedia.com/index.html
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html
World Gazetteer: Population of Cities and Towns of the World
http://www.world-gazetteer.com
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th edition
http://www.bartleby.com/100
Quotations on Every Topic, by Every Author, and in Every Fashion Possible
http://www.quoteland.com
The Quotations Page - Your Source for Famous Quotes
http://www.quotationspage.com
The Quotation Archive
http://www.aphids.com/quotes/index.shtml
Simpson's Contemporary Quotations
http://bartleby.com/63
Quotations: Famous Quotes at Quote World
http://www.quoteworld.org
FamousQuotes.com
http://www.famousquotes.com
World of Quotes
http://www.worldofquotes.com/topic/index.html
Quotations for Creative Thinking
http://creativequotations.com
Quotations: Famous Quotes at Quote World
http://www.quoteworld.org
The Internet Movie Database (IMDb): Movie Quotes
http://us.imdb.com/Sections/Quotes
Cool Quotes
http://www.coolquotes.com
Periodic Table
http://www.cs.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/nph-pertab/tab/periodic-table
Chemistry: Periodic Table and More
http://www.chemicool.com/elements/hydrogen.html
Martindale's The Reference Desk: Periodic Tables, Physics Databases, Chemistry Databases
http://www.martindalecenter.com/Reference_3_PerTables.html#TABLES-S-NUC
Telephone Numbers and Address Directories
• White and Yellow Pages
• Reverse Lookup
• Area Codes
• Zip Codes
White and Yellow Pages
White Pages Phone Directory
http://www.whitepages.com/9900
AnyWho Internet Directory Assistance: White Pages
http://www.anywho.com/wp.html
AT&T: Directory Assistance
http://www.corp.att.com/directory/index.html
Yellow Pages, White Pages - Click411.com - Click for 411 Information
http://www.click411.com/
Infobel World - Telephone Directories
http://www.infobel.com/teldir
Internet 800 Directory
http://www.inter800.com
Superpages: Yellow Pages
http://www.superpages.com
BigBook: Yellow Pages
http://www.bigbook.com
International White and Yellow Pages
http://www.wayp.com
AnyWho Internet Directory Assistance: Reverse Lookup
http://www.anywho.com/rl.html
Reverse Phone Directory
http://www.reversephonedirectory.com/
Area Codes
Area Codes Lookup
http://www.50states.com/areacode.htm
Telephone Prefix Location Information
http://www.thedirectory.org/pref
Verizon | Area Code Lookup
http://www22.verizon.com/areacodes
Fone Finder
http://www.fonefinder.net
Zip Codes
Free Zipcode Lookup
http://www.zipinfo.com/search/zipcode.htm
USPS - ZIP Code Lookup
http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/citytown.jsp
Zip Code Finder
http://www.zip-codes.com/search.as
Time and Travel Distance Calculators
• Time
• Travel Distance Calculators
Time
The World Clock - Time Zones
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock
The World Time Server
http://www.worldtimeserver.com
Time Zone Check
http://www.timezonecheck.com
Official U.S. Time
http://www.time.gov
About Daylight Savings Time
http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/index.html
Travel Distance Calculators
Travel Distance Calculator and Map between World Cities
http://www.mapcrow.info
Calculate Distance Between Two Locations
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/distance.html
Air Distances Between U.S. Cities in Statute Miles
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0004594.html
National and Local Weather Forecast, Radar, Map and Report
http://www.weather.com/index.html
AccuWeather.com: World Weather - Local Weather Forecast
http://home.accuweather.com/index.asp?partner=accuweather
Weather Underground
http://www.wunderground.com