Uncle Sam & You: Ready Reference Guide

IDS 368—Marilyn Quance

Almanacs

• Information Please
• Old Farmer's Almanac

Calculators & Converters

• Convert-me.com
• OnlineConversion.com

Calendars and Time

• CalendarHome
• dmarie Time Capsule
• Earth Calendar
• Festivals
• Free Calendar Page
• Perpetual Calendar
• Those Were the Days
• Timelines of History
• Today in History

Country Information

• Countries of the World
• Cyberschoolbus (UN)
• United Nations
• World Atlas
• World Factbook

Databases (free)

• ERIC - education
• FindArticles - fulltext
• FindLaw - legal
• GPO Access - government
• Healthfinder - health/medicine
• Highwire - biol/medicine
• PubMed - medicine/biology
• Public Record Locator
• USA.gov - government

Dictionaries

• Acronym Finder
• American Heritage Dictionary
• Cambridge Dictionaries
• Everybody's Legal Dictionary
• Language Dictionaries & Translators
• Medical Dictionary
• Merriam-Webster Dictionary
• OneLook Reverse Dictionary
• Thesaurus.com
• Webopedia

Directories

• Addresses.com
• Airline Toll-Free Numbers & Websites
• AnyWho
• Area Code Listing by No.
• Int. Telephone Directory
• Melissa Data - multiple
• National Address Server
• QwestDex
• Switchboard
• Zip Code Lookup

Employment

• Career Guide Industries
• O'Net Online
• Occupational Outlook Handbook

Encyclopedias

• Encyclopedia.com
• How Stuff Works
• Legal Encyclopedia
• Medical Encyclopedia

Government & Legal

• A-Z Government Departments/Agencies
• FedWorld.gov
• GPO Access
• National Weather Service
• Thomas Legislative Information
• Vital Records

Internet

• Internet Detective: tips
• RefDesk.com
• Search Engine Colossus
• WWW Virtual Library

Maps/Gazetteers

• MapQuest.com
• National Atlas.gov
• National Geographic Maps
• U.S. Gazetteer
• World Gazetteer

News - Online

• College Newspapers
• KTCH Wayne (radio)
• KTIV Sioux City (television)
• National Public Radio
• Nebraska Newspapers
• Nebraska State Paper
• Newspapers - Worldwide
• Wayne Herald

Quotations

• Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
• Quotations Page

People

• Biographical Dictionary
• BioSearch
• People and Biography
• Speeches
• Top 100 Speeches

Statistics

• Census Bureau
• Education Statistics
• Statistical Abstract
• Statistical Resources
• PollingReport.com
• U.S. Population Clock
• World Factbook
• World Population Clock

Writing Help

• Book of English Usage
• Study Guides & Strategies