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Calculators On-Line Center
Portal for specialized
online calculators and spreadsheets (math,
chemistry, physics, agriculture, engineering, etc.)
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Convertalot.com
Collection of online
calculators and unit measurement translators for
science and business.
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Online Conversion
Online converters for length,
temperature, speed, volume, weight, clothing sizes, etc.
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dMarie Time Capsule
Input a date from the
20th century, and this interactive "time capsule"
displays headlines, lists popular songs and
provides other information about life in the
United States at that point in time.
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Earth Calendar
This site lists holidays
and celebrations around the world. You can view
holidays by country, specific date or religion.
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Interfaith Calendar
This calendar lists
the dates of sacred times for world religions.
It includes information for the current month
through the year 2014 as well as archived data
back to January 2001. Click on the
"definitions" link to see a brief explanation
of the religious observance.
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Perpetual Calendar
This calculator creates
a full year's calendar for any year, past or
present, and indicates U.S. holidays.
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This Day in History
Find out what happened
on a particular date. Lots of birthdays, holidays
and events for every day of the year.
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Time, Sun and Moon Calculators
Calculate the current time, moon phases, and
sunrise and sunset times anywhere in the world.
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World Time Server
Find out the current
local time in countries and cities around the world.
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For additional resources in this subject area, see
the library's list of online databases containing
Dictionaries. |
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Acronyms
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Dictionaries and Thesauruses
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Quotations
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Style Guides
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The Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
An online version of
the one-volume encyclopedia that contains
25,000 articles.
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The Canadian Encyclopedia
The online version,
in both English and French, of the Canadian
Encyclopedia, which contains about 40,000
articles related to every aspect of Canada.
The site is enhanced with articles from
Maclean's, a Canadian weekly newsmagazine.
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Encarta Encyclopedia
The free version of
Encarta offers more than 4500 articles including
photos, maps and audio files. However,
articles marked with an asterisk (*) are
available only for paying subscribers to the
Encarta Premium service, which contains more than
60,000 articles, photographs, maps and audio
files.
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Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
A database of all federal
grant, loan and other assistance programs
available to public and private organizations
and individuals. The database is updated twice
per year.
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Foundation Center
The Center publishes
directories listing foundations that offer
grants to individuals or nonprofit
organizations. The Web site offers resources
for beginning grantseekers that includes a
list of
FAQs.
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Grants.gov
All federal agencies
are now required to post grant opportunities
online. Grants.gov offers the ability to
find federal government grant opportunities
and apply for them.
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SRA International Grants Web
The Society of
Research Administrators International
offers links to finding funds from
government and private sources.
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Background Notes
The U.S. Department of State's
descriptions of the world's countries and regions.
Information on each country's geography, people,
history, economy, government, political conditions,
foreign relations, and defense is included.
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CIA World Factbook
Country profiles, statistics,
rankings, flags, maps, a list of international
organizations with acronyms and other data.
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Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of World Governments
Information on countries
around the world. This site, too, is a CIA product.
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Country Profiles
Each profile summarizes a country's
history, geography, society, economy, transportation and
telecommunications, government and politics, and national
security. Produced by the Federal Research Division of the
Library of Congress.
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EmbassyWorld
Locate the addresses
and Web sites of embassies and consulates worldwide.
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Europa — Gateway to the European Union
Contains the official EU directory,
searchable by person or entity; news; information on EU
laws and regulations; Web links to all EU institutions; a
job search engine and more.
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NationMaster
Using data compiled from
various government sources, you can generate
graphs comparing countries and view statistics
on a variety of subjects. Find out which
countries have the happiest people, most tourist
arrivals or highest confidence in their legal
systems.
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National Anthems
Lyrics and music of
national anthems from all over the world.
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Portals to the World
Contains selective links
providing authoritative, in-depth information
about areas around the world. Arrangement is by
country or area, and the links for each are
sorted into a wide range of broad categories.
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Washington Post's World Section
This site offers a
"Search the World" database, which serves as a
gateway to information about a particular country or
region. You'll find current news, general information,
weather forecasts, and links to sites where you can
find out more about a country.
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For additional resources in this subject area, see
the library's lists of online
Geography Databases and databases containing
Maps. |
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Maps
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About.com's World Atlas and World Maps
Arranged alphabetically by country, this
site offers links to various maps including political and blank
outline maps.
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How Far Is It?
Type in the name of two cities
in the United States or around the world, and find out
the distance between them.
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Mapquest
Locate businesses and addresses,
and obtain driving directions.
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Michelin Maps
This site offers detailed European
road maps and driving directions. Genealogists will
enjoy locating their ancestral homes.
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National Atlas
This site from the U.S. Department of
the Interior allows you to make your own interactive maps
of national geospatial and geostatistical data sets. There
is also an option to print simple reference maps.
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National Geographic Map Machine
Maps are available for
191 countries and each of the states and
provinces of the United States and Canada.
Also available are their black and white
"Xpeditions Atlas" maps, which are specially
designed to be printer-friendly.
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Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection
This University of Texas Web site makes accessible
thousands of modern and historical maps from their
collections. Genealogists will appreciate the many
city maps of 1920s vintage (search the links
located under Historical and United States).
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Rand McNally
This site provides free
maps and driving directions. If you register
for a free basic membership, you can save
addresses, maps, directions and personalized
trip plans.
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U.S. Geological Survey Map Locator
Downloadable topographic maps.
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Place Names
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See also the library's links to
Banking and Economics.
For additional resources in this subject area, see the library's
STAT-USA
online database (available only in library branches). |
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Best Information on the Net — Statistics
Includes links to
general,
demographic and
public opinion statistics.
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Fedstats
Highly recommended site
with access to a full range of statistics and
information produced by more than 70 government agencies
such as Agriculture, Census Bureau, Environmental
Protection Agency, Labor, National Science Foundation
and many more.
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Historical Demographic, Economic and Social Data
of the US
From 1790 to 1970.
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Infonation
Access to data on countries
all around the world.
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Labor Statistics
From the U.S. Bureau of
Labor Statistics.
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StateMaster
This Web site allows you to
compare more than 3,400 statistics on U.S. states.
The site includes state profiles and correlations,
and uses pie charts, maps, graphs and scatterplots
to display information.
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Statistical Abstract of the United States
Many of the tables from
the print version may be downloaded for printing
or imported into a database or spreadsheet.
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United States Census Bureau
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See also the library's online database of
residential and business directory information,
ReferenceUSA. |
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