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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 and moon phases.
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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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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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The Columbia Encyclopedia
The online version
of the Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
includes more than 51,000 articles. Some articles
also include suggestions for further reading.
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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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Council on Foundations
The Council provides
grant-making help to foundations. While it
does not provide services to grantseekers,
it does offer a list of resources to consult.
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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
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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: the European Union On-Line
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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
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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 US).
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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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Terraserver
You can find aerial and/or
satellite photos for most U.S. locations at this
Microsoft site. The level of detail is extraordinary:
you can see your own backyard (or anyone else's!)
from a new perspective.
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TopoZone
Topozone includes every current
United States Geological Survey topographic map, the
most detailed maps of their kind. The index of nearly two
million place names is linked to the maps, and provides
an easy way to locate even the smallest community or
geographic feature.
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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. |
- Codes: Area, City,
Country, and Zip Codes
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All Nations Expatriates & Travelers Telephone
Search Engine
Provides an easy way
to determine what calling codes are needed
to dial any country in the world from any
other country.
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AmeriCom Area Decoder
Identifies the
city associated with a particular area code.
Or enter a city name to display its area,
city or country code. Also displays the
local time, and for U.S. cities, the county
in which the city is located.
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International Dialing Codes
Use this table to
find how to call from one country to
another. Includes alphabetical lists of
cities, organized by country, which provide
city code or area code.
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Zip+4 Code Look-up
Input an address, and
the proper zip code is returned. Provided by
the United States Postal Service.
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E-mail Addresses
A complete
directory of all e-mail addresses
does not exist. Most Internet Service
Providers do not automatically
register their customers' e-mail
addresses; therefore, e-mail
directories will generally only include
people who have registered their own
e-mail addresses.
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Address.com Email Finder
The largest e-mail address
directory on the Web. It also includes a reverse
e-mail search.
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College E-mail Addresses
Search for e-mail
addresses of students, faculty and staff
at colleges and universities.
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MESA: Meta E-mail Search Agent
Enter a person's
name and MESA will search available sources
of e-mail addresses including WhoWhere,
Yahoo, Usenet addresses, IAF, Switchboard
and Bigfoot.
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Telephone/Address Directories
The following directories
contain U.S. and/or international telephone numbers.
Although there are many Internet phone directories,
the actual data comprising their U.S. white and yellow
pages comes primarily from just two companies
(Acxiom and infoUSA).
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AnyWho: Internet Directory Assistance
Find phone numbers and
addresses for people and businesses. Also
includes a
toll-free directory, reverse lookup by
telephone number, maps and directions, and
international phone directories. U.S.
residential information is provided by local
telephone company records for published
telephone listings.
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Infobel World Telephone Directories
Search telephone
directories for more than 184 countries.
Also includes International Dialing Codes.
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InfoSpace
Includes yellow and
white pages, maps and directions, a
reverse lookup for telephone
numbers and street addresses, and
international directories.
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SuperPages.com
Search for
U.S. businesses by name or yellow
page category. Use their
people pages to search for
people nationwide or by state.
Maps, driving directions and a
reverse lookup for telephone
numbers are included.
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Friday, March 28, 2008
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