Referenc Resources

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Reference Resources

Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

  • Acronym Finder-find out what those acronyms and abbreviations stand for
  • Postal acronyms and abbrevations
  • Browse acronyms and abbreviations by category

Almanacs

  • All the knowledge you need by category
  • World factbook
  • Farmers Almanac
  • Guinesses World Records
  • Any and all information about any state

Associations

  • This site provides access to association sites of every type

Ask an Expert

  • Provides access to all types of sites that offer advice on thousands of topics
  • Find an specific expert in a specific location

Biographies

  • Here you will be able to access over 25,000 sites of biographical information on artists, athletes, poets, scientists etc

Business

  • This site offers information on businesses, profiles, websites, reports, Wall Street research etc.

Calculators

  • Financial calculators of all types i.e. loan, mortgage etc.
  • Currency converters
  • Postal calculators

Calendars

  • A variety of clocks and calendars
  • Calendars and their history
  • Calendar generator

Countries

  • This site offers information on countries around the world

Dictionaries

  • Online dictionary and more
  • Merriam-Webster Online

Directories

  • White pages-look up anyone by name or address
  • Look up businesses in your area by name, keyword, etc

Encyclopedias

  • Britannica
  • Encarta online
  • Columbia encyclopedia

Genealogy

  • Offers thousands of geneology sites and links
  • More than 93,000 geneology links

Grammar/Style

  • Book of English usuage
  • Modern English grammar

Historic Documents

  • National archives
  • American memory-historical collections

How To

  • Offers information on how to fix things
  • Teaches you how to do all the things nobody taught you in school.

Images

  • Provides access to photo sites and indexes on millions of pictures
  • Largest collection of free photographs for private non-commercial use on the Internet.

Legal

  • Searchable data base of legal Q & A
  • 38 areas of legal information
  • Everyday law for everyday people

Maps

  • National Geographic maps
  • Maps of countries and territories

Medical

  • National Library of Medicine
  • WebMD

Music

  • Basic information about classical music
  • Worldwide Internet music resources
  • Classical composers database
  • Jazz archives

Public Records

  • 400 Governement record sites
  • Tutorial on accessing public records

Quotations

  • Motivateus-Almost 9000 quotations and 750 inspirational stories (subscription required)
  • Dictionary of Quotations
  • Bartlett's Familiar quotations

States

  • All the information you will ever need about the 50 states

Statistics

  • US Census Bureau statistics
  • Statistics on crime and education
  • Access to statistics from a variety of sources and on a variety of topics.

Thesauri

  • Rogot's Thesaurus Online
  • Merriam Webster Thesaurus

Time

  • World clocks, time zone information etc.

Zip Codes

  • Zip code lookup