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Reference on the Web

General Sites

• INFOMINE (Univ. of Calif.)
• Ready Reference and Quick Facts(Librarians' Index to the Internet)
• Virtual Reference Collection (Brown Univ.)
• Virtual Reference Collection (MIT Libraries)

Abbreviations and Acronyms

• All that JAS: Journal Abbreviation Sources
• JAKE
• Virtual Reference Collection: Acronyms and Abbreviations (Brown Univ.)

Almanacs and Quick Facts

• Fast Facts: Almanacs/Factbooks/Statistical Reports & Related Reference Tools
• Martindale's Calculators On-Line Center
• Ready Reference and Quick Facts: Librarians' Index to the Internet
• Virtual Reference Collection: Time and Date (Brown Univ.)

Awards and Prizes

• Internet Movie Database: Awards and Festivals Browser
• Nobel Prizes
• Pulitzer Prizes
• Virtual Reference Collection: Awards and Prizes (Brown Univ.)

Biographical Sources

• Virtual Reference Collection: Biography (Brown Univ.)

Business

• Hoover's Online
• Thomas Register of American Manufacturers

Career Info

• Occupational Outlook Handbook

College Guides

• College Rankings
• Peterson's Education Portal
• U.S. Dept. of Education
• Virtual Reference Collection: Colleges and Universities (Brown Univ.)

Dictionaries

• American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th ed.
• Brewers Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
• Cambridge Dictionaries Onlines
• Librarians Index to the Internet: Dictionaries
• Medline Plus: Medical Dictionary
• Roget's Thesaurus (ARTFL Project)
• WWWebster Dictionary
• WordNet: a Lexical Database for the English Language
• YourDictionary Online Dictionaries and Grammars

Encyclopedias

• Britannica Online
• The Canadian Encyclopedia

Foundations and Grants

• Virtual Reference Collection: Grants and Financial Aid (Brown Univ.)

Government Information

• Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
• Checklist of Official Publications of the State of New York
• Congressional Directory (106th Congress)
• Governments on the WWW
• US Constitution Search
• U.S. Government Manual
• University of Michigan Documents Center
• USA.gov
  

Health and Medicine

• MEDLINEPlus: Health Information for the Nation
• Merck Manual (18th ed.)

Language and Literature

• iLoveLanguages
  Formerly the Human Languages Page, this is an index of resources on language and literature--dictionaries and grammars, linguistics resources, text archives, multilingual resources, educational institutions, and more.
• Virtual Reference Collection: Concordances (Brown Univ.)

 Travel Info

• AMTRAK Schedules
• Metro-North Railroad
• Oanda Currency Converter
• Virtual Reference Center: Travel and Transportation (Brown Univ.)

Phone Books, Area Codes, Zip Codes

• AnyWho (AT&T)
• Switchboard White Pages
• Telephone Directories on the Web
• U.S. Area Code Maps
• U.S. Postal Service Zip Code Lookup and Address Information

Quotations/Speeches

• Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (9th Ed., 1901)
• Douglass: Archives of American Public Address
  An archive of speech texts browseable by date, title, speaker, and controversy/movement.
• Gifts of Speech
  Women's speeches from around the world.
• Speeches Archive (The History Channel)

Reviews

• The Internet Movie Database

Science

• Virtual Reference Collection: Science (Brown Univ.)

Statistics

• American FactFinder
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Census Bureau
• County and City Data Books
• FedStats
  Links to U.S. government statistical information.
• Historical Census Browser
• ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research) Homepage
• InfoNation
  Geographical, economic, demographic, and social indicators data for all 185 UN members.
• National Center for Education Statistics Quick Tables & Figures
• National Center for Health Statistics Fastats A-Z
• Ready Reference and Quick Facts: Librarians' Index to the Internet
• Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
• Statistical Resources on the Web
• Whitehouse Economic Statistics Briefing Room
• White House Social Statistics Briefing Room