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Library > Online References
Almanacs
Old Farmer's Almanac,
The
Weather, stargazing, gardening, and more:
http://www.almanac.com/
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Biographies
Biographical Dictionary,
The
"This dictionary includes more than 25,000
notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times
to the present day. The dictionary can be searched by names, birth
years, death years, positions held, professions, literary and artistic
works, miscellaneous achievements, and other keywords."
http://www.s9.com/biography/
Biography.com
Search over 20,000 personalities:
http://www.biography.com/
National Inventors Hall of Fame
Biographical summaries of noted inventors:
http://www.invent.org/book/index.html
Nobel
Prize Internet Archive, The
"Alphabetical listing of all Nobel Prize laureates
in all categories."
http://www.almaz.com/nobel/nobel.html
Presidents of
the US
"In this resource you will find background
information, election results, cabinet members, notable events, and some
points of interest on each of the presidents. Links to biographies, historical
documents, audio and video files, and other presidential sites are also
included to enrich this site."
http://www.ipl.org/ref/POTUS/
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Dictionaries
MedicineNet
Medical Dictionary
Medical terms:
http://www.medicinenet.com/Art.asp?li=MNI&ag=Y&ArticleKey=518
One Look Dictionary
Search multiple Internet dictionaries at once:
http://www.onelook.com/
Roget's Internet
Thesaurus
Online version of Roget's Thesaurus:
http://www.thesaurus.com/
Semantic Rhyming
Dictionary, The
"Using the three phonetic query functions,
you can find words that rhyme with, almost rhyme with, or sound exactly
the same as a certain target word. Using the two semantic query functions,
synonyms and 'semantic siblings', you can find words that approximate
or have the same meaning as an intended concept."
http://www.link.cs.cmu.edu/dougb/rhyme-doc.html
Web of On-line
Dictionaries, A
"Linked to more than 500 dictionaries of over
140 different languages:"
http://www.yourdictionary.com/
WWW Acronym & Abbreviation Server
http://www.ucc.ie/info/net/acronyms/index.html
Webster Dictionary
Online version of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm
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Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia.com
Online version of The Concise Columbia Electronic
Encyclopedia:
http://www.encyclopedia.com/
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Geography
MapQuest
Online map resources and locator services:
http://www.mapquest.com/
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, UT Library Online
Online map resources:
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/Map_collection.html
Maps
in the News, University of Minnesota Library Online
Online map resources of current events:
http://www-map.lib.umn.edu/news.phtml
Weather.com,
The Weather Channel Online
Weather maps, conditions, and forcasts:
http://www.weather.com/weather/maps/
Country Reports
Maps, flags, and anthems of the countries
of the world:
http://www.emulateme.com/
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Periodicals
Find Articles in Periodicals
http://www.findarticles.com/PI/index.jhtml
Discover
http://www.discover.com/
Field &
Stream
http://www.fieldandstream.com/
Golf Digest
http://golf.com/
Life
http://www.pathfinder.com/Life/
National Geographic
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/main.html
People
http://www.pathfinder.com/people/
Popular Mechanics
http://popularmechanics.com/
Popular Science
http://www.popsci.com/
Reader's Digest
http://www.readersdigest.com/
Smithsonian
http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/
Sports Illustrated
http://CNNSI.com/
Time Magazine
http://www.pathfinder.com/time/
US News
& World Report
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/home.htm
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Quotations
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
"Passages, phrases, and proverbs traced to
their sources." Search by author or keyword:
http://www.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/bartlett/
Quotations
Page, The
Search several collections at once:
http://www.starlingtech.com/quotes/
Quotations
"Around 18,616 Entries in 30 Collections:"
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/2012/quote.html
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U.S. Government Resources
FedStats
"More than 70 agencies in the United States
Federal Government produce statistics of interest to the public. The
Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy maintains this site
to provide easy access to the full range of statistics and information produced
by these agencies for public use. Please use the feedback button to indicate
how well this site meets your needs and any suggestions for improvement."
http://www.fedstats.gov/
Library of Congress, The
The Library of Congress home page:
http://www.loc.gov/
National Archives and
Records Administration
The NARA home page:
http://www.nara.gov/
Project
Hermes, Legal Information Institute
"The Legal Information Institute offers Supreme
Court opinions under the auspices of Project Hermes, the court's electronic-dissemination
project. This archive contains (or will soon contain) all opinions
of the court issued since May of 1990. In addition, our collection of
over 580 of the most important historical decisions of the Court is
available... over the Net."
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/
State and Local Governements, Library of Congress
State and local government resources on the
Internet:
http://www.loc.gov/global/state/stategov.html
United States Census
Bureau, The
The Census Bureau Home page:
http://www.census.gov/
United States House of
Representatives, The
The U.S. House of Representatives home page:
http://www.house.gov/
United States Senate,
The
The U.S. Senate home page:
http://www.senate.gov/
Welcome to the White
House
The White House home page:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/Welcome.html
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