Reference

Almanacs

	CIA World Factbook 1997
	CIA World Factbook Search
	Daily Almanac [uchicago.edu]
	Daily Almanac [wwa.com] - Who was born and what happened on any given day?
	Information Please - from the print reference database, offering millions of useful and interesting facts on a wide range of topics online. Also includes a dictionary and encyclopedia.
	Living Almanac of Disasters - with categories for fires, earthquakes, and transportation.
	Old Farmer's Almanac - fun and practical information for everyday life, including moon calendars, planting charts, recipes, weather predictions and more.

	Calendar Conversions - convert dates into corresponding days in different calendar systems.
	Calendar [bsdi.com] - displays calendars by year or month/year.
	Calendar Information Page - today's date in various calendars and eras. Links to "today" info throughout the Web. Celestial and astronomical info.
	Calendar Zone - links to a huge variety of calendars.
	Calendars and their History - reprinted from the Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac.
	Ecclesiastical Calendar - enter a year, get the days and dates for several Ecclesiastical celebrations during that year, including Easter and the movable celebrations related to it.
	Java Calendar
	One-World Global Calendar - Thousands of holidays & celebrations from all religions & cultures--modern, tribal, ancient. Meteors, new & full moons, eclipses. Updated weekly.
	Steffen Thorsen's Calendar Page - shows the calendar for nearly any year, all the months shown at once.
	Thirty Days Hath September - all things calendar, with information on different calendars used throughout history.
	Virtual Perpetual Calendar - a whole year at a glance.
	World Wide Holidays and Festivals

Dictionaries

	Dictionary.com
	Moby Thesaurus -- 30,260 main entries including 103,305 different synonyms, searchable through

	Oxford Concise Dictionary -- 45,898 definitions. Less academic, but more up-to-date.
	Oxford Dictionary of Synonyms -- 9,153 main entries, searchable through.
	Oxford Dictionary (as above) producing output in Microsoft RTF format (it may be viewed/printed/edited by MS-Word for Windows). The queries expanding up to 1000 words are allowed.

	Roget's Thesaurus
	The Elements of Style by W. Strunk, Jr.
	Webster Dictionary -- 113,593 definitions and here's Another Version of Webster's
	WordSmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
	Writer's Guide
	WWWebster by Merriam-Webster Inc

Non-English Dictionaries

	French-English Dictionary Form
	English-German and German-English Online Dictionary
	English-Japanese Japanese-English Dictionary - translating dictionary. Enter an English term and receive the Japanese equivalent; enter a Japanese term in kana or kanji to get the corresponding term in English.
	Portuguese Language Dictionary - supports different kinds of searches; includes a verb conjugator.
	General English-Spanish Dictionary

Encyclopedias

	Encyclopedia Smithsonian - information about a variety of topics, from Smithsonian Institution sources.
	Encyclopedia.com - provides more than 17,000 short articles from the Concise Columbia Electronic Encylopedia, Third Edition.
	Funk & Wagnalls Knowledge Center - articles, pictures, sounds and animations.
	Information Please - from the print reference database, offering millions of useful and interesting facts on a wide range of topics online. Also includes a dictionary and encyclopedia.
	Internet Encyclopedia - Beta Test of Encyclopedia of Information Available on the Internet
	Jones Digital Century Update - archive of updated articles that will be added to future editions of the Jones MultiMedia Encyclopedia CD-ROM reference work.
	Knowledge Adventure Reference Section - bugs, dinosaurs, space -- you name it! Plus interesting information that can also help with your homework.

Libraries

	Academic
	Business
	Map
	National
	Presidential

Maps

	Geological Maps on the Web - site for publication of new digital geological maps and their associated database files.
	Green Map System - local-to-global collaboration to chart the ecologically significant places in cities around the globe.
	SkiMaps - trail maps.
	Thematic Maps for Missouri & United States - maps for various social and economic indicators for Missouri counties and U.S. states and counties.

Measurements & Units

	Conversion Calculator
	Dictionary of Units, A - an explanation of the principle systems of units, their history, standards, and conversion factors for changing from one to the other.
	How Many? - a dictionary of units of measurement with commentaries and explanations of the English Customary, Metric, and International Systems.
	English Weights and Measures
	Weights and Measures and Standard Time - Chapter 6 of United States Code Title 15 - Commerce and Trade.

Phone Directories

	555-1212.com's Fast Area Code Look-Up
	AnyWho Directory Services - featuring residential, business, and government white and yellow pages listings.
	Database America People Finder - addresses and phone numbers of individuals
	Fone Finder - identifies the city associated with a specific area code and prefix. Also identifies international country codes and the geographical location of the telephone.
	International Calling Codes - alphabetical directory of country and city telephone codes.
	International Dialing Codes
	New Area Codes
	PhoneSpell - what does your phone number spell?
	PhoNETic - convert a telephone number into all combinations of the associated telephone keypad letters.
	Switchboard - US individual phone listings
	Ultimate White Pages - Search white pages directories without having to load graphics-heavy search pages.
	Where Did They Move To? - find people or companies who changed their name, address, phone, email or URL.

Postal Directories

	Australian Post Code Search
	Brazilian Post Codes - complete directory with a search form.
	Canadian Postal Service - information on postal rates, services, codes, post office locations and more.
	China Postal Codes - downloadable files in Excel and SPSS formats.
	Danish Postal Codes
	German Zip Codes
	Infopool - provides German zip codes, telekom fares, dialing codes, and international access codes from and to Germany and more.
	National Address and ZIP+4 Browser - interactively browse all addresses in the United States.
	Official Postal Service Abbreviations
	Postage Rates Worldwide
	Pro-Zipcode! - Look-up city, state and county info with our database of 5-digit ZIP Codes.
	Swiss Town and Village Codes - alphabetical index identifying cantons and postal code.
	United Kingdom Postcode Searches - find full UK postal addresses from just fragments.
	USPS City State / ZIP Code Associations - lookup ZIP Codes by city/state
	USPS Postal Rates
	USPS ZIP Code Lookup and Address Information - look up postal abbreviations, zip codes, and other information about the U.S. Postal Service.
	USPS ZIP+4 Lookup Form - lookup ZIP+4 Codes by mailing address
	ZIPcode 4 Address Database - Enter partial address and get correct address with 9-digit zipcode
	ZipFind - calculate distance between two codes, all codes within a radius, and population figures within a zip code.

Quotes

Inspirational Quotes

Literary Quotes

Other Quotes Links:

	Ask Thomas Jefferson - quotes organized by topic.
	Classic Quotations - inspiring, meaningful, funny quotes for free.
	Bartlett's Familiar Quotations - passages, phrases and proverbs traced to their sources.
	Book of Famous Quotes
	Bookquotes
	Gabriel's Horn - random Bible quotes.
	Gem of Proverbs and Poems
	Jefferson Quotes on Politics & Government - excerpts from Jefferson's writings provide a complete outline of his political philosophy.
	Quotation Guide - large collection of quotes, arranged by topic.
	Quotation Server - for those who share an interest in quotes and quotations.
	Quotations of William Blake - thought-provoking quotations from the revolutionary poet.
	Quotations Site - includes quotes on a wide variety of topics.
	Quotes from President Abraham Lincoln
	Wisdom Quotes - inspiring and challenging quotes for many occasions.
	Words of Women - database of insightful quotations by historic and contemporary women from Abigail Adams to Oprah Winfrey; includes free quote search.
	Words to Live By - words of wisdom from some of the most inspiring people in history.
	Usenet - alt.quotations