000's Computers, Information, and General Reference
Computer Information
Evaluating Internet Resources: A Checklist
A quick checklist of questions to ask yourself when you are evaluating a web site.  It covers topics such as authority, affiliation, currency, and purpose.  Developed by InfoPeople.
Finding Information on the Internet: A Tutorial
A tutorial from the Teaching Library at the University of California at Berkeley.  This covers information from basic topics such as what is the World Wide Web to advanced Internet searching techniques.
 
Dictionaries
IOn-line Medical Dictionary
Contains more than 15,000 terms relating to biochemistry, cell biology, chemistry, medicine, molecular biology, physics, plant biology, radiobiology, science and technology. It includes: acronyms, jargon, theory, conventions, standards, institutions, projects, and eponyms.
Rhyming Dictionary
Includes thesaurus and dictionary.
Translating Dictionaries - travlang
Translates your words from English to German, Dutch, French, Spanish, Italian, Danish, Portuguese, Finnish, Hungarian, Czech, Afrikaans, Latin, or Esperanto, as well as from each of these languages to the others. Includes phrases.
WWWebster Dictionary
Based on the Webster's 10th Collegiate edition, 1993. More than 160,000 entries. Each word is accompanied by definition, pronunciation, usage, grammatical function, and a brief etymology. A thesaurus can be queried for similar words, hypertext cross references are available, and misspellings return suggested spellings. Includes an extensive pronunciation guide.
 
Almanacs & Quick Information
Farmer's Almanac
Chock full of information, just like its print version.
Information Please
The publishers have put the Information Please Almanac, their Entertainment Almanac and Sports Almanac, the Columbia Encyclopedia, and the Random House College Dictionary online for searching or browsing. You can search these ready reference works together or separately and by subject or full text keyword. Be sure to read their Help section. In addition they do a feature story each week (Spotlight) covering a topic in the news.
Kelley Blue Book
The Kelley Blue Book online allows you to enter all pertinent info, then it generates your car's current value.
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Complete list with pictures of these Wonders
World Factbook 2001
Published annually, by the Central Intelligence Agency, this is a handy reference work for basic statistical data on the countries of the world.
U. S. Bureau of the Census
The most comprehensive site for current U.S. demographic data. Includes: Nation's population, housing, business and manufacturing activity, international trade, farming and state and local governments. They are in PDF format and require the free Adobe Acrobat reader.
United States Historical Census Data Browser
Statistics for each state and county from 1790 to 1960.
 
Calendars
Holidays and Other Dates in the U.S. Secular Calendar
Calculates when federal holidays and other widely celebrated days fall for any given year after 1776. Includes dates for daylight savings time.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

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