INTERNET RESOURCES - THE REFERENCE DESK

Reference Collections on the Web

• Internet Public Library - Reference
• Librarians' Internet Index LII
• Virtual Reference Desk Sponsored by the U.S. Dept. of Education
• Washburn's Virtual Legal Reference
• Yahoo! Reference

Miscellaneous Reference Resources

• Associations
  • ASAE & the Center For Association Leadership
  • Associations on the Net From the Internet Public Library
• Biographies
  • A&E's Biography Web Site
  • Biographical Dictionary
• Calculators On-Line
• Calendar, Virtual Perpetual
• Cars
  • Kelley Blue Book: Used Car Bluebook Values and New Car Pricing
  • National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) Used Vehicle Values & Appraisal Guides
• CEO Express
• Citation Guides
  • Basic Legal Citation From Cornell University
• Composition & Language
  • Acronym Finder
  • The Elements of Style (Strunk)
  • The Grammar Lady
  • ILoveLanguages
  • The Internet Acronym Server
  • On-line English Grammar
  • Quotations (Yahoo)
  • Roget's Thesauri
  • Thesaurus.com
• Consumer Price Index – Western Regions
  • What's a Dollar Worth? (FRB)
• Currency Converters
  • Currency Converter (Oanda)
  • Yahoo Quotes - Foreign Currency
• Demography and Population Studies
  • Demography & Population Studies: The Internet Guide to Demography and Population Studies
  • University of Amsterdam: Demography - Population Studies
• Dictionaries
  • OneLook Dictionaries Search several dictionaries at once
  • Legal Dictionaries (Stetson Univ.)
  • Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
  • Yahoo - Dictionaries
• Directories- People and Business
  • 411
  • 555-1212, reverse telephone directories
  • Area Code Lookup (Americon)
  • Domain Owners/Web Sites
    • WhoIs (InterNic)
    • Domain Surfer
  • InfoSpace, individuals and businesses
  • Superpages.com Business directory
  • Switchboard
  • Telephone Directories on the Web (Worldwide)
  • Yahoo's List of Phone Sites
• Encyclopedia.com: updated and expanded with more than 50,000 articles
• FamilySearch (genealogy, LDS)
• InfoPlease.com
• InternetNews.com
• LIBOR rates (London Interbank Offered Rate)
• Local Times Around the World
• Mail & Shipping
  • Federal Express
  • U.S. Postal Service
  • UPS
• Maps
  • MapQuest!
  • MapSearch
  • Yahoo! Maps
  • Zip Code Directory (USPS)
• Martindale-Hubbell
• Mileage Information (Indio)
• Material Safety Data Sheets - Where to Find Them on the Internet
• Pathfinders and Research Guides
• Peterson's Education Center (Colleges) (Owned by Thomson)
• Producer Price Indexes
• ConsumerSearch  Product reviews
• Publications, Newsletters, Magazines (PubList)
• Shakespeare Complete works
• SIC Codes
  • North American Classification System (NAICS)
• Standard & Poor's Ratings Resource Center
• Statistics – U.S. Census Bureau
  • County and City Data Book
  • FedStats
  • Statistical Abstract of the U.S.
  • U.S. Census Bureau
    • Bureau of Labor Statistics Most Requested Series
    • Bureau of Labor Statistics Data
    • Maps & Cartographic Resources
    • TIGER Map Server
  • WWW Virtual Library - Statistics
• Thomas Register “Online resource for finding companies and products manufactured in North America.”
• U.S. Gazetteer of Place Names
• Vital Records Information
• Weather
  • National Weather Service
  • The Weather Channel
  • Yahoo! Weather
• World Factbook
• World Time Zones Map: U.S. Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications Department