General Reference Web Links
Almanacs
|
Calculation/Conversion |
Consumer Information |
Dictionaries
Directories |
Elections & Voting |
Encyclopedias |
Legal Resources |
Shipping/Postal Rates/Guides |
Mega Reference Sites | A-Z
List
Free Databases
for Magazine/Journal Articles
Almanacs
Information Please --- Almanac, dictionary,
encyclopedia, etc.
World Factbook --- Published by the CIA
Calculation / Conversion Resources
Convert-It.com
Conversion & Calculation Center
Convert-me.com:
Interactive Units Converter
Homefair.com --- Salary calculator. Compare the cost of
living in hundreds of U.S. and international cities.
The Inflation
Calculator --- Enter a dollar amount to compare its
value during any two years between 1800 and 2005.
OANDA --- Currency
converter
Universal Currency
Converter
megaConverter --- A set of weights, measures and units
conversion/calculation modules
Timezone Converter
USA Today Calculators---How to calculate consumer loans,
college tuition, mortgage interest rates, retirement income,
etc.
Consumer Information
Better Business
Bureau
Consumer.gov
Consumer World
FDA
Information for Consumers
Federal Citizen
Information Center
Healthfinder
--- Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
National Consumer Law
Center, Inc.
National Do Not
Call Registry --- Sponsored by the Federal
Trade Commission
U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission
Dictionaries
Internet Public Library: Dictionaries Reference
ARTFL Project ROGET'S Thesaurus Search Form
Hypertext Webster Gateway
OneLook
Dictionaries
The WWW Acronym and Abbreviation Server
Wordsmyth: The
Educational Dictionary-Thesaurus
yourDictionary.com
Directories
AnyWho
Directories by AT&T Labs --- People, businesses, reverse
lookups, toll free directory
AssociationCentral.com ---Search for associations by
name, keyword, category
Bigfoot
--- Find people, search yellow pages
ATT Country and City Codes
EmbassyWorld.com---Directory and search engine of the
world's embassies and consulates
Internet Yellow
Pages
Scholarly Societies Project --- Information about
scholarly societies across the world
SMARTpages.com
(SBC)
SuperPages.com
Switchboard
--- People and businesses
WhitePages.com
Yahoo!
People Search
Elections and Voting
Project Vote
Smart -- -comprehensive voting information, including
biographies of candidates, elected officials, and their voting
records
The Center
for Voting and Democracy
Federal Election
Commission
Open
Secrets: The Online Source for Money in Politics Data ---
by The Center for Responsive Politics, focusing on Congressional
campaign contributions.
Voter Information
Service
Encyclopedias
Legal Resources
Avalon
Project (Yale University Law School) --- Documents in
law, history, and diplomacy, 18th - 21st centuries.
Legal Information
Institute (Cornell University Law School) ---
Constitutions, laws, court opinions, etc., both federal and
state.
Thomas --- Legislative information for the public from
the Library of Congress
Mega Reference Sites
Refdesk.comInternet Public Library's Reference Center
libraryspot.com
Librarian's Index to the Internet: Reference Topics
Shipping and Postal Rates/Codes
Federal ExpressUnited States Postal Service
UPS Service
Yahoo! Reference - Postal Information
ZIP Code Lookup and Address Information
A-Z List
AnyWho Directories by AT&T Labs
ARTFL Project ROGET'S Thesaurus Search Form
AssociationCentral.com
ATT
Country and City Codes
Better Business Bureau
BigBook
Bigfoot
The Center
for Voting and Democracy
Consumer.gov
Consumer World
Convert-It.com
Conversion & Calucation Center
Convert-me.com:
Interactive Units Converter
EmbassyWorld.com
FDA
Information for Consumers
Federal Citizen Information
Center
Federal Election
Commission
Federal Express
Healthfinder
Homefair.com
Hypertext Webster Gateway
The Inflation
Calculator
Information Please Almanacs
International
Phonebook Directories
Internet Public Library: Dictionaries Reference
Internet
Public Library's Reference Center
Internet
Yellow Pages
Legal Information
Institute
Librarian's Index to the Internet: Reference Topics
libraryspot.com
megaConverter
National Consumer Law
Center, Inc
National Do Not
Call Registry
OANDA
OneLook Dictionaries
Open Secrets
Project Vote
Smart
Scholarly Societies Project
SMARTpages.com
Switchboard
Telephone/EMail Directories on the WWW
Thomas
Timezone
Converter
United States
Postal Service
U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission
Universal Currency
Converter
UPS Service
USA Today Calculators
Voter Information
Service
WhitePages.com
Wordsmyth
World Factbook
The WWW Acronym and Abbreviation Server
Yahoo!
People Search
Yahoo! Reference - Postal Information
yourDictionary.com
ZIP Code
Lookup and Address Information
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