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Atlases and Interesting Places
A listing of maps and geographical information

Avis Maps and Directions - door -to door and city-to-city driving directions
http://www.avis.com/AvisWeb/mapsanddirections/MapsAndWeather

The Changing World Map - The U. S. Department of State presents maps, information about the changing political world and background notes about countries and international organizations.
http://geography.state.gov/htmls/newschang.html

CIA World Factbook 2001 - country information, with maps on the countries of the world
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

Excite: maps and directions - Readers can map a particular location by filling out a short form or browse maps of various countries.
http://local.excite.com/maps/index.html

Geographic Names Information System - From the U.S. Geological Survey, results of queries here will give a description, map coordinates and a map of geographic features within the United States and Territories.
http://geonames.usgs.gov/gnishome.html

Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names - From the Getty Research Institute, the thesaurus is especially helpful to the study of art and architecture and includes physical and political entities.
http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/tgn/index.html/

Greenwich 2000 - Read a history of famous watchmakers as well as finding out the correct time.
http://greenwich2000.com/time/index.htm

Library of Congress Country Studies - These handbooks are extensive, searchable studies of the political, economic, social and cultural aspects of 100 countries.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html#top

Mapquest - an interactive atlas
http://www.mapquest.com/

Maps and References - an extensive list of maps by geographical region
http://www.cgrer.uiowa.edu/servers/servers_references.html

National Geographic - Maps and Geography - Links to physical and political maps, star charts, a biodiversity atlas and satellite imagery maps. Most maps can be downloaded and some are printable. Includes the "MapMachine Online Atlas."
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/maps/

Old Farmer's Almanac - All sorts of useful information such as tide tables, sunrise tables, planting charts, recipes and weather predictions.
http://www.almanac.com/

The Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection - from the University of Texas. Includes more than 230,000 maps including world and historical maps.
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html

U.S. Census Bureau Gazetteer - search for place names in the U.S.
http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer

U.S. Naval Observatory Time Service - Find out the time in all six US time zones, as well as Universal time.
http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/cgi-bin/timer.pl

U.S. State Images from 30 Second Topographic Data: 3rd Edition (June 1999) See a topographical map of your state, from the Solid Earth Geophysics Division of the National Geophysical Data Center.
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/topo/state.shtml

Biography Resources
A listing of biographical resources

American Authors on the Web
http://lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/AmeLit.html

Biographical Dictionary
http://www.s9.com/biography/

Biographical Sources
http://echo.gmu.edu/center/

Biography.Com
http://www.biography.com/

British and Irish Authors on the Web
http://lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/UK-authors.html

Distinguished Women of Past and Present
http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/

National Inventors Hall of Fame
http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/1_0_0_hall_of_fame.asp

Native American Authors - Brief background information about contemporary Native American authors and a list of their writing.
http://www.ipl.org/div/natam/

The Nobel Prize Internet Archive
http://www.almaz.com/nobel/

POTUS - Presidents of the United States - from the Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/

Royal and Noble Genealogical Data on the Web
http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/

Rulers - Governmental rulers worldwide since since the 1700’s generally. The U.S. includes presidents of the Continental Congresses.
http://rulers.org/

4000 Years of Women in Science - Brief biographical information, with references for further reading. From the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Alabama. http://www.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/4000WS.html

Dictionaries Online
Including biographical, computer and foreign language dictionaries

The American Sign Language Browser - from the Michigan State University Communication Technology Laboratory
http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/browser.htm

Dictionary.com - find definitions from multiple dictionaries with one search
http://dictionary.reference.com/

Foreign Language Resources on the Web - a great source for several foreign languages
http://www-writing.berkeley.edu/chorus/call/links.html

Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
http://wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/contents.html

How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement - From Russ Rowlett, Director of the Center for Mathematics and Science Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Units of measure in the International System, the English Customary System and the Metric System.
http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/index.html

Glossary of Internet Terms
http://www.matisse.net/files/glossary.html

Merriam-Webster Online - Dictionary and Thesaurus
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm

OneLook Dictionaries - the Faster Finder
http://www.onelook.com/

On-line Medical Dictionary - CancerWeb - Find the definition of terms used in biochemistry, chemistry, medicine, biology, physics, other sciences and technology.
http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/omd/

RhymeZone
http://www.rhymezone.com/

Visionary - Terminology relating to the study of vision. Written by Lars Liden, with the Dept. of Cognitive and Neural Systems at Boston University.
http://cns-web.bu.edu/pub/laliden/WWW/Visionary/Visionary.html

The WashingtonPost.com Business Glossary - Search the glossary from the Washington Post to find the meaning of confusing business terms.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/business/specials/glossary/index.html

Water Words Dictionary - From the Nevada Division of Water Planning. Includes "Metric Conversion Table and Flow Equivalents" and "Conversion Factors for Hydraulic Units of Measure."
http://www.state.nv.us/cnr/ndwp/dict-1/waterwds.htm

WordNet - a Lexical Database for English - This is a synonym dictionary from Princeton University.
http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/~wn/

YourDictionary.com – The Global Language Resource
http://www.yourdictionary.com/

Directories on the Net
Including associations, companies and government information

ABA Network Lawyer Locator - From Martindale-Hubbell and the American Bar Association. Search by name, firm, location and specialty.
http://www.abanet.org/premartindale.html

The American Indian Tribal Directory - From the American Indian Heritage Foundation, this is a list of the names and locations of all federally recognized tribes, including many addresses and phone numbers.
http://www.indians.org./Resource/FedTribes99/fedtribes99.html

Arizona Business Information - by the Arizona Library Association
http://www.asu.edu/lib/hayden/ref/busi/azbus.html

Associations on the Net - a directory that provides "information about a wide variety of professional and trade associations, cultural and art organizations, political parties and advocacy groups, labor unions, academic societies, and research institutions".
http://www.ipl.org/div/aon/

Bureau of Justice Statistics
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/

Bureau of Justice Statistics - Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics - 28th edition
http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/

DoctorDirectory.com - Find a doctor, hospital or health care plan in your area. Includes a simple map.
http://www.doctordirectory.com/Doctors/Directory/Default.asp

Embassies - a link to the embassies to the world by country
http://www.embpage.org/home

FedStats - provides access to statistical data from over 100 federal agencies
http://www.fedstats.gov/

Governments on the WWW - a database of government institutions on the Web
http://www.gksoft.com/govt/

Hoover's Online - a directory of company information, including stock quotes
http://www.hoovers.com/

InfoNation - allows users to view and compare the most up-to-date statistical data for the Member States of the United Nations
http://www.cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation/info.asp

United States Newspapers - A list of US newspapers with their name, address and phone number.
http://www.50states.com/news/

Zip Code Lookup
http://www.usps.com/zip4/

Encyclopedias and Almanacs
General and specific subject area encyclopedias, charts, tables and lists of information

Catholic Encyclopedia - The 15 volume 1913 version is being transcribed for Internet access.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/

Encarta Encyclopedia - Includes a world English dictionary, general encyclopedia, atlas and several searchable categories, such as Math and Science.
http://encarta.msn.com/

Encyclopedia.Com
http://www.encyclopedia.com/

Encyclopaedia of the Orient - Containing more than 600 articles, photos, graphics and sound clips relating to North Africa and the Middle East.
http://i-cias.com/e.o/index.htm

Encyclopedia Smithsonian
http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/start.htm

The Fifty States.Com - States & Capitals - From Weber Communications. Includes lists of birds, flowers, colleges, communities and famous people of the states. Each state profile contains links to further information.
http://www.50states.com/

Infoplease.Com
http://www.infoplease.com/

The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/

Judaism 101 - an award winning online Jewish encyclopedia
http://www.jewfaq.org/index.htm

Librarian's Index to the Internet - from California State Library
http://lii.org

The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - From Stanford University, this encyclopedia of refereed articles is constantly being updated.
http://plato.stanford.edu/contents.html

Symbols.com - An encyclopedia of graphic symbols and non-pictorial signs used in the Western world. From Thought Signs by Carl G Liungman.
http://www.symbols.com/index.html

Wikipedia - A unique encyclopedia created entirely by unrestricted web users. Caution: Due to the open nature of this source, it is the responsibility of the reader to verify the accuracy of the information.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Online Libraries
A selection of local online libraries

Apache Junction Public Library - Virtual Reference Center
http://www.ajpl.org/

Arizona Department of Library, Archives and Public Records - DLAPR Online
http://www.dlapr.lib.az.us/

Arizona State University Library
http://www.asu.edu/lib/

Chandler Public Library
http://chandlerlibrary.org/

Gilbert Public Library
http://www.ci.gilbert.az.us/library/

Glendale Public Library
http://www.ci.glendale.az.us/library

Mesa Public Library
http://www.mesalibrary.org/

Maricopa Community College Libraries
http://dra.dist.maricopa.edu/

Maricopa County Library District Online
http://www.maricopa.gov/library

Maricopa County Superior Court Law Library - Online Legal resources
http://www.superiorcourt.maricopa.gov/lawlibrary/

MIHS (Maricopa Integrated Health Systems) Health Sciences Library
http://www.azhin.org/mihs

Northern Arizona University - Cline Library
http://www.nau.edu/~cline/

Phoenix Public Libraries
http://www.ci.phoenix.az.us/library.html

Scottsdale Public Library
http://library.ci.scottsdale.az.us/

The State Law and Research Library Division - Online Legal Resources
http://www.dlapr.lib.az.us/law/index.html

Tempe Public Library
http://www.tempe.gov/library/

University of Arizona Library
http://www.library.arizona.edu/

Quotations
Familiar, historical and humorous quotations

About.com - A comprehensive quotations site with quotations from many subjects.
http://quotations.about.com/arts/quotations/index.htm

Advertising Quotes - Department of Advertising, The University of Texas at Austin
http://advertising.utexas.edu/research/quotes/

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations - passages, phrases and proverbs traced to their sources
http://www.bartleby.com/100/

Douglass Archives of American Public Address - This site from Northwestern University provides access to speeches made by notable Americans throughout the history of the US.
http://douglassarchives.org/

First Lines - A Sort of Literary Test - from Cornell University
http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/jad22/

Gifts of Speech - Use this site from Sweet Briar College to find quotes taken from women's speeches from around the world.
http://gos.sbc.edu/

Guide to Philosophy on the Internet: Philosophy Quotations - by Peter Suber, Philosophy Department, Earlham College
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/gpi/quotes.htm

Mathematical Quotation Server - from Furman University
http://math.furman.edu/~mwoodard/mqs/mquot.shtml

Music Humor, Quotations and More - from William and Gayle Cook Music Library, Indiana University School of Music
http://www.music.indiana.edu/music_resources/humor.html

Quoteland.com
http://www.quoteland.com/

A Short Dictionary of Scientific Quotations-published by "naturalSCIENCE Journals". Arranged alphabetically by author's last name.
http://naturalscience.com/dsqhome.html

Thomas Jefferson on Politics & Government - Quotations from the Writings of Thomas Jefferson
http://etext.virginia.edu/jefferson/quotations/

Telephone Numbers
Locate businesses, phone numbers and Internet Homepages

AnyWho Directories - may be searched by keyword or browsed by category
http://www.tollfree.att.net/index.html

SuperPages - fast and easy-to-use index to business addresses and phone numbers
http://yp.gte.net/

Switchboard - telephone numbers and addresses for individuals and businesses nationwide
http://www.switchboard.com/

Telephone Directories on the Web - Listings from more than 170 countries
http://www.infobel.com/teldir/

QwestDex - Internet Yellow Pages
http://www.uswestdex.com/

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