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Reference
  • AltaVista's Babelfish Translation Service
    Translate a web page or any text that you enter from one language to another.
  • Babynamer.com
    Find the perfect name for your baby.
  • Beyond the MLA Handbook: Documenting Electronic Sources on the Internet
    This site offers examples and explanations on how to cite information found on the Internet in research papers or publications.
  • Calendar Templates, Free Printable
    "Free service that provides professional-looking printable calendars in a matter of moments."
  • Cambridge Dictionaries Online
    Search the Cambridge Dictionary of American English, Cambridge International Dictionary of English, Cambridge International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs or Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms
  • Direct Search
    This page is a growing compilation of DIRECT LINKS to the search interfaces of resources that are not easily searchable from general search tools such as Alta Vista, Hotbot, and Infoseek.
  • Famous.Birthdays.com
    A commercial site, but one that has very useful birthday lists along with links to other birthday sites on the Web
  • Geographic Names Information System
    "The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), developed by the USGS in cooperation with the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN), contains information about almost 2 million physical and cultural geographic features in the United States."
  • Horse Breeds of the World
    From the International Museum of the Horse
  • Information Please Almanac
    The searchable online version
  • Kelley Blue Book
    Find used car values, new car prices, and more good information on automobile buying and selling.
  • iTools
    A great all-in-one reference spot, with language tools, library tools, geographical tools, financial tools, shipping tools and internet tools.
  • Librarians' Index to the Internet
    A "searchable, annotated subject directory of more than 6,600 Internet resources selected and evaluated by librarians for their usefulness to users of public libraries."
  • The Library of Congress Country Studies/Area Handbook Program
    Full text versions of studies of 85 countries.
  • Martindale's Calculators On-Line Center
    This site links to thousands of calculators, which will allow you to figure out everything from grade point average, to horse racing odds, to credit card interest, to . . . the list is endless and ingenious.
  • Merriam-Webster Online
    "The Language Center." The dictionary, word games, etc.
  • Measure 4 Measure
    "A collection of interactive sites on the Web that estimate, calculate, evaluate, translate, etc. In other words, they do the work for you."
  • The Nobel Prizes
    Search for winners by year, discipline; biographical information and photographs are included.
  • The Official U.S. Time
    Get an accurate time reading here along with varied information on time, calendars, etc.
  • OneLook Dictionaries: The Faster Finder
    1926001 words in 371 dictionaries now indexed; one search checks them all!
  • The Online Medical Dictionary
    This U.K. dictonary "contains 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, eponyms, history, in fact anything to do with medicine or science."
  • Popular Baby Names
    From the Social Security Administration. Which are the most popular baby names in a given year (back to 1900!) How has the popularity of a name changed over time? Find out here.
  • Ready Reference Collection
    From the Internet Public Library, an annotated collection of links, chosen to help answer specific questions quickly and efficiently.
  • refdesk.com
    "The single best source for facts on the Net."
  • Roget's Thesaurus
    Search the full text or headwords of the online Roget's.
  • Tax Forms
    Links to the IRS tax form page as well as links to the tax form pages for most U.S. states. From LSU Libraries.
  • Virtual Perpetual Calendars
  • World Time Server
    "The most accurate source for world time."
  • The WorldWideWeb Acronym and Abbreviation Server
    This site at the University of Cork in Ireland lets you search for an acronym and get its expansion. You can also search for a word and find the acronyms related to that word.

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Updated 9/24/2006