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Dogpile, Bellevue, Washington.
Entireweb.com, Oskarstrom, Sweden.
Galaxy, Chicago, Illinois. Search by subject or keywords.
Genius Find, Denver, Colorado. Directory of thousands of
topic-specific search engines and databases.
Google, Mountain View, California. A simple interface
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Hotbot Smartcrawler, San Francisco, California.
Infoseek Guide, Burbank, California.
Internet Quick Reference from University
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Invisible Web, Cincinnati, Ohio. Find databases across
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iTools, San Diego, California. A compendium of several lists:
Find-It! allows you to access various search engines.
Research-It! has references organized into
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Promote-It! is a listing of free and
commercial sites that will help you advertise your products, list your home pages, etc.
Librarians' Index to the Internet, Berkeley , California. Search engine plus a topical index.
Lookabout, Stockton, New South Wales, Australia. Search
portal for Australia and the world.
LookSmart, San Francisco, California. Internet directory,
search by category, keywords, or personalise to your own preferences.
Lycos, San Francisco, Calfornia. Catalog and spider search tool.
OneKey, Germantown, Tennessee. Billed as
"the kidsafe search engine."
The Open Directory Project, Mountain View, California.
Using volunteer editors to produce the most comprehensive directory of the web.
Overture, Pasadena, California. A relative newcomer, the
company behind this search engine allows advertisers to bid for placement in its search results on
terms relevant to their businesses.
Search Bug, New York, New York. Collection of the best
search engines.
Starting Point, Hollywood, Florida. Search engine and community site.
Webcrawler, Bellevue, Washington.
Web Wombat, Greensborough, Victoria, Australia.
All-Australia Search Engine.
Yahoo, Sunnyvale, CA. One of the original search engines
and still one of the largest.
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Beaucoup, Banning, California. Search over 2,000 search
engines, indexes and directories. "Supersearch" allows you to query ten search engines at the same time.
Eureka! Internet Search Engine, San Jose,
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Savvy.com, Rockville Centre, New York. Search over 200 different web databases, all at the same time. Simple to use; results show which site each hit came from.
Search Europe, Boynton Beach, Florida. Multiple
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Webplaces, Grafton, Massachusetts. Links to many search engines.
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411Web, Los Angeles, California. Business Yellow Pages
Directory. Also search for Area Code, Zip Code, White Pages, and Classifieds.
Adoption Search, Tempe, Arizona. Helping people with
adoption issues, and reuniting adoptees with their birth parents.
American Family Immigration History Center,
Ellis Island Immigration Museum, New York. Online database allows visitors to explore the collection
of immigrant arrival records stored in the Ellis Island Archives. Includes passenger records, original
manifests, and ship information.
American Information Network, Canton, Ohio. Sherlock
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public records. Internet DMV allows you to do a search for violations and registration
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AnyWho by AT & T, Florham Park, New Jersey. Find
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Partial matches allowed.
Canada 411, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
English/Française, White/Yellow pages.
CCSO Phonebook Server Lookup at
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Locate institutional phonebook servers around the world.
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Cemetary Records, Lake Forest, California. Search 5,531
cemeteries from around the world.
Classmates.com, Renton, Washington. Find your high
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Congressional E-Mail
Directory by J. Hoffman, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
D'Addezio.com, New Providence, New Jersey.
Geneology search tools and articles.
Europages, Paris La Defense, Cedex, France. Yellow
pages for Europe: in Deutsch, English, Español,Français, Italiano, Nederlands.
FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah.International geneology
records collected by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Geneology Forum, Fremont, California. Community bulletin
board for people in the U.S. looking for past relatives and other geneological information.
Geneology Pages, Kent, Washington. Links to geneology
resources, search engine.
Geneology Portal, Champaign, Illinois. Search engine can
look for names and personal sites at numerous geneology sites on the web. Designed to assist genealogists
in finding information that is not readily accessible through traditional genealogical link sites.
GenSearcher, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. All-in-One Genealogy Search Page offering over a hundred genealogy search engines, surnames databases and indexes.
Infospace, Bellevue, Washington. Search for people by
name, city, and state. Also: Business
Yellow pages, Reverse Lookup to
match telephone numbers with names, and Infospace
Canada.
International White and Yellow Pages, Kolbotn, Norway.
International inquiry for names, addresses, telephone and fax numbers.
Internet Address Finder, Houston, Texas. Database of e-mail
addresses from educational (.edu), nonprofit organizations (.org) and government (.gov) sites, as well
as many commonly used e-mail domains such as Hotmail and Yahoo.
MyBC Telephone Business Yellow Pages.Com,
Burnbay, British Columbia, Canada.
PeopleSearch.net, Buffalo, New York. All-in-one people search.
Rootsweb, Provo, Utah. Geneology community site and search tools.
Social Security Death
Index at Ancestry.com, Provo, Utah. Find people
who are no longer living but have received social security benefits during their lifetime.
Superpages by Verizon, Dallas, Texas. Yellow and
White pages for the U.S.
Switchboard.com at
Banyan Systems Inc., Westboro, Massachusetts.
Telephone directories, map directions, and more.
Telephone Directories On the Web, Brussels, Belgium. Index
of online phone books from over 170 countries with over 400 links to yellow pages, white pages,
business directories, e-mail addresses and fax listings.
The Ultimates, Brady, Texas.
E-Mail Directory,
White Pages, and
Yellow Pages. Search multiple sites.
Yahoo People Search, Sunnyvale, California. E-mail and telephone number search.
Yahoo: White Pages - Individuals - online resources for finding personal e-mail addresses.
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10K Wizard, Dallas, Texas. Real-time access to the
Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (EDGAR)
system with the ability to perform keyword searches.
Cybercafe Search Engine, San Mateo, California.
Database of cybercafes, public internet access points and kiosks; search by city, state or country.
Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (EDGAR)
Online, Norwalk, Connecticut. SEC Filings. Basic access is free; advanced access by subscription
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Epinions.com, Brisbane, California. Find out what your
fellow netizens think of a wide variety of items such as movies, cars, office and computer equipment,
consumer electronics, and more.
Evite, Pasadena, California. Free help with planning parties and other
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Organization for Community Networks, Euclid, Ohio. Search for
free Internet access in your community.
Homefair.com, Westlake Village, California. Interactive
tools, calculators and in-depth reports for people to make informed decisions on relocating.
Learn2, Pryor, Oklahoma. Step-By-Step Guides in plain English;
providing businesses and government with online multimedia education for their employees and customers.
Everyday Topics. (Free)
LifeMinders, New York, New York. Delivers newsletters with
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birthdays, and anniversaries.
Memo To Me, San Diego, California. Free Birthday,
Anniversary, Appointment, Meeting, and Medication reminder service. You won't have an excuse for
missing anything with this service, unless you forget to check your e-mail. One-Time reminders can
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Planet Feedback, Cincinnati, Ohio. Got a problem with a
product or company? This site will help you get your complaint to the appropriate person. You can also
read reviews of various companies here.
Priceline, Stamford, Connecticut. Set your own price on
airline tickets, hotel rooms, rental cars, long distance telephone service, new cars, and home financing
and see potential savings up to 40 percent or more.
Quotesmith, Darien, Illinois. Instant online insurance quotes
from over 300 leading companies, all categories.
Rainbow's Bridge, Fishkill, New York. Memorial site for pets
that have died.
Rx List, Benicia, California. Internet Drug List. Search for legal
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need a dictionary to interpret. (Requires javascript to utilise fully.)
Saydar's World of Coffee, San Diego, California.
Find Internet coffeeshops around the world.
U.S. Federal Communications Commission
Consumer Complaint (Form 575), Washington, DC. File business or private party complaints
about a variety of telephone services. To be used for any company in the U.S. or its territories only.
For more electronic filing forms, see: E-Filing.
Virtual Postcard Exchange by Korki Whitaker.
Links to sites that will allow you to send free electronic postcards.
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The Advanced Book Exchange Inc. (ABE Books), Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Search for books from a variety of independent booksellers; partial matches allowed.
Amazon.com, Seattle, Washington. Search for books by Author, Title, Subject, or Publisher.
CDROM-Guide, Bellevue, Washington. Shop for CD-ROM
or DVD and game system titles; search by platform category and name (or partial name) of the title
you wish to locate, language, or publisher.
C|Net Hardware, San Francisco, California. Shopping
channel for computers and parts.
C|Net Shopper, San Francisco, California. Computer price comparison service. Advertisers pay for priority listing, but you can re-sort results by price.
Computer Shopper, by ZDNet, Cambridge,
Massachusetts. Price comparisons.
DealTime, New York, New York. Search and compare prices
in Computers, Electronics, Home/Garden, Software, Sports, and PDAs.
ISBN.nu, Seattle, Washington. Search for books by Title, Subject,
or ISBN number and compare prices and availability among several online bookshops.
Macworld PriceFinder, San Francisco, California.
Search for Macintosh computer products and view the latest pricing from resellers in the Mac market.
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My Simon, San Francisco, California. Price comparison.
PriceScan, Malvern, Pennsylvania. Shop for Books,
Computers, Electronics, Movies, Music, Office Equipment, Sporting Goods, and Video Games.
Price Watch, Dallas, Texas. Guide to OEM prices for
computer hardware.
SalesCircular, Bridgewater, New Jersey. Compare prices and
features for all weekly sales and free products in your area. Covers ads from Best Buy, Circuit City,
CompUSA, KMart, Office Depot, Office Max, Radio Shack, Sears, Staples, Target, WalMart, Wards and
select local retailers. A free service covering over 90% of population in 45 US states, organized by state.
Categories include computer hardware & software, audio & video electronics, and appliances.
ShopNow.com, Seattle, Washington. Combining
the Internet Mall and
BottomDollar shopping search engine for complete
shopping experience.
Valuefind by ValueFind Inc., Sherman Oaks, California. Searches leading online vendors, auctions, and classified ad sites as well as ValueFind's own classified
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C|Net Downloads, San Francisco, California. Freeware,
shareware, demos.
C|Net Software, San Francisco, California. Similar to
C|Net Downloads, but includes software reviews.
Dave Central, Acton, Massachusetts. Guide to free and
trial software. Searchable database, many categories, links to downloads and websites.
Ditto.com, Naperville, Illinois. Visual search engine. Find
pictures based on text words or phrases.
Filesearching.com, Saginaw, Michigan. Search multiple
FTP sites worldwide for files.
FTP Find, Mougins, France. Search for files by filename or keyword. Options for narrowing search include: Linux, Windows, BeOS, MacOS, Sound, Movies, Pictures, and Misc.
FTP Search, Waltham, Massachusetts. Find software
(EXE, ZIP), music (AU, MP3, MIDI, RA) and pictures (JPEG, GIF) by file name.
FTP Search, Johannesburg, South Africa.
FreewareWeb, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada. Search for
free software.
Google Groups, Mountain View, California. Usenet Search.
MP3 Board, Bakersfield, California. Search for MP3 music files.
PAML, Houston, Texas. Mailing list directory.
RFC Index Search Form,
Nottingham, UK. Searches the RFC index for keywords and RFC numbers. It returns a list of RFC's
matched, with links to the full text at many repositories around the world. (RFC = Request For Comment.)
SunSITE FTP search, Switzerland.
Topica, San Francisco, California. Database of mailing lists.
Usenet FAQ Archive Search (Frequently
Asked Questions), Grapevine, Texas.
Windows PC, Aurora, Colorado. Find Windows shareware,
freeware and demos. Computer news stories. (Requires javascript.)
ZDNet Downloads, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Shareware, freeware and evaluation software.
ZDNet Mac Downloads, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Shareware, freeware and evaluation software.
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Bill Text. Search for U.S. House and
Senate legislative bills and resolutions by word or phrase in the full text, or by number. From the U.S.
Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Capitol Advantage, Fairfax, Virginia. Advocacy
tools, data, and congressional directories.
Census Links, Pontiac, Michigan. Community site for geneologists.
Findlaw, Palo Alto, California. Focused on law and
government, provides access to a comprehensive online library of legal resources for use by legal
professionals, consumers and small businesses.
FirstGov, Washington, DC. Government information
resources.
GotTrouble.com, Sherman Oaks, California. Links to
resources for people in serious legal or financial trouble.
Hatecrime.net, Houston, Texas. Internet resource for
victims of hate crimes.
Immigration Superhighway, Ashland, Oregon.
Important legal information for immigrants to the U.S., or for people who would like to immigrate
to the U.S. (English/Español)
The John Marshall Law School Fair Housing Legal Support
Center Research Database, Chicago, Illinois.
NOLO Law Centers, Berkeley, California.
A variety of consumer law aids, from a center that specializes in translating the law into plain English.
Includes both legal and law dictionarys, FAQs, "Ask Auntie Nolo", and text of legal statutes and cases.
Passenger Rights, Maitland, Florida. Are you a
victimized traveler? File complaints without making dozens of phone calls, spending countless hours
researching your rights or finding out the proper process for complaining when you've been mistreated.
It's all at this website, a free service of Global Travel.
Public Record Finder, Arcadia, California. Access
thousands of free state, national and worldwide public record web sites.
Search Systems, Newbury Park, California. Free public
records database collection. Search government and private sector databases in the U.S.; some
individual databases may charge fee for access.
US GPO Access, Washington, DC.
Search a variety of U.S. government information databases.
Vital Records Information - United States, Greenwood,
Indiana. Where and how to obtain vital records (such as birth, death & marriage certificates and divorce decrees) from each state, territory and county of the United States. Also has links to websites
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Accommodation Search Engine, Suffolk County, UK. Search over
46,000 hotels, lodging establishments, inns, bed and breakfasts, resorts and accommodation web
pages around the world.
The Bathroom Diaries, Lynchburg, Virginia.
"WHEN nature calls, even intrepid travelers prefer to make a comfortable reply. In this spirit,
the bathroom diaries.com locates clean, free restrooms around the world."
BreezeNet's Airport Rental Car Guide, Atlanta, Georgia. Guide to
airport rental cars, compare rates on rental cars and discount rental cars.
City Search, Pasadena, California. Find anything you want to know about larger cities in the U.S.; links to other city guides for Australia, Canada, Japan, Korea, and
parts of Scandinavia.
Digital City, a service of America Online, Dulles, Virginia.
Find places to go and things to do in the U.S.
Flight Preview, Woodstock, Illinois. After you've
made your reservations, check here for airline/airport information, schedules, weather delays, maps, the
latest flying news, etc.
Fodors.com, New York, New York. A respected name in
travel and restaurant guides provides online reviews along with related information and assistance.
Free Campgrounds, Edmonds, Washington.
Database of camps and parking areas in western/midwestern states where RV'ers can park free.
Also available as a free download or published book.
Hotel Guide, Sursee, Switzerland. Search for hotel by
name of city, hotel or country. You have the option of also checking for availability on specific dates.
Hotwire, San Francisco, California. Search for low prices on
airfares, hotels, and car rentals.
Kids Camps, Boca Raton, Florida. Find a summer
camp for teens and younger. Includes listings for general, sports or family camps, and day, overnight
or long-term stays.
Leading Hotels of the World, New York, New York. Search
among five-star rated luxury hotels for best deals. (Requires javascript.)
MapQuest, a service of America Online, Dulles, Virginia.
Free map guide to the world.
Maps.com, Santa Barbara, California. U.S. and the world.
MapsOnUs, another service from Switchboard.com,
Westboro, Massachusetts. U.S. maps/addresses only.
Open Table, San Francisco, California. Free national
restaurant reservation service for the U.S. Specify the state, city or region, and a few other details,
and this site will display restaurants in the area that have tables available to your specifications for
reservation.
Orbitz, Chicago, Illinois. Search for lowest fares.
Pets Welcome, Lake Peekskill, New York. If you've
got a dog or cat on your travels, here's a good place to search for pet-friendly lodgings.
PlanetWare Travel Guide & Encyclopedia,
Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. Comprehensive, searchable vacation attractions data.
Priceline Travel, Stamford, Connecticut. Make your own
bid for travel accommodations.
Qixo, San Jose, California. Search and compare fares from
more than 20 major travel sites.
Roadfood.com, Roslyn Heights, New York. Suggestions
on where to find cheap, delicious food.
Travel & Hospitality
Links collected by Great Lakes Hospitality, Madison, Wisconsin.
Travelocity, Fort Worth, Texas. All-in-one travel search
and booking page. Includes news, travel tips, and other useful information.
Ultimate Trip Planner, Brady, Texas. Use travel
resources across the Net. Using this website, you can have your route planned automatically, get
first-hand reports on where to stay, eat, and go, have a map made with marking your destination, and
retrieve a directory of web sites relating to a particular city.
U.S. State Dept. Country Briefings, Washington,
DC. Health and safety warnings as issued to U.S. citizens concerning travel to other countries.
The Universal Currency Convertertm, Toronto,
Ontario, Canada.
Yahoo Travel, Sunnyvale, California. Search for fares,
travel information.
Zagat Survey, New York, New York. International
restaurant guide, covers mainly U.S. cities and major cities in the world such as Paris, Tokyo,
and Toronto.
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A Bell Tolls, Austin, Texas. Search for lowest rates on long
distance telephone service.
EnergyOn, West Kingston, Rhode Island. Online energy
store helps businesses and homeowners find the best price for natural gas, electricity, cellular phone,
satellite TV, and home security services. Compare rates from a variety of dealers in Australia, the UK
and the U.S.
GetConnected, Boston, Massachusetts. Compare
prices for a variety of services: Internet, wireless voice and data, long distance and local telephone,
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LowerMyBills.com, Santa Monica, California. Save
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50 States.com, Newhall, California. Facts and links to
official sites for states of the USA.
About.com, New York, New York. A network of sites with
over 650 specialties, each overseen by a professional guide.
Atlapedia, Holland Park West, Queensland, Australia.
Full color physical and political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world.
Aviation Resources, San Jose,
California. Anything and everything aviation-related.
BadgerLink, Madison, Wisconsin. Subject tree
designed for K12.
Biographical Dictionary, Newbury,
New Hampshire. Search by Name, Keyword, and/or Date.
Britannica.com, Chicago, Illinois. Online version of the
Encyclopedia Britannica.
BUBL Information Service from Strathclyde University, Glasgow,
Scotland.
Cinemedia, London, UK. Billed as the
Internet's largest film and media directory. Includes both a simple search engine and a category index.
Color Landform Atlas of the U.S. from John Hopkins
University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Maryland. Variety of map types for each state with links
to other sites.
Dead People Server, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Find famous people and basic information about them.
Delphion Intellectual Property Network, San Jose,
California. Search for patent information in the U.S. and around the world.
ERIC: Educational Resources Information Center, a
federally-funded national information system at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York. The
database includes ERIC Document citations from 1966 through November 1999 and ERIC Journal
citations from 1966 through November 1999. The abstracts of documents and journal articles on
education research and practice can then be located at a university library or ordered from ERIC.
Femina, New York, New York. A comprehensive,
searchable directory of links to female friendly sites and information on the World Wide web.
Gayscape, St. Petersburg, Florida. Lesbigay, searchable
by topic. There are more queer search engines located here.
Historical U.S. Census Browser (1790-1960) from
University of Virginia at Charlottesville. Data for this site originate in ICPSR study number 0003, "Historical Demographic, Economic and Social Data: The United States, 1790-1960."
Howdy Howdy, Moville , Iowa. Agriculture and farm search engine.
Index Morganagus, University of
California at Berkeley, California. Search full-text index of articles in library-related electronic publications.
Indexed publications include ACQNET, Action for Libraries, ALA News, Ariadne, Australian Library Journal,
Bulletin des Bibliotheques de France, etc.
Information Please, Boston, Massachusetts. Dictionary,
Encyclopedia, Atlas and Almanac reference. Designed to assist students in elementary and secondary
schools.
InfoMine, University of California at Riverside, California. Search
over 20,000 academic resources. Good for college-level research.
Internet Movie Database, Slough, Berks, UK. The
search page allows you to find movies by name,
cast, etc. and read plot synopsis and other information.
Internet Public Library at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
Michigan.
iVillage, New York, New York. Women's community
and search index.
Library of Congress: American
Memory, Washington, DC. Access primary source materials relating to the history and culture
of the United States.
The Links, Gulf Breeze, Florida. Divided into
categories: Topics, U.S. Cities, Foreign Cities, and Foreign Countries (Denmark, Ireland, Sweden).
Extensive and well-organized.
Martindale's * the Reference Desk at
University of California, Irvine.
Maven, Sonning, Reading, UK. Portal directory of the Jewish
world.
Michigan Electronic Library (MEL) at
Lansing, Michigan.
Nupedia, San Diego, California. Building the world's largest
international, peer-reviewed encyclopedia, free.
The Political Graveyard, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
"The Web Site That Tells Where the Dead Politicians are Buried."
RefDesk.com, Maryland. A highly rated website for looking
up facts on a variety of topics.
Reference Shelf at UC-San
Diego, California.
Reference Sources at UC-Santa
Barbara, California.
Seniors Search, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Senior-friendly search portal.
Statistical Resources on the Web from University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.
Symbols.com, Stockholm, Sweden. Encyclopedia of over
2,500 graphic symbols ranging from ideograms carved in mammoth teeth by Cro-Magnon men to hobo
signs and subway graffiti.
U.N. Cyberschoolbus, New York, New
York. Informative and interactive educational materials for a global audience.
U.N. Global Statistics, New York, New
York. Statistical reports from agencies of the United Nations.
U.S. Census Bureau's Mapping and Cartographic Resources,
Suitland, Maryland.
U.S. FedStats, Suitland, Maryland. Gateway to federal agencies publishing statistical reports of all kinds.
Virtual Cemetery, Fremont,
California. A collection of tombstone photos and a fully searchable archive of transcriptions, useful
for genealogical research.
Virtual Reference Desk at Purdue University,
West Lafayette, Indiana.
Whatis, Needham, Massachusetts. Encyclopedia of
Internet Technology.
World Fact Book,
Ashland, Oregon. Country profiles from the CIA world factbooks.
WWW Virtual Libraries, Lille, France. A distributed subject
catalogue from the WWW Consortium.
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American Journalism Review's Newslink, Champaign, Illinois.
Links to newspapers, magazines and radio/TV stations worldwide.
American Society of Association
Executives (ASAE) Directory of Association Websites, Washington, DC. TTY: 202-626-2803.
Search among over 6,589 associations by name, keywords, or city and state. Partial matches allowed
on name.
Internet Newsletter Library, Rockville Centre, New York.
Search a comprehensive list of topics and more than 11,000 newsletters to order a free sample copy
of any newsletter(s), with no obligation. All you have to do is select your topic(s) of interest and fill
out the online request form.
JAKE at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. Open
source database of periodical indexes.
Oxbridge Media Finder, New York, New York.
International search of publications of all types by keywords or other information. Locate names of
publications on topics of interest.
Publist, Los Angeles, California. Database of over 150,000
magazines, journals, newsletters, and other periodicals. In-depth information on familiar and hard-to-find
publications from around the world, representing thousands of topics.
Scholarly Societies Project, Waterloo, Ontario,
Canada. Information about scholarly societies across the world. Various search options for finding links
to over 2,500 society websites as well as access to a wealth of scholarly information.
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Acronym Finder, Estes Park, Colorado. Acronyms, abbreviations such as "ASAP" used in place of phrases, can be interpreted at this site.
Bartleby's Reference Library, New York,
New York. Dictionaries, encyclopedias, style manuals, thesauri, etc.
Cambridge Dictionaries Online, Oxford, UK.
Citing Electronic Sources, style manual guidelines on citing from Internet resources, UT Library, Austin, Texas.
Dictionary.Com, Marina del Rey, California. The
wordlover's guide to free reference materials on the Internet; Roget's Thesaurus, Bartlett's Quotations
and more.
Dictionary of Difficult
Words from Hutchinson Encyclopedia, Hull, UK. You can browse the list alphabetically to
learn new words, or enter words to look up.
Encyclopedia.com, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Ethnologue, Dallas, Texas. A catalogue of more than
6,700 languages spoken in 228 countries, including sign languages. For each language, its alternate
names, number of speakers, location, dialects, linguistic affiliation, multilingualism of speakers, and
other demographic and sociolinguistic information are given if known. Includes keyword search engine.
Interactive TV Dictionary, Spokane, Washington. Dictionary of terms used in digital television, HDTV and the like.
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Online, Springfield,
Massachusetts. Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus. (Some pages may not display in Netscape)
Onelook Dictionaries, Englewood, Colorado. Search for
word definitions in Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish or other. Spell Check in English
or French. Simple interface makes the site easy to use.
Thesaurus.com, Marina del Rey, California.
Wordsmyth, Ithaca, New York. Look up words by exact spelling, nearly exact spelling, or spelled phonetically, and read definitions. Great site for looking up words you can't remember how to spell.
The WorldWideWeb Acronym and Abbreviation Server from University College, Cork, Ireland.
Yourdictionary.com, Danville, California. Multiple
language dictionaries, grammary, dictionaries on specialized topics, word fun and games, etc.
