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Librarians' Internet Index - Ready Reference and Quick Facts
Links to dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlases, almanacs, and more.
RefDesk
A web site that indexes and reviews web-based resources.
Infoplease
Includes an almanac, dictionaries, maps, and current events coverage.
Wikipedia
Columbia Encyclopedia
Also allows the searching of dictionaries, thesauri, gazetteers, and other standard reference works.
Dictionary.com
Onelook
An index to more than 600 separate dictionaries.
American Heritage Dictionary
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Roget's Thesaurus
Thesaurus
Old Farmer's Almanac
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
CIA World Factbook
Both this site and the next provide excellent profiles of the nations of the world, including demographic, historical, political, economic, and geographical information.
Country Studies
Anywho
Use this site to find addresses and phone numbers of individuals and businesses.
Switchboard
Another address and phone number search site.
Mapquest
Biographies
Internet Movie Database
Everything you ever wanted to know about films, movies, actors, directors, etc.
Zip Code Lookup
United States Census
Information from the 2000 United States Census.
FedStats
The gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies.
Statistical Abstract of the United States
A collection of demographic, economic and social statistics about the United States. It also includes state rankings and links to city and county data.
Minnesota Quick Facts
Minnesota Datanet
A site providing social, enconomic, and demographic statistics about Minnesota. |