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Almanacs and Yearbooks

Information Please Almanac
Old Farmer's Almanac
This Day in History
CIA Fact Book

Biographical Sources

Biographical Dictionary of the US Congress
Biography.com
National Inventors Hall of Fame
Presidents of the United States

Citing, Grammar and Style Notes

Research and Documentation Online by Diana Hacker
The Writing Center of the University of Wisconsin-Madison
OWL from Purdue University
Citation Guides for Electronic Formats
KU Writing Center Guides
Sources: Their Use and Acknowledgement - Complete examples of all citation manuals

People/Businesses

Area Code Lookup
AT&T Toll-Free 800 Directory
Big Book - Yellow Pages
International Telephone Directories
U.S. Post Office ZIP + 4 Directory

Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

Encarta Encyclopedia
Encyclopedias.com
iPod Encyclopedia
WWWebster Dictionary
WorldWideWeb Acronym and Abbreviation Server


Fast Facts

Atomic Clock
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
Cambridge Dictionary Online (English, French & Spanish)
LibriVox
Manybooks.net
National Population Clock
Nobel Prizes
Embassies in Washington DC
Pulitzer Prizes
Weather Channel
Weight and Measures Resources
World Population Figures
World Wide Holiday and Festival Page

Geographical Sources

Atlapedia
Color Landform Atlas of the United States
Glossary of Cartographic Terms
MapQuest
National Atlas of the United States
Thesaurus of Geographic Names


Government Resources

Access Kansas
GPO Access

History Sources

World Timelines
World Timelines

World Newspapers

Newspapers on the Net
World Newspapers.com