Online Reference Tools

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Internet Guides
Websites that identify good Internet resources on a variety of subjects. A good place to start when doing research.

About.Com -- A collection of guides on a variety of subjects put together by experts in the field.
Internet Public Library - Reference Desk -- A site that contains links to good resources on a variety of specific subjects.
Librarians' Index to the Internet -- A well-organized site that links to reliable, trustworthy, librarian-approved Internet resources.
Refdesk.Com -- A site that indexes and reviews quality, credible, and current web-based resources.Infomine -- A virtual library of Internet resources organized by specific subjects.
Virtual Reference Shelf -- Web resources selected by the Library of Congress.
BUBL Link -- A catalog of Internet resources arranged by the Dewey Decimal System.

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Almanacs
An annual publication that contains facts and statistics.

50 States and Capitols
Flags of the World
Guinness World Records
InfoPlease -- authoritative answers to all sorts of factual questions.
Old Farmer's Almanac
Today in History (Library of Congress)
U.S. State Dept. Background Notes --facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of other countries.
World Fact Book - CIA -- a current listing of facts and statistics on a variety of countries.

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Biographies

American Presidents: Life Portraits
Biographical Dictionary - 4000 biographies covering ancient times to the present.
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to the Present
Biography.com - A & E's Biography television series.
infoplease.com -30,000+ biographies organized by category.
NameBase Index - Over 200,000 about people in academia, high tech, media, politics, intelligence, U.S. foreign policy, religion, crime, business.
POTUS-Presidents of the United States
World of Scientific Biography - Searchable by scientific branch, gender, historical period, nationality, and prize winners.

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Dictionaries

The Century Dictionary Online - "The largest freely available online dictionary."
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition

Medical Dictionaries
Medical Dictionaries
Online Medical Dictionary - Links are maintained and categorized by doctors

Selected Language Dictionaries
ARTFL Project: French-English Dictionary
English-German Dictionary by Wolfram Schneider
Free Translation.com -- Allows for translations between Englsh and a variety of other languages.
Leo--Allows users to search for a term in German, French, or English.
Spanish to English/English to Spanish

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Thesauri

Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Roget's Internet Thesaurus

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Encyclopedias

Bartleby Collection
Columbia Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia Mythica--Included mythology, folklore, and religion from a variety of cultures and countries.
Encyclopedia Titanic -- Passenger and crew biographies, pictures, exclusive articles, and discussions about the Titanic.
Encyclopedia of Women’s History
Encyclopedia Smithsonian
InfoPlease
World Book Online Reference Center - [Access through Pioneer—See Ms. Miles for password)

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College Guides

Peterson's Guide to Four Year Colleges --site offers information on colleges, admission essay help, financial aide links, and more.
College Source Online

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Directories

Phone & Email
AnyWho - search for people or businesses, includes reverse lookups
BigFoot - search for people or businesses
Internet 800 Directory
PeopleSearch - provides e-mail & telephone information
Switchboard - people and business directory, with e-mail and web sites; includes Maps on Us, with detailed maps and driving directions.

Zipcode
Americom Long Distance Area Decoder
international Calling Codes
Zipcode Lookup - from the US Postal Service

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Government, Law & Politics

Congress.Org
C-SPAN's Campaign Network
Fact Check-a nonpartisan, nonprofit, consumer advocate for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics.
Findlaw Constitutional Law Center
Freedom Forum -A nonpartisan foundation dedicated to free press, free speech and free spirit for all people.
Government Printing Office Site --free electronic access to the official published versions of goverment documents.
Government Resources
On the Issues - Every political leader on every issue.
The White House
Thomas - Legislative Information
U.S. Dept. of Defense

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Health & Medicine

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Complete Home Medical Guide - Columbia University Medical Center.
Food and Drug Adminstration
Genetics Home Reference
Heal --Heath Education Assets Library.
HIV/AIDS Information
InteliHealth
Mayo Clinic Oasis
National Institutes of Health - Resource for stem cell research.
National Library of Medicine
PubMed Central -U.S. National Institutes of Health free archive of biomedical and life sciences journals
Utah Aids Foundation

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Magazines

Find Articles.com
Life Magazine
Magatopia.com --Links to over 1000 FREE online magazines.
Magportal.com --Search engine and directory for finding many FREE online magazine articles.
Time Magazine

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Maps & Geography

How Far is It? - data from the US Census, allows users to calculate the distance between two places.
Map Machine - (National Geographic) has political, physical, country maps and more.
Mapquest - street atlas of the U S provides mileage, and driving directions.

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Movies & Film

Internet Movie Database
Motion Picture Association of America
Movie Review Query Engine
Movie Web
Movies in Depth
Oscars
Rotten Tomatoes

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News & Newspapers

ABC News
BBC Radio
CNN Interactive
MSNBC
National Public Radio [NPR]
Public Broadcasting Service
C-Span
Washington Post

Local Newspapers
Deseret News
Salt Lake Tribune - Today's Edition
Utah's Local Newspapers
U.S. Newspapers
Daily Newspapers on the Internet - also includes radio stations
News Voyager
News Archives on the Web
Newspapers Worldwide
ABYZ Newslinks - links to more than 16,400 newspapers & other news sources from around the world.
My Virtual Newspaper - links to newspapers & newswires worldwide.
OnlineNewspapers.com - index of over 5,000 online newspapers published in 200 countries.
News and Newspapers Online - links to hundreds of full-text news resources around the world.

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Online Primary Documents

American Folklife Center
American Memory - Library of Congress
America's Historical Documents
Thomas - Legislative Information
UC Berkeley Lectures and Events

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Quotations

Bartlett's Quotations
A Dictionary of Scientific Quotations
The Quotations Page
Simpons Contemporary Quotations

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Sports
CBS Sportsline
ESPN
Sports Network
Utah Sports Page
Utah Sports Teams

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Statistics
American Factfinder - U.S. Census Bureau - a "data access and dissemination system" from the US Census Bureau offers access to some of the Bureau's largest data sets. Users can create a variety of tables, reports, or maps with information on their community, the economy, or American society.
Bureau of Labor Statistics - includes statistics and reports on employment and unemployment
Consumer Price Index
County and City Data Book - latest official statistics for 1,078 cities, all 3,141 U.S. counties, and 11,097 places of 2,500 or more inhabitants
Statistical Abstract of the United States - collection of statistics on social and economic conditions in the US
World Population Data

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Time, Measurements & Calendars

Computation of Sunrise, Sunset and Twilight Times - Calculates the length of daylight for your particular location, when twilight begins and ends, sunrise and sunset times, the height angle of the sun at noon and the declination.
This Date in History - famous dates in history from the History Channel.
Roman Numeral Year Dates - Conversion Guide
Virtual Perpetual Calendars - Provides the calendar for any year in the 19th-21st centuries.
World Public Holidays Database

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