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Contains white pages, yellow pages, reverse phone and address searches, and area and zip code information.
Acronym Finder
A comprehensive dictionary of acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms.
AnyWho: Find Telephone Number and Address
Contains 90 million white pages listings, 10 million yellow pages listings, reverse phone lookup, international directories, and a toll free number directory.
Bartleby.com
Electronic versions of American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Columbia Encyclopedia, and other online literature.
Bartlett Quotations
Collections of poetry, classic fiction works, nonfiction works, as well as reference works.
Blue Letter Bible
Contains 14 searchable and easily comparable versions of the Holy Bible.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Detailed career information profiles.
Business Statistics
Business statistics, financial ratios, and more.
Choose to Save Financial Calculators
Budget, savings, paycheck planning, college, business, credit card and automobile calculators.
Citing Sources | Duke University Libraries
Offers resources for some of the most commonly used citation styles.
Common Errors in English Usage
Search for common errors in the English language.
EasyBib
Formats your MLA citations for free.
Elements of Style
William Strunk's Elements of Style.
Encyclopedia Mythica
An encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, and legend.
Encyclopedia of Chicago
An encyclopedia on the history of Chicago.
Etymology Dictionary
Explanations of what words mean.
Farmer’s Almanac
Weather, gardening, cooking, remedies, managing your household, preserving the earth, and more.
Fed Stats
Statistical data from over 70 federal agencies.
Fugitive Fact File
Use for hard-to-find and elusive information.
FXHistory: Historical Currency Exchange Rates
Rates from 1990.
GetHuman.com
A database of secret phone numbers and codes that immediately get an actual, live person on the line for customer service.
Guide to Grammar and Writing
Definitions of sentence parts, rules for comma usage and other punctuation marks, plurals, possessives, capitalization.
Historical Statistical Abstracts
Editions of the U.S. Census Bureau publication from 1878 to the present.
HomeTownLocator Gazetteer
Profiles for 179,000 cities, towns, neighborhoods and subdivisions.
HowToCallAbroad.com
Country codes and international area codes for calling abroad.
Illinois Department of Public Health Statistics
Vital statistics, population, health indicators, and more.
Information Please
Search the contents of an encyclopedia, atlas, dictionary and both the TIME and ESPN almanacs.
Information Please
Publisher Information onlinefor searching and browsing.
Internet 800 Directory
Search for 800 or 888 phone numbers.
ipl2: information you can trust
A collection of sites sorted into easy-to-use subjects.
Measuring Worth
Compares the value of an amount of money in the past with the present or with another time in the past.
Online Conversion
Cooking, geometry, physics, engineering, or any kind of conversion you need.
PlacesNamed.com
Collection of geographic and other reference information.
PollingReport.com
Trends in American public opinion.
Population Reference Bureau: DataFinder
Contains data on 136 population, health, and environment variables for more than 220 countries, 28 world regions and sub-regions, and the world as a whole.
Quoteland
Browse by author or topic.
State Telephone Directory
Search by name, phone, or agency.
Switchboard
A nationwide residential and business phone directory.
The Kentucky Virtual Library Presensts: How to Do Research
A fun and graphic map that teaches kids how to research.
The Ultimates
An integrated site of white, yellow, trip planning and e-mail directories.
U.S. Census Bureau: The Official Statistics
U.S. Census Bureau offical site.
Visual Dictionary Online
Access more than 6,000 images and see words visually.
Who2?: Find Famous People Fast
Find anyone famous.
Who's Alive and Who's Dead
Which of the noted celebrities of our time are with us, and which ones have passed away.
Wikipedia
Online encyclopedia written collaboratively by its users.
Zap 2 It
Guide to TV, Movies, and the Internet.
Zip Code Boundary Map
Zip code boundaries.
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Reference Resources
411.comContains white pages, yellow pages, reverse phone and address searches, and area and zip code information.
Acronym Finder
A comprehensive dictionary of acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms.
AnyWho: Find Telephone Number and Address
Contains 90 million white pages listings, 10 million yellow pages listings, reverse phone lookup, international directories, and a toll free number directory.
Bartleby.com
Electronic versions of American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Columbia Encyclopedia, and other online literature.
Bartlett Quotations
Collections of poetry, classic fiction works, nonfiction works, as well as reference works.
Blue Letter Bible
Contains 14 searchable and easily comparable versions of the Holy Bible.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Detailed career information profiles.
Business Statistics
Business statistics, financial ratios, and more.
Choose to Save Financial Calculators
Budget, savings, paycheck planning, college, business, credit card and automobile calculators.
Citing Sources | Duke University Libraries
Offers resources for some of the most commonly used citation styles.
Common Errors in English Usage
Search for common errors in the English language.
EasyBib
Formats your MLA citations for free.
Elements of Style
William Strunk's Elements of Style.
Encyclopedia Mythica
An encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, and legend.
Encyclopedia of Chicago
An encyclopedia on the history of Chicago.
Etymology Dictionary
Explanations of what words mean.
Farmer’s Almanac
Weather, gardening, cooking, remedies, managing your household, preserving the earth, and more.
Fed Stats
Statistical data from over 70 federal agencies.
Fugitive Fact File
Use for hard-to-find and elusive information.
FXHistory: Historical Currency Exchange Rates
Rates from 1990.
GetHuman.com
A database of secret phone numbers and codes that immediately get an actual, live person on the line for customer service.
Guide to Grammar and Writing
Definitions of sentence parts, rules for comma usage and other punctuation marks, plurals, possessives, capitalization.
Historical Statistical Abstracts
Editions of the U.S. Census Bureau publication from 1878 to the present.
HomeTownLocator Gazetteer
Profiles for 179,000 cities, towns, neighborhoods and subdivisions.
HowToCallAbroad.com
Country codes and international area codes for calling abroad.
Illinois Department of Public Health Statistics
Vital statistics, population, health indicators, and more.
Information Please
Search the contents of an encyclopedia, atlas, dictionary and both the TIME and ESPN almanacs.
Information Please
Publisher Information onlinefor searching and browsing.
Internet 800 Directory
Search for 800 or 888 phone numbers.
ipl2: information you can trust
A collection of sites sorted into easy-to-use subjects.
Measuring Worth
Compares the value of an amount of money in the past with the present or with another time in the past.
Online Conversion
Cooking, geometry, physics, engineering, or any kind of conversion you need.
PlacesNamed.com
Collection of geographic and other reference information.
PollingReport.com
Trends in American public opinion.
Population Reference Bureau: DataFinder
Contains data on 136 population, health, and environment variables for more than 220 countries, 28 world regions and sub-regions, and the world as a whole.
Quoteland
Browse by author or topic.
State Telephone Directory
Search by name, phone, or agency.
Switchboard
A nationwide residential and business phone directory.
The Kentucky Virtual Library Presensts: How to Do Research
A fun and graphic map that teaches kids how to research.
The Ultimates
An integrated site of white, yellow, trip planning and e-mail directories.
U.S. Census Bureau: The Official Statistics
U.S. Census Bureau offical site.
Visual Dictionary Online
Access more than 6,000 images and see words visually.
Who2?: Find Famous People Fast
Find anyone famous.
Who's Alive and Who's Dead
Which of the noted celebrities of our time are with us, and which ones have passed away.
Wikipedia
Online encyclopedia written collaboratively by its users.
Zap 2 It
Guide to TV, Movies, and the Internet.
Zip Code Boundary Map
Zip code boundaries.
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