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Biography

This searchable database, sponsored by the A&E Biography television series, is based upon the Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia (1994).

Covers more than 28,000 notable women and men, from ancient times to the present day.

Business and Economics

Information on over 8,000 companies searchable by name, ticker symbol or geographic location. Includes market data, links to web homepages and weekly business news.

EDGAR, the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system, performs automated collection, validation, indexing, acceptance, and forwarding of submissions by companies and others who are required by law to file forms (e.g. 10-K forms) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

This resource provides access to current national economic data from a number of federal agencies.

Online market news, Dow Jones and NASDAQ statistics, "most active" stocks, and other financial information.

An investment research web site providing access to a variety of research tools. Includes interactive charts, quotes, industry analysis, intraday stock screeners, as well as market news & commentary.

The Universal Currency Converter allows you to perform interactive foreign exchange rate conversion.

Consumers

(Sperling's)

Offers city profiles, cost of living indices, crime rates, climate data, and more.

A service provided by the publisher of the print versions. Includes information and prices for current year model vehicles, used car ratings and prices for models dated 1985 and after and a variety of other information such as tips on buying a car and price negotiation.

The Federal Consumer Information Center (FCIC) helps federal agencies and departments develop and distribute useful information to the public.

Lists numerous websites that estimate, calculate, evaluate, translate, etc.

Provides a form to convert length, weight, volume, area, temperature and more.

Dictionaries/Encyclopedias/Thesauri

Search by acronym or word producing either an alphabetical listing of acronyms or listings of acronyms containing a particular word. Acronyms not appearing can be submitted for inclusion.

Searches a variety of quotation sources, dictionaries, thesauri, and other literary collections.

Search the Bible version of your choice in seven different languages.

Britannica.com includes the complete, updated Encyclopedia Britannica, the oldest and largest general reference in the English language.

Searches over 4 million words in more than 800 online dictionaries.

Searchable version of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (10th edition) and Collegiate Thesaurus

yourDictionary.com is a substantial collection of dictionaries on the web (more than 1500 dictionaries representing more than 230 languages).

Education

Government

Health

Provides basic professional information on virtually every licensed physician in the United States.

Healthfinder is a free gateway to reliable consumer health and human services information developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Publications & fact sheets, ClinicalTrials.gov, health hotlines, A-Z topic index, institutes, MEDLINEplus, and other resources from the National Institutes of Health.

Updated daily, this website is produced by a team of physicians, scientists, writers, and educators affiliated with the Mayo Clinic.

Searchable version of "the world's most widely used general medical text."

Jobs/Careers

Online edition of print version. Includes information about careers: job descriptions, training needed and outlook for future employment.

Sponsored by the US Department of Labor, this site provides links to state-operated job banks and general employment information.

A global online network for careers, connecting companies with job-seekers.

Law, Legislation and Politics

An "independent, nonpartisan resource" on trends in American public opinion.

Offers full text of recent and current bills from Congress. Searchable by bill number or by key word(s). Current bills also searchable by subject and popular title. Other legislative information links provided.

Nonpartisan information about congressional office holders including voting records and performance evaluations from special interest groups. Additional information about presidential candidates, campaign finance, names and addresses of representatives, and individual political issues.

Maps/Distances

An interactive website atlas that calculates driving times, gives travel directions, and other navigational information.

Includes maps of the Americas, primarily from the CIA. U.S. maps include historical and census maps with metropolitan area and county outline maps for each state.

Movies and Reviews

Provides a wide variety of search options including movie titles, cast/crew names, plot summaries and some reviews.

Provides a searchable database of both recent and historical information on hundreds of award ceremonies and film festivals. Whether you're looking for the latest Golden Globes winners or the results of the 1947 Oscar race, you'll find it here.

News and Current Events

This site lists the websites of over 4,000 newspapers (from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe).

Lead stories from CNN updated throughout the day. Includes access to stories from the past week as well

Offers links to major news sources including newspapers, magazines, radio/TV broadcasters, international resources, and more.

Up-to-the-minute global news and information from the Associated Press, CNN, NPR, Reuters and other news organizations (via Yahoo).

Phone Numbers/Zip Codes

Developed by AT&T, you may search toll-free numbers by category or business listing. Does not include all numbers available through AT&T directory assistance.

U.S. phone number database for people and businesses, you do not need to register to use this resource.

An index of online phone books, with over 400 links to Yellow Pages, White Pages, Business Directories, Email Addresses and Fax Listings from over 170 countries around the world.

Provides zip codes for addresses entered, full addresses for companies when name and city/state data are entered. Entering a zip code will result in the corresponding city and state.

Style Manuals

Time/Weather

The Time Service Department, U.S. Naval Observatory is the official source of time used in the United States. Select your time zone to see the correct time.

Displays the current time in all parts of the world.

A collection of customizable calendars displaying moon phases, holidays, and observances.

(via CNN)

CNN provides current weather conditions, maps, and the forecast for the Â鶹Éç area.

(via Weather.com)

Get current weather information and forecasting (including and images).

Travel and Tourism

Links to city and state web sites providing primarily tourist oriented information. Descriptions of locations of interest, historic sites, museums, lodging and restaurants. Some sites also include information about local governments and organizations.

Travel guide to countries, cities, hotels, restaurants and more.