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Libraries and Encyclopedias

• A+ Research and Writing for High School and College Students — this section of Internet Public Library is a crucial stop if you are planning to do any research online.
• Encyclopædia Britannica Online — World's first on-line encyclopedia
• The Complete Works of William Shakespeare — The standard works of Shakespeare are now digitally accessible.
• Electric Library
• History of Science, Technology, and Medicine — Biographical dictionary, documents on every area of technology, and more.
• Internet Public Library — a digital public library.
• the Mystica — A thorough collection of mythology, folklore, and legends.
• Researchpaper.com — start your research and get help on styles, grammar, bibliography, etc.
• The Internet Classics Archive — translations of 441 Greek, Roman, and Italian texts.

Government

• American Memory — a showcase of pictures, documents, sound recordings, and other resources.
• Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) — a collection of agency's publications, maps, and descriptions.
• FedWorld Information Network — U.S. government-sponsored federal information.
• Infomine — search for government information
• Library of Congress — acquisitions, cataloging, and research tools.
• NASA — huge amount of information on everything that's space and astronomy-related.
• Project Vote Smart — founded by former Presidents Ford and Carter to offer a one-stop source of political information
• Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet — shows you how government really works
• The United Nations
• U.S. Department of Justice — keeps you up to date on the nation's leading criminals and more!
• U.S. House of Representatives
• U.S. Senate
• The White House

Language

• Bartlett's Familiar Quotations — John Bartlett's publication of witticisms and poignant sayings.
• Elements of Style — English grammar rules and styles
• Merriam-Webster — look up definitions
• On-line Dictionaries — many dictionaries in many languages.
• OneLook Dictionaries — search more than 130 dictionaries at once.
• Roget's Thesaurus

Demographics

• U.S. Census Bureau — explore lots of fascinating data
• American Demographics
• CyberAtlas — Internet demographics and usage patterns
• STAT-USA — Demographic information by the Dept. of Congress.

Directories & Maps

• AnyWho Toll-Free Directory Search — listing of all 800 phone numbers.
• Ask.com All Places — find the distance between any two ZIP codes.
• BigBook — the Internet Yellow Pages
• BigYellow — information on many U.S. companies
• FedEx — track shipments, find drop-off locations, etc.
• MapQuest — excellent online mapping and routing.
• The United States Postal Service — zip code locator, business forms, etc.
• Switchboard — 106 million residential listings and 11 million business listings
• Yahoo! People Search — one of the best white pages on the web.
• Yahoo! Maps — find a map by street and address.
• World Pages — "Find Anything. Anyone. Anywhere."

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