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Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
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| Acronym Finder |
http://www.acronymfinder.com/ |
| Acronym Server |
http://silmaril.ie/cgi-bin/uncgi/acronyms |
| AltaVista Translation Services (Babel Fish) |
http://babelfish.altavista.com/ |
| Bartleby.com |
http://www.bartleby.com/ |
| Catholic Encyclopedia |
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/ |
| Encarta |
http://encarta.msn.com/ |
| Encyclopedia Smithsonian |
http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/start.htm |
| Encyclopedia.com |
http://www.encyclopedia.com/ |
| How Stuff Works |
http://www.howstuffworks.com/ |
| InfoPlease.com (Information Please Almanac) |
http://www.infoplease.com/ |
| Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary |
http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm |
| NetLingo: The Internet Language Dictionary |
http://www.netlingo.com/inframes.html |
| OneLook Dictionary Search |
http://www.onelook.com/ |
| Quoteworld |
http://www.quoteworld.org/ |
| Reference.com |
http://www.reference.com |
| Symbols Encyclopedia |
http://www.symbols.com/ |
| Urban Dictionary (slang) |
http://www.urbandictionary.com |
| Web of Online Dictionaries |
http://www.yourdictionary.com/ |
| Wikipedia |
http://www.wikipedia.org/ |
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| CIA World Factbook |
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html |
| Country Studies (Library of Congress) |
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html |
| Geographic Names |
http://geonames.usgs.gov/ |
| Geology.com - Maps & satellite images |
http://geology.com/world |
| Google Maps |
http://maps.google.com/ |
| How Far Is It? |
http://www.indo.com/distance/ |
| MapQuest |
http://www.mapquest.com/ |
| MSN Maps & Directions |
http://mappoint.msn.com |
| Rand McNally |
http://www.randmcnally.com/ |
| Old Farmers Almanac |
http://www.almanac.com/ |
| Time Zones |
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/ |
| World Flag Database |
http://www.flags.net/ |
| World Wide Constitutions |
http://www.concourt.am/wwconst/ |
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Facts, Figures, and Consumer
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| American FactFinder (U.S. Census data) |
http://factfinder.census.gov |
| Automobile Buyers Guides |
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Edmunds
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http://www.edmunds.com/ |
Kelley Blue Book
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http://www.kbb.com/index.html |
NADA
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http://www.nada.com/ |
| Better Business Bureau |
http://www.bbb.org/ |
| Calculators Online |
http://www.martindalecenter.com/Calculators4A.html |
| Calendar Zone |
http://www.calendarzone.com/ |
| Currency Converter - OANDA |
http://www.oanda.com/ |
| Income Tax Information |
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Colorado State Tax Forms
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http://www.revenue.state.co.us/main/home.asp |
Federal Tax Forms
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http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/formspubs/index.html |
| Quotations Page |
http://www.quotationspage.com/ |
| Official US Time |
http://www.time.gov/ |
| U.S. Census Bureau |
http://www.census.gov/ |
| National Climatic Data Center |
http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html |
| Weather |
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Colorado Department of Transportation
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http://www.cotrip.org/ |
National Climactic Data Center
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http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html |
Weather Underground
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http://www.wunderground.com/ |
| WWW Unit Converter |
http://www.digitaldutch.com/unitconverter/ |
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| American Presidents |
http://www.americanpresidents.org/ |
| Biographical Dictionary |
http://www.s9.com/ |
| Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present
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http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp |
| Biography.com |
http://www.biography.com/ |
| Colorado Historical Society |
http://www.coloradohistory.org/ |
| FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service |
http://www.familysearch.org/ |
| Internet Genealogy Sites |
http://www.webtrail.com/sopafug/links.html
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| Nobel Prize Laureates |
http://www.almaz.com/nobel/alpha.html |
| Roots Web |
http://www.rootsweb.com |
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| ACLIN – Colorado Virtual Library |
http://www.aclin.org/ |
| American Library Association |
http://www.ala.org/ |
| Automation System Colorado Consortium |
http://www.ascc.lib.co.us/ |
| Internet Public Library |
http://www.ipl.org/ |
| Librarians’ Index to the Internet |
http://lii.org/ |
| What’s Next Database |
http://www.kdl.org/libcat/whatsnext.asp |
| Colorado Blue Spruce |
http://www.cal-webs.org/bluespruce/index.htm |
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| Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory |
http://martindale.com/xp/Martindale/home.xml |
| Medline Health information |
http://medlineplus.gov/ |
| Refdesk |
http://www.refdesk.com/index.html |
| Thomas Register |
http://www.thomasnet.com/ |
| Virtual Reference Shelf |
http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/virtualref.html |
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A Few Helpful Government Websites Return
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| America’s Library - A site with information
about American people and historical events, and each of its states. |
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi |
| American Fact Finder – Census Data |
http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html |
| Colorado.gov – Official site of the State
of Colorado |
http://www.colorado.gov/ |
| Fed World - Fedworld provides government information
and resources for consumers. |
http://www.fedworld.gov/ |
| FirstGov - US governments Official web portal |
http://www.firstgov.gov |
| Google Uncle Sam - Brings up only Gov. websites |
http://www.google.com/unclesam |
| GPO Access - Provides free public access to full-text,
official Federal information; Federal information finding aids; and
Federal products for sale. |
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/ |
| Information Bridge - Department of Energy full-text
technical reports in physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental
cleanup, energy technologies and others. |
http://www.osti.gov/bridge/ |
| Library of Congress - The Library of Congress is
the nation's oldest federal cultural institution and serves as the
research arm of Congress. It is also the largest library in the world. |
http://www.loc.gov/index.html |
| Library of Congress-Thomas - In the spirit of Thomas
Jefferson, legislative information from the Library of Congress. |
http://thomas.loc.gov/ |
| Medicare |
http://www.medicare.gov/ |
| NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
http://www.nasa.gov/ |
| National Criminal Justice Reference Service - NCJRS
is a federally funded resource offering justice and substance-abuse
information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide. |
http://www.ncjrs.gov/ |
| Nutrition.Gov - US federal guide offering access
to all government web sites with reliable and accurate information
on nutrition and dietary guidance. |
http://www.nutrition.gov/ |
| Social Security Online |
http://www.socialsecurity.gov/ |
| US Copyright Office |
http://www.copyright.gov/ |
| US Executive Branch |
http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/fedgov.html |
| US Treasury |
http://www.ustreas.gov/ |
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