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Quick Reference Resources

Atlapedia---Key information on every country of the world.
Bartlett's Familiar Quoations
Book Review Sites by Yahoo!
CALCULATORS ON-LINE CENTER
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA
Census Bureau Web Site---2000 statistics now available
CIA World Fact Book
Citing Electronic Resources
Crossword Puzzles---Links to puzzles, dictionaries, etc.
Currency Converter
Dictionaries On the Internet---Roget's & Bartlett's here also
Edmunds's Car Information---New and Used
Elements of Style---Strunk
Fannie Farmer Cookbook
FedStats Site---Statistics from over 70 governmental agencies
Free Internet Encyclopedia
Guinness World Records
Health A-Z---Searchable site
HISTORIC EVENTS & BIRTH-DATES---Site which tells events, etc. for any day/year
Information Please--Provides a ready reference library of information taken from its well known publications such as: Information Please Almanac, ESPN Information Please Sports Almanac, Columbia Encyclopedia, and others
IRS Publications/Forms Site---Site to download tax forms-past and present
Landforms Maps-United States
Mapquest---Locate anyplace you need
MegaConverter---Web's best place to figure what equals what
Merck Manual Site
Movie Review Query Engine at Telerama
Myths & Legends
Offical U.S. Time-Atomic Clock---This time should generally be accurate within 1 second
Old Farmer's Almanac
On-Line English Grammar---Made available by Anthony Hughes
Phone Directories, ETC.---Toll free numbers, e-mail addresses, business directories
Phrase Finder--- a large collection of English phrases and sayings
Pulitzer Prize
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
Statistical Abstract of the U.S.---Links to latest edition and past editions--Includes the most requested tables and more-requires Adobe Reader to view some files
Texas Almanac---Current Edition
U.S. Gazetteer
World Fact Book---Current Edition
World Wide Web Research Tools---Site with many research tools available
ZIP/ZIP+4 Code Lookup and Address Information
This page compiled by Marsha Keenan  Last update January 2005
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