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Awards4 Forms Metric Conversion Price Search Engines Telephone Directories
Baby Names Fuel Cells4 Misc Publishers Thesaurus
Best Places Genealogy Most Dangerous Jobs Quotations US Elected Officials
Biography Green Living4 Most Wanted Real Estate Maps Video Sharing
Blogs Guinness World Records4 Names Recycling4 Weather
Book of Records Hoaxes, and Myths News Magazine Religion Web Traffic Information
Buyer's Guide Home Improvements News Media Rockets Weights and Measures
Celebrity Deaths Homeland Security, Department of4 Newspapers Rules of Order Wi-Fi HotSpots
Computer Privacy Identity Theft Pageants Scientific Word of the Day
Computer Security Information Periodic Chart/Table Search Engines4 Zip Codes
Crime Map4 Internet Browsers Phobias Seniors 9/11 Commission
 
Acronyms
Acronym Database, The - searchable list of acronyms and abbreviations
Acronym Search - searchable database of terms
Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Initialisms - links to subject-specific lists of acronyms
Almanacs
CIA World Factbook - offers country profiles and reference maps
Farmers' Almanac - includes weather forecasts, gardening and fishing calendars, etc
Information Please Almanac - search or browse numerous topical almanacs
Living Almanac of Disasters - with categories for fires, earthquakes, and transportation
PoliSci - includes a wealth of information about U.S. and world politics
Old Farmer's Almanac - fun and practical info for everyday life including moon calendars, etc
World Almanac for Kids - offers games, quizzes, contests, and reference facts, etc
Airlines Added 12/26/07
American Airlines ExpressJet Airlines  Midwest Airlines United Airlines
Continental Frontier Airlines Northwest Airlines US Airways
Delta Jet Blue Southwest Airlines
Airports Added 12/26/07
AirNav.com FAA.gov WorldAirportGuide
Airports.com HotelsTravel World-Airport-Codes
Area Code Information
ABTolls - US And Canadian Area Code Listings sorted by location, and number
NANPA - search by area code, or select by geographic location
Area Code Maps
Ascii Tables Added 01/30/06
ascii-table.com dynamoo.com LookupTables.com
cdrummond.qc.ca jpsoft.com Natural-innovations.com - Ascii-Ebcdic
Awards - Advertising, Comedy, Literature, Movies, Music, Theater, Television, etc
Best Places
Sperling's Best Places

15 Best Places to Reinvent Your Life
Best for Businesss and Careers
Forbes
Inc.com
Best Places to Live
CityRating.com Find Your Spot RealEstateJournal.com
CNN Money MSNBC
Best Places to Work
BestPlacesToWork.org GreatPlaceToWork.com The Scientist
Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work for USNews.com
Biography Added 05/14/05
About Famous People Biography-Center MyHero.com
Biographical Dictionary The Biography Channel Time.com - Time 100
Blogs Added 04/22/06
BestOfTheBlogs BlogHop Pitas
BlogCatalog Blog-City Weblogs
Blogger GlobeofBlogs xanga
Book of Records
Guinness World Records - providing information on record holders for a variety of feats, etc
Buyer's Guide Added 06/15/03
Reseller Ratings - user evaluations of online vendors.
Celebrity Deaths Added 09/07/05 Updated 01/20/08
2008 2003 1998 1993 1988 1983 1978 1973 1968 1963
2007 2002 1997 1992 1987 1982 1977 1972 1967 1962
2006 2001 1996 1991 1986 1981 1976 1971 1966 1961
2005 2000 1995 1990 1985 1980 1975 1970 1965 1960
2004 1999 1994 1989 1984 1979 1974 1969 1964
By Last Name - [ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ]
Note: Website includes names of living celebrities, deceased are annotated with Dead.
Computer Privacy Added 08/13/04
ComputerPrivacy Privacy Forums
Computer Security Added 01/30/04
AntiPhishing.org Grisoft Panda Software Symantec.com
Dr Solomon McAfee Sophos Trend Micro
F-Secure my-eTrust ScamBusters - Phishing Scam Zone Labs
FTC - Phishing Scam Network Associates SpamOffice
Crime Map - link to SpotCrime website
Dictionaries
American-Heritage
Cambridge - search separate dictionaries of English, phrasal verbs, or idioms.
Chemistry & Environmental Dictionary - definitions for technical terms and acronyms, etc
Dictionary - Dictionary, Thesaurus, etc
Merriam-Webster - official site for the reference publisher.  Includes dictionary, and Thesaurus
Onelook - searchs for multiple definitions of a word from a variety of online dictionaries
Your Dictionary - provides online dictionaries in 150 different languages, etc
Emergency Response Guidebook (Also in the Fire Links Section under Hazardous Materials) Added 03/18/03 Updated 05/31/08
Emergency Response Guidebook
Full Version of the ERG2008 - English (2.7M, pdf) - Cached copy
Full Version of the ERG2008 - Spanish (2.7M, pdf) - Cached copy
You may download Adobe Acrobat Reader FREE from Adobe's Web site to read pdf files
Encyclopedias
Encarta - featuring abridged reference articles, a world atlas, quizzes, homework help, etc
Encyclopedia - more than 17,000 short articles from the Concise Columbia Electronic, etc
Encyclopędia Britannica - offers news, links, and access to abbreviated encyclopedia entries
Columbia Encyclopedia - complete contents of the year 2000 publication, etc 
HowStuffWorks.com
Internet Encyclopedia - encyclopedia composed of information available on the Internet
Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
Etiquette Added 11/04/04
EmilyPost.com  iVillage.com MrGolf PageWise
Dining Etiquette Letter Writing Rules Netiquette Phish.net
Funeral Etiquette MissManners
Firsts Added 06/25/06
AGH Library - Video Game's Connecticut Maryland Purdue - Spaf's Firsts
Answer.com - List of Firsts Corsinet - Famous Firsts Massachusetts Redstone - Space
Appleton (Wisconsin) EarlyAmerica Michigan Senate.gov - Facts and Firsts
Baltimore - The City of Firsts EverestNews Mount Sinai SpaceToday - Man in Space
Baseball-Almanac - Baseball ExploreKansas NewHampshire UserPages - Military Women
BBC - Space Firsts GrowABrain - Firsts Ever NewJersey UCC - Church of many firsts
CAPAA - Asian Pacific American InfoPlease - Aviation Firsts Philadelphia Univ of Chicago Hospitals
CivilWarHome - Civil War InfoPlease - Women's Firsts Pittsburgh WorcesterMass
Colorado LittleKnownFactsShow PocanticoHills - Presidential Wyoming
Flags Added 05/14/05
CIA.gov FlagSpot ImageSoft.net
eDepot.com Flags.net The Odora
Forms Added 06/22/06
AllBusiness FindForms Legaldocs State Tax Forms
Copyright FindLaw LSU - Federal & State Tax Forms US Court - Bankruptcy
DOC Forms.gov MPA - Copyright US State Department - VISA
DOD GSA NIH US Customs
DOE US HHS - CMS NRC US Department of Labor
ED.gov - Grants & Contracts hudclips Office of Personnel Management US Treasury - OFAX
FAA Immigration OMB - Grants USAC
FCC IRS SBA USDA
FDA LawInfo SEC USCourtForms
FDIC LectLaw Social Security VA
Fuel Cells - click link to go to the Fuel Cells portion of the Green Living Reference Webpage
Genealogy Added 02/07/04
Ancestry.com Genealogy.com ObiCentral.com VitalRec.com
CyndisList.com Geonames.usgs.gov RootsWeb.com WorldGenWeb.org
FamilySearch.org NewAdent.org USGenWeb.org
Green Living - click link to go to the Green Living Reference Webpage
Guinness World Records Added 01/12/08
Hoaxes, Myths, and Scams Added 02/14/04
About.com F-Secure.com Nonprofit.net Symantec.com
FTC.gov IFCC.gov ScamBusters.org TrendMicro.com
CIAC.org NAI.com Sophos.com
Home Improvements Added 07/12/04
Better Houses & Gardens HomeDepot HomeTime
BobVila.com HomeDoctor HouseIdeas
DoItYourself.com HomeImprove Lowes
Homeland Security, Department of Added 03/21/03
Identify Theft Added 02/14/04
BBBOnline.org FightIdentityTheft.com NCSL.org USDOJ.gov
Consumer.gov FTC.gov PrivacyRights.org USPS.gov
FDIC.gov IDTheftCenter.org SSA.gov
Information
Fact Monster - Lots of information, and links to information
Info Please - Lots of information, and links to information
Internet Browsers Added 06/30/04
Firefox Konqueror - UNIX NeoPlanet Opera
Internet Explorer Mozilla.org Netscape Safari - Mac
Internet Hosts - moved to the Shopping Section
Internet Service Providers - moved to the Shopping Section
Jobs/Employment Added 02/12/04 Updated 01/16/07
America's Job Bank CareerBuilder, Inc Jobs.com Monster.com
BestJobsUSA.com CareerJet Jobs.net NationJob.com
Dice.com ComputerJobs.com JobsFed.com ScienceJobs.com
CADJobs.net HotJobs.com Jobtrak.com USAJOBS
LEED Certified - click link to go to the LEED Certified portion of the Green Living Reference Webpage
Maps Added 02/20/04 Updated 06/11/06
Google Maps - Satellite option Maps.com multiMAP Wikimapia
Mapquest MSN Maps & Directions TopoZone.com Yahoo Maps
Medical
Medical/Surgical Word Glossary - FDA approved drugs, devices, surgical/medical instruments...
NLM - US National Library of Medicine
On-Line Medical Dictionary - searchable dictionary of terms relating to biochemistry, biology...
Metric Conversion Added 10/25/04
Admiral Metals - Conversion calculator World Wide Metric - Conversion calculator
MD Metric - Extension conversion factor list
Misc Added 02/12/04
Howstuffworks NationalGeographic.com Smithsonian
The Internet Public Library NAUPA - unclaimed property World Wide Web Consortium
The Library of Congress Reference.com
Most Dangerous Jobs Added 01/21/05
AskMen - Top 10 Fielding's DangerFinder - Top 15 Insurance.com - Top 10
CNNMoney - Top 10 Forbes - Top 10 MSN Money - Top 10
Most Wanted Added 05/14/05
FBI.gov Most Wanted Terrorists Most Wanted.org
Names Added 11/14/04 Updated 02/01/07
BabyCenter Babynology Bubbaboo SocialSecurity - Baby Names
BabyNames BabyZones Parenthood ThinkBabyNames
BabyNamesWorld Behind the Name QuickBabySite 20,000-names
News Magazines Added 01/25/04
Atlantic Newsweek USNews
Life Time
News Media Added 01/25/04
ABC News CBS News CNN MSNBC
BBC News CNBC FOX News NBC News
Newspapers Added 01/25/04
Directories of Newspapers
Freep.com - Top 100 US Newspaper by circulation Newsvoyager.com
Newslink.org University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Newspapers
Chicago Tribune USA Today
Los Angeles Times Wallstreet Journal
New York Times Washington Post
Pageants Added 04/14/05
Miss America Miss Universe Pageant Center Universal Royalty
Miss Earth  Miss USA Pageantry Magazine WorldWide Beauty Pageants
Miss International Miss World Sunburst Beauty Pageants
Periodic Chart/Table Added 04/03/03
Crescent Chemical  Los Alamos National Laboratory
Environmental Chemistry WebElements
Liverpool Middle School - New York
Phobias Added 01/31/08
ojohaven PhobiaGuide PhobiaList psycholog.about.com
Photographic Information Added 06/15/03
DPReview - with news, reviews, galleries, and comparisons, plus hints and tips
Photo.net - online learning community of people improving their photography expertise
Steve's DigiCams - Digital camera reviews, etc
Popes Added 04/18/05
Catholic-Forum - The Popes of the Church Friesian - Popes, etc
Bartleby - Popes, and short biography Newadvent - List of Popes
CFPeople - Popes, and short biography Wikipedia - List of Popes
Population Added 06/25/06
CIA - Ranked, Country demograhia - US Cities, 25,000+ InfoPlease - Top 50 US Cities US Census
CityMayors - Top 100 factmonster - Top 50 US Cities InfoPlease - US Cities over 100K US Census - Clocks
CityPopulation factmonster - US Mongabay - World Urban Wikipedia - US
demograhia - US Cities, 50,000+ InfoPlease - 10 Fastest Growing PRB WorldAtlas - Top 100 Cities
Postal Information
National Address and ZIP+4 Browser - interactively browse all addresses in the US
National Address Server - enter a partial US postal address and the server attempts to rewrite
Official Postal Service Abbreviations 
Zip Code Maps
acg.media.mit.edu Maps.huge.info USNaviGuide
Postal Services/Companies
DHL Worldwide Express Purolator Courier USPS
FedEx UPS
Presidential Candidates Updated 06/14/07
Al Sharpton Doug Stanhope John Kerry - out Nobody
Barack Obama Duncan Hunter John McCain Ralph Nader - 2004
Bill Richardson Fred Thompson Kat Swift Robert Milnes
Bob W Hargis George Pataki Lance Brown Ron Paul
Charles T Maxham George Phillies Michael Charles Smith Rudy Giuliani
Christopher Dodd Gene Amondson Mike Gravel Sam Brownback
Christopher Walken Hillary Clinton Mike Huckabee Steve Adams
Christine Smith James Gilchrist Michael Bloomberg Steve Kubby
Chuck Hagel  Jim Gilmore Mitt Romney Tom Tancredo
Daniel Imperato Joe Biden Nan Garrett Tom Vilsack
David A Koch John H Cox Newt Gingrich Tommy Thompson
Dennis Kucinich John Edwards Noah McCullough - 2032 Wesley Clark
Presidential Parties