The
World Factbook 2011 (CIA)
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The definitive resource
for country information-up-to-date maps, profiles, and more.
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Information Please
Almanac
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Web version of the almanac
as well as dictionary, encyclopedia, and biography reference resources.
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Academic Info |
AcademicInfo is an online education
resource center with extensive subject guides. This is a five
star site. |
Your Nation
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Instantaneously compares statistics for any two
countries of your choice.
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| The Smithsonian
Institute |
A direct link to the information available through the
Smithsonian,
including history and exhibit. |
| U.S. Census Bureau
HomePage |
This site provides statistical data on a wide range of
topics compiled
by the U.S. government. |
Statistical
Abstracts
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Latest online edition of
the U.S. Governments #1 best-selling book. Statistical data
available for a wide range of topics.
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State Fact Sheets
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Provides information on
population, employment, income, farm characteristics, and farm
indicators for each state in the United States.
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World Atlas
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World maps and information
about countires, states and provinces.
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The Internet Public Library
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The Internet Public
Library (IPL) is a public service organization and learning/teaching
environment at the University of Michigan School of Information.
This site is an excellent place to start researching topics.
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Reference Desk
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This site has a large
variety of reference sources including a dictionary, thesaurus,
almanac, atomic clock, monetary conversions and other valuable links
useful for day-to-day inquiry.
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HowStuffWorks
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HowStuffWorks gives
detailed and authoritative accounts of how something operates or
functions, e.g. computer stuff, health stuff, money stuff, etc.
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RhymeZone: Rhyming Dictionary
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Type in a word to find its
rhymes, synonyms, definitions, and more.
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Quotation Page
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Over 18,000 quotations
online from over 2300 authors searchable by keyword or author.
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Bartleby
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Ready reference for
numerous great books that provide answers to everything from anatomy to
quotation questions.
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Library of Congress
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An extensive site with
links to a variety of reference
information
resources. |
| The Smithsonian
Institute |
A direct link to the
information available through the
Smithsonian,
including history and exhibit. |
Language Translations
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Translates blocks of text
from most major languages.
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American Sign
Language
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Basic guide provides
animated and text definitions for people who communicate with a
person who signs but does not hear.
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American Sign Language
(ASL) Browser
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You can look up thousands
of ASL signs and learn interesting things about them.
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| Scholar's
Guide to the WWW |
A useful website which includes a wide variety of
topics and related
links. This site is particularly strong in history-based internet
resources. |
