Reference Resources

Almanacs | Associations | Biographies |Calculators and Currency Converters | Calendars | Careers | Colleges and Universities
Countries  | Dictionaries and Encyclopedias | Directories | Flags | Government Leaders | Legal | Maps | Metasites | Quotations
Statistics | Tax Forms | Think Tanks | Timelines | Zip Codes

 Almanacs 

• Information Please 

Associations

• ASAE- & the Center to Associations

Biographies

• Who2

Calculators and Currency Converters 

• calculator.com 
• Currency Site
• International Currency Converter
• The Universal Currency Converter(tm) 
• USA TODAY: Money Calculators 

Calendars 

• The Calendar 
• The Calendar Zone 

Careers

• Occupational Outlook Handbook 

Colleges and Universities 

• American Universities 
• Hobson's U.S. Education Guide
• U101 College Search

Countries 

• The World Factbook 

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias 

• Acronym lookup 
• Allwords.com 
• Encyclopedia.com 
• Encyclopedia of Psychology 
• Merriam-Webster Online 

Directories 

• AnyWho 
• Infobel: Telephone Directories
• Infospace 
• Info USA
• Superpages
• Switchboard: The Internet Directory 
• U.S. Blue Pages (Government Information)
• Yahoo! People Search 

Flags 

• Flags of all Countries 
• World Flag Database 

Government Leaders

• Chiefs of State

Legal

• Findlaw
• Legal Research Guide
• LexisOne
• National Law Journal--Finding Court Opinions on the Web
• Washlawweb
• WWW Virtual Law Library

Maps 

• Atlapedia Online 
• MapQuest! 
• Microsoft Expedia Maps - Home 
• National Atlas
• National Geographic: Maps & Geography Online 
• U.S. Gazetteer 
• World Atlas and World Maps 

Metasites  

• IPL Reference Center 
• Martindale's 'The Reference Desk' 
• Refdesk.com 
• Virtual Reference Shelf

Quotations 

• Bartleby
• The Quotations Page 
• The Quotations Archive 

Statistics 

• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Census Bureau (US) 
• Crime in the U.S. (Uniform Crime Reports)
• FAOSTAT   
• Fedstats: One Stop Shopping for Federal Statistics 
• POPIN (UN)
• Statistical Abstract of the United States 
• Statistical Resources on the Web 

Tax Forms 

• Federal Tax Forms & Publications 
• State Tax Forms 

Think Tanks

• NIRA's Directory of Think Tanks

Timelines

• Ad*Access Timeline
• Infoplease
• Science Timelines
• Timeline of Art History

Zip Codes 

• U.S. Post Office