Reference Sources
This page provides links to selected reference materials and quick
information.
Misc. Reference Sources
- Virtual Reference Desk
Links to an excellent collection of reference sources.
- Essential
Reference Materials Online a basic collection of reference
sources from UK.
- Bartlett's
Familiar Quotations
- Calendar
Enter the year and month and get a calendar.
- Human
Language Page type in a word for translation in 4 languages,
also links to translation dictionaries in 37 languages.
- U. S. Census Bureau Home
Page gives demographical and economic information.
- USA
Counties 1996 geographic and census data about every state and
county in the U.S.
- County
and City Data Book local statistics from census data
- Statistical
Abstracts of the United States- 1997 ed. Statistical
information about the U.S.
- Anywho Directory
AT&T 800 and toll-free directory
- 411 Directory Information
to find telephone numbers, addresses, e-mail addresses and
personal Web pages.
- Switchboard Directory
similar to Four 11.
- White Pages
Can enter phone # and get name and address of person with that
number.
- Geographic Nameserver
Gives zip, population, lat/long.
- Daily
Events
- Today in History
better than most daily events lists.
- J World Calendar of
birthdays, holidays, historical events, and fun dates.
- Exploring
Occupations from the U. of Manitoba
- Occupational
Outlook Handbook
- Sunrise/Sunset
Can type in city and state to find sunrise/sunset, moonrise,
etc.
- Thomas Register
American Mfrs Search by name of company, product, or brand
name to find phone numbers and addresses.
- Universal Currency
Converter
- What Time is
It? Current time.
- World
Clock lists current local times all over the world.
- World
Factbook Contains map, flag, and information about countries
of the world.
Primary Sources
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