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Looking for Zip Codes, Calculators, Almanacs, Currency Converters, Email Directories and other Ready Reference/Quick Information? Try the links below, selected by our librarians!
Almanacs
InfoPlease.com
The Old Farmer's Almanac
World Almanac for Kids
Biography
Don’t miss our fabulous Electronic Resource Biography Resource Center ! This is a paid subscription so you will need your library card to use it. Includes thousands of full text articles and printable photos of famous people from every walk of life.
Biography.com Biographical information on more than 20,000 personalities.
Distinguished Women of Past and Present
The Nobel Prize e-Museum
Calculators
Calculators On-Line Center Over 8,000 different calculators.
Inflation Calculator A particularly good one as very easy to use.
Mortgage Loan Calculator
Consumer Price Index
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index.
CPI for Pacific Cities, including Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton.
Currency Conversion
OANDA Includes various currency-related services.
Yahoo Currency Converter
Dictionaries
OneLook Dictionaries Links to over 300 dictionaries.
Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus The only integrated English dictionary and thesaurus in electronic form.
YourDictionary.com A web of online dictionaries of many types and languages.
E-Mail Addresses
The Ultimate Email Directory
Encyclopedias
Assorted Encyclopedias on the Web A collection of links to various encyclopedias including biology, environment, medicine, crafts, hobbies, sports, cultures, geography, history, economics, finance, general knowledge, internet, mathematics, computing, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, physics, cosmology, religion, and social sciences.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyberpedia A huge hot-linked listing of online encyclopedias covering a variety of subjects.
General Reference
Bartleby.com A great resource for many popular reference works, including dictionaries, thesauri, quotations, medical terminology, and encyclopedias.
Internet Public Library This one site contains links to hundreds of quick reference sources. This site includes the "Online Literary Criticism Collection."
Knowledge Hound Search engine enabling you to find information on everything from computer programming to sewing.
Librarians' Index to the Internet A searchable, annotated subject directory of more than 7,900 Internet resources selected and evaluated by librarians.
Xrefer.com A good place to go for a quick look-up on many topics. "The web's reference search engine."
Geography and Maps
MapQuest
Bing Maps
U.S. Geological Survey National mapping information.
Phone Directories
Don’t miss our fabulous Electronic Resource: ReferenceUSA! This is a paid subscription so you will need your library card to use it. Includes US and Canadian home and business directories, reverse directory searches, the ability to print and download records into spreadsheets and mailing labels, and value-added details on businesses including contact information and credit rating.
Teldir Links to yellow pages, white pages, business directories, email addresses and fax listings from around the world. Lists all the directories that cover the area of the world that you are looking for, and tells you in what language the directory is available.
AnyWho AT&T offers this comprehensive directory for US look-ups.
Switchboard (white and yellow pages)-- U.S. people and businesses.
The Ultimate White Pages Infospace.com--Includes reverse lookup
Quotations
Familiar Quotations Passages, phrases and proverbs traced to their sources.
Quoteland
State Information
50states.com Basic information about each state and its capital, including maps. Includes links to official state and city websites and many others.
Internet Public Library--Stately Knowledge
Tide Tables
NOAA (National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration)—National tide predictions
Local Tide Predictions
Washington Coast and Puget Sound
ProTides
Time and Dates
TimeandDate.com A guide to time zones, calendars and more.
World Time Server Tells you what time it is right now in any part of the world.
Virtual Perpetual Calendar
Weather
Wunderground A great weather resource!
National Weather Service Click on Current Conditions, then Current Conditions in the United States , then the state, then the nearest weather station and "Display Conditions".
The Weather Channel Up-to-the-minute current conditions and forecasts of more than 1700 cities worldwide. Over 200 maps, including local Doppler radar and satellite.
WA State Traveler Info Includes weather, road conditions, traffic, and more for Washington State travelers and commuters.
Weights and Measures
CONVERT-IT By far the easiest unit converter on the Web.
InfoPlease Weights & Measures
Zip Code Directories
U.S. Postal Service
Canada Post Canadian postal codes. |
