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Almanacs - Calendars - Citation Tools - Conversion Tables/Calculators
Dictionaries - Quotations - Statistics - Subject Guides - Thesauri
Translations - Zip Codes - Print Resources
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Electronic Resources
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Information Please
This site includes contents of the Information Please Almanacs, a biography database, a dictionary, an atlas and articles from the Columbia Encyclopedia. You can search these ready reference works together or separately or browse the almanacs. There are feature stories each week covering topics in the news, with links to pertinent almanac content and other web resources. |
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Old Farmer's Almanac
Fun and practical information for everyday life including moon calendars, planting charts, recipes, weather predictions and more. |
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| Calendars |
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Time and Date
Collection of clocks, calendars (including holidays and observances), countdowns, time zone information and related tools for different regions of the world.
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Time Capsule
Enables users to create printable time capsules for any date from 1800 to 2002, although data for the years 1800 - 1875 is probably spotty. |
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| Citation Tools |
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Citation Machine
Click the citation format you need and then the type of resource you wish to cite, complete the web form that appears with information from your source, and click Make Citations to generate standard bibliographic and in-text citations in MLA or PLA format. |
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Electronic Citation Maker
Three citation styles: APA, CSE, formerly known as CBE and MLA are offered. All feature specific templates for citing online journals, web pages with and without authors, electronic books and databases. |
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| Conversion Tables/Calculators |
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Calculator.com
Online calculators for everything. |
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Convert It
Numeric formats, temperatures, time zones, measures and weights. |
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Online Conversion
Online Conversion is a resource for weights, measures, calculators, converters. |
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Currency Calculator
Currency exchange rates calculator. Convert any amount from one currency to another. |
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| Dictionaries |
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Bartelby.com
American Heritage Dictionary of the English language. |
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Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary is based on the print version of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition. |
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| Quotations |
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Bartleby
This site has a combined database of many respected reference works and several anthologies and individual works of poetry, fiction and non-fiction. In addition to out-of-copyright editions of classic works such as Bartlett's, Bulfinch, and the Cambridge History of English and American Literature the collection also includes recent editions of the Columbia Encyclopedia, The World Factbook, Roget's II: the New Thesaurus, the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language and much more. |
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Quotations Page
Includes a quotation search engine, a database of book reviews with their own search engine and a forum for discussion of quotation-related topics as well as a quotes by subject section and a biographies section. |
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| Statistics |
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AtoZ the USA
State, county, and city information along with maps, flags, photos, and facts. |
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U.S. Census Bureau
Public resources from the US Census Bureau including population, economic, industry and geography studies. |
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| Subject Guides |
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Answers.com
The answer engine, with quick dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, biographies, tech terms, news, sports, weather and much more. |
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The Internet Public Library
Features a searchable, subject-categorized directory of authoritative websites; links to online texts, newspapers and magazines; and the Ask A Question ... |
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Librarians' Index to the Internet
Searchable and annotated subject directory of Internet resources selected and evaluated by librarians for their usefulness to users of public libraries. |
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Reference Desk.com
Refdesk is a free and family friendly web site that indexes and reviews quality, credible and current web-based reference resources. |
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| Thesauri |
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Roget’s Thesaurus
Containing 35,000 synonyms and over 250,000 cross-references in an easy-to-use format, this thesaurus features succinct word definitions and a hyperlinked category index. |
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Thesaurus.com
Thesaurus.com is produced by Dictionary.com, LLC, a provider of language reference products and services on the Internet. The Roget’s Thesaurus II is the thesaurus used. |
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| Translations |
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Babel Fish Translation
Machine translation of English from and into several European languages, plus Chinese, Japanese and Korean. You can enter text or a website address to be translated. |
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| Zip Codes |
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Zip Plus 4 Lookup
Search for zip codes by address, city, company and find all cities in a zip code. |
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Canadian Postal Codes
Canadian post office. |
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Print Resources
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Search the library catalog for an extensive collection of books and dictionaries.
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