Ready Reference Resource Guides

Internet Public Library Reference Ready Reference
refdesk.com
Yahoo! Directory Reference Center

General Web Directories as Resource Guides

Yahoo! Directory
Open Directory

More Selective General Directories

Librarian's Internet Index
intute (formerly Resource Discovery Network)


Encyclopedias

Encarta
Wikipedia

Wikipédia 

HighBeam Encyclopedia
britannica.com
How Stuff Works


Almanacs/Combined Reference Tools

Answers.com
InfoPlease

Dictionaries

YourDictionary.com 

WWWebster Dictionary
Priberam Informática - Língua Portuguesa On-Line
diccionarios.com
WordReference.com

 LEO (German/English)

Also use Google Books For Dictionaries And Encyclopedias

   

Addresses/Phone Numbers

US
Google
Switchboard

International

Infobel
Wayp International White & Yellow Pages
Yahoo People Search
Lycos' WhoWhere

Quotations


The Quotations Page
Bartleby.com

Foreign  Exchange


Yahoo Finance - FOREX

Time

The World Clock

Acronyms

Acronym Finder

ZIP Codes

US Postal Service

Stock Quotes

CNN- The Financial Network

Books

Bibliographic

Library of Congress Online Catalog
British Library Integrated Catalogue

Full Text

Project Gutenberg 
Bartleby.com 
The Online Books Page
Google Books

Bookstores

Amazon
Barnes & Noble
abebooks.com

Journals

Resource Guide

Scholarly Journals Distributed Via the World Wide Web 

DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals

ingentaconnect
Find Articles
Infotrieve ArticleFinder
Google Scholar

 

Historical Documents

EuroDocs:Primary Historical Documents From Western Europe
Archiving Early America 
American Memory  

A Chronology of US Historical Documents

Company Information

Corporate Information
Hoovers
ThomasNet (formerly Thomas Register)
 

Countries and Governments

Resource Guide

Library of Congress - Portals to the World

Country Guides

World Factbook
UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office –– Country Profiles
BBC Country Profiles

National Portals

Service-Public.fr
deutschland.de

Leaders

Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
BBC Country Profiles
Wikipedia

 

 

 


US Government

Resource Guide

USA.gov
GPO Access
THOMAS- Legislative Info...
US Embassies and Other Diplomatic Missions

US State Information

Library of Congress- State & Local Governments

 

Maps

The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
MapQuest

maporama
ViaMichelin

Google Maps

Google Earth
        For examples of mashups, see:
          Google Maps Mania
Yahoo Maps

Global Gazetteer
US Gazetteer

Statistics


Statistical Resources on the Web
Statistical Sites on the World Wide Web


US Statistics
USA Statistics in Brief
Statistical Abstract of the US 
OECD Factbook

 

Travel Guides

Resource Guide

The Traveler's Web

Tourist Travel Guides

Lonely Planet

National Travel Guides

Resource Guides
Tourism Offices Worldwide Directory

Official Tourist Information Offices Worldwide

Governments on the WWW: Institutions in the Area "Tourism"

Weather and Climate

wunderground.com


Biographies


AMA Doctor Finder
Lawyers.com
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
Biography.com
S9.com Biographical Dictionary
Distinguished Women of Past and Present
Forbes.com Lists

 

Colleges and Universities

Peterson's
College Search

Film 

Internet Movie Database

Search Engines – Shortcuts

Search Engines – Shortcuts to Quick Answers

Keeping Up-to-Date on Internet Reference Tools

The Resource Shelf
FreePint
ResearchBuzz
Internet Resources Newsletter


 

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