Abbreviations & Acronyms

Acronym Finder-searchable database of abbreviations and acronyms
Abbreviations and Acronyms of the U.S. Government-provides links to the official website for the agency or program listed
BABEL: A Glossary of Computer Related Abbreviations and Acronyms

Almanacs & facts

American Fact Finder: statistics for business, population, housing, etc.
Country Reports: information about the country's economy, defense, geography, government, and people. Includes a map, flag, and midi sound file of its national anthem.
Country Studies: from the Library of Congress - country studies written by a multidisciplinary team of social scientists.
Farmer's Almanac: North America's oldest most continuously published periodical, contains tide tables, planting schedules and forecasts.
The 50 States of the United States: information on each state capital, admission to statehood, city guides,climate, constitution, colleges.
Fedstats - national statistics from the U.S. Federal Government
Flags of the World: information on geography, people, government, economy and military of each country
Information Please Almanac:Atlas, Encyclopedia, Dictionary & Thesaurus
World Factbook - maps, current issues, history, geography of countries around the world (from CIA)

Citation styles

Citation Style for Research Papers:includes APA, MLA, AMA or Chicago Styles webpage from Long Island University
Online!A Reference Guide to Using Internet Resources written by Andrew Harnack and Eugene Kleppinger

Dictionaries

iLove Languages - catalog of language-related Internet resources. Includes online language lessons, translating dictionaries, native literature, translation services, software, language schools,etc.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary & Thesaurus
Sign Language Dictionary: An animated and text Dictionary
Webopedia: Dictionary and search engine for computer and Internet technology definitions
Your Dictionary: Internet directory of dictionaries with more than 2500 dictionaries and grammars in over 300 different languages.
Artcyclopedia: an index of artists represented at hundreds of museums and image archives.

Directories

Foundation Finder: Basic information on 73,000 private and community foundations in the U.S.
Free Email Directory:Email service reviews, all about email, free email address searches
Art-Atlas:The International Art Directory-lists artists, art books, education, jobs, organizations, history, museums and galleries
Gallery Guide - online version of Gallery Guide magazine, which consists of seven regional gallery guides published 10 times a year.
Scholarly Societies worldwide list of scholarly societies by subject area , meeting/conference announcement lists
Universities Worldwide- links to 7304 Universities in 182 countries (November 2nd, 2005)

Foreign Exchange Rates

Universal Currency Converter

Encyclopedias

Columbia Encyclopedia 6th ed. (Great Books Online)
Encyclopedia.com - contains frequently updated articles from the Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. (see above). Each article is enhanced with links to newspaper and magazine articles as well as pictures and maps.
Encyclopedia Mythica-an award-winning internet encyclopedia of mythology, folklore, and religion.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy-created in 1995 as a dynamic reference work, each entry is maintained and kept up by an expert or group of experts in the field.
Wikipedia - a free encyclopedia in many languages
World of Science-resource for information on Astronomy, Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics, and biographies of famous Scientist.
Mathworld-Algebra, Applied Mathematics, Calculus and Analysis, Discrete Mathematics, Foundations of Mathematics, Geometry, History and Terminology, Number Theory and Probability and Statistics
Instrument Encyclopedia-features musical instruments from around the world
Spice & Herb Encyclopedia

Maps & Atlases

MapQuest
Free, interactive street atlas of the continental United States does everything but drive you there.
National Atlas of the United States

Prizes

Nobel Prizes and Laureates
Pulitzer Prizes

Quotations

bartleby.com - Great Books Online - includes Bartlett's Familiar Quotations and other standard reference sources and full-text of anthologies of poetry, fiction and non-fiction books.
Fagan Finder - directory of sites to find quotations, aphorism, proverbs, etc.

Cars & Repair manuals

Auto Repair Reference Center from Databases for Alaskans
Kelly Blue Blue Book - price guide for used & new cars

Telephone & Zip Code directories

Telephone Directories on the WWW
Zip Code lookup from the United States Postal Service.
Internet domain name directory - from around the world.

Time

Official U.S. Time
Greenwich World Time

Weather

Weather in Kenai

Marine Forecasts
Aviation Weather Forecasts

Weather Channel
BBC World Weather Center

Weights & Measures

Convertit
Online Conversion