General Reference & Misc
- Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary: www.merriam-webster.com
- 600,000+ images from the New York Public Library: http://digitalgallery.nypl.org
- Art online: http://www.artcyclopedia.com/
- Currency converter: http://www.xe.com/ucc/
- Library of Congress: www.loc.gov
- Background Notes (U.S. State Dept. information about countries): http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/.
- CIA World Fact Book: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
- Dictionary of units of measurement and conversions: http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/
- Graphing calculator: http://www.coolmath.com/graphit/index.html
- Guide to grammar and writing: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
- Help citing research in several styles: http://citationmachine.net
- Math help and tutorials: http://www.sosmath.com/
- Mathematic calculations: http://www.martindalecenter.com/Calculators2.html
- Newspapers by state and country: http://www.ipl.org/div/news/
- Presidents of the US: www.ipl.org/div/potus
- Strunk & White’s Elements of Style: http://www.bartleby.com/141/
- Library of Congress American Memory Project – virtual library & museum: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
- MapQuest http://www.mapquest.com/
- Maps — political, physical, weather, natural resources www.nationalatlas.gov
- National Weather Service www.nws.noaa.gov
- Telephone directories: www.yellowpages.com, www.switchboard.com, www.anywho.com (reverse look-up)
- Translations (not always perfectly): http://babelfish.altavista.com
- Yellow Pages, White Pages, maps and directions: http://www.anywho.com/
- Zip Code look-up: http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp