• Dictionaries, Thesauri & Style Guides
• Atlases & Maps
• Directories & Telephone Books
• Quotations
• Almanacs & Encyclopedias
• Statistical Sources
• Government & Legal Resources
• Collections of Reference Tools & Links

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Dictionaries, Thesauri & Style Guides

Hypertext Webster Gateway

Merriam Webster WWWebster Dictionary

American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, See Bartleby.com

yourDictionary.com (English and foreign language dictionaries, thesauri, grammar and word play)

Roget's Thesaurus

Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, See Bartleby.com

Acronym and Abbreviation Server

Acronym Finder

Travlang Translating Dictionaries

Dictionary of Units

Free Online Dictionary of Computing (FOLDOC)

Whatis.com

Jargon File

Dictionary of PC Hardware and Data Communications Terms

NUMA Dictionary of Derivatives Acronyms

Washington Post Business Glossary

Campbell R. Harvey's Hypertextual Finance Glossary

Bibliographic Styles Handbook

Atlases & Maps

MapQuest

Maps On Us

Microsoft Expedia Maps

National Geographic Map Machine

CIA World Fact Book

Weather Maps from the Weather Channel

Directories & Telephone Books

411web

SuperPages.com

Companies Online

InfoSpace

AnyWho Toll Free Numbers

infoUSA

Switchboard

Thomas Register of American Manufacturers

Yahoo! People Search

Quotations

Simpson's Contemporary Quotations, See Bartleby.com

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, See Bartleby.com

Quotations Home Page

The Quotations Page

Almanacs & Encyclopedias

Britannica.com

Columbia Encyclopedia, See Bartleby.com.

Encyclopedia.com

Information Please (An almanac, encyclopedia and dictionary)

Statistical Sources

Fedstats STAT-USA / Globus & NTDB Bureau of Economic Analysis Bureau of Labor Statistics Census Bureau Federal Reserve Board Statistics Statistical Abstract of the United States White House Economic Statistics Briefing Room

Research Tips Additional statistical resources and guidance can be found in our Economic Indicators and International Business Statistics Subject Guides.

Government & Legal Resources

Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet

FedLaw (Government aid for federal legal research)

Federal Register (Official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents)

Code of Federal Regulations (Codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the federal government)

United States Government Manual (Official handbook of the federal government; provides comprehensive information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial and executive branches)

GPO Access (Government Printing Office, responsible for information dissemination for the federal government)

Library of Congress

Congressional Quarterly (Provides news on government, politics and public policy. Take a look at the News section for information on the latest developments. The Bookstore section includes both an index and a search feature.)

US State Department

FirstGov (Government web site that helps you find the online federal government resources you are looking for)

Foreign Government Resources on the Web

Fifty States and Capitals

US Consumer Gateway

Nolo.com Self-Help Law Center

Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute

US Department of Labor elaws Advisors (Employment Law Information)

Lawoffice.com

Lawyers.com

Collections of Reference Tools & Links

Internet Public Library Ready Reference Collection

LibrarySpot

Refdesk.com

Librarian's Index to the Internet

Bartleby.com

Martindale's "The Reference Desk"